Honolulu, July 11.
The commander of the US'S, Leington reported by wireless to-day that he expected to reach Howland Island on Monday and as soon as possible thereafter would release the first of the giant lreraft carrier's planes to Join the search for Mrs, Amelia Earhart Putnam and Capt. Fred Noonan. The first of his avia-fora, he said, would take off either ute'on Monday or early on Tuesday morning.
hast We to indicate whet Not A word tne town bestd, ance [Mtrs," Putnam and her flying companion are still above water. 'The Hast signal which radio' experts beeve might have come from the plane, were carrier signals picked lup by four stations. These signals, fast of an intermittent series, were not definitely established as being }trom Mrs. Putnam or Capt. Noonan Jand there is no. positive proof. that any of the numerous signals "purported to have come from the, tiers {were authentic.
The last positively quthenticssignal was received while the plane was still in the alr, its.fuel near exhaustion, on the 1,500-mile flight from Lao to Howland Island, Although the position given was not clear, Navy Jcartographers estimated the plane at that time was about 350 miles south south-east of Howland.
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