Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

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Watch for Children gcbaria journal PAGE EIGHT RENO NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 14 1953 ESTABLISHED 1870 WEATHER High 60 low 27 Today Mostly cloudy little change in temperature Casa Blanca Petition Gets Close Scrutiny Las Vegas Hotel Backers Are Quizzed On Possible Gangland Links By ROBERT BENNYHO United Press Staff Correspondent CARSON CITY April 13 (UP) Two Miami Beach la businessmen and a Hollywood movie producer seeking a gambling license for a plush Nevada $3500000 resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas told the Nevada tax commission today no gangsters or hoodlums were connected with the project Questioned by the commissioners were Julius Gaines prominant Miami Beach contrac tor Dr Irving Lester Alberts a Miami Beach physician and Lewis (Doc) Merman a Hollywood producer The three men with two others seek a gambling license for a new hotel casino in Las Vegas to be known as the Casa Blanca Also seeking the license are Murray Saul Miami Beach restaurant owner and Jack Goldman Miami Beach realtor Questioned Closely Gaines Alberts and Merman were questioned closely about anj possible connection Morris Bis choff a Miami gambler and Charles Tourine a Miami Beach resident with a four page crimi nal record might have in the proj Pechart Kessel Defer Plea for Gaming License Palace Club Permit Will Be Sought Next Month CARSON CITY April 13 Nevada tax commission learned to day that gamblers William Pechart and Dave Kessel intend to press ect Bischoff originally sought a license for 40 per cent of the Casa Blanca but was dropped from the application because of unfavorable publicity when that fact became widely known Bischoff alias Lefty Clark received considerable attention In the Kefauver report which associated him with various vigorously for a state gambling license for what is now operated as the Palace Club in Reno Attorney John Sinai appeared before the commission to inform it that Pechart Kessel and Walter Parman would apply formally with in a short time for the license Ready forQuestions Sinai said he wanted to ask the commission to complete whatever gangsters and syndicate circles All three admitted knowing Bischoff but all three also de nied under oath he had any further connection with the Casa Blanca although commis sion officials indicated they were far from satisfied on this point Alberts testified 'Bischoff had one of the biggest gambling names In the He added: anyone who spends any time in the Miami area knows who he Tourine's Record Cited Gaines was questioned closely about his association with Tourine currently a Miami Beach resident The commission disclosed Tourine alias Charles (The Blade) White has a four page criminal record showing arrests for investigation of charges ranging from murder and extortion to intimidation of witnesses Tourine his record showed served sentences at various times for gambling possession of an unregistered still and pa role violation Commission Rob bins Cahill described record one of the toughest ever Gaines as did Alberts and Mer man denied Tourine had any con nection with the Casa Blanca project Cahill told Gaines investigation of the Casa Blanca application led the commission to believe Tourine further investigation would be made of Pechart and Kessel as rapidly as possible so the men can be questioned if desired during a week long commission session scheduled for May The trio hopes to take over the' Palace Club some time in June Sinai said it was not yet clear whether the new operators if and when they get the necessary gam bling licenses would be able to use the name The pres ent operators of the casino have in dicated they may build a ace if they lose their present lease this summer as presently scheduled The commission questioned Pe chart and Kessel extensively sev eral months ago following an inves tigation of their gambling activities in Contra Costa county Calif At that time the pair were told their formal application might be favorably considered providing no damaging information was uncov ered by further investigation of their past activities Since that time doubt arose as to whether the two men could ob tain a gambling license from the city council No formal application has even been made but the coun cil according to disputed reports of what happened at a secret cau cus session to discuss the matter apparently is badly split on the subject Burglar Spurns may have an undisclosed interest in the proposed Las Vegas hotel casino Gaines denied this emphatically under oath feel like bad boy in this deal I will swear in any court that I befriended the man out of He explained that he was not only the biggest builder in the Miami area but was also an amateur W'riter interested in character study He added knocked off my when shown a copy of Tourine's criminal record some time He also said he felt Chance to Steal Although a burglar broke into Reno Press Brick Co 1201 ourth St some time Sunday morn ing he find anything to his liking Police were notified at 9:30 a that a door to the building had been broken open It was apparent that the intruder roamed around quite a bit before leaving Nothing was missing in recommending the application be denied on the basis of information Casino de Paris Owner Planning Another Whirl Lou Walters Hopes to Make Profit At Lake CARSON CITY April 13 (ID New York and Miami night club operator Lou Walters asked the state tax commission today to re his gambling license for the Casino de Paris at Lake Tahoe Walters operated the cafe casino formerly known as Tahoe Village at a loss of 5180000 in the 1952 season at the lake He said today however that he has learned enough about the enter prise and about the gambling business to feel he has a reason able chance of making a profit this year He said he would pay all debts by the club at the end of the 1952 season which he esti mated at less than $20000 or would make satisfactory arrange ments with creditors as speedily as possible Commission Secretary Robbins Cahill told Walters he felt this had to be done before considera tion of a gambling license could be completed Walters who operates the Latin Quarter night clubs in New York and Miami and also has stage shows by that name touring night clubs arid cafes was questioned closely about his connection with various gambling and underworld figures Jack riedlander Out He was questioned specifically about Jack riedlander a Miami gambler facing federal deporta tion proceedings and Alec Gold fine a New York gambler who managed the casino at the Lake Tahoe casino during part of the 1952 season Walters explained that because riedlander and some friends originally interested him in the venture he felt a moral obliga tion last season to let the former advise him in operations of the casino He noted however that he felt riedlander left much to be de sired and that he be asso ciated with the enterprise in no capacity whatever this year He reported Goldfine had been fired before the end of the 1952 lake season Walters admitted he knew little of the gambling business yet and proposed to hire Paul McDonald of Las Vegas formerly employed at the Stateline Country Club at the Lake to manage the casino for a salary plus a bonus at the end of the season it comes to gambling a Walters said can say however supposed to be the cafe manager in the He added his night club enter prises in New York and Miami were multi million dollar enter prises and that he was sure the Casino de Paris venture wquld prove to be profitable with more experience and continued operation Would Employ 100 He said he felt much of spent last to overcome poor reputation the place had before we took would not have to be expended again this season thus further assuring chances of a profit He also said he felt he had been top heavy with personnel in 1952 and that he had learned since that time he could get by with far less workers He said he planned to employ about 100 persons at the casino during the coming season if he gets a gambling license KI A kXEC in auto racing world gathered in Reno during the This quartet I x3 ItMIYH of famous drivers was part of a group stopping here in a of the Mobilgas economy run Discussing plans at the Rive rside Casino were Ruttman (standing) and (seated left to right) Ralph De Palma Henry Banks red Agabashian The 250 jiound Ruttman won the speed coveted 500 miler at Indianapolis last year De Palma won 2557 races in 27 con secutive years before retiring Banks was nation al AAA racing champion in 1950 Agabashian who set an Indianapolis Speedway qualifying record is est known as west coast midget champion (Nickell Photo) rw wrWal nHHK L' i Jw A 'J 704 Aa' 1 A VK Sparks Annexes Disputed Sector Sparks councilmen last night approved the annexation of Green Brae Terrace Addition No 5 to their city The new addition will contain 72 new homes to be built by George Probasco Inc It Terrace additions The prospect of further annexa tion to Sparks and a consequent additiorial load on failing city sewer facilities prompted the re signation of former Mayor odrin early this year The addition comprises a little over 14 acres Questioned at first by Sparks School Superin tendent Proter Hug as to or not a subdividor must under new legislation provide 2 acres of school property for each 40 acres annexed the ordinance tak ing the property into the limits was passed a tele phone call disclosed that the bill had not passed The ordinance annexing the land came near dying without a vote when it was called in the meeting and no representatives of the builder was on hand to explain certain portions of the plat map Later the annexation was voted unanimously when Mr Probasco appeared in' person to assure councilmen that the Drain Ditch cutting through the property will be either re routed outside the city limits or else piped An agreement to this effect will be drawn by City At torney John Spann adjoins the other Green Brae Local Juror Is Example or Others Juror Constance Pope has had her hands full during the last few weeks In addition to being the moth er of four schoolgirls she has served on the last four juries to be impaneled in Judge Harold court Mrs Pope is not dismayed however She says she manages to get her children ready for school and her house cleaned in the morning before the 10 o'clock starting hour at the courthouse Other convenient breaks in the hearings allow her to perform the rest of her duties as a house wife and still fulfill her civic obligations as a juror Juror Leaner has also been chosen for the last four jury trials Kiwanis Argues State Building Job Inadequate Priority Given Stage Is Criticized By Club Until now only praises for the State Building auditorium remodel ing have been sung Last night the Reno Club entered a formal pro test to the city council against the stage improvements They asked that additional work be done on the auditorium proper The objection said that the en largement of the stage has reduce seating capacity of the main floor adding that this the usefulness of the auditorium for business ses sions The noted that they expect 1000 persons to attend their convention here in 1954 and con sider that the remodeled State Building will provide accom for such a gathering Accordingly they ask that the upstairs lobby as well as offices on the west side of the auditorium be combined into the auditorium itself The council feferred the re quest to the committee of the whole ATTENTION KNIGHTS TEMPLAR All Knights Templar will assemble in Masonic Temple at 1:15 pm Tuesday April 14 in full uniform to conduct the funeral services for our late rater George A Carr Quilici Commander Tourine need this he said "But become a challenge to He told the commission that even if he failed to get a gambling license he intended to establish a branch of his firm the Gaines Con struction Co in Las Vegas He declared he felt Las Vegas would grow much like Miami did in the 1930s and 1940s adding that Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is doing just as good a job as did the Miami Chamber of be hearing from my con struction he said He explained earlier his firm had built more than 7000 homes since the end of World War II and had done $200000000 worth of business since he began with $581 in my The commission is expected to defer action upon the application at the request of Cahill and other administrative officials Cahill said the deferral request being made for the benefit of the and that his staff "would have no hesitation hatever of our investigation to Cahill Incredulous The questioning disclosed that Bucky Harris a Lake Tahoe gam bling operator is no longer being considered as manager of the casino at the proposed hotel The various applicants did not indicate whom if they had in mind for that job They did say that one of the applicants Saul had gambling ex perience of a limited nature in the Miami area Cahill reported Saul had not indicated this hen he pro vided background information for his license application 0 pjrq II punoj aq pias inqRQ Cahill said he found it had to understand why all interest in having an experienced gambler connected with the project seemed to disappear when Bis choffs name was withdrawn have a builder a restau rant man a movie producer and two real estate men wanting to go into the gambling business about which they adrnittedly know little or he said just add up to Proposed Dog Code Stirs Rail City Sparks councilmen played to a standing room only last night as 60 more residents gathered to argue whether or not the city is literally to the Purpose of the unexpected turn out was first reading of an ordi nance making it unlawful to keep an unlicensed dog or for an owner to allow his dog off his premises unless the animal is under the con trol of its master Pros and Cons Argued The proposed ordinance pro vides that dogs found in violation of the regulation will bo im pounded and if not claimed with in days sold or killed The measure was endorsed and attacked last night Most vitriolic of the dozen or more speakers at the meeting was complained at the last council ses sion that her small daughter was attacked a band of dogs while standing on her own back porch Mrs Garretson told councilmen the Nevada Humane Society took a full to come to her house to settle the matter and added that she even had to help in the round ing up of one animal Mrs Garretson said the dogs attracted by a female were She asked the councilman we supposed to risk our Mrs II Walter who told the council she had to go to court to protect her family from dogs stated flatly to this has been a town There are enough people now to take Mrs rances Atkinson a resi dent of Sparks for the last 40 years told of leaving church on Mrs Garretson who had Easter and being bitten NOW YOU CAN GET THE BEST OR LESS The prices of most materials are going up But the price on our ACE BRICK has come down Several Textures and Sizes to Select rom Tan or Ivory or Rough ace Standard or Reman Brick RENO PRESS BRICK COMPANY A Brick Built Town Is a Prosperous Looking Town 1201 West ourth St Phone 3 3146 on the ankle by a snapping snarling black She said she had to call to a motorist for aid and warned councilmen that the same dog might have killed or dis figured a small child with a simi lar attack Taking a sharply opposite tack was a w'oman who said her dog was purchased with the protection of her three children in mind She said the dog who accompanies the chil dren once saved her small boy from falling in a pond and another time saved her niece from molesta tion by a stranger Leash Not Required City Attorney John Spann took the statements as a jump ing off place to explain that the ordinance did not state a dog must be on a leash but that it must only be "under the of some per son Other persons siding with the Sparks canine population said dogs like people are good and bad They bemoaned that the actions of a few pets should penalize the ma jority A w'oman said firmly and was roundly applauded for it that one life is worth all the dogs in To a remark by one woman that teasing children excite dogs and her comment that one child in her neighborhood has record' like another woman blurted child no matter how bad it is is more than the best dogs in the WONDER 2 9662 735 A Third St TERRIIC BARGAINS IN USED MERCHANDISE! Different Items Every Day AS LOW AS1000 TRADES sB i dfa wi in WK oK tyy 3 City Paving Program Approved by Council Sixth Ward Projects Provoke Argument Paving of Taylor St Ordered Reno's 1953 street and alley improvement program was finally decided last night following a lengthy and occasion ally heated protest hearing A large number of streets and alleys contained the tentative program had been removed by petition prior to the hearing Removed during the hearing as a result of protests were the following: Repaving of Plumas St from Monroe to Arroyo St paving curbs and gutters on Gould St from Second St south north south and 4 east west alleys bounded by Ral ston Bell ifth and Sixth Sts: north south and east west alleys bounded by Holcomb Ave Whee ler Ave Taylor and Crampton Sts There were no protests at all for Wards II and IV The removal of Gould St from the program left Ward HI with no improvement program at all this year Plumas Street Omltled The repaving of Plumas St which comes up for battle each year again failed Residents ol that area object to being assessed for the work maintaining that the state highway department put in the original paving and that the city ought to fix those parts of Plumas that are failing The big fight however came in the Sixth Ward This was over the paving of Taylor St from Kirman Ave to Wilkinson Ave Marshall Guisti councilman of the ward noted that Taylor serves as a boulevard and is the main street for approximately 60 homes south and east of the thorough fare Three persons living in the area slated for paving asked that the project be carried through However the owner of the larg est number of lots on Taylor from Kirman to Wilkinson Mario Belli objected He objected strongly Mr Belli said he refuses to "stub sewer and water con nections to his seven unoccupied lots until they are sold and ready for building adding that he also objected to paving costs before he had sold the majority of his lots Although the city usually tries not to pave before utilities connec tions are in they decided in this case to go ahead with the project Mr Belli promptly said he would protest paving of Kirman Ave fr5m Taylor to Roberts St This too was retained in the program Mr Belli remarked before stalking out of the meeting that he was ing to try not to pay for it The complete program for 1953 is the following: Ward I Paving curbs and gutters: Knoll Drive Ardmore to Glenmanor Watt St Glenmanor to Hillcrest Lander St Mt Rose St to south line Shangri La Subdivision Curbs and gutter only: Urban Ave north side Arlington to Plumas' Alley paving: North south ailed bounded by Arroyo Pueblo Humboldt Ward II Paving curbs and gutters: Har desty Drive unfinished portion Vulgamore Place unfinished por tions Alley paving: north south alley between uller Subdivision and Interurban Heights north south alley bounded by Jones Riv erside Ave and Keystone Ave Ward IV Paving curbs and gutters: Ter race Drive 14th St to north line of Lot 2 Block 4 Evans Vista Poplar St Valley Road to English Mill Ditch Alley paving: North south alley bounded by Seventh Sixth and Spokane St: north south alley in Block 14 Morrill Smith Ad dition north south and east west alleys south of ifth north of ourth east of Quincy St Side walk: Poplar St Valley Road to English Mill Ditch Ward Paving curbs and gutters: Mackay Court in its entirety Eleventh Jt Washington St to Williams Ave Williams Ave and Vine St from Gear St to Eleventh Alley paving: North south alleys Blocks and St Addition east west al ley Block Addition East west alleys in Blocks 1 and 2 Sunnyside Addition may be paved if survey and culvert troubles are ironed out Ward VI Paving curbs and gutters: Colo rado River Blvd unfinished por Chicago Bookie Is Questioned By Commission Applicant Seeking Sands Hotel Siare CARSON CITY April 13 The state tax commission today questioned at length Lewis Led erer 46 year old former Chicago bookmaker who seeks a license for a five per cent interest in the Sands Hotel newest resort hotel addition to tne strip Lederer said he would pay $140 000 for the percentage interest He explained he would raise $70000 of this amount by sale property he owned in Chicago and that he had borrowed the remain ing $70000 from Joseph Grabiner whom he described as a retired Chicago bookmaker Interest He said Grabiner had shown Ta fatherly interest in him for mariy years and had made the loan with out security He denied he had ever been Tin partnership with Grabiner or with anyone else in Chicago bookmaking enterprises He said he operated a book in the Windy City front 1930 until 1951 doing business with Chicago businessmen and never en gaging in placing of lay off bets Lederer said he would become comptroller of the Sands if he ob tained a license and was presently employed by the hotel casino in a business capacity at a salary of $50 a day The commission may act Tues day upon application and upon those of four other persons seeking interests in the Sands These include crooner rank Sinat ra Charlie Kandel Jerry Ross and Robert Lassoff Bennyhoff Talks How newsmen cover the Nevada atomic explosions will be told to the members of the publicity methods class at the University of Nevada at its regular meeting to night Robert Bennjhoff chief of the Reno bureau of the United Press will explain the methods he and other reporters use at the Yucca lat proving grounds Bennyhoff has viewed more atom bomb blasts than any other newspaperman tion Kirman Ave Claremont Circle to Burns St Taylor St Kirman Ave to Wilkinson Stew art St Dayton Drive to Kietzke Lane Paving only: Kirman Ave Taylor to Roberts St Lester Ave Bresson Ave to north line Lot 5 Block Albion Subdivi sion Alley paving: East leg of north south alleys Block 1 Mead ow View Addition east west and north south alleys Block 6 Wells Addition eSst west alley Block 9 Wells Addition east west alley Block 4 southern addition east west alleys in Blocks 9 15 and 16 Addition north south al ley Block Ryland's Addition east west alleys Blocks 17 and 27 Addition Applications for the Positions of iteeatbn AND Junior Gardener 1 With the City of ieno Will Be Accepted Until Thursday April 23 at 5 pm QUALIICATIONS Supervisor of Recreation: Must be between 21 and 45 years ofX age Must have university training or equivalent in field ofJX recreation 1 year paid experience 1 year a resident of Nevada Salary $340 month XT Junior Gardener: Between the age of 18 and 45 One experience in gardening of related work One year residence in'' i state Salary $285 month i Description of duties may be obtained from the Reno Civil Service Commission City Hall Phone 2 7216 i i.