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AMELIA

PERIL

IN

AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

EARHART

IN PACIFIC

Feared Forced Down By Petrol Shortage PLIGHT REVEALED

BY RADIO

Grave fears are felt for the safety of Amelia Earhart, wife of Mr. George Putnam, the publish- er, who is believed to have been forced down in mid- Pacific through shortage of fuel.

Miss Earhart left Lae yesterday for Howland Island, a British possession half way between Lae and her next stop, Honolulu, in the course of her leisurely round-the-world flight.

FIRST INDICATION THAT THE AVIATRIX SPEEDING ACROSS THE LONELY WASTES OF WATER IN HER “FLYING LABORATORY" WAS IN TROUBLE WAS CONTAINED IN A BRIEF BUT DRAMATIC MESSAGE FROM THE PLANE AND PICKED UP AT HOWLAND ISLAND BY THE COASTGUARD CUTTER, “ITASCA," SPECIALLY STATIONED THERE IN CON- NECTION WITH THE FLIGHT.,

The message, picked up at 8.12 p.m. (G.M.T.) yesterday, said: “Have only half-hour's fuel. Cannot see land.

The assumption is that Miss Earhart was badly off her course and probably passed Howland Island, since only an hour before sending out her S.O.S. message she reported that she was only 100 miles from Howland.

Particularly ominous feature of the affair is the fact that Miss Earhart's machine is not equipped with pontoons and could not remain afloat for any length of time.

The report of Miss Eearhart's lulu and Oakland, California, misadventure has caused con- 1985.

sternation in the United States, Flying a high-wing Lockheed where she was regarded as hav- Vega monoplane, with a Wasp 550 ing almost reached home.

H. P. enginé, she covered 2,480

Only a few days ago, her hus- miles non-stop in 18 hours 16 band stated he expected the in- minutes. trepid airwoman back next week.

The Lae-Howland stage of her

The plane carried a powerful

trans-Pacific flight was a parti telephonic radio set permitting||

cularly daring venture, as it was two-way communication and a collap- the first time the flight had been sible rubber boat. attempted outside the regular

ship lines.

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Miss Earhart made the first solo trans-Pacific flight between Hono-

MANY RECORDS:

Her other achievements have been:

-First woman to fly the Atlantic. (Continued on Page 34)

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