PSYCHIC’S BELIEF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 17 July 1937, Page 9

PSYCHIC’S BELIEF.

FLIERS ARE STILL ALIVE,

“RESCUE AT WEEK-END.”

NEW YORK, July 16.

From Honolulu it is reported that the ’planes of the aircraft carrier Lexington returned to the ship last night after 3) hours’ battling with rain squalls. The search for Mrs Amelia Earhart Putnam will be continued today. A message from Seattle says that a woman psychic, Miss Gene Dennis, a girlhood neighbour of Mrs Putnam, states that the fliers are alive on a South Sea island and will be rescued, possibly at the week-end, by a fishing boat. She added that Mr George Putnam had appealed for her assistance, and had sent her a pair of his wife’s stockings and Mr F. J. Noonan’s handkerchief to aid in the investigations. Miss Dennis is noted for the accuracy of her predictions, including political events. She forecast the Derby winner in 1934.

Mr Putnam has not surrendered hope, and is maintaining his radio vigil. He said his wife would come through. A Washington message states that the Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) has sent a message to Japan and New Zealand expressing appreciation of their sympathy and offers of assistance in the search.

“FLASHES SIGHTED.” MESSAGE HEARD IN AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 16. A report that the aeroplane used by Mrs Putnam and Mr F. J. Noonan had been sighted by one of the seaplanes operating from the United States aircraft carrier Lexington was contained in a private radio message received in Auckland to-night. The Lexington has been making a final search in the vicinity of Howland Island, using 42 seaplanes. Owing to the great distance from which the message was picked up, the information received was patchy and had to be pieced together, but the impression gained was that, as a last despairing effort, seaplanes were sent out “last night” over what was considered to be the most likely area, and flares were fired and that one of them received an answering flash. The position was immediately communicated to the mother ship. It was not possible to determine how far the seaplane was from the Lexington at the time this possible indication of the presence of the lost fliers was received, but as the seaplanes have a very large cruising range, it is possible it may l>e some time before the ship can reach the position from which the answering flash was given. It may also happen that the seaplanes which remain in the vicinity will have to await daylight to ascertain if both fliers are still alive and uninjured. Some time after the first indication of success of the search was picked up a further radio message, which seemed to point to the authenticity of the information, was intercepted.