Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

2 BIO 1 If 212 22 1 1 Or PAGE TEN 43RenoDrivers (Anti To Work (Journal photo) 2 I lorida tert i 7 2 7 is 2: A' Car Hurtles Off Grade lies 75 Through Air Jilt RENO NEVADA RIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 19 1952 Group Wants to Build Mew Luxury HotelOn Vegas Strip Kf 1 son that pulled the box brought three triple combination rigs and an aerial truck to the scene Reno Girl Badly Hurt When It inally Hits Earth By UNITED PRESS An initiative petition seeking outright repeal of the con troversial to initiative which became effective December 3 was filed with Secretary of State John Koontz in Carson City yesterday Tho new initiative petition bore the signatures of 9993 persons gathered from all sections of Nevada The state con stitution requires only that such petitions to be accepted must bear signatures equal to ten per cent of the voters Detroiter Arrested As Bon ire Starter Thomas Barnes Jr 39 of De troit Mich brought out police and firemen early yesterday morning when he lit a bon fire near the Ready Mix Cement Company Police notified of the fire ar rested Barnes on a disorderly charge iremen swiftly doused the blaze before it could do any dam age Beauty Parlor Sued or $719720 In Damages an jbb fg iieiu 4184 nere orTheirErrors Dowling 252 irst St told police yesterday that a hubcap was stolen off his 1952 Buick se dan while the 'car ws parked in front of his home Mr Dowling said the theft oc curred about 7 pan Tuesday He valued the missing hubcap at $12 Local Staff Averaged Placement Every ive Minutes ive persons charged with dis orderly conduct were heard in municipal court yesterday morning Three of the five were ordered held for investigation while two were given floaters out of town In Wednesday afternoon hear ings Robert Anderson was fined $50 for hit and run driving with an alternative of spending 50 days in jail A second charge of drunken driving was dismissed against Mr Anderson Also appearing Wednesday after noon was Percy John Lyon who was fined $250 for driving while in toxicated Mr license was revoked for ten days 2 Municipal traffic court sessions netted the city $194 yesterday aft ernoon but only 10 of 43 cited driv ers actually made court appear ances While most of the remaining 33 drivers forfeited bail on the charges lodged against them four neg lected to appear or post bail They were Edward Moose cited for having improper registration on his vehicle Robert Martin and Jim itzgerald cited for double parking and Martin Diggins cited for driving through a boulevard stop sign One driver Arthur Cox had his case transferred to the police juve nile division He was doubly cited for having his car improperly reg istered and for having noisy muf flers on it ailure to obey traffic signs brought $5 bail forfeitures roin Robert Brooks and Leo Oswald orfeiting $5 each because they ig nored red traffic signals were Ray Means Gillies George Wood man and Harry rye Mr rye also forfeited $5 for driving through a boulevard stop sign Case Continued Speeding charges were continued against William King until! today but were dismissed against Har riett Kinney and Edson Hamm Buck Helger forfeited $5 for changing lanes without due caution but charges of improper passing were dismissed against Ann Mc Dermott Edward Winkler forfeit ed $10 for passing where there was insufficient clearance to do so and Leo Van Brocklin was fined $10 for following another vehicle too closely Charles Johnson forfeited $5 for making an improper' turn while Harry Rovetti and Diane Mueller were each fined $10 on similar cita tions Julius Wallner forfeited $5 for failing to make proper hand signals and $10 for driving without a license Marion Riley was fined $5 for making an improper turn and $10 for driving without a license Rob ert Graves was fined $20 for failing to yield the right of way on a through highway Elizabeth Shaw cited for failure to yield the right of way had hear ing of her case continued until De cember 31 prfeiting $5 each for driving through stop signs were Lloyd Sa voy Gertrude Mazalewski and John Rogers Double parkers who forfeited $2 bail each were Charles Van Dyke Anania William Clark Mary Wells Hazel Smart' Close Sidney Ingram Irene Kenny Louise An derson Gerald Copenhaven John Rogers George Beck and Grant Cottam John Jensen' forfeited $3 for driving the wrong way down Roff Way and Lionel Perez forfeited $2 for having his car improperly reg istered Winter may cause a slump in other activities in Reno but up to the first of this month the local of fice of the Nevada Employment Security Department was appar ently keeping busy 2 During November the Reno office under direction of Arthur Lucas placed people in 2683 jobs It may not have found jobs for 2683 people because some of the job takers may each have taken more than one of the jobs during the month Nevertheless it was a large number of placements for an off season month'! and establishes the Reno area a tops in Nevada for job opportunities i The local office found jobs for more than half the people placed by the nine NSES off ices in the state In order to do that Mr Lucas and his staff had to average 117 placements for every day the of fice was open during November That figures up to more than 14 per hour or one placement for every five minutes An apparent discrepancy exists in the report from Carson City showing the activities of each of the nine NSES offices It shows that while the Reno office referred only 2363 people to em ployers 2683 of them were hired' That is because workers referred from other NSES offices in Nevada were sent to the Reno area for placement 4161 Placed in Nevada Throughout the state in Novem ber a total of 4258 workers were referred to employers and 4161 were hired It is a high average and speaks well for the screening done by the NSES staffs The compar ative figures showing the number of referrals and number of place ments made by each office during the month are as follows: A 222222 i 22f Oldsmobile Towed Off ollowing Complaint By City Paint Crews Pauline St John 418 Toano St was seriously injured yesterday morning when the car she was driv ing toward Virginia City hurtled off Geiger grade and crashed after fly ing 75 feet through the air Miss St John was taken to Washoe Medical Center following the accident suffering from a frac tured spine or neck Her com panion in the vehicle Charles Payne Stead Air orce Base was not injured Storey county Sheriff Eddie Ar manino said the car a 1950 Chevro let left the highway about three tenths of a mile from Geiger sum mit It was totally demolished and late yesterday afternoon a the wreckage had not been removed The accident was discovered by Dick Ghiloti a Virginia City resi dent as he was going to work Mr Ghiloti took the couple to Virginia City at 5:30 am and Miss St John was rushed from there to Washoe Medical Center i by sthe Storey county ambulance The car in which the couple hur tledff the steep grade bore North Dakota license plates and was re portedly borrowed by Miss St John The owner has not yet been listed 222 Claiming she suffered scalp and neck burns from a permanent wave machine Mrs Ola Reed of Reno has filed suit for $719720 damages against Eric and Sylvia Jackson operators of the Reno School of Beauty Culture 247 Virginia St The complaint said Mrs Reed visited the beauty parlor August 25 1952 to get a permanent wave She paid $550 in advance and two unidentified operators placed curl ers on her head the complaint continued The scalp began to burn and she asked the beauticians to turn off the wave machine or remove the curlers Before they did so it is alleged Mrs Reed suffered second degree burns and later some of her hair fell out Contending that negligence was responsible for the occurrence the plaintiff is seeking $7500 general damages plus $19720 for medical expenses Attorneys Stanley Brown and Dale Murphy repre sent Mrs Reed The seven Republicans in the Washoe county assembly delega tion yesterday threw their support to Herbert Rountree Lyon county for the post of minority floor leader virtually assuring his election to that post At least three other assembly men have indicated their (Willing ness to go along with the Washoe delegation which means Rountree is assured of at least 10 votes There are 18 Republicans in the which convenes Janu ary 19 The post also been sought by George Hawes of1 Ely serving his second term in the lower chamber as is Rountree' No urther Action Expected Boring Will Issue ormal Statement INER HOMES GUY MARSH COMPANY Dial 3 8300 29 irst St 2 adv Man Who Obey Judge Sent to Jail Arthur Garland Chrisman will spend the next 30 days in the Reno city jail because he neglected to leave town after being ordered to do so by Municipal Judge Guy Walts Garland had been given a float er after being arrested on a drunk charge Yesterday officers who found he was still in town and still intoxicated hustled him: off to serve his sentence y' Woman Says Wave Machine Burned Her Asks Cash Two More Agers Spendjiight At Hotel 4 Young Gains 1 5 Votes Due To Recount Here 1 Sili RENO RILE AND PISTOL CLUB ManTellsHisy Hold Up Plans But Is oiled Broken Hose Red aces Are Result Of Cold Weather Busy November Is Reported By MSES Office Police yesterday ordered a 1947 Oldsmobile towed from its parking place near the St Thomas Aquinas Cathedral on the complaint of city paint crews Officers saia the car had 1953 Nevada license plate No 6439 It was reportedly in a red zone and extended about two feet into the pedestrian crosswalk interfering with the work the paint crews weredoing Drive Carefully! Watch for Children L' Ballots from 15 Reno and Sparks precincts were recounted yesterday under the direction of a congressional investigator and the result was a net gain of 15 votes for Congressman Elect Clifton Young over the defeated incumbent Walter Baring In view of the fact that only negligible changes in the Young Baring race were recorded in a complete recount of Clark county ballots and the partial recount in WashoeCounty it appeared unlikely that4 the House subcommittee on elec tions would pursue the matter fur ther 2 Rep Baring who was present for the recount said he would issue a formal statement after the con gressional committee has filed its report on the Nevada election Itwas apparent he did not anticipate a further recount think this investigation has been a distinct service to Baring told reporters Jias illustrated defects in our elec tions laws and the results will serve as a guide to the people of Nevada in the conduct of future He expressed the opinion that voting machines should be installed in Clark and Washoe Counties in order to eliminate mis marking of ballots by voters and errors in tab ulating by the election workers Baringf Gains 11 Loses 22 In recount of 15 pre cincts Baring picked up 11 votes not previously credited to him but lost 22 that were erroneously listed for him This meant a net loss of 11 votes Young on the other hand gained 12 and lost eight for a net gain of four The 11 votes lost by Baring and the four votes gained by Young left the latter with an overall in Jcrease of 15 During the recent Clark Countyrecount registered an in crease of five votes leaving Young Jwith a statewide plurality of 766 changes boosted plurality in Nevada to 781 In the 15 precincts canvassed inWashoe County a total of 86 bal lots previously credited to one orthe other candidate were rejected Ninety per cent of the rejections were due to the use of pen or pencil Instead of the rubber stamp in marking the ballots In most precincts the rejected ballots were fairly well balanced between Young and Baring How ever xin Reno precinct No 27 A Baring was the loser on 15 of 22 votes rejected by the recount Workers Suspected Precinct OK 2 One of the precincts watched closely by the contestants was 47 A in Reno where a preliminary check on Wednesday showed a wide dis crepancy between the recorded total votes and the number of in dividual check marks in the tally books The recount' of that precinct showed that the original totals were almost correct The an nounced vote of 208 for Young to 195 for Baring turned out in the recount to be 208 to 197 5 Ballots in the following precincts were recounted yesterday: Reno 4 5 12 A 13 A 27 27 A 35 47 A 51 and 56 Sparks 5 A 8 10 11 A and 12 2 Investigator Leaves Walter itzpatrick the congres sional investigator who supervised the recounts in Clark and Washoe counties left Reno by plane last night for Washington where he will report to the Boggs subcom mittee which ordered the recounts tHe said any conclusions concern lngthe recounts would have to be made by the committee 4 itzpatrick praised County Clerks Harry Brown of Washoe county and Helen Scott Reed of Clark county for the manner in which they cooperated with him in his work Representative Baring compli mented the investigator for his and The elect Young spent little time in the court house rooms where the recount was in progress yesterday and he was not present when the results became known He will leave for Wash ington late this month to begin his new duties A Refuses to Act Although Clerk Admits They "Looked Young" vM Ji' 33 orfeit Bail 4 ace Arrest ror nor Showing Miller of 527 Third St has received word of the death of his brother Miller in air field la Mr Miller who had visit ed Reno on various occasions was the uncle of Mrs Curtis He is survived by his wife and several other brothers and nieces and nephews Interment took place Tuesday in airfield 2 I ALSE ALARM Reno 'firemen answered a false alarm turned in from Box 63 at Wheeler and Cheney Sts at 7:12 yesterday morning As the area is City of Reno has been named defendant in a damage suit filed by a woman who tripptd'and fell on a Commercial Row sidewalk last July! The plaintiff is Mrs Regina Lehn hoff who is seeking $2596 from the city on the groupds that a defect in the sidewalk caused her fall The complaint said the woman suffered injuries to her right knee It is alleged in the suit that there was a hole in the walk at a point in front of the parking lot that lies between urniture Store and the city fire station Hubcap Is Reported Stolen rom NewCar John Lee Abbott 21 of Spring field Hl got a swift answer from Reno police Wednesday night Abbott allegedly called the po lice station at 10 and queried "If I hold up a place to night will I be picked up and locked OfficeYs quickly traced the call to a Commercial Row bar where they arrested Abott on disorderly conduct charges In municipal court yesterday morninghe was ordered held for ten days to allow police time for checking his activi ties Abbott also admitted to using the alias John Lee Redpath 'I' iveSases Heard In Police Osurt iv our experience of 38 years help you in meeting your fuel oil and heating problems Phone 3 3146 for 'prompt competent service to' your' 2 i '2 3 Cold weather problems left Washoe county deputies red faged yesterday morning Deputies driving a patrol car at irst and Virginia Sts were startled when clouds of smoke be gan rising from under the hood of their car An alarm was turned in to the Reno fire department iremen who arrived on the scene minutes later discovered that a heater hose had broken in the car pouring a quantity of water on a hot manifold What deputies had believed to be smoke was simply steam from the suddenly heated water The damage was repaired in short order teda License i Two teen age runaways from California were arrested ly Reno police yesterday after spending a night in a Reno hotel room The two a 16 year old girl from Sheepranch Calif and a 17 year old boy from San Andreas Calif were appre hended at the county court house' Officers said the pair arrived in Reno Wednesday night and after for 'about a half to a Center St hotel where they registered in a single room The young couple reportedly signed the hotel register as a mar ried couple and were shown to their room although vthe hotel clerk they appeared a little District Attorney Jack Streeter refused to prosecute the hotel own ers for contributing to the delin quency of minors because both children are being returned to their parents and will not be available as witnesses One hotel owner and two hotel clerks are currently free on bail on such charges as an outgrowth of the fatal of 13 year old Barbara Hopman a runaway juv enile from Tracv Calif Cal Vada Lodge Inc has paid Peacock $672825 in full settle ment of his suit to collect $7450 2 Notice that a judgment had been satisfied was filed in district court yesterday The suit involved a promissory note executed by the club owners to Walter Webb in July 1948 Webb assigned the note to Peacock After the suit was filed Cal Vada offered to pay Peacock $672825 The plaintiff agreed to accept that amount and judgment was entered Brother of Reno ManWho Had Visited Here Dies in Middle West febaba Jiate journal 2:22 'Si 2 22 1 2 222 OLKS USE OUR OIL ANO SAY ''HOW NICE A THE HEAT AND HXICt casting ballots for justice of the supreme court at the last general election Chief Justice Milton Badt un for re election received 55161 votes on November 4 which means the initiative presented to Koontz today needed only 5516 signatures to qualify legally The to initiative which became effective December 3 was passed by a statewide ma jority' of 1035 votes In general it outlaws union or closed shop agree ments organizational picketing and secondary boycotts The new initiative petition seeks the complete repeal of the initiative approved by the voters on Novem ber 4 Koontz must by law submit the petition to the legislature which convenes January 19 However the state constitution forbids the law makers from altering amending or repealing the to in itiative for a period of three years from the time it became effective If the lawmakers fail to act upon the new and by the con stitution they cannot take any ac tion upon it goes on the next general election ballot which in the present case means 1954 provided no legal objections to this process arise Some legal observers feel the legislature might have grounds not to accept it at all in view of the constitutional provisions new initiative proposal fre quently referred to as the play has' been endorsed by the AL Nevada State ederation of Labor and by all its subordinate councils tit was presented to Koontz by a delegation of Reno and Las Vegas labor leaders headed by' Thomas Meehan secretary of the AL Cul inary Workers Alliance The delegation included A Christmas arid WilliamCarter of Las Vegas Box Maxey Of Hender son and Bertrand of Reno Accompanying was Harry Anderson an attorney represent ing the AL Reno Central Trades and Labor Council George Rudiak of Las Vegas a Clark county assemblyman elect acted as an attorney for the Clark County Central Trades Council in preparation of the new initiativemeasure2222 ''a 2 The papers presented to' Koontz included 189 separate petitions Should the legislature accept the initiative and should it be approved in the 1954 general 1 election union and closed shop agreements would still be forbidden by terms of Senate Bill 79 enacted in 1951 It is presumed the labor forces in the legislature will seek the repeal of this'measure a center of controversy in The "Right to initiative contains far inore stringent terms than Senate Bill 79 and also pro vides for injunctive relief by both employers and union members Washoe Republicans' Backing Rountree or Their loor Leader 222 2 2'2 2 2 j2 ManTumbks And Sues Reno 2 2 CONGRESSIONAL book during partial recount of votes cast in the Clifton Young Walter Baring contest With itzpatrick are Congressman Baring (right) and Washoe County Clerk Harry Brown Baring nau a net loss oi io votes in me local recount By UNITED PRESS The Nevada tax commission to day received an application for a gambling liconse for still another luxury hotel and casino on the famed Las Vegas from Mi ami Beach gambler William (Wil lie) Bischoff and several associates Bischoff has been mentioned fre quently in the Kefauver report and various crime commission studies Bischoff and his associates ap plied for a license of an as yet un built resort project to be known as the Casablanca Hotel The applica tion said it would be located be tween the Desert Inn and the Ho tel Thunderbird Bischoff has long been identified with various gambling operations in the Miami Miami Beach area Listed with Bischoff on the ap plication were Jack Goldman who operates the Clover Club and Res taurant at Miami Beach Murray Saul a Miami Beach hotel and mo tel operator Lewis Merman a Hollywood movie producer Julius Gaines a Miami construction com pany owner and Irving Lester Al berts a Miami Beach physician The Casablanca would be the seventh luxury hotel to be built on the fast growing Las Vegas The sixth a $5500000 hotel casino known as The Sands opened Mon day Others include the lamingo Desert Inn Thunderbird Last rontier and El Rancho Vegas Station Wagon Stolen Police Are Informed Theft of a 1951s Mercury station wagon was reported to Reno police last night by Hamilton McCaughey 2 Newlands Circle Mr Caughey said the cream colored station wagon disappeared from its parking place on Truckee River Lane The car had 1953 Ne vada license plate No 6161 and had white sidewall tires on the back wheels 2 2 2 2 Vi A Petition Given Koontz 2' 2 :72 Documents With 9f993 Signatures Poses Legal Problem for Legislature ESTABLISHED 1870 2i 222 2 SS 22'2 2 COLLECTION SOUGHT Professional Collection Service has filed suit here to col lect $44860 from Gerald Galar neau alleging the money is owed to The Stoneham Independent Stoneham Mass Harry Ander son is attorney for the collection agency WEATHER 7 YESTERDAY: High 42 low 18 TODAY: Cloudy with occasional light snow or rain Slightly cooler 2 2 2 IN AN EMERGENCY 222s2222222225 2 22 If you need a Physician andare unable fo reach 2 your family doctor assistance will' be given through the usual facilities of the 2 Washoe County Medical Association Talcnlimifi 9QIAI 222 MAINTAINING A 12 HOUR PUBLIC SERVICE ROM 8:00 to 8:00 A fi it i We suggest that you arrange while you are well for a family doctor who will care for you and 22 2'2 2 2 2 1 7 your family in any emergency 22 J1 TURKEY SHOOT a 2 SUNDAY DEC 21st RANK'S ILLING STATION HIGHWAY NORTH RENO 2 9 Kjries acopev Aiiowep onDrguns I 1 'f'" Pistols Small Bore Rifles a 2 Y1 2 Spoiwored fey Reno Driver Is Cited or Double Parking 2221 2222 2'22 Jo Anri Dunseath 301 11th St was cited for double parking yesterday following a minor acci dent on Mill St Mrs car a 1940 in a general alarm district the per coupe was struck' by a 19ol Cad illac sedan driven by Sidney Leg gett 60 205 Southridge Drive Of ficers said foe right side of Mr car brushed the left rear fender of the ord as he attempted to pass the double jJfteked vehicle GUARANTEED HARTZ MOUNTAIN MALE SINGERS $449 WOOLWORTH CO 2 '3: 101 NORTH VIRGINIA 2 22 Suit Is Settled ByhbWJmL PRESS BRKRl fUEL 0H VEAUR ZZsi 19 14 I2OI WEST 2 PHONE OURTH $T2 3 3146 UEL KIDS I 1 I 1 i YJaSssSEswsr BSE 2 7" 1 W1 24v 1 Rv i I 7 "2' 12 22 2 2 2 Wl' 2 'is 7 1 2'2 2 2 2'2 4K pi I 2 22C 2 aJ' 2'2j 2 2'2' '222 2 1 1 Ml Seek 222 I 2 2 i tv r2 a Wa rei jit bsm vi ''J? 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