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- On Bay 26, 1941, | “mrs tines Bi netbertane of Abilene, “who daseribed binseif as az a-oorvioe wan of Company 348, fen’ antonio, * Texas, @ chemical engineer and inventor, called at the Dallas, Texas, Field Division of this Bureau and advised that among his other inven- tions he bad perfected the bullet-proof or non-inflamahle airplane : gasoline tank. 5 In this connection, Rutherford claimed that on April 22, -*' \ 1999, be sont the originel plans fore bullet-proof, noo-inflaaashie \:: airplane gasoline tank sisilar to the ones in use in the presest SS. Buropean conflict sinse the latter pert ef 1940, toTolonel Caarles” ; Lindbergh, c/o Heary Arnold, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Corpse, ~ Washington, D. C." These plana were reportedly sent to Lindbergh because he was Chairman of the New Device Comittee. Rutherford states that be presently has in his possession photostats of the plans mailed to Mr. Lindbergt on april 22, 1939, end further alleges that these / documents were sent by registered mail, the copy of the registration /, Peceipt being now in his possession. Entherford also eontends thet the - “Y ooaling and mailing of the envelope sontaining these documents were = -- - § witaessed by Messrs. Pearce Rogers and Jeek Blake of Abilene, ‘Texas. f= - Subsequently while residing at Burbank, California, Rutherford {read en article in the May 3, 1940, issus of the Los Angeles Examiner, os written by Beary arnold, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Air TON Corps, describing a bullet-proof self-sealing gas tank found os a German airplane shot down in England. Ascording to Rutherford, the eZ tptee written by Mr. Arnold stated that at that time the United States did not have s self-sealing gas tank. Sowever, Rutherford reported t tenks of this nature had been in American production approxi- ny mately ninety days prior to his visit to the Dallas Office of this 7 Buresa and at the present time all United States ailitary planes are ” —teing fitted with tanks of this type. mae phiouing ,- (Mri Rutherford stated that he has never received hatreds he forwarded to Mr. Lindbergh. eta . Eee eet eae eeie the drveloponat of these tana eee He ota! Saat the developsent of these \anks’ 1 cia ieel a CO "TO ns NOC pee totaty auntay Pa: en i SL DRE ARTIEEN? 6 poe