Evening star., 1940-06-30
Police Boat Rescues
Nine as Wind Hits
Pleasure Graft
Four Parties Picked Up,
Including Two Women,
In FruiI Kayak

Nine persons were rescued from
the river last night after fighting
high wind and choppy waters that
capsized two boats, swamped an
other and drove the exhausted oc-
cupants of frail kayak to call for
help.
Most of the boaters had been on
Che water since early in the after
noon and were trying to get back
to shore when the wind came up.
One Harbor Police boat made
three rescue trips within an hour
without docking Another police
boat was on its way to dock when
four young men signaled it for help.
Two women were among the
rescued. They were Constance Nc
Corkle, 1911 r street NV, and Alice
A. MacLean, an employe of the
Farm Credit Administration who
lives at 1913 o street NV They
had put their kayak into the water
In the Eastern branch of the Ana
costa River and were trying to
round Hains Point on their way to
Key Bridge.
Taken Aboard Police Launch.
Exhausted from fighting the wind
at the Point, and unable to go back,
they decided to call it day and
broaded the police launch which
Immediately set out for the Navy
Yard and another rescue mission
That call was to bring in Tom
Parsons, 33. of 1725 New Hampshire
avenue NV. An economist with
the Federal Reserve System. Mr.
Parsons was trying to get the sail
down on his 14-foot craft when
the wind tipped the boat. tossing
him into the water The boat drifted
away and he had to swim for it,
When the police boat got to him.
he was a few hundred yards off the
Navy Yard in the Eastern branch
The same boat, manned by Police
men Franklin Morette and Charles
A. Parker, also went to the rescue
of Stuart Merwin, "a, a Navy De-
partment engineer of 532 Twentieth
street NV, and Bryce Harlow, %,
of the same address, who were beat
ing their way back from Hains
Point in their 14-foot sailboat when
it capsized opposite the police dock
in the Washington Channel. Mr.
Harlow was picked up by the Poto-
mac Park swimming pool ferry and
Mr. Merwin came to shore in the
police boat.
Four Rescued From Sailboat.
Policeman Thomas D. Bailey, on
his way to the police dock from
the Georgetown Channel in the sec
ond police launch, went to the as
sistance of four persons making
their first trip in the 16-foot sail
boat they had bought in the morn
ing.
The rescued were Bill Curtis, IT,
o student at Shenandoah Valley
Academy; Dan McCraney, %, a
clerk with the Prison Industries
Reorganization Administration; Al
Eckert, %, War Department engi-
neer. and Bernard Warren, %, a
commercial artist, all of Wesley
Hall.
The young men had started out
from the Tidal Basin early in the
day with the Washington Canoe
Club as their destination. Sailing
against the wind, they tried three
times to round Hains Point. They
decided not to try again and turned
to go back to the Tidal Basin when
the waves swamped them.
They were able to make the sea-
wall and two of the men jumped
out to keep the boat from sinking.
But even with the lighter load,
they could not make any headway
and, sighting the police boat, they
signaled for help.
The shivering quartet, drenched
by the waves that had swept across
the boat, said they would try it
again today.