The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-21
CONTRACT LET FOR
GIANT O|R|G|blE
WAR DEPARTMENT DECIDES
THAT WE CAN'T GET ALONG
WITHOUT SUCH AiRsHIPs
WILL USE HELIUM GAS ONLY
flew Vessel viii Be OF Semi Rigid
Type and viii BE Equipped With
Suspension Landing Devices for
Airplanes.
BY JAMES p. HoRNAoAV

!
cidcd that the United States cannot
| get along safely without giant diri.
! gihle airships equal To those built by
any other nation In some quarters
regret II expressed that the confer.
cnce on the Limitation NJ ornaments
| did not place some Limitation on dirt.
| gibles. As things stand ther. IL bound
/ tu be- an unrestricted race between
nations in this sort of construction
| Contracts for the first giant dlrigible
| "f American make and American de
| sign have b,,n closet. The great air
ship will he somewhat larger than the
| Inflated Roma and. II successful rs n
| Eyer. will be tried out rs N airplane
carrier.
says that series of experiments with
suspension landing devices for air.
/ planes had been arranged for the
Roma before she vas destroyed. and
the same experiments II Is now in
tended shall be carried out with the
new ship. These devices. II II under.
stood. are intended To provide base
for landing and departure M any
height In the air The American.made
ship will be- built under III, direction
of the building company's engineers
and those ~ the army working to
grther The vessel will be NJ the semi.
| rigid type. Ms was the Roma. will be
| 200 feet In length and have gas
bag capacity ~ 7D10 cubic feet
No kind II gas will be- used in the
new aircraft except helium. ms n nee
essary protection against FIRE. which
destroyed within the year both the
giant Zlt2 and the Roma Construc
tion " the ship has not yet begun and
when II does II l. estimated that one
year and six months will he required
before II il completed
Cruising Radius Of 1000 Miles.
I Engineers claim that the new craft
will have n cruising radln ~ I.sS
miles. which would enable II easily To
cross the Atlantic ocean. They plan
that on low speed it's engines shall be
capable Of maintaining n speed 81 a.,
miles nm hour and on high speed 40
miles an hour.
All details ns to the landing devices
or heavler.than-air machines on the
big unsupported ship are nj present
being kept u secret. though the gen.
eral scheme NJ seiZing the smaller ma
chimes by some apparatus suspended
below the great diriglble Il Indicated
| by the War Department rngineers. On
| the new army dirigIhle aIrplanes can
be carried and dropped with the air.
ship In full flight Likewise nm air.
/ plane can fly underneath th' dirigih,c
and be- picked up with big hook and
| hoisting apparatus and brought w on
hoard while the ship is flying "a miles
nm hour. II will have two power cars
and II navigator's ear, all attached to
the metal keel NJ the ship II will be
| capable ~ making the 3.Vamile trip
| from New York To San Francisco ar
from Liverpool tn New York at a
! speed Of ~ miles an hour. completing
the Journey in in hours
Delsno Service Is Started.
| The first two Red Cross nurses
/ to engage In missionary form
of service provided for In the will
Of the late Jane A. Dclano, who
died IN France while director of
the nursing service of the American
Red Cross. have been detailed for duty
| In Alaska and in the islands of the
Maine coast Miss Bertha u. Sleeves.
formerly superintendent Of the ottawa
/ (Cnn) hospital. and long In nursing
and settlement work. has been select.
ed for the Alaskan field Miss Stella
Fuller. graduate Of the Milwaukee,
training school, who served with the
A. H. e. in France during the war,
takes up the work In Maine.
| The conditions Of the Request re-
/ qulre that the nurses selected be- ~
situated that demands Of dependents
will not interfere with their work. In
| addition To- being enrolled Red Cross
nurses, candidates for the distinction
must have had two years experience
| I'm public health nursing. be qualified
To teach, and be not less than thirty
years old Miss Delano's purpose In
endowing this special service Ms "A me-
mortal IL her father and mother was
To create nursing facilities In isolated
districts where no funds are available
from governmental or other agencies
or from individuals The Delano
nurses will be under the supervision
OF the American Iied Cross.
A memorial in recognition OF the
achievements Of Miss Delano In the
form of monument Is Ia be erected
by popular subscription ON the grounds
of the Red Cross national headquar
tiers In Washington nj n cost Of $4,000
II will stand ns n shrine commemorate
ing not only Miss Dclan0 hut all Amer
lean nurses who responded 10 the call
OF their country In the World war.
To Improve Health Of indians.
In order to test the feasibility Of
public health nursing and general wei
fare work on the Indian reservations,
the Red Cross Is lnaugurating sur
a 10.