The Archive · 1934

ROOSEVELT'S SON SAFE

Boston, Sept, 9.

A. telephone call to his summer home here to-day allayed fears for the safely of Mr. James Roosevelt, son of the President, after he had been missing at sea' several hours Jafler a yacht race off Cape Cod.

When the schooner yacht Black Barrow, manned by Mr. Roosevelt nine friends, failed to report following yesterday's race, it was feared that the S5-foot craft might have met with an accident in the fog-draped Cape Cod waters.

Apprehension grew as, one after another, the other 26 yachts which took part in the race reported, until 'Mr. Roosevelt telephoned that he had brought the Black Barrow into har-hour at Portland, Me, With the safety of the schooner: and her crew assured, yachtsmen tonight were visibly relieved, for they' had been seriously worried despite their earlier statements that the Black Barrow was big enough to outride bad weather raging off Cape Cod—United Press.

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