Radio station KGU announced here late yesterday that a British freighter had rescued Mrs, Putnam and her navigator, but the Coast Guard station here said it had been unable to confirm the report, The Navy Radio station at San Francisco informed the Coast Guard service later that the report of Mrs, Putnam's rescue apparently was unfounded.
5.0.5. messages from Mrs. Putnam's plane were picked up by several ships, Coast Guard stations and amateur radio operators yesterday. One report gave her position at latitude 433 south, longitude 159.7 east, which is about 785 miles from Lao, directly on the route to Howland Island.
Other messages from Mrs. Putnam failed to mention her position and it was believed that she was con-
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