Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 19

I III llll I III If 1 I .6 RENO EVENING GAZ TT PAGE NINETEEN RENO, NEVADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1956 PHONE 3-3161 tt- i i. jv Board to Resist Speed-up' Pleas Gaming Control Unit Studies New Dunes'Hotel Application Strong resistance against being "shotgunned" into hasty action in recommending approval of gaming licenses because of the approach of the tourist season or other factors was expressed today as the gaming control board met at Carson. Board Chairman Robbins Cahill used the "shotgun" description as the board began talking to applicants who want a license for gambling at the Dunes hotel in Las Three Variance Applications Are Denied Week with visual reminders of "Be Alert, "Wait on Corner," "Walk on Green" and "Don't Jay Walk" slogans. The most apt to date is "Hurry Up," stenciled a third of the way across the diagonal scramble walk at Second and Virginia streets. (Christensen photo).

STEXCHJNO. SAFETY SLOGANS on Reno street corners this week were, left to right, Raymond Dohoney, Ronald Wilson, Walter Looney and Richard Sliolini of the Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of Nevada. The fraternity is backing Mayor Len Harris' Safety Bankers Set Vegas Meeting I 1 Nevada Nurses Annual Meeting Opens Friday Speakers' Slate Is Announced For Convention Election of officers, business meetings and a variety of speakers are scheduled for the annual convention of the Nevada State Nurses Association, Friday and Saturday at the Mapes Hotel. From 50 to 73 Nevada nurses are expected to attend the two- day convention, it was announced this week by Mrs. Daphne Green, president of local district No, 1 of the association; Opening speaker will be Miss Ethel Stueben, assistant executive secretary of the American Nurses Association, who will address the convention at 11 a.

Friday. At 4 p. m. the same day, Dr. Walter Clowers, medical director of region 7 of the Civil Defense Administration and Thomas R.

Huff, region 7 train ing officer, will give successive talks. Also slated to speak Friday afternoon is Captain Jeraldine L. Payton, army nurse corps representative from Sixth Army headquarters at San Francisco. Captain Payton, daughter of for mer Reno-Sparks resident Mrs. Edna Fitzgerald Payton, will speak on the army's registered nurse student program.

Saturday speakers include Mrs. Mary Tschudin, dean of the school of nursing at the University of Washington, who will discuss establishment of a school of nursing on the University of Nevada campus. Current progress on the proposed school here will be described by Dr. William Wood, administrative vice president of the University of Nevada. Business sessions are open to members only, but the public is welcome to hear the special ad dresses it was announced.

A luncheon is planned in the Mapes Sky Room Saturday at noon. The association's newly elect ed president and vice president will be announced, Saturday. Present officers include Mrs. Laura 1 1 Hawthorne, president; Miss Marjorie Peter son, Keno. first vice president Miss Delia Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, secretary; and Miss Margaret Worthington, Reno, treasurer.

United Nations Issue Described The four great issues presently being debated by the United Nations were described to members of the Reno Kiwanis Club at a regular Wednesday noon meeting at the Riverside Hotel. J. E. Sweatt, president of the United Nations Assn. for Nevada, described the issues as disarmament, colonialism, economic development of backward areas and "atoms for peace." Mr.

Sweatt recently returned from a national meeting held in Washington, D. C. Frank B. Smith of Sacramento was, a visiting Kiwanian while guests included Bill' Case, San Jose, Charles Root and Dr. Garold Holstine of the University of Nevada.

Club president, Dr. A. H. Williams announced that next week the club will observe United States-Canada Good Will Week, a program endorsed by Kiwanis International. MOVE TO CARSON Offices of the Nevada Taxpayers now located at 118 West Second St.

in Reno, will te moved to 226 East Proctor in Carson, effective May 1. Announcement of the change was made by Neil D. Humphrey, executive secretary. County 'Ruin' Foreseen in' Navy Demands Gunnery Range Testimony Is Heard in Congress WASHINGTON. April 19.

Congress was told Wednesday t'i2t the proposed navy use of 2,245,000 acres of public land in northern Nevada as a naval gunnery range would mean ''finan cial ruin' to three Nevada counties. The removal of property from the tax rolls and the stifling of potential mining development was protested to the senate armed services committee by George D. Melody, representing Washoe, Pershing and Humboldt counties. HEIGHTEN PROBLEMS Melody, a Humboldt county Cimmissioner, faid the budgets of the three counties already are above the Nevada constitutional tax limitation. The problem would be emphasized, he said, the proposed new withdrawals cf the acreage for a navy gunnery range.

John W. Diehl, district attorney of Churchill county, said the lax loss to the three northern counties would amount to less than 8,000 a year, while the expansion of the Fallon air base in central Nevada would bring the state an additional $100,000 annually from sales taxes alone. Diehl said he felt that the mining potential in the proposed withdrawal area is "highly overrated" and that the harvest of 'sh and game in the area is only nominal. Diehl said that he did not advocate the withdrawals for the new range in the event the navy decides it could use an area released by the air force in the Tonopah range in central Nevada. PART REQUIREMENT Vice A dm.

Thomas C. Combs, deputy chief of naval operations for air, said the 1,800,000 acres recently released in the Tonopah rane are enough to meet a part of the navy's requirements if the area could be used exclusively by the navy and if there were a supporting base nearby. He said the atomic energy commission will need the Tonopah area a third of the time r.nd the navy would have to rpend "upwards of 35 million dollars" to build, staff and -maintain a refueling station at Tono- pan for planes based at Fallon. Sen. George W.

Ma lone (R-Nev.) characterized as "crazy taik" the navy's proposal to livestock grazing on the proposed ranges and set aside periods in the Spring and Fall for roundups. "That shows utter ignorance is to how sheep and cattle are run," Malone said. Daniel S. Evans, former mayor of Fallon, expressed opposition to the withdrawal in his new position as assistant director of the Nevada fish and game com mission. Wildlife and recreational areas.

he said, already are at a premium in Nevada. The proposed with drawal area, he said, would be-C'me a breeding ground for bob cats, coyotes and other preda-toiy animals. MALONE COMMENTS Following the hearing. Senator Malone said that it pointed to the feasible use of the Tonopah bomb ing range area in lieu of contemplated northern Newada lands. Senator Malone told the Gazette today that navy officials, including five admirals, five caj-tains, six commanders participating in the hearings stated that with the northern area already in use plus the available Tonopah bombing range the only real objection was the time element and cost in installing jet landing and refueling facilities.

Expanding on the Associated Press report of the hearings, the senator's office reported today that Malone in testimony had outlined the direct economic ties which the so-called "public lands" have with the overall Nevada economy, and pointed to the need for state consultation and advice in this and future withdrawals, subject to congressional approval. Noting that all is necessary now for a government agency to obtain withdrawa of public lands is to obtain the concurrence of a congressional committee and the (Turn to page 20, Col. 2) Mrs. Lillian Hall Dies in Reno Mrs. Lillian Hall, 82, widow cf IL O.

(Tex) Hall of Reno, died this morning at her home, 731 Gordon Ave. A native of Kansas City, Hans, Mrs. Hall had resided in this community for about 40 years. She is survived by a nephew, Louis E. Peck of Kansas City.

Friends are invited to attend funeral services on Saturday at 1 :30 p. m. at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke with Mrs. Eva Stales as reader. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery.

NAVY CRUISE IS PLANNED BY GOVERNOR CARSON. UPS Nevada's Gov. Charles Russell plans to slip away next week for a cruise on the navy aircraft carrier, the Wasp, Russell said he is taking the trip "to get away for a little rest." He added that he was invited to make the cruise by Navy Secretary Thomas on behalf of Admiral Alfred Pride, commander of the Pacific fleet air force. The admiral is sending his plane to Reno Sunday to pick up the governor. Russell left Wednesday night for Las Vegas and a meeting of the Colorado River commission today and a meeting of the state board of health Friday.

He will return Saturday. Lt. Gov. Rex Bell of Las Vegas will be acting governor during Russell's absence and presumably will preside over meetings of the state tax commission next Monday and Tuesday. Aircraft Site Talks Halted Mayor Len Harris has had no further discussion concerning the Douglas Aircraft reported desire to locate in Reno, he reported this morning.

At a city council meeting Monday Mayor Harris told council-men the manufacturing firm was interested in an option on a lease of the present city dump if and when it is abandoned. Harris said he left Reno after the meeting intending to confer with Douglas officials, but later received information that execu tives at the main aircraft plant in California had denied interest in the lease and changed his plans. He said he had received no official notice that the Douglas company did not want to locate the area, but also said several other firms have expressed interest in the site north of the city. Vegas, the scene of two fail ures in the past year, Dunes attorneys Tom Foley of Las Vegas and Jack Halley of Reno expressed interest in aiding the board, which said its investigations are not complete in the new Dunes deal in "expedit ing" the investigations to allow for early approval and 'opening. But Cahill said, "We've been too inclined to agree that haste is necessary We've let some places open too quickly I don't intend ever to be shot gunned again." Speaking to Foley, he said the Las Vegas attorney was a part of previous applications pushed through in haste and for opera tions which failed.

"SLL' BANKROLL Foley had charged that the board was "imposing economic conditions on us" after member Newell Hancock had indicated he didn't think the $340,800 capital the new group is putting up for the Dunes is sufficient. The board had been interviewing Robert Rice, applicant for 11.8 per cent of the operation, and a license holder in the original Dunes operation, as to the sufficiency of investment. Cahill denied the board was imposing any economic conditions, and said that such things mentioned by Foley as the fact that the applicants must wait for the Clark county board to act on a license and that the beginning of the best tourist season is approaching should not cause hasty board action. Foley claimed his clients bankroll is sufficient because they begin with no creditors and don't have to buy so much as "a glass or a towel." Rice, applying along with William Miller and Major A. Riddle, who seek 44.1 per cent apiece of the operation, said he was personally willing to double his investment.

He said he thought the Dunes failed the first time because it was in competition for expensive shows, and the second time because of dissension among Sands operators who took over the Dunes, but said there would be no expensive shows this time and that he and his partners could get along. Rice, Miller and Riddle are operating the Dunes just as a hotel, with bar and kitchen open but no gambling. Rice said a slight profit would be shown on this operation but for the $30,000 a month rent that goes to old Dunes creditors. The board scheduled interviews with other Dunes applicants at the afternoon session. In the few forenoon actions taken by the board, one application, that of Daniel J.

Skanovsky and James J. Clark of Tonopah to operate the A-l Club at Wend- over, was approved, and that of Melvin J. Andrews of Las Vegas for a slot machine operator's license was denied. Crash Hear Reno Injures Voman A Reno woman suffered back injuries Wednesday night when the car she was driving hit a soft shoulder and overturned on route 33 north of Sparks, the Pyramid Lake road. Mrs.

Juanita McAlexander, 27, 6295 South Virginia was taken to the Washoe Medical Center in a Sparks fire depart ment ambulance and admitted. Her condition was listed as "fair" Thursday. Washoe county deputy sheriffs investigated the accident and reported the car overturned 24 miles from Sparks after Mrs. McAlexander lost control when she tried to regain the hard pavement A passerby, Dalton La-Rue, 1130 Arlington came upon the woman and her Terry, 27, as they were crawling from the wrecked car. LaRue drove to a telephone and called the sheriff's office.

McAlexander was also taken to the hospital, but released following emergency treatment. Stead Survival Class Graduated Thirty-four men were from the Survival School at Stead AFB on April 11, base officers have announced. The men were from Class No. 13 and had undergone intensive training in the field and in the class-room. The course was for approximately 120 days and the new instruc tors will now train flying crew members in the air force.

SERVICE DELEGATES Capt. Jeraldine L. Payton, U. S. Army nurse, above, daughter of former Reno-Sparks resident, Mrs.

Edna Fitzgerald Payton, will be one of the principal speakers during the Nevada State Nurses Association convention in Reno on Friday and Saturday. Lt. Patricia George, U. S. Navy Nurse Corps, below, will represent her branch of service at the convention hich will be held at the Mapes Hotel.

Lt. George has been in the service for 12 years, including six years in the instructional field. 1 t'f A IT: 1 Vole Machine Course Ended Nevada's first voting machine proficiency certificates were issued to nine Reno and Sparks women after a short voting machine familiarization course in Washoe county court house this morning. State law requires any election workers at a voting machine election to have the certificates, which are evidence of completion of training in voting machine election techniques. Those receiving certificates this morning were Ethel Lewers, 326 St.

Lawrence Frances Buckley, 2425 Locust Esther S. Anderson, 1215 Lander Gertrude M. Yager, 2390 Locust Meda R. Retterer, 423 East Sixth Helen Weller, 1416 North Virginia Lois M. Johnson, 300 Fodrin Way, Sparks; Margaret DeReemer, 633 Seventh Sparks, and Malella Kietzke, 911 East Second St.

Damage Action Dismissed Here Settlement of a damage action in which $35,000 was sought was indicated with the filing of a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice in district court Tuesday. Virginia Givens, represented by the firm of Woodburn. Forman, Wedge, Blakey and Thompson, had brought the action against John B. and Virginia Weiffen-bach, represented by the firm of Vargas, Dillon and Bartlett. The action involved a 1954 auto accident near Hays, in which the plaintiff said she was riding as a paid guest of Virginia Weiffenbach, and in which she claimed she sustained injuries.

'That's the way they come from the factory." Katzman explained. The manager of a local name-brand appliance store said the fryers and skillets were labeled to lead the purchaser to believe they were made by a nationally known company, but were, in fact, different products. He said it was possible for the men to sell their "$39.95" fryers for $15 and still make a profit. Brodhead seemed unworried that the pair's trip to Reno was, because of the $150 fine, not too profitable. Wednesday morning he brought to work an advertisement his wife had received in the mail.

It was for an electric skillet, sold by a Chicago firm, which was touted, "Was $39.95 now $9.95." "To think," the detective said, "Those guys asked $15 for the ikillct I said I was interested in." f3 Three variances were denied, two were granted and one variance decision was withheld by the Reno Board of Adjustment, at a regular meeting Wednesday night. Action was witnneia on a request of the Whitaker Park Church of God for a variance to permit a church on the south side of Vassar street, at the end of Wilkinson avenue. The location is in an area zoned for single residence use, and three property owners objected. The decision was postponed to allow more time for preparation of de tailed plans on the use of the building, parking facilities and other factors. Thelma Carstens' application for a variance permitting a beauty parlor in a residence on Montelio street, north of Oliver avenue was granted, subject to a review of the variance in two years, a gen eral cleanup of the property and limitation on size of signs.

The area is zoned for single-family residence use, but is adjacent to 1 commercial zone. Permission for enlargement of her grocery store on the north east corner of North Sierra street nnd Artemisia Way was granted to Leon a Hagen, subject to review of final plans. The enlargement contemplated is not to increase size of the building, but is planned so that a residence portion of the structure can be used for store purposes. The three variance requests do nied were submitted by Nelio Gonfiantini, William Maag and vviuiam Barbour. Gonfiantini asked to build a du plex residence on the northwest corner of Fairview avenue and Plumas street, in a single-family residence zone.

Maag's request was for three additional duplexes to be built on lots which are already the sites of three duplexes. Board members denied the application on the ground that the plan would not leave sufficient unoccupied space on the three lots, which are on the north side of Capitol Hill avenue, west of Kirman avenue. Barbour's request was one orig inally denied in October, but heard again because Barbour could not appear personally then. It was for construction of a four-family residence in a duplex zone. Council Holds Closed Meeting Reno city councilmen and Mayor Len Harris held an unannounced meeting in the city hall conference room this morning.

No details of the meeting were made public, but Mayor Harris said the subject under discussion was the city budget. The budget, asking a tax rate of $1.50, has been submitted to the state tax commission with county and county school district budgets. The combined budgets in Reno now stand at an overall tax rate of $5,374, and the tax commission has the responsibility for bring ing the budgets within the $5 statutory tax limit. State tax commissioners are ex pected to consider the problem next week. Woman Killed In Sierra Crash COLFAX, JPi Mrs.

Cecelia Ann McElreath. 20, of Bryte, was killed last night when the car hhe was riding in veered off U.S. 40 in the Sierra 11 miles east of here and turned over. California Highway Patrol headquarters in Sacramento said her husband, Joseph E. Mc Elreath, who was driving, and their son, 20-month-old Michael, escaped with minor injuries.

RECKLESS DRIVING Charged with reckless driv inc. Gerald J. I'eJszynsKi. oi. Sun Valley, was fined $30 by Municipal Judge Harry D.

Anderson Thursday morning. The motor ist was accused of driving 60 miles an hour in a 23 mile zone on East Second street the night before. He pleaded guilty. Nevada bankers will gather at Las Vegas this Friday and Satur day for the 37th annual meeting of the Nevada Bankers Associa tion at the Hotel Thunderbird. Usually a one-day meeting, the conclave this year will be a two day affair.

Convention officials report the keynote speaker at the conference will be Byron Lopp, public rela tions director of the Central Bank and Trust Denver, who will speak on the "Human Side of Business and Public Relations." Mr. Lopp is an internationally known figure as a human relations consultant and has held such important posts as the New York sales manager for the Torrington western division sales man ager for the New England Enameling public relations di rector for National Brands, general sales manager. Laird Air plane Co. of Wichita, Kans. A veteran of World War One, Mr.

Lopp was a test and ferry pilot the early days of aviation and during World War Two he worked with personnel for U. S. Steel and Dupont companies. A native of Jefferson City, he is a protege of Paul Ivy, human relations professor at the Univer sity of Southern California. He also attended special courses at Northwestern and has done extension work at Boston Institute of Technology and Alexander Hamilton Institute.

Program for the two days of the convention follows: Friday, April 209:00 a. m. Registration of delegates at the Thunderbird Hotel; 10:00 a. m. Golf tournament, Desert Inn Country Club; 1:15 p.

Boulder Dam and Nellis Air Force base tour. Saturday, April 2110:00 a. m. Business session and ejection of officers in the convention room, Thunderbird Hotel; 12:00 (noon) Recess for luncheon, dining room, Thunderbird Hotel; 1:15 p. m.

Ladies luncheon and fashion show. Hickory Room, Riviera Hotel; 1:30 p. m. Address by Byron E. Lopp; 3:00 p.

m. Ad journment; 3:15 p. m. Annual meeting of Nevada members of the American Bankers Associa-tian; 6:00 p. m.

Cocktail hour. EI Rancho Hotel, Sunshine Room; 7:30 p. m. Annual banquet, Opera House, El Rancho Hotel. Officers of the Nevada Bankers Association are: E.

Sutherland, president, who is vice president of the Bank of Nevada; J. J. Sbragia, vice president, who is vice president and manager of the main office, First National Bank of Nevada; J. E. Beaupeurt, secretary, who is assistant cashier, head office, First National Bank of Nevada, and E.

Perry Thomas, treasurer, who is vice president, Bank of Las Vegas. Defendant Dies Charges Dropped Manslaughter charges against Louie R. Wilson were dismissed in Washoe county district court this week because of the death of the defendant on April 10. Mr. Wilson had been charged with causing the death of Col.

Clark L. Miller and two members of the colonel's family in an automobile truck crash near Wads-worth, Aug. 7. Trial of the case was to have been held in the district court starting June 1L KEYNOTE SPEAKER Byron Lopp, public relations director of the Central Bank and Trust Denver, and a national authority on human relations, will be the keynote speaker at the 37th annual meeting of the Nevada Bankers Association to be held at Las Vegas, April 20-2L Lovelock Site Of BPW Meet "Together We Build for the Future" is the theme of the 27th nnnual convention of the Nevada Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Nevada, which got underway today et Lovelock. The meeting con dudes Sunday.

Libby E. Sachar, national fi ance chairman of the BPW and presiding judge in the juvenile snd domestic relations court at Allentown, will be the prin ipal speaker at the concluding banquet on Saturday night. Executive committee and district directors dinnera were to be held tonight at the Big Meadow Hotel at Lovelock, with official registration to take place this evening and Friday morning. Convention committee meet ings for the rules, elections, nominating and resolutions groups will be held Friday morning prior to the opening general session in the Pershing county high school jrymnasium at 1 p.m. Friday.

Jeanne Duarte, state president of the BPW will preside at the opening sessions. Regular convention business continues at the high school Saturday morning, followed by workshop sessions and a luncheon, "On To site of the national convention. Election of new officers will be the main order of business Saturday afternoon and a site for the 3957 state gathering will be settled. The Saturday night banquet, to be held in the consolidated school community room, with Lovelock BPW as the host, will also feature presentation of various awards. Mrs.

Ola Triplett, state news service chairman will present the publications award and Marge Cerst will preside at the presentation of membership achievements. Program awards will be given by Geri Palmeri of Caliente. Sunday morning, a post convention breakfast will be held in the Bamboo Room of the Big Meadow with Fallon as the hostess club. Flection of delegates to the biennial convention and a post convention board of directors meeting will conclude the sessions. HOLD MESSAGE Police hold a message for M.

Go" 'A Little Larceny in Everyone' Cut-Rate Gadgets Like Hotcakes Policemen Offer to Buy Until Reno Two men were fined $75 each in municipal court Wednesday and thus proved Det. Capt. William Brodhead's statement that "there is a little bit of larceny in everyone." The men, Gerald A. Katzman. 37, San Mateo, and Samuel Brisk, 53, San Lorenzo, pleaded guilty to charges of peddling without a license.

They were fined by Judge Harry D. Anderson. The pair was arrested in a downtown casino Tuesday night as they sold carving knife sets. electric skillets, electric deep fryers and compacts to club person nel. They were picked up by Brod-head and Det.

Sgt. Frank Garske, who posed as potential custom ers. The arrest came when Brod- head, professing interest in a fry er, saw the assortment offered in the back of thepair's 1956 car. According to Katzman and Briske, the bargains were fan tastic. The carving sets, elegantly boxed and conspicuously priced at $79.50, were selling for $11.

The electric appliances, claimed worth $39.95, were going for a mere $15. Such were the bargains, club workers believed they were buying stolen goods. Business was fine for the pair as they sold, oftentimes in a surreptitious manner, to those with the larcenous hearts. Closing time came when the two detectives learned "of the men selling stolen goods" and appeared on the scene. Both men claimed they were legitimate salesmen and that Ihcir merchandise was not stolen.

The detectives checked and discovered this to be true. But how could such expensive goods be. sold so cheaply? they asked. Well, Katzman said, the carving sets cost them $9 each. The $79.50 price tag? they were asked..