ITASCA RACES TO THE RESCUE
(Received 6, 2.0 p.in») HONOLULU, July 5. The Itasca raced northward over the Pacific toward a poinfc 281 miles ttortii of Howland Island after ihtOKepttng portidhs df a message ih6ai Mrs Putnam at i.30 p.m. ihdicating that the plane was adrif t •r oa a reef at that point. rragaettts of the niessAge received read: 4fiMl miles north of HdWiaiid ieiatui t « s eiU Khaqq , . , beyond iMittft s . * doh't hold . . , %ith USI s % • inuOh longfer abbve water • • . ahut off." It is ihtorpfeted by the Itasca to Ihean that Mrs Putnam and Mr Hoonaa orere in danger and could lot hold out much longer.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 144, 6 July 1937, Page 7
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