Show Radio ladio Records Fail T To 0 Clear Up Conflict SAN FRANCISCO Aug 16 UP Radio records of or tho the Matson line Une owners S oC of the Ventura now going to o the assistance of the Tahiti disabled disabled dis dis- In tho south Pacific failed tailed tonight ht to shed hed any light on conflicting conflicting con- con information reaching reaching- tic ic radio stations and From various sources Inform Information Was t relayed that the Tahiti had abandoned ship and that passengers were cre on the sea In lifeboats Several hours later It was learned that hat tho the ship was not a abandoned at atall all Tho The Ventura first became Interested Interested Inter inter- ested in the plight of ot the Tahiti when It received d mess messages g s asking for tor help after It lost its propeller Later r messages Indicated d that the vessel wag nf becoming water SENT APPROVAL Captain W. W P. P Meyer of ot the Ventura Ven Ven- tura turn asked for permission to help tho ho Tahiti and was sent the following following follow follow- ing reply b by Hugh HuEth Gallagher Matson Mat Mat- Matson Matson son line lino chief of operations Approve e proceeding assist Ta- Ta hiti Advise nature of or her accident Presume you have Ita plenty fu fuel l reach Honolulu U Advise time involved I U d deviation i i K Keep me informed or d Captain Meyer Meer who was In direct communication with the Tahiti re replied replied re- re plied d Tahiti broke shaft Flooded holds three and i four tour and engine room Stated they were abandonIng abandoning abandon abandon- ing inS ship 3 a. a in tn Saturday San Francisco time and appealed to Ventura and to Norwegian ship to hurry is n nearest and should reach here Saturday We Wo have plenty of ot fuel DANGEROUS JOURNEY Tho Tiro Journey the Ventura is making mak mak- lag ing Is Js a dangerous one according t to Matson officials Headed for San Francisco o via Ia la Honolulu after clearing Paco Pago Pago and American Samoa the th Ventura turned from its course courso and started across a a. practically uncharted sea Cutting Cutting- a a. trail in the ocean wilderness of the south seas Is not like like- sailing the consistently deep Atlantic In navigating the shallows of ot th the south Pac Pacific I CI where there thero arman are ar man many unnamed sm small tl islands the captain and his mates stand on the thc bridge and chart the course as they go bO watching the light reflect in the water In order to estimate Its depth |