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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
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Marine Query

A flve-man team today began
a four day task of sorting over
$4,000 Marine Corps question
naires dealing with training and
discipline of Marine recruits at
Paris Island, S. c.
Names of the individuals doing
the culling work and even the
place where they are working
was kept secret by Marine Corps
headquarters here.
The information sought will
be used by defense counsel in
the court-martial of Sergt. Mat
thew c. McKeon, who is charged
with manSlaughter in the
"death-march" drowning of six
recruits at Paris Island last
April. nN
Sergt. McKeon'S attorney,
Emile lola Berman, obtained the
courts permission on yesterday
to go over the missionaries.
At Paris Island, Mr.. Berman
refused to name the men exam
lining the data. He would say
only that the five were wash
ington and New York friends
and aides" Marine headquar-
tiers explained that in keeping
secret the identity of the indi-
viduals and refusing to divulge
the location of the culling proc
less it was merely adhering to
its policy of keeping hands of
the collrt-martial
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to the Securities and Exchange
Commission where, he said, the
information was a matter of
public record. He conceded he
did not know the answer.
So Quotation on Stock
Mr.. Chalk said the authorized
capitalization is l million shares
at a par value of 10 cents each.
The shares which have been
issued are quoted on the Ameri-
can Stock Market at about So
each.
Mr.. Chalk said he did not
know the capitalization of TEA
Investing Corp, the subsidiary
company.
He said both Trans Caribbean
and Tea have three directors.
They are Mr.. Chalk, his wife,
Claire, and I. M. Buckley, execu-
tive vice president of Trans Ca
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l$3,940.0O0 would be paid ovel
is years at S per cent interest.
For this amount. the company
will get nearly 81 million of cash
now in the CTC treasury, and
real estate which Mr.. Chalk's
attorneys have had appraised at
more than Sill million. The real
estate will be mortgaged as Sc
curity for payment of the $3,-
940. 900 balance of the purchase
price. In addition, the new COM
pany will get all CTC buses,
Streetcars and other equipment,
etc has no long-term debt, but
has a liability for tearing up
its streetcar tracks, estimated to
cost from SO million to $l1 mil
lion.
Under the etc contract, "TCA
agrees to pay into the new COM
pany. as capital, in return for
capital stock of the new COM
pany. an amount sufficient to
provide the new company with
working capital adequate to
carry on its operations"
Mr.. Chalk refused to say how
much this would be, although he
insisted it would be adequate. I"
Unlike Louis E. Wolfson, Flor
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Many Ex-Morines Offer
To Aid McKeon Defense

letter he said would be sent to
more than 1.400 persons dis
charged at this base since jan
uary /. In the preliminary legal
skirmishing, the defense won the
right to get the names.
The letter will ask the ex-
Marines for any information
they have on night marches into
the boondocks and other such
training practices.
Maj. Sewer law graduate of
Washington University in st.
Louis, said he would call &c
witnesses and would require a
week to present his case. Mr..
Berman said the defense will
need between 10 days and two
weeks.
Mr.. Berman also, revealed in
questioning members of the
court-six Marine officers and
a Navy medical lieutenant
that the testimony of Gen.
Pate on the death march before
the House Armed Services Com
mittee would figure largely in
the trial.
In his testimony, Gen. Pate
said Sergt. McKeon was under
the influence of alcohol to an
unknown degree when he led his
platoon into the tidal waters on
Ribbon Creek. He also said the
accused and two sergeantS who
had been drinking with him
should be punished to the fullest
extent possible.
While Mr.. Berman challenged
no member of the court, he ex-
acted specific assurances from
each Of them that Gen. Pate's
testimony, which he said led to
such newspaper headlines as
Drunk Leads Death March, ("
and their own views on Marine
training practices would not in
fluence them.
Two on Court Served There
Two members of the court in
Guiding Col. Edward L. Hutchin-
son, the president, went through
boot" training here and a third
Maj. Edwin T. Carlton. was as
signed here to 1855 as executive
officer of training battalion.
AS the Jury" in the case. they
will be confronted in all prob
ability with having to pass on
training practices here-those
found in the training manuals
and those inspired by tough drill
instructors.
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its DI had a mutual hatred, as.
serted that his outfit was taker
on night marches once a week.
Water Up to Armpits
Once, he said, the men were
taken into water up to their arm
pits-with the warning that any
recruit who got his rifle wet
would be punished. But the
moon was shining, he added
and the boots" could see pretty
well what they were doing.
He was sorry he was a d."
the ex-Marine said, land so were
we."
In one other case, an ex-
Leatherneck said his platoon
once hiked toward the rifle
range. The outfit was not taken
to the swamps. He described
the DI as intelligent"
The survey showed that the
only other cases of recruits being
called out at night involved run
ming the men around the bar
racks and falling out to unroll
and roll their packs in the dark
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New Commander

HEIDELBERG, July 10 R.-
American forces in Germany
have a new official. Mai. Gen.
John F. Uncles, chief of the
United States forces in Europe,
has been named commander Of
the United States Seventh Corps
whose headquarters are in Stuff
CART. He replaces Mai. Gen, Hal
ley G. Maddox.
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Marines Taught More
Than College, Boot Says

Praising the Marine Corp,
training program = including
night marching-a Washington
ex-Marine said today he learned
more as a boot" then he haC
learned at Princeton.
In an informal survey Of ares
men who went through Parri.
Island, The Star learned today
there apparently were fewer mer
who went on night marches thar
those who did, but the drill in
structors who ordered them usec
good judgment"
The ex-Princeton man, who
asked that his name not be used
said his platoon made two night
marches toward the swamp
land the men were told we were
going there"-but the DI turned
them around before reaching the
water.
For Psychological Effect
He said the boots" had beer
taken to the Swamps during the
day and knew what to expect il
they were marched into them
1T was all for psychological ef-
feet" he added.
In a letter to Emile lola Ber-
man, defense lawyer for Sergt
Matthew c. McKeon. now stand
ing trial in the deaths of six
Marine recruits, the Washing
ton man praised the training, but
said he felt Sergt. McKeon made
an error in judgment.
Recalling his Paris Island ex-
periences, another local ex-
Marine, who said his platoon and
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Trimmed by worry and memory
of that nightmarish April
night. the sergeant lost some o.
the woodenness of face anC
manner which he has showr
Through two days of legal Skin,
mishing as calls and message:
came in last night in Response
to Mr.. Berman's appeal.
His eyes. dulled by what Mr.
Berman said was remorse, light.
ed up for a moment and HI
said, Its a wonderful country
isn't it,"
The first response came il
about midafternoon yesterday
from a Boston postal worker. Mr.
Berman reported the ex-Marint
as offering to testify and saying
I've marched into the swamp'
and boondocks many times-anc
lat night"
BY nightfall, the switchboard
at the base here and the ex.
changes in nearby Beaufort anc
in Charleston were flooded with
long distance calls tying up al
lines. Most of them were coming
in collect and Mr.. Berman was
picking up the tab.
I'm paying for them person
ally" the lawyer emphasized
When Marine officers appeared
to be a little uneasy over the
mounting tolls, Mr.. Berman pro.
duced his telephone credit care
to reaSSure them.
Volunteers at Phone
Mr.. Berman arranged with
base authorities to have the calls
received over nine telephones ir
the temporary press room here
and manned by volunteer womer
Marines and Mrs. McKeon. The
lawyer escorted the volunteers tt
the press room, briefed them or
the information he wanted anc
wound up by saying to them, 81
want you to smile into those
telephones and thank them very
very much"
Calls and messages came il
from as far away as California
One Washington ex-Marint
offered to bring six others herr
to testify and a Marine sergeant
on active duty also called to say
he would appear.
Many of the messages saying
there had been night marches
into the swamps here also de.
Tended Marine training prac.
tees. II sincerely believe in thu
methods used by Sergt. McKeor
and the Marine Corps said one
Another said he had been or
such marches and added. I'm
no worse for wear"
One referred to statements BY
Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, the
Marine commandant, that he
knew of no night marches into
the swamps and said. Marine
Commanding Generals statment
indicates he never went through
Paris Island boot camp"
Names Withheld
Mr.. Berman withheld the
names of the callers and those
sending kilograms pending 9
screening of the offers and de.
cision which ones. if any, woulc
be asked to testify. Each caller
was informed that, if he should
be subpoenaed, the Government
would pay the travel expense:
and subsistence.
No record was kept of earlier
calls, but between $40 pm. anC
1890 am, rs long distance calls
had been accepted and there wa;
a backlog of $50 calls, according
to a communications sergeant
Master Sergt. Francis Mullins
Forty kilograms had been re-
ceived.
Mr.. Berman first revealed the
unusual appeal in releasing a
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ida multi-millionaire who pur-
chased control of etc In 1919.
Mr.. Chalk will not have to 90
through public hearings before
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission or the District Public
Utilities Commission. The fran
chise approved by the conferees
would exempt the present deal
from the jurisdiction of those
agencies.
1t also would exempt him, as
an airlines operator, from hav-
ing to get approval of the Civil
Aeronautics Board to serve as
an officer or director of D. c.
Transit.
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Atom Liner SOUGHT

TOKYO. July 18 (P).-Japan's
big OSK OSAKA Shosen Kaisha)
steamship line hopes to have a
streamlined, atom-powered liner
on its South American run py
1961-if it gets enriched uranium
from. the United States. OSK
said the ship could cruise at rs
knots and carry 1,70O emigrants
to South America three times a
year.
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ribbean and full time officel
and employe" Of tn company.
Mr.. Chalk said tire will be
local representation" on the
board of directors of D. C
Transit, but said he did not re.
call having promised that these
would make up a majority of the
board. The new company's char
ter requires it to have three
directors, but Mr.. Chalk sale
this number would be exceeded
although he did not know by
how many.
He said he himself will take
up residence in Washington anc
is negotiating for lease of hi,
Mayf1ower suite.
Until formal election of offi.
GERS of D. G. Transit, Mr.. Chalk
said, he will assume full respon.
sibility." And, he added, his re-
sponsibility will continue indefi.
Initely.
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$13,54O,OOO Price

The actual purchaser of etc
rs TEA Investing Corp, which
has promised to pay $1S,54O. 900
OF this. $9.6 million would be
paid in cash. The balance of
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TitchenuI Named
San Jose Coach;
Former Redskin

SAN JOSE, Calf, Nov. 30 up
Bob Titchenal, freshman foot
ball coach at the University OF
Southern California, has been
named to succeed Bob Bronzan
as head coach at San Jose State
College.
Bronzan resigned to become a
full-time teacher Of physical
education at San Jose State
Bronzan and Titchenal roomed
together as students at the
school.
Titchenal. who formerly was
head coach at New Mexico. also
was an assistant at West Vir-
ginia, Denver and New Mexico
after playing four years of pro-
fessional football as a center
with the Washington Redskins
San Francisco Forty-Niners and
Los Angeles Rams.
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PhiIIies Rule Out
Deal for Roberts

CLEARWATER, Fla. Nov. 30
R.-The Phillies are not the
least bit interested in trading
Pitcher Robin Roberts. General
Manager Roy Hamey says.
I'VE absolutely would not trade
Robbie TO anyone unless the
Phillies were guaranteed the
pennant," Hamey said.
There have been scattered ru-
mors that Roberts might be
traded. Robin had a 1918 pitch
ing record last season, the first
time In seven years he failed TO
win at least 20 games.
Hamey also disclosed Granny
Hammers shortstop career has
ended but he has hopes Of Ham
ner's becoming good pitcher.
Hammer hurt his shoulder two
years ago diving for a ground
ball. The injury did not respond
20 treatment and an operation
did not help, His difficulty is
that he cannot swing a bat
effectively.
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.Wi|d|ife Plan
.RepOrtedDr

President Eisenhower is re.
ported as planning to recon-.
mend a 500 million, 10-yeal
program of expanded Federal
lwildlife conservation.
Edward w. Remington Of Sill
yer Spring, Md, one Of a group
Of conservationists who have
been urging such a long-range
program, told reporters an In
terror Department official had
notified him the proposal would
lbe included in the Presidents
state-of the Union message to
Congress next month.
Designed to save Americas
Iwildlife, it would be in addition
TO the regular programs of the
Fish and Wildlife Service" Mr..
Remington said.
Its object would be to ex-
pand game-management areas.
Improve enforcement, enlarge
research and provide better edu-
cation on wildlife through re-
search"
The Office Of Secretary of the
Interior Seaton refused to COM
ment on Mr., Remington's state
ment.
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FORE AND AFT
By MALCOLM LAMDoRNE

The time has come for indi.
viduals and groups interested ir
continued United States partici.
patton in the Olympic to gel
together on financing Of shippers
land their boats to the Games
That is the plan of Yachting
Magazine editors in an editoria
in the November issue.
They point out. for example
the tremendous cost for skipper
and crew and shipment Of one
'of the American 5.5-class sloop.
to Australia, and ask how Ions
can it go on before we rur
out of candidates with that kind
of money.
The magazine then suggests
yachting interests give it some
thought and figure out a long.
range financing program for fu.
ture Games.
This is the sort Of project q
national federation Of boatins
groups could well take on
Yachting comments: mo time
should be lost in the formation
of a Nationwide fund-raisins
committee in accordance
with the well-established ten.
ents of the United States Olym.
pic Association"
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Another publication, the brand.
new Popular Boating, has the
distinction of being the one ano
only magazine in the field tc
testify before the House Mer.
chant Marine Committee and
what's more, to make some con.
crete suggestions. Editor vii.
liam McKeown did the unprece.
liented in the recent New York
hearings Of the Bonner commit
tee.
/ One Of the best suggestions tc
come out Of the proceedings since
they began last July was Nc
Keown's proposal for a short test
Showing the applicant for a Fed
eral registration number hao
some fundamental knowledge Of
boat handling and safety. The
committee was impressed and is
believed to be considering some
such approach to the problem OF
how to instill a little-however
minute-boat know-how into the
many newcomers to boating.
/ A good approach would be to
have a set of questions sent out
at the same time as the applica-
ton for award Of number and Ia
require it be filled out and re-
turned with the application.
Maybe the guy will give it to a
friend to I'LL out. but the i'm
Iportant thing is that he would
know that the Government is
interested in helping him learn
seamanship. 1t might even
Stimulate him to take some
courses from the United States
Power Squadron or Coast Guard
Auxiliary.
The committee, which expects
ito make recommendations on
future boating legislation at the
end of next month, goes into the
final laps of its hearing next
W eek, starting Monday at
st. Louis. then New Orleans on
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Tuesday and finally Miami
Thursday and Friday.
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The big meeting Of the week
end is the Chesapeake Bay Yacht
Racing Association annual ses-
sion tomorrow at 1890 pm. in
Richmond's Jefferson Hotel.
Ofdcers for the next year viii be
named. high point trophy win
ners for 1856 announced, and
regatta and race dates for 1857
approved. A number Of WASH
ington area shippers win attend.
At last weeks annual meeting
of Gibson Island Yacht Squad
ron, Bill Flanagan was elected
commodore. A former sailboat
owner. he now cruises a 35-foot
Chris Craft, the first power man
to head this very salty outfit in
history. Jim Potter is vice COM
modore; Bill Hill. rear commo-
dore: John Aufhammer, fleet
captain; Bob Sharp, secretary
treasurer.
Potomac River Sailing Asso-
citation shippers, crews and
guests don party rigs q week
from tonight for the annual
banquet and dance. Spring and
fan series trophies will be
awarded.
Commodore Arthur Frazer re-
ports dance music by Jack
Orchestra and that
sailing enthusiasts not mem
bers Of the PRSA are invited.
The place is the Hamilton Hotel
and the time is z pm.
X 4 X
George Meese, our favorite
Chesapeake Bay yacht designer,
has taken on Arthur Roca, jr.,
of Barcelona, Spain, as an asso-
ciate. Roca represented the
well known British designer
Laurent Giles in Spain and has
a number of yacht
racing publications into Spanish.
MeeSe is located at Annapolis.
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OUTDOORS

Ever so often we run across
equipment for a fisherman or
hunter that is so simple, yet so
practical. that we wonder if we
are not a bit dim-witted not to
have thought of it. Many is the
night that we've tried to hold a
f1aShlight on bait, hook or
Snarled line and wished for
three hands. And what night
fisherman hasn't?
Herman Cole, assistant di-
rector Of traffic for the District,
and an ardent angler, has de-
vised a tackle box that has prac-
tically everything except air
conditioning.
The tackle box, which he has
patented, looks much like any
conventional box except for the
handle. Tubular. it runs the
whole length of the box and is
firmly affixed to the side panels
independent of the lid. Even if
you've left the lock open and
lift the box, this insures its con-
tents against Spilling out.
The interior of the box is
electrically lighted so you can
see all its contents. You lift
out q clamp light, plug its cord
into the side of the box. affix it
to the box and tilt the lamp to
any convenient angle, and you
have a powerful working light.
The lid Of the box carries a hook
holder so that your large selec-
ton of hooks have their points
Embedded in cork, preventing
them from becoming rusted. And
when you start home in your
outboard skiff, the box contains
side panel lights of red and
green, so all you have to do is
turn a switch, place the box on
the front seat and you have
orthodox starhOard and port
running lights.
Where does all the power come
from? 1t comes from flashlight
batteries carried in the tubular
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With BILL LEETcH

handle, easily inserted or with
drawn for renewal. We intend to
have several Of these novel
tackle containers as soon as
they are available. They can be
easily constructed Of plastic or
any suitable material and the
cost should not be prohibi-
tive. Now why hasn't someone
thought Of a box like this
before!?
Saw some fine bird dog work
a few days ago. We've written
before about Herb wilkins, di-
rector of field service for the Boy
Scouts of this area and his fine
settlers, Jake and Gus. We had
the pleasure of shooting over
them again in company with
Herb and Hal Rush, who is scout
executive for this district. A
son of Gus, Sport by name, ac-
companied us on this trip. Jake
is getting a bit old, and the s.
pup is coming along
in fine shape so when his grand
father retires he'll be able to
carry on.
The two older dogs have
brought young Sport a long way
toward their own skill in han
ding birds, but puppy like, Sport
will break the covey. However,
that's part of quail shooting and
the training Of a young dog. We'd
rather see the dogs work than
shoot the birds, anyway.
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Fishing for this year. with the
exception of trolling for rock in
Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
tarieS, has about ended and we
are disseminating tide tables
until February's warm days
bring the runs of yellow perch
again.
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Elliott Again Named
San DECO MANAGER

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Nov. 80
R.-Bob Elliott. former major
league player. has been rehired
for a second season as manager
of the San Diego Pacific Coast
League club.
Ralph Kiner, general manager,
disclosed the decision. The San
Diego club has entered into a
working agreement with tn e
Cleveland Indians and this had
raised the question of whether
Elliott would be replaced for
1857.
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Third ComiIIi Signs
Baseball Contract

NEW YORK. Nov. 80 LR.-
The Brooklyn Dodgers have an
Inounced the signing Of 20-year-
old Catcher Doug Camilli to q
minor league contract.
Doug. second son of Dolph
iCamilli. former Dodger first
baseman, was signed by the
Dodgers Pacific Coast scout, Bill
IBrenzel, to a Montreal contract
From Santa Rosa, Calf.
Dolph, who also played for
Chicago and Philadelphia in the
National League, has another
son, Dick. who is the property
Iof the Detroit Tigers.