Washington, Apr. 22.
'The US, Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes, who is chairman fof" the Helium" Committee, still refuses to grant a licence for the export of this sas to Germany, for fear that it will be used for' mill lary purposes, Mr. Tekes persists in his. refusal cations Navy Department stating that the quantities of helium requested by" Germany could only be used for zeppelins assuring the trans-Atlantic. service, After the Hindenburg disaster, the German Government. asked "the United States to sell it some helium, 8 gas which is not inflammable and which would minimize Jor fire aboard airships,
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