Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 13

RENO EVENING 'GAZETTE PHONE 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1955 PAGE THIRTEEN Water Pad Thunderbird Wins i First Court Test Signatories -ft tit -i, Tax Commission Maps Plans To Continue Battle in October Gambling operations at the Thunderbird hotel will continue at least until October with Marion B. Hicks and Clifford A. Jones sharing the profits despite a tax commission order that the two men dispose of their interests or the hotel casino be closed. That was the effect of a ruling handed down in Washoe district court Thursday by Judge Merwyn S. Brown of Winnemucca who granted the Thunderbird Vt it 3 rt5 4 I V' 1 5SS (J LUMBER IN THE ROUG Arriving at the Western Lumber Co.

mill in Reno this week was the huge Ponderosa pine log, shown above. The great log contains about 7220 board feet of lumber, and was cut in Hope valley, near Carson pass. It was brought in by truck driver John Howard, shown at left. Russell Boggs, mill foreman, shown at right, estimated age of the tree at about 385 years, placing its "birth" about 78 years after Columbus discovered America. Mr.

Boggs, in the lumber business for 35 years, said it was the biggest Ponderosa tree he had ever seen. (Christensen photo). PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL RETURNS HERE JULY 7 Reno Silver Sox Group to Take Oyer Team in California State League Following an absence of three returns to Reno on July 7, after take over the franchise of the Channel Cities team (Ventura-Santa Barbara) and receive membership a highly regarded Class baseball organization. Positive action to accept the meeting Thursday night which fans of Reno and Sparks would support the Reno entry. More than 100 persons attended the meeting, with Jerry GIRLS' NATION DELEGATES announced at the final assembly of Nevada Girls' State Thursday evening are, left, Versiellen Eberle of Las Vegas, and, right, Glenna Muchow of Boulder City, who will go to Washington, D.

later this Summer to represent Nevada at the national citizenship training session sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary. Girls' State closed this morning as the 105 delegates left for their respective homes throughout the state. (Conant photo). CLARK STUDENTS WIN TRIP TO GIRLS' NATION Training Session for Young Women Ends Following Week of Activities and edited a daily newspaper of Gain Authority Washoe Project Construction Plans Advanced Plans for the construction of the Washoe project to improve the resources of the Truckee and Carson rivers advanced another step in Washington with approval by the senate interior committee of legislation granting California and Nevada- authority to sign water pacts'. Legislatures of both states al ready have passed laws creating compact commissions, and the Nevada group was appointed last week by Gov.

Charles H. Russell. The senate bill, sponsored by Sens. Alan Bible and George W. Malone, both of Nevada, William Knowland and Thomas Kuchel, of California, directs appoint ment by the president of a federal representative to participate in compact negotiations, and re port to congress.

The compact groups were formed to work out agreements on the distribution and use of waters of the Truckee. Carson and Walker rivers. Such agreements, however, would not be binding upon either state until both legislatures, approve, and congress ratifies it. The agreement is preliminary to congressional deliberations upon the $41,500,000 Washoe project. Under project plans, reservoirs will be built at Stampede on the Little Truckee and on the Carson river.

Power plants on both streams are planned. Legislat ion authorizing the project, introduced by Sena tors tiDie ana juaione now is pending in the senate. Members of the interstate compact commission for Nevada are Will M. Bliss, Lake Tahoe; Norman B. Brown, Wellington; B.

F. Minister, Yerington, George De- vore, Reno; James W. Johnson, Reno; Edward M. Peckham, Reno; Fred Settelmeyer, Gard- nerville, and Hugh Shamberger, state engineer, ex-officio. Reno Bridge Tourney Opens With an overflow crowd of par ticipants, tne neno sectional tournament opened Thurs day in the State building and will continue today and Saturday.

I he women's pairs champion ship event was won by Verna Leonard and Rose Ignatz of Sacramento with Mrs. A. G. Rein hold of Monterey and Eugenia Gooden of Carmel second and the Reno team of Minnie Leeper and Erna Lederman third. Fourth place went to Mrs.

J. C. Becker and Elva Pedersen. In the open pairs Thursday afternoon the winning team was Bennie Ignatz of Sacramento and Dave Davis of Oakland with sec ond place going to Kathryn KKng-beil of Marysville and Lillia vasquez of Yuba City. Andrew Reinhold of Monterey and George uooden of Carmel were third.

In the Reno pairs Thursday night, section Ted Crawford and, Viva Lewis, both of San Francisco, took first honors, and. South. In the East section, Mr. and Mrs. Wil iliam Howe of Vallev Center.

took first. In Section North and South was won by the team of Dave Davis and Bennie Ignatz of Oak land and Sacramento, with Ruth White of Danville, and Ed Styer of Reno second. Third place went to Mr. and Mrs. George Gooden of Carmel, and Pauline Turner and Verna Leon ard, both of Sacramento, were fourth.

In. the East-West team, a Reno pair, Paul Lilliams and Dino De Paoli, tied for first place with the team of Edward Hartwell of Salt Lake City and John Warlick of Petaluma, and also winning the overall high score, with Mrs. Silas Gibson and Mrs. H. L.

Berube in second place. Both are from Val-lejo. In third place was the team of Gerry Brummond and William S. Vasquez, both from Yuba City. Advance reservations indicate a much larger tournout from San Francisco on Friday, with others coming from Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana, Arizona, Washington.

Usually the first day of a sectional is slow, but Reno's proved the contrary. Many unexpected arrivals sent the bridge committee and chamber of commerce employes scouring for additional seats. Sunday at 11 a. George Gooden plans to show a travel motion picture tn Hawaii and Honolulu in the state building for the players and anyone and everyone even if they are not members of the ACBL are invited. DRUNK DRIVING Daniel Davis, 33, of Schurz, was fined $150 Thursday in Justice of the Peace William R.

Beemer's court on charges of drunken driving. He was arrested by two deputy sheriffs, Jess Ramsey and Jess Abel, on highway 40 east of Reno. operators a temporary in junction preventing enforce ment of tax commission orders. However, the reprieve is only a temporary one, and further legal maneuvers in the precedent-making fase are in the offing. Attorneys for the tax commis sion are preparing documents challenging the Thunderbird's plea for a permanent injunction and the opposing sides will lock horns in further arguments in Las Vegas, probably in October.

Among these documents is an other for summary judgment dismissing the Thunderbird injunction request. MEAN DISMISSAL If that maneuver is, successful, the case will be dismissed and the tax commission then can enforce its order requiring Hicks and Jones to sell out, or padlock the casino. Those orders were to go into effect June 1, under a tax commission ruling of April 25, but the Thunderbird owners obtained a temporary restraining order on May 18 and have continued to operate -under the protection of this court writ. The tax commission order was issued at the conclusion of a series of hearings into a charge that Hicks and Jones harbored hidden interests in the gambling enter prise. Evidence at the hearing dis closed that Hicks borrowed 000 from George Sadlo, who got part of the money from Jake Lansky.

Sadlo has been identi fied as an associate of Meyer Lan sky in various Florida gambling enterprises. Jake Lansky is Meyer's brother. FILES AFFIDAVIT Sadlo filed an affidavit, how ever, declaring that Hicks did not know that Lansky participated in the loan. The case is setting a precedent for two reasons: 1 The Thunderbird case is the first in which the license of major casino is jeopardized by tax commission action. 2-It is the first time that a tax commission license suspension order has been challenged in the courts.

Judge Brown emphasized in detailing the reasons for granting the preliminary injunction, Nevada gambling codes are vague on the procedures to be followed in court review of tax commission gambling control actions. Thus both sides are trail-blazing in legal action involving a vital Nevada industry. ARGUMENTS DIFFER Forthcoming arguments on the permanent injunction plea, and the motion for a summary judg ment will differ from the preliminary bout in one vital aspect. The tax commission order will be debated on its merits, and the transcripts of the tax commission hearings in the Thunderbird case will be before the court. Attorneys for the Thunderbird will argue that the tax commis sion action was "capricious and arbitrary," and not based upon lawful evidence.

That view, of course, will clash with arguments of tax commission counsel that the gambling control board is a body of experts and thus is not required to adhere to formal rules of evidence. DENIES MOVE E. Frandsen Loomis, special tax commission counsel, attempted to get the record of the hearings before the court during the session which ended Thursday, but Judge Brown ruled that, trying the case on its merits was not proper at this stage. He supported the views advanced by Richard Blakey repre senting the Thunderbird, that the casino operators were entitled to judicial review, without regard to the technical machinery used to get the matter before the court, and that the tax commission order must be suspended until the court has the opportunity to test the validity of the administrative agency's ruling. Also representing the Thunder bird are William Woodburn, jr.

of Reno, and Harry Claiborne of Las Vegas. Howard F. McKissick, of the law firm of Springer and McKissick, is associated with Loomis as special tax commission counsel. McLaughlin Rites Funeral services for Mrs. Mar garet P.

McLaughlin will be held Saturday, at 10 a. at the Ullery Funeral Chapel, Yuba City, Calif. A resident of Marysville, Mrs. McLaughlin died at a local hospital, Wednesday. She was 33.

Local funeral arrangements are in charge of the Walton Funeral Home, W. Second and Vine streets. District Legion Convention Set Here Saturday Legionnaires from seven posts in Washoe county will meet in Reno for the 24th annual First District convention in the Ameri can Legion hall at Ninth and Ral ston streets, Saturday, at 7 p. rn. Harold Chisholm, commander of Darrell Dunkle post No.

1, host post, will call the convention to order at 7:30. Advancement of colors, pledge of allegiance and recital of the preamble to the constitution will precede the invocation, by D. Robertson, chaplain of Harry J. MacSherry post No. 10, Dr.

Jack C. Buchholz, past department vice commander, will give the address of welcome. MILLER TO SPEAK Thomas W. Miller, national executive committeeman, will ad dress the joint session of the legion and auxiliary, followed by a memorial service conducted by the auxiliary for members who have died since the last district convention. Ora Reckler, 1st dis trict president, will preside over il.ar; session.

First District commander, Jim Murdock, has designated the following committees to handle the uvention business session: Credentials: Joe Morrey, Reno, chairman; Jack Lindsay and Mrs. I illie Yates, Reno; and Cal Dod-son Sparks. Rules and order: Kelly Ambrose, Reno, Tony Doran, Sparks A. Reinero, Empire. Resolutions: Dr.

J. E. Martie, Reno, chairman; Chet May and Mrs. Gwenn Lee, Reno; Cal Lewis, Sparks; C. L.

Hamilton, Empire. Nominations: I. A. Lougaris. Reno, chairman; Mrs.

Bernice Clark and Wendell Taylor, Reno; Roy Stewart, Sparks; J. E. Comer, Wadsworth. Next convention city: Cal Sloan, Sparks, chairman; Carl Fox and Mrs. Clara Felesina, Reno.

Liaison committee to the auxili ary: Lee Fenmnger, Reno, chairman; Brick Jacobs and Eleanor Bain, Reno; Barney Dellevolt. Sparks. Comprising district One are: Darrell Dunkle Post No. 1, Harry J. MacSherry Post No.

10, Dat-Co-La-Lee Post No. 12, George Shaw Post No. 17, all of Reno; Duby Reid Post No. 30, Sparks; pyramid Post No. 41, Wadsworth; and Grady Strong Post No.

39. Empire. Dismissal Filed In Airport Case District Judge Merwyn II. Brown filed his official dismissal judgment of the city airport area annexation case Thursday. Dismissal of the case was announced from the bench June 3, but did not become official until filing of the written judgment.

Now that the official decision has been filed, any supreme court appeal must be initiated within the next 30 days. Ralph Wittenberg, attorney tot George D. Quimby and Mrs. Quimby, who seek to upset the city's annexation of the airport area, said at the close of the three-day trial that he would certainly take farther action. The suit has been in the courts since a short time after the city annexed the area in April of 1954.

While the city annexed the area on the basis of a petition requesting annexation, Quimby has contested that the list does not contain signatures of a majority of property owners. Judge Brown's dismissal is the second for the annexation ease. Previously District Judge A. J. Maestretti dismissed the case on the ground that the action of the council was not subject to judicial review.

Judge Brown heard the case after the supreme court granted Wittenberg's appeal motion and returned the case to district court. He ruled that the petition did contain a majority of property owners' names. The case is important to th city, since no bonds or contracts for improvements in the area can be issued while the litigation is in progress. City officials claim sewers should be installed as soon as possible to eliminate unsanitary conditions. I00F Officers Named as Meet Ends in Lovelock Ira F.

Perry of Hawthorne will serve as grand master of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows in Nevada for the next year and Sirs. Gertrude Seevers of Haw thorne will head the Nevada Re-bekah Assembly as president. Mr. Perry and Mrs. Seevers were elected to the offices as annual grand lodge sessions of the two bodies concluded Wednesday night in Lovelock.

Other grand lodge officers elected by the Odd Fellows were: Ira A. Perry, Hawthorne, grand master; Otto Steinheimer, Reno, deputy grand master; Joe Euckhart, Carson, grand warden; Ted S. Ede, Reno, grand secretary; H. A. Riley, Reno, grand treasurer; William E.

Pettis, Reno, grand representative; Joe M. Cohen, Pioche, grand repre sentative; C. V. Carter, Reno, C. B.

Wyckoff, Reno and Peter Demosthenes, Reno grand trustees; Wellington Jeffers, Hawthorne, grand chaplain; John H. Shipp, Boulder City, grand marshal; Leo B. Gardner, Sparks, grand con ductor; Charles C. Moore, Lovelock, grand guardian; and Nick Stanovich, Elko, grand herald. Officers seated by the grand encampment were: Melvin Peterson, Pioche, grand patriarch; J.

M. Townsend, Sparks, grand high priest; Fresno Morris, Reno, grand senior warden; Phil N. Orth, grand junior warden, Reno; Ted S. Ede, Reno, grand scribe; H. A.

Riley, Reno, grand treasurer; John C. Hart, Reno, grand representative; Neil Holmes, Boulder City, L. L. Burt, Caliente, and Peter Demosthenes, Reno, grand trustees; John Shipp, Boulder City, grand marshal; Wellington D. Jeffers, Haw- thorne, grand sentinel; and W.

J. Shimers, Reno, deputy grand sen tinel. Rebekah Assembly officers are: Gertrude Seevers, Hawthorne, president; Dora Glock, Elko, vice president; June Miller, Ely, war den; Anita Tennison, Hawthorne, marshal; Evelyn Parks, Yering- ton, conductress; Myrtle Clays, McGill, chaplain; Carol Brooks Sparks, outside guard; Evelyn Snyder, Reno, inside guard; Lu- cile Stone, Sparks, musician; Vera Booth, Reno, soloist; Helen Leonard, Las Vegas, color bear er; Hattie Jones, Reno, Alice Me nante, Reno, Tessie Strosnider, Lovelock, trustees; Ethel Clayton, Fallon representative to A.R.A and tditn press correspondent. The officers were seated Wednesday night in colorful pub lic ceremonies. The sessions, which commenced Sunday evening, drew delegates from subordinate lodges in all parts of the state.

Buena Vista Lodge No. 21, IOOF and Garden City Rebekah Lodge No. 17 acted as hosts for the grand lodge, and retiring grand master, John Sny der of Reno but who now lives in Herlong, and Rebekah presi dent Mrs. Ethel Clayton of Fal Ion presided. Conducting the Grand Encampment session which was held Monday was C.

Ray Johnson of Sparks, retiring grand patriarch. Trailer Residents Clearance Asked Twenty-seven trailer inhabitants will receive notices from City Attorney Samuel Francovich to seek permission from a board of investigators to continue to live where they do. Francovich said he has received a request from the city health department to issue notices to those owners of trailers within the city limits who violate the ordinance prohibiting the parking of trailers, occupied or not, within the city. Violators of the city ordinance Y9-57) are not among those who live in licensed trailer parks. seasons, professional baseball operators of the Reno Silver Sox in the California State League, free franchise came after a public indicated that businessmen and Power for Reno Theme of Talk Need New Source Toastmasters Told Power for Reno was the theme of an address presented at the last meeting of the Silver State Toastmasters in the Circle RB lodge.

James Barnhill delivered the speech. Reno's search for new sources of power must continue, the speaker said, in order to in crease the city's efficiency. Las Vegas is making definite efforts to solve the problem and it is advancing more rapidly, declared Barnhill. Other speakers were John Rauch, Steve Brown and Norman "Red" Rockholm. Roger Joseph presided over the meeting and Brent Tyler gave the invocation.

Hughie Schoff was toastmaster and Lt. Earl Howe was topicmaster. Guests were Dr. J. C.

Buch-holz, president of the Reno toast-masters; Gordon Nelson, state champion in the Knights of Pythias speech contest; and Oscar Blum. Bud Baker was general evalu-ator. Next week's program committee will consist of Elwyn Freemonth, Joe Earl Howie, James Sale, Gene Sweatt, Pete Anghis, Cal Calhoun and Jerry Miller. Motel Operators Issued Warning Warnings for four Reno iotel operators accused of -using misleading signs have been sent by City Attorney Samuel B. Francovich.

Francovich said members of the Reno Motel Owners Association accused the four of violating provisions of the city motel ordinance which makes false advertising illegal. The ordinance was passed in September at the urging of the motel association and prohibits signs listing low prices when rooms at those prices are not available. Violations of the ordinance can bring penalties of a $500 fine, six months in jail, or both. The announced purpose of the ordinance is to prevent motel operators from bringing tourists in with advertised low rates, then charging high fees. PACKAGE LOST, OFFER REWARD FOR RETURN Los of a package containing important checks and papers was reported today by a Reno professional man who is very anxious to retrieve them.

The professional man said he noticed the papers missing after a trip to a business house about noon Thursday. The package is believed to have been dropped somewhere on the west side of North Virginia street between First and Second streets. Anyone who might have found the package is requests ed to call Reno 3-3612 immediately. The professional man said he will offer a reward for the package. Girls' State's highest honor was awarded Thursday evening to Versiellen Eberle of Las Vegas and Glenna Muchow of Boulder City when they were named Girls' Nation delegates from Nevada.

Mrs. Leslie Gray, educational di rector of the citzenship training session sponsored by the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, made the announcement at the climax of the awards assembly. Girls' Nation delegates will leave later this Summer to attend the national session held in Washington, D. for representatives selected from each of the 48 Girls' State meetings. NAME ALTERNATES Alternates to Girls' Nation are Ginger" Ivers of Lovelock and Nancy Mansfield of Reno.

Carma Baker of Sparks was inaugurated as Girls' State governor on Wednesday evening, and at the awards assembly she received the gold key of her office. Joan Dumble of Sparks re ceived the good citizenship award, and Nancy Mansfield's report was judged the best of the Girls' State group. A new award was offered this year, given by the Reno Eve ning uazette to the girl namea the most valuable member of the Girls' State newspaper staff. This was won by Carol Titus Las Vegas, who served as news editor of the paper. Thursday was spent in Carson visiting the state offices and the Nevada supreme court chambers, and immediately after flag ceremonies and breakfast this morning the 105 delegates began the trip back to their respective homes.

During the week they had pack ed into seven days an intensive study of city, county and state government, and had conducted their own political campaigns and outlined political party platforms They produced two talent shows Pug Had It Good Lost Boston Donovan, president of the league, and Marvin Milkes, business manager of the Fresno Cardinals, also present. After the public meeting the board met with Mr. Donovan and voted uanimously to accept the league's offer. Reno interests will assume actual control of the baseball club at Salinas, on July 1, when acting, business manager, Paul Walters, and a group of Reno directors will go there to bring the team back to R.eno. The Oilers, who will now assume the Silver Sox name will make their first appearance in Reno on July 7, starting a four-game series against Salinas.

HECTIC 24 HOURS The decision Thursday, culminated a hectic 24 hours, in which Mr. Walters was notified that the franchise was available and the acceptance of the terms in Reno. California league directors met at Fresno Wednesday afternoon and voted to take the franchise out of the Ventura-Santa Barbara jurisdiction. The league listed Las Vegas, Merced, Porter-ville, Marysville-Yuba City, Reno and others as possibilities. The one factor that swung the choice to Reno was the knowledge by the league that Reno, although not operating in organized baseball, had a functioning board of directors and was financially in a position to take over the operation on such a short notice.

Through Mr. Donovan the league voted to back up the offer to Reno, after which Donovan notified President Paul Walters by telephone. After preliminary investigation Mr. Walters not! fied league officials that pros' pects "looked good" in Reno for acceptance of the franchise and the Thursday meeting was ar ranged. FREE FRANCHISE The Silver Sox will pay nothing for the franchise, an offer almost unparalleled in baseball history It was noted that a franchise in the California league usually sells for about 52000.

Local interests will assume a payroll of about $4700 monthly, plus $2000 de posit which must be made with the National Association of base ball. The Silver Sox will not be held responsible for any past debts or obligations incurred by the previ ous owners. Until Reno assumes active management of the team on July 1, all expenses, salaries and other incidentals will be paid by the league. The Thursday night mass meet ing was attended by representatives of the Reno and Sparks city administrations, Reno Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants As sociations, Independent Businessmen of Reno, Central Trades and Labor Council, clergy, press, radio and television. All pledged unqualified support to the under taking.

Most of the Reno service clubs were also represented at the meeting. The new Silver Sox has played out about one-half the league schedule. The team will finish out the season at Moana Ball Park, with a home schedule of about 38 games, including rain-outs, and will play a like number on the road. NOW IN CELLAR Channel Cities is now last in league standings, about 30 games out of first place, but boasts several good players who will undoubtedly play better in their new home, it was reported. Final details of the transfer were arranged with President Donovan this morning, after an appointment of temporary committees by Mr.

Walters at the di- (Turn to page 20,, cbL 4) Girls' State happenings. Talks were made during the week by such civic and state. off! cers as Elliott Gill, Reno city clerk; Samuel B. Francovich, city attorney, and Dyer Jensen, dis trict attorney. Harry Brown clerk of Washoe county, discussed voting procedures with the girls in a meeting led by Mrs.

William Nash ofrfhe League of Women Voters. Justice Charles M. Merrill of the Nevada supreme court conducted the inauguration ceremonies for the new governor, and the girls were greeted in Carson by Gov. Charles H. Russell and Jeff Springmeyer, legislative counsel, as well as the members of the supreme court who were in Carson on that day.

Mrs. J. W. Thompson of Sparks served as state chairman from the American Legion Auxiliary, and assisting Mrs. Gray as educational director was Miss Eileen Yrueta.

Junior counselors were Carol Gardenswartz and Judy Dukes, Girls' Nation delegates in 1954, and the four senior coun selors were Ann King, Myran Borders, Dixie Sturgis and Mrs, Alice Bradshaw. Also in attendance were Mrs Mort Wagner of the national exe cutive committee, of Boulder City: Mrs. H. W. Hancock, de partment president, Sparks; Mrs Flovd Crabtree.

secretary. Car son; Mrs. Lester Smith, Carson Mrs. D. O.

Fryberger, Lovelock, and- Mrs. Wayne Jepson, Yenng ton, all representing the Legion auxiliary. BACK FROM CRUISE Seaman Lloyd Metcalf of 1409 Alameda has just returned from a cruise to Formosa, Hong Kong and Japan, with the U. Seventh Fleet. Bull Lolled Could it be the little dog which wandered into the neighborhood Monday and was brought home by Mrs.

Fountain's youngest boy, to sleep in the unused bas ket and eat some of the finest of meat scraps brought home by Mrs. Fountain's husband, who just happens to be a meat cutter. and thoroughly enjoy herself romping with the Fountains and reighbor children? Pug did have sore feet, and call to the Donald Downing home Redding on information furn ished in the Gazette story estab lished the dog was Pug, sure- enough. And that the Downings will collect their pet, which mean while had a fine visit at the home of the Fountains in Reno. In Luxury During Absence Dog lovers and others who wept for Pug last night could well have spared their fears.

Because Pug did all right. Better than average and in fact, maybe she never had it so good. Pug, a little Boston Bull terrier, four years old, was lost last weekend when she wandered away from the car of her master on Highway 395 north of Reno. The family of Jack Fountain of 1800 Lassen drive read about Pug ir. Wednesday night's Reno Evening Gazette; about how two Red-bo'1, were worrying because Pug's feet might be sore, how Pug wandered away from the auto at a stop to change drivers after a cross country trip from Redding to Oklahoma and back..