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Heavy Life toss
Feared as British
Ship Goes Down
Hurricane Gusts
' Strike Britain Area
London U.R) An Atlantic
j?ale. packing huricane gusts,
Tank the '7300-ton British cargo
liner Tresillion today 40 miles
off Ireland .with a heavy loss of
life. - -
'r At least 17 men, including the
Tresillion's skipper, perished
and seven were missing in the
"shipwreck in the mouth of the
Irish Sea.
: Other shipping was in distress
in the second battering storm
to strike Britain and churn her
surrounding waters in four days.
Another 13 men of the Dutch
coastal freighter Carpo were
feared lost with, their ship and
26 German crewmen of a Liber
ian tanker demanded that their
captain be questioned for al
legedly refusing (to aid the sink
ing vessel.
Expectant Mother Stranded
Small islands surrounding
Britain were isolated by the
storm and the Royal Air Force
ordered a helicopter to fly a doc
' tor to the aid of an expectant
mother, stranded on a tiny islet
off the coast of the Isle of Man.
Her needs were made known to
the mainland by distress signals
and the word "baby" spelled in
white stones on the island's
stormlashed beach. '
Rescurers from five . snips,
many manning small lifeboats,
dared treacherous seas piled up
by the howling winds to snatch
at least 16 survivors of the
Tresillion's 40-man crew to saf e
ty. ; " -:,.,.-..v
But the loss of lives in the
latest of six sinkings had reached
more than 50 in Britain from
the weekend of wind, floods and
high seas. ;
Jumped Into Sea
The German seamen's protest
was directed against the captain
of the Liberian tanker Casion
Casino. They charged he ordered
the ship to veer off from a sink
ing ship off Britain's southwest
coast, even after the stricken
vessel's crew had jumped into
the heaving seas to await rescue.
Shipping sources said the ves-
p1 arjnarently was the Dutch
Coaster, missing since Saturday.
The Germans said they would
stage a sitdown strike on the
tanker until the ship's owners
investigated.
i several rescue vessels con
verged on the TresiHion before
she went down.
Count Men Inducted
) Info Army Recently
Three Jackson county men
were inducted into the Army at
Portland recently, according to
Local Board 17, Selective Ser
vice System. ''.'.; '
Thev were Douglas William
Coffman and William Harold
Roberts Jr., both Medford,' and
Frederick H. Offenbacher, Jack
sonville.
Five men who had transferred
to this local board from other
states also were inducted. They
were Melvin Burton King, John
Edward Spangler, George Wil
liam Robbins, Marion Eugene
Townsend and John David Hen-
nick.
Vessel
Criminally Insane Inmates
Controlled Following Riot
Trenton, N.J. (U.R) Crim
inally insane inmates at the
New Jersey State hospital, in
cluding mass-murder Howard
Unruh, rioted late Monday, set
fire to a dining hall and slashed
five guards before they were
brought under control.
More than 300 inmates of the
hospital's criminal , ward were
eating their evening meal when
the riot began at a pre-arranged
signal the toppling of a food
tray. ' -Fixtures
Smashed
The prisoners, arming them
selves with table and kitchen
knives and fashioning clubs
from "broken chairs, attacked the
11 attendants in the room,
smashed fixtures, broke win
dows and set fire to piles of
splintered furniture.-
Ten guards,' and about 40 in
mates who took no part in the ,
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1954
cm ks
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Joseph . R. McCarthy appeared
today to have gained GOP Lead
er William F. Knowland's sup
port on one argument made
against censuring the Wisconsin
Republican.
Knowland did not directly
commit himself. But he indicated
during the Senate censure de
bate that he has doubts about
whether the Senate could prop
erly punish McCarthy now for
acts during 1951-52, since the
Support
Against
Red Chinese Envoy
Rejects Oral Protest
On Jailing of Yanks
Geneva, Switzerland U.R)
U.S. Consul - General Franklin
Gowen,' in a bitter face to face
meeting with Red Chinese dip
lomat Chen Ping last night, pro
tested the unlawful jailing of 13
Americans by Red China "in the
strongest possible terms.'
Ex-County Woman
Held in Jewel Case
A former Jackson county res
ident, Mrs. Kathleen M., Nagler,
is scheduled to go on trial at
Richmond, Va- tomorrow for
illegally transporting money and
jewels across state lines. , .
The woman, implicated in the
Herman -Havens "jilted bride"
case of last spring and summer,
is . described by 'authorities as
the girl friend of Percy William
Herman. . He - was convicted : ir.
Richmond in July on the same
charge. It involved jewels and
money belonging to his former
bride, Mrs. Dyoll Prather Ha
vens. He was sentenced to eight
years in prison and fined $10,
ooo. S:-:r-
Mrs. Nagler gave "her address
Rogue River. . However, : au
thorities there said she moved
away from , there about 1951.
Mrs. Nagler - and; her husband
were in the county, for. several
years, and as early as 1948 when'
she received a traffic citation in
Central Point for speeding. She
and her husband managed Para
dise Meadows, an operation of
the Christ Church of the Golden
Rule, near: Brownsboro. The
property was later sold. The
couple moved away from here
about two years ago, according
to local reports.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indust
rials 386.77 off 1.74; 20 railroads
131.47, off 1.57; 15 utilities 60.
75, off 0.12, and 65 stocks 141.65
off 0.87. Sales today were about
3,440,000 shares compared with
3,300,000 shares yesterday, -' : t
POWER DISRUPTED
A faulty, switch , at a substa
tion resulted in a minor disrup
tion in electrical services in east
Medford forva period of about
half an hour this morning, ac
cording to officials at California
Oregon Power company.
melee, plunged through windows
to the courtyard 12. feet below.
One guard, Earl Hubbard, was
held as hostage.. He later was
released by the prisoners when
they apparently feared he might
die from his injuries.
When state 'troopers and fire
fighters from surrounding com
munities arrived on the scene
most of the prisoners had sur
rendered. Holdouts Heed Pleas
A group of 23 holdouts, in
cluding Unruh, the' mad killer
who murdered 13 persons and
wounded three others in a shoot
ing spree in 1949, barricaded
themselves in the, dining room.
- The holdouts, Who ; greeted
pleas to give up with curses and
demands to see Gov, Robert B.
Meyner, finally were talked into
submission by : Col; Lovell Bix
by, acting head of the institu
tion. ,
United
Dim Aft
by Knowland
McCarthy
Senate had reseated him with
out challenge in 1953. . ,
One of two censure counts
against McCarthy is that he was
contemptuous of a Senate Elec
tions subcommittee which inves
tigated his financial and other
activities in 1951-52. '
Dangerous Precedent .
Knowland aired his doubts in
questioning Sen. Ernest. S.
Brown (R-Nev.), who took his
seat Nov. 8 and probably will be
replaced within a few days.
The Chinese silently wrote
down every word as Gowen read
the protest in the luxurious
Beau Rivage hotel and then sol
emnly announced that it' was
"unacceptable." In diplomatic
language that meant it was re
jected. Gowen charged the Imprison
ment of the Americans on
trumped up spy charges was a
"flagrant violation" of both the
Korean truce and the 1929 Gene
va Convention on prisoners of
war. ;
Gowen strode into the Beau
Rivage hotel on the "neutral"
shores of Lake Geneva and
made his oral protest to Chen
Ping, acting Chinese Communist
consul general, and to his depu
ty, Li Swang-tze. 4' ' '
TTKe face "to face meeting de
manded by Gowan on State De
partment, orders, was disclosed
by American officials this morn
ing.'. .'
The Chinese had stalled until
last night on Gowen's . challenge
to step from their diplomatically
immune consulate " onto "neu
tral"' territory to receive the bit
ter American complaint.
Gowen's meeting with Chen
came after. Chen telephoned the
U.S. Consulate they were ready
to hear the protest on the lake
side hill where American and
Peiping diplomats have been
meeting since the Geneva con
ference, to discuss the fate of
Americans still in Red China's
hands. ; T ;
Said West's Plan
Los Angeles (U.R) Field
Marshal Viscount Montgomery
said today that if the West is
attacked it will defend itself
against the aggressor "with the
full weight" of its atomic and
hydrogen weapons.
"We will never be the aggres
sor ourselves," he asserted, "but
the essential point is that ' we
ourselves should be able to re
ceive a surprise nuclear , attack,
to absorb it and to survive to
hit back."
The deputy, supreme com
mander of Allied powers in Eu
rope spoke of nuclear retalia
tion in a speech prepared , for
delivery before a, lunch spon
sored by the California Institute
of Technology and . the , World
Affairs Council. i ;
"The best safeguard for peace
is the possession of such strong
air power that a potential aggres
sor knows his attack will be re
turned at once, that he will get
back far more than he gives, and
that his own country will be de
stroyed," Montgomery said.
Purchase Authorized
For Penal Institution
Salem KU.PJ The State Board
of Control today authorized pur
chase of the Williams and Hart
farm north of Salem for $70,000
as a site for the new intermed
iate penal institution. . Iv -
This marked final action after
months of inspection of sites in
Marion county, and hearings be
fore the State Emergency Board.
That board -last Friday finally
gave its approval to the site se
lected by the Board of Control.
Previously, the Emergency Board
members had asked the Board
of Control to take another look
at tbe Keppinger site at Gexvais.
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Fresa FuU Leased Win
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Brown, who spoke for two hours,
said that censure of McCarthy
would establish a dangerous
precedent limiting congression
al investigations.
Brown was defeated in the
Nov. 2 elections by Democrat
Alan Bible who will succeed
him in the Senate seat as soon
as his credentials are approved.
McCarthy did not appear dur
ing the three-hour morning ses
sion. This was the last full day
of general debate on censure.
Voting will begin late tomor
row. Knowland said he was glad
Brown brought up the point of
how far back the Senate could
go in censuring a member it has
since seated without question.
He asked Brown if he felt that
a form of "statute of limitations"
did not apply, once the Senate
has seated a member. Brown
said that was his view.
Brown Praised
In a later question, Knowland
said he always had felt ''there
must be some termination date"
otnerwise the Senate could go
back as far as it pleased to "dig
out material"' on - members.
Brown agreed.
Sen. Dennis Chavez (D-N.M.),
praised Brown for a "wonderful
contribution" to the debate. But
he said Brown's main argu
ments concerned the Senate's
right to expel a member.
"The question here is whether
we have any right to scold Mc
Carthy; or censure; him," Cha
vez said.
The galleries, often packed
since the censure debate began,
were less Jhan half full ' as
BrowrPmade his long presenta
tion with frequent interruptions
for questions.
Blood Unit Due
Here December 15
The Red Cross blood collec
tion unit will be in Medford on
Wednesday, Dec 15, it was an
nounced today. '
It is hoped that at least 300
donors will give blood at that
time, and blood ' program offi
cials pointed out that if the
quota is not fulfilled, Jackson
county again will fail to provide
enough blood for its own local
needs. ; :
The bloodmobile will again
be at the Elks temple from 1 to
6 : p.m. Blood-giving : appoint
ments may be made by tele
phoning 3-3813. .
It was also pointed out that
the bloodmobile will visit Rogue
River the day. before, Dec. 14.
The visit was set Up as a result
of many residents there who
want to give blood but find it
impossible to come to Medford
to do so.
Recent discussions among
blood program workers have
centered around the need to mo
tivate local people to give blood.
Some - consideration has been
given to changing the hours of
the visit to permit more people
who work set hours during the
day to visit the unit, s -
Military Pay Raise
Under Consideration
Washington 4U.R) The De
fense Department -is preparing
legislation calling for military
pay raises that may average
from 8 to 1L per cent, informed
sources said today- -
Army Secretary Robert T.
Stevens told a Retired Officers
Association meeting Monday
that the department would ask
Congress next year for "a sub
stantial pay raise" for miltary
personnel.
Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), who
will be chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee in
January, has said the pay raise
will be his committee's No. 1
business.
It was reported the new bill
different from previous across--the-board
raises will especial
ly reward servicemen who make
the military a career. And the
rates will vary with individuals,
rank and length of service. :
Portland (U.R) Robert Brew
ster ' Taylor. 57-year-old Adams
wheat rancher, is to be named
Oregon State Wheat Commiii-
sion adiaiaistrator.. . ..
Seen
Censure
Weather
FORECAST: Continued 1 i
- through Wednesday, with
r variable h i i h cloudiness.
Chance of snow showers in .
mountains to the south. Low"
tonight 22-25; hif h Wcdnes--
day 42.
. ! Temp, i
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning 29
Stoora
Dulles Turns Down
Knowland Demand
For China Blockade
Nation Will Exhaust
All 'Peaceful Means'
Chicago U.RP- Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles has
turned down demands that the
nation impose an air or naval
blockade on Red" China to win
freedom for 13 imprisoned
Americans. .
Dulles conferred with Presi
dent Eisenhower by telephone
before making ; Monday night's
major foreign riolicv SDeech. He
then announced the nation will
exhaust all "neaceful means of
sustaining our international
rignts and those of our citizens."
This country' must not let it
self be "provoked", into, "war ac
tion" which could upset the deli
cate balance of world peace and
"impair the alliance of free na
tions," he said
Dulles speech before the na
tional 4-H Club Congress and to
a nationwide radio and television
audience was a flat rejection of
forceful policies urged by Sen
ate Majority Leader William
Knowland.
Knowland has" called f or . a
blockade of Communist China as
an answer to the recent sen
tencing of 11' American service
men and two civilians captured
during the Korean war. . "
Dulles warned Communist
China's "aggressive" action may
mean "international Commu
nism is trying by a new way to
divide the free nations."
"Thev seek to hp snnthinff in
Europe,' 'he said. "They are pro
vocative in Asia." , ,
To React .Vigorously '
"Our , nation will react and
react vieorouslvrbut witi-.mit nil
lowing ourselves to be provoked
into action which would be a vi
olation of our international ob
ligations and which would im
pair the alliance of the free na
tions," he said. ' ' ;
"What, has happened . is a
challenge to us, and indeed to all
who want peace, to find ways,
consistent with peace, to sustain
international rights," he said.
Dulles pointed out that the
United States, under the United
Nations Charter, has agreed to
settle international disputes "by
peaceful means in such a man
ner that international peace is
not endangered." ' i
Washington 4U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles re
ceived bipartisan support today
for his firm stand against an air
or sea blockade to try to force
Red China to release 13 Ameri
can prisoners.
Three Democratic foreign. pol
icy spokesmen Sens. Walter F.
George (Ga.), John Sparkman
(Ala.) and J. William Fulbfight
(Ark.) lined up with Dulles in
opposition to the blockade pro
posal advanced by Republican
Senate Leader William v vn Avar-
land, Calif. ,
Two influential Republicans
H. Alexander Smith (N.J.) and
Homer Ferguson (Mich.) also
sided with Dulles although Fer
guson said he would not rule out
use of a blockade at some time.
George, who will be chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee next year, said he
"thoroughly agreed" with Dulles
in ruling t)ut a blockade of Red
China. He said a blockade would
"invite war and retaliation on
our own people" . and lead to
the "speedy death" of all Amer
icans held by the Communists.
Smith, the second-ranking Re
publican member of the com
mittee, said he too generally
agrees with Dulles but was dis
appointed the secretary did not
make; a "more definite state
ment" on what peaceful steps
will, be taken to free the 13
Americans, r "' . . . ; '? jt
Sen. Arving M. Ives (R-N.Y.),
praised Dulles' speech as being
"fundamentally sound" and
agreed that a blockade "might
lead to all-out war."
Sparkman said "we ought to
remember that a blockade is an
act of war and that with a block
ade we'd be inviting war." Ful
bright , said " Dulles' remarks
"make good sense ant) 'a far ac
I can see, I support his views."
Knowland stuck by his guns
today despite rejection of the
idea by Dulles. " 1
However, Knowland com
menting on Dulles' snpch- said
his dispute with the administra
tion on Far East policy is not
as great as some would make
it apnear to be " He said . he
would support any . "effective"
awexnauva to a blockade. . ,
SEEK ASYLUM -- Seeking asylum in Prague, Czecho
slovakia, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ward and theirchildren
take a walk in park here. Ward, i U. S. citizen, "was sus
pected by the FBI of working for a foreigr intelligence
agency. He had been refused asylum in both Denmark
and Austria.
Safety Orqa
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Officials Meet
Phoenix About 100 officials
from 10 cities last night attended
a joint meeting here of the south
ern Oregon city officials and
Highway Lifesavers Committee
of Jackson County Citizens Inc.
At the cities meeting, repre
sentatives from Medford, Grants
Pass, Ashland, Rogue River,
Gold Hill, Central Point, Jack
sonville, Butte Falls, Eagle Point
and Talent attended. The Med
ford delegation included 23. ;
Reports on various sections of
the recent state convention of the
League of Oregon Cities at Port
land were given. Those speaking
and their topics were Elmer
Biegel, Ashland, municipal fi
nance and personnel and fire
protection; Vera Thorpe, Med
ford, planning and zoning; Rob
ert Martin, Grants Pass, fringe
area' problems; Edward McKins-
try, Medford, public works; Fred
Dayton, Grants-Pass; recreation
and park development; Herbert
Mackie, Medford, building regu
latidns; Ferd Jones, Gold Hill,
small city problems;' Charles
Champlin, Medford, law enforce
ment; Harold Jordan, Ashland,
municipal courts; and W. W.
Balderree, Grants Pass, legisla
tion. : v . :
Phoenix Mayor Presides
Mayor Kathryn Stancliffe,
Phoenix, presided at the meet
ing. The dinner was served by
the Homemakers club of the
First Presbyterian church of
Phoenix.
At : the Lifesavers session, , a
board of 12 trustees was named
and' officers . elected.' Jennings
Pierce, Medford, was chosen
president. Other officers elected
were R. L. Neill, Ashland, vice
president; H. L. Markwith, Jack
sonville, secretary; E. T. Ander
son, Medford, assistant secre
tary, and Allan F. Perry, Med
ford, treasurer..
Trustees,; besides Pierce and
Neill, were F. E. Poole, Butte
Falls; Thomas H. Smith,. Gold
Hill; Don Faber, Central Point;
Dan ' Adams, Phoenix; John
Keaveny, Jacksonville; Keith
Thor seon, ; Talent; : Phil . Engle,
Rogue River; Don Ashpole, Eagle
Today's Temperature
Coldest in Two Years 7
.The temperature at the Med
ford weather bureau this morn
ing dropped to 20 degrees, mak
ing it. the coldest day in two
yearsr-since Nov. 29,. 1952.
Snow which was predicted in
this area for yesterday evening
did not materialize, but the for
mation - which - . could - .have
brought it is still hovering over
the ocean off the coast. It may
strike - the ; mountains to the
south of Medford,1 but probably
little will fall here, the bureau
predicted, j- ' , ; -..' ';. '-V .' '". '
Man Gets 2nd Penitentiary
Sentence in Less Than Week
A 20-year-old Timber, .. Ore.,
man, sentenced last week to one
year in - the - state penitentiary
on a burglary charge,- appeared
in circuit ' court this morning
and was sentenced to three years
in prison on .a grand larceny
charge. :; '':-'r- --
. The man, ; James " Theodore
Larson, is to serve the two sen
tences consecutively. The burglary-,
charge involved articles
taken ifrom Oakdale : market,
while; the grand larceny charge
involved an auto theft.
A second man appeared in cir
cuit court this morning V and
pleaded ' guilty to a sex crime.
The manf-Fxd Hiram Gray, 38,
nization,
Point; Henry Davis, Shady Cave
and Ralph Goode, Prospect. All
except Pierce, Davis and Goode
are mayors or mayors-elect of
their cities. '
The purpose of the Lifesavers
group is to coordinate and pro
mote highway ' safety in the
county in line with the program
for Oregon and President Eisen
hower's conference of oyer a
year ago. ' ' '
Archie Pierce, spoke on the
organization's " purpose. Perry
acted as temporary chairman. .
Ashland Man Faces
Samuel Gene Bell, 22, Ash
land, has ; been booked -inf. the
Jackson county ' jail on charges
of assault with a dangerous wea
pon following a knifing in which
his former wife was injured, ac
cording to District Attorney Wal
ter Nunley. j
Bell is being held in lieu of
$5,000 bail.
The alleged attack took place
yesterday afternoon.- Injured
was Bell's ex-wife, ; Stella Bell,
who also lives in Ashland. Nun-
ley said she received a flesh
wound, and was able" to sign a
complaint against Bell in the
county courthouse this morning.
In a signed statement given
sheriff's deputies, Bell stated he
was elsewhere at the time of the
stabbing, and indicated he did
not take part in the attack. He
was being questioned this mor
ning in the county jail by the
district attorney.
The Bells, who were. married
about three years ago, have two
small-children, Nunley said.
lleuberger Asks
Power Line Funds
Portland U.R)' Richard L.
Neuberger, Democratic senator
elect from Oregon, today urged
Interior Secretary Douglas Mc
Kay to include funds for facil
ities to furnish power to the pro
posed Harvey Machine Company
aluminum plant at The Dalles in
the , department's budget-f for
1955. . ' '
In a letter to McKay, Neuber
ger said the company has a con
tract for Bonneville power, but
that the contract cannot be car
ried out unless transmission and
transformer f acilities ;" are in
stalled. 1 -' ' '
Neuberger said .he was mak
ing the request because payrolls
are needed in Oregon.' An alumi
num plant at The Dalles would
take up the employment . slack
which will come with comple
tion of The Dalles dam, he said.
of '335 North Riverside . ave. is
to be examined by. a state psy
chiatrist prior to sentencing. V
Six other persons were arrest-,
ed yesterday and lodged in the
county jail on various charges.
They included . Lester " . Lap
ham, 33, a transient, held under
$1,000 bail on a Douglas county
non-support 'charge; 'Ronald 'Ar
thur Nelson, 20, of Butte Falls
Star route, ..box 49A, and two
juveniles held on grand larceny
charges involving t theft of bat
teries from Medford -Irrigation
district; a 16-year-old Medford
girl held as a runaway, . and
Louis Earl Coffman, 21, Yreka,
Calif., jailed on a charge of ,vi-olatioa-f
basic rule.
Stabbing Charge
Guilty Pleas Made
To Second Degree,
Assault Charges
Hile Case Defendant
Sentenced by Judge
Donald LaVern Chesley, 19,
Coos Bay this morning was sen-,
tenced to two life terms in the
state prison on charges growing
out of the murder of Mrs. Fern
Hile and a robbery and attack
on her husband.
The sentences will not run si
multaneously, which lessens the
NEW TRIAL MOTION
FOR JENSEN DENIED
A defense motion for a new :
trial for James Norman Jen ,
sen, 25, Larkspur, Calif was
denied ai noon today by Cir
cuit. Judge H. K. Hanna, Jen-
sen has been convicted of the"
April 24 hatchet slaying of K'
Mrs. Fern Hile. '
Defense Attorney Edward .
Kelly immediately 'announced,
he will fil a notice of appeal '
before , the Dec. 14 deadline. .
Filing of this notice will auto.
matically' stay execution of r
Jensen,' who has been sched
uled to die Jan. 7 in the lethal"
gas chamber in Salem.
Judge Henna also granted a
defense motion to provide a
transcript of : the ' proceedings '
for en appeal., Tbe transcript,,
or bill of exceptions, will be'
paid, for by tbe state. Kelly,
said he would file a motion,
right away to allow additional;
time in which to prepare the
transcript.
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chances of Chesley being pa
roled. He had been scheduled to
come to trial . Wednesday on r
first degree murder charges.
Two Charges ,' . '.,.-v:";;r..H:
Chesley this morning pleaded
guilty to charges of second de ,
gree murder and assault and
robbery while, armed with a
dangerous weapon. He was sen
tenced by Judge H. K. Hanna
to life on both charges.
The. Coos Bay youth earlier '
had pleaded innocent to first
degree murder charges involv
ing the April 24 hatchet slaying
of Mrs. Hile. This morning he
withdrew . that plea to plead
guilty to second degree murder.
It was not necessary that Ches
ley be reindicted. by, the grand
jury bin the second degree mur
der charge,, because second, de
gree murder is included in the
charge of first degree murder.
Waived Indictment
' . Chesley waived indictment by .
the grand jury on the assault
and robbery charge. He then "
pleaded guilty to a district at
torney's information which
charged him with the beating
and robbery of Mrs. Hile's hus
band, Hugh Hile, a Medford con
tractor.' 1
He waived a delay before sen
tencing, and the sentences were
handed down immediately by
Judge Hanna. '
Only nine people, including
Chesley, His attorney, Irving Al
len, District Attorney Walter
Nunley, court officials, two dep
uty sheriffs and a reporter for
The Mail Tribune, were in the
courtroom. ' Tf
Trials Contrasted ;
The size of the group was in
marked contrast to the trial of
James Norman Jensen, 25, Lark
spur, calif., - when audiences
packed the courtroom for 10
days. Jensen - was convicted of
first degree murder in the hat
chet slaying of Mrs. Hue, ana
has been sentenced to die Jan;
7 in the state lethal , gas cham
ber in Salem. A motion for a
new trial in his case is being
studied by the court. r; ; f
The district attorney said this
morning he decided to allow
Chesley to plead guilty , to sec
ond degree murder following a
truth serum sodium pentathol
test administered to the; defend- -ant
Friday.
The, test, given in the assist
ant jailer's quarters in the coun
ty jail, lasted about an hour,
and during that period Chesley.
steadfastly maintained that he
did hot hit Mrs. Hile, Nunley
said. ' ..)
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"Legally speaking, Chesley is
still guilty of first degree mur
der," Nunley said, "but morally
speaking, I felt justified in
pleading him guilty to second
degree murder." The district at
torney added, "Considering his
(Chesley's) age, I felt the inter- .
ests of justice would best be
served by allowing . him to
plead to second degree mur
der." .
The truth serum test was giv
en on the recommendation of
Dr. Gehrhart Haugen and Dr.
John . Waterman, , psychiatrists
who, examined Chesley, the dis
trict attorney said. He added
that the psychiatrists' examina
tions, disclosed no evidence of
insanity in Chesley.
. Nunley noted that he con
ferred with the parents of the
murdered woman before allow
ing Chesley to enter a plea to
the lesser crime.
Eugene (U.R First sales of
Christmas tree stum page has
been reported in Lane county
with price at 25 tents par tree.
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