New York, Apr. 22.
Large quantities of the nomi flammable gas, helium, are being manufactured for the huge dirigible Akron which is being built at Ak-ton, Ohio, The dirigible will be floated in May or June next, It will require 6,500,000 cubic feet of helium, which ig nearly twice the capacity of the Graf Zeppelin and 36 per—cent. larger than the R-101.
The Akron, destined for servic with the United States Navy, will be the first airship able to carry aeroplane.—Reuter,
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