Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam took off from here to-day in her giant "Flying Laboratory" en route to Howland Island to continue her 28,000-mile equatorial flight round the world. Her flight from here to Howland Island, the first time the route has been flown outside regular ship lanes,. will depend on dead reckoning and radio contact with the U.S.S. Ontario, stationed midway between here and Howland Island, and the Coast Guard cutter Itasea, which is now at Howland Island.
At 1.15 am., San Francisco time, the Coast Guard Service established radio contact with Mrs. Putnam and estimated. that she was half way to Howland Island.—United Press.
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