Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 14

jVba'On Jfctate journal ESTABLISHED 1870 RENO NEVADA SATURDAY MORNING APRIL 3 1954 PAGE OURTEEN (Ivy reeman phdto) Drew Granted License To Gamble at Golden 'l rx sftec avwsx sJi office intended to use evidence Suit to Test Soldier Voting Law Is iled to Hearings Held or 15 People was God AIR at the Police were seeking a tall bareheaded young man who attempted to choke an woman Thursday night Agnes Nightingale told of ficers the man accosted her be tween 9:45 and 10 pm as she was walking to the rear of 610 Cen ter St She said he began choking her but ran when she screamed for help Police said no attempt was made to steal Mrs purse Thirty four youngsters got into trouble here last month the Reno police juvenile bureau reported yes terday Twenty seven of the children were boys and seven were girls Thirty of them were first offenders three were second offenders and one was in trouble with the law for the third time Contrary to popular opinion very few of the youngsters who got into trouble came from broken homes Twenty three were living with both parents and the rest were living with either one or the other of their parents Nineteen of the juveniles coming to police attention were non resi dents and of these 16 were appre hended as runaways ifteen of the youngsters were 17 years old one was as young as 12 and none were older than 17 Outside of the 16 runaways eight were cited for traffic offenses one was held for petty theft three were held for curfew violation and two were held for other misdemeanors Only four of the young violators were charged with a major offense All four were accused of auto theft Seven youngsters were remanded to police traffic school In six cases action was suspended and 21 cases were referred to other depart ments Peterson of 1058 Watt St told police yesterday he is con cerned about the activities of youngsters in his neighborhood Mr Peterson said someone ap parently juveniles has been drink ing beer and then breaking the empty bottles on his front lawn He indicated the annoying occurances have been going on for several days ive new business licenses were issued recently by Elliott Gill Reno city clerk Harry Bay Mill St and Kietzke Lane obtained license to do photography Cliff Williams and Clark Hecke dorn received permit to operate a new and used car sales to be known as Western Motors at 416 "Lake St Pie Alley Cafe 10 Commer cial Row was licensed as a restau rant with A Denison as pro prietor Dennis of the Dennis Co Sacramento took out a permit to do swimming pool contracting here Dr Coles received license to practice as a physician with of fices at 210 Second St Reno city firemen took care of two fires and two automobiles leak ing gasoline yesterday afternoon ire which began from sparks flying from an incinerator de stroyed a pile of shingles near 1900 Second St at 2:05 prh The blaze was kept from spreading to adjacent properties Weeds and grass afire were re ported at Helena and Citron Sts at 5:03 pm The blaze wTas quickly controlled The leakers were given the usual mop up treatment Excess fuel was siphoned from each vehicle tank and spilled gasoline was sluiced into drains ZONETT'S STAR HEALTH CENTER BATHS and MASSAGE TREATMENT OR NEURALGIA and BURSITIS oot Rejuvenation Hmm 2 4250 129 Virjinia Two men arrested by Reno po lice on suspicion of grand theft were released yesterday at the re quest of the Los Angeles police de partment The men Richard Earl Steeve 23 and Roy Allen Lewis 26 of Sac ramento were originally arrested at the request of the Los Angeles police department Although they had waived extradition proceed ings they were released upon no tification that the Los Angeles dis trict attorney would not prosecute the case LAS VEGAS April 2 Dr Erich Winter 49 was arrested here Thursday and charged with performing an abortion on a 21 year old Santa Monica Calif girl in Las Vegas last March 11 Winter of Las Vegas was arrest ed on a complaint signed by District Attorney George Dicker son The physician denied the charge The girl who authorities refused to identify is recovering from the operation in Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital She entered the hospital on March 25 and was re ported at that time but her condition since has im proved authorities said Hivh 65 Low 28 Variable Cloudiness occassionally Windy Little Change in Temperature WIRE ENCE PAUL THOLL CO SPARKS NEVADA Dial 5 8622 910 Street 30 irst Offenders Included Boys Lead 27 7 Two unoccupied dwellings burned completely late Thursday night and es terday morning One was a one story frame home in Sun Valley which was reported afire at 11:47 pm Thursday The other was a cabin a half mile east of the city dump which was dis covered blazing at 10:55 am yes terday Both Sparks and Reno county crews answered the Sun Valley alarm They were unable to save the structure which was well in volved in flame when they arrived Owner of the building was not im mediately determined The shack was also too far gone for firemen to save it yesterday morning In both cases origin of the blaze was not known yesterday will provide a far safer and more comfortable stretch of the transcontinental highway than the old two lane thor iare GUEST THE DAY OR LUNCH BILL TAYLOR Would Be Operators At State Line Are Turned Down Petition forfa writ of mandamus to force the Reno police department to return his taxi license was filed in district court yester day by counsel for Edward Wal ters Walters was found guilty of pan dering in municipal court His taxi badge was confiscated by the police department Walters filed notice of appeal from the pan dering conviction and then insti tuted mandamus proceedings to re cover the badge His petition said the municipal court conviction was not related to his ability to drive a taxi cab It is alleged that confiscation of the badge violated consti tutional rights 1 District Judge Harold Taber scheduled a hearing on the man damus petition for 2 April 6 Walters is represented by Attor ney Harry Anderson Resident Objecting To Youngsters Who Toss Beer Bottles Elderly Woman Tells Of Attempted Assault of the sanity After de ciding that ox was sane at the time he killed his wife and attempt ed suicide the jurors voted on the degree of guilt and the fourth bal lot was for the death penalty Sentence will be imposed by Dis trict Judge John Belford on April 13 After the verdict was announced and the jury was polled Judge Bel thanked the jury He then ilurned his attention to the attor neys complimenting Prosecutors Emile Gezelin and William Raggio and the defense attorneys Goldwater and Drendel Goldwater Commended help particularly com mending Mr Goldwater and Mr udge Belford said are very busy lawyers but they have given unstintingly of their time to present a very able defense in this case under a ourt appoint ment so long as a penniless de fendant can obtain the type of de fense presented here I feel that these United States have nothing much to The jury received the case at 4 and returned the verdict four and a half hours later but an hour and a half of that time was spent at dinner in a downtown restaurant There was considerable public Interest in the two week trial About 20 persons were present when the verdict was returned Judge Belford deemed it advis able to warn the audience in ad vance of the verdict that will have no Argument In their address to the jury yes terday Prosecutors Gezelin and Raggio charged that every ele ment of first decree murder was present In the fatal shooting of Betty Sue ox 21 mother of two small children They attacked insanity de fense declaring that he was methodical and rational when he set out pistol and bullets for his estranged home last October 7 They pointed to three suicide notes he had written all of which indicated his intention to kill his wife and then himself Raggio termed the shooting of Mrs ox atrocious and Gezelin said it was Both men asked for the death penalty The defense sought to prove that attempted suicide which cost him an eye was a of his a form of insanity Gezelin countered that conten tion by telling the jury that the defendant's paramount urge was not suicide but murder Goldwater in his closing address to the jury recalled the testimony of two defense psychiatrists that ox was insane at the time of the shootings and he attacked the testimony of a prosecution psychi atrist who said the defendant sane would hesitate when hds spared him to do what God did not Goldwater said re ferring to the unsuc cessful suicide attempt and the 'prosecution's demand for the death penalty Ex Pedrini Partner Now Wants To Go It Alone Temple Shrine organization in Reno His children attend McKin ley Park School The petition said that Colonel Sampson even now is planning to purchase a larger home here with the intention of remaining in the community aftQr he retires from service Should he be transferred to a base outside Nevada the petition continued Colonel Sampson will continue to maintain his permanent residence here Wives May Vote One of the oddities of the soldier voting restriction is that service wives may register and vote whereas their husbands may not Mrs Sampson for example is a registered voter Colonel Sampson is represented in the district court proceedings by Attorney Grant Bowen After the petition was filed Bowen obtained an alternative writ of mandate from Judge Harold Taber The alternative writ or dered County Clerk Brown to either register Colonel Sampson or ap pear in court at 4 April 13 to cause why he should not be required to do so Brown explained yesterday after noon that he must adhere to his legal advice hence cannot register the Air orce officer unless he is ordered to do so by the court The district office will rep resent the county clerk at the man damus hearing April 13 LICENSE PLATE LOST Police and deputies were asked yesterday to look for an automobile license plate which was lost on Highway 395 some time Thursday The plate bearing No 29 belongs to the Richardson Lovelock Co Return of License Is Sought in Court Action Storm system developing off the Pacific Coast last night result ed in a forecast of unsettled weath er in Nevada Variable cloudiness with brisk winds is expected here today and some light rain showers fore cast for the northern part of the state temperatures are not expected to be much diferent from balmy high of 65 de grees and pre dawn low of 38 Light snow at 'elevations above 7000 feet is expected in the Sierra with some rain showers below that elevation WINDOW SHADES MADE TO ORDER In Our Own ully Equipped Plantv 1 DAY SERVICE Also Shades Turned Ex Taxi Driver Suing City or Revoking Permit LAS VEGAS April 2 The Nevada Tax Commis sion voted six to one today to grant former Chicago gambler John Drew a state gambling license for a 25 per cent interest in Golden Hotel Bank Club casinos The vote was cast by Commissioner Robert Allen of Carson City Public Service Commission chairman The action came after Drew denied under oath he had been engaged in gambling at Hot Springs Ark as the com mission has been iniormeu oyt sources staff investigators re 1 garded as reliable He was told that the commis sion had been informed by what was described as a reliable source that he and Leslie Kruze another former Chicago gambler had op erated gambling games at the Reno Club and the Pine Hotel last ebruary A short time before this Drew had told the commission he had no gambling operations whatso ever outside the state nor planned to engage in any Under oath Drew denied the allegation and said that although he was in Hot Springs at the time and saw Kruze there his only gambling activity consisted of playing poker craps bingo and horse races as a customer He said he understood that he could be tried for if his statements under oath were found not to be true He asked that because his ap plication had been pending for several months that the commis sion either grant or deny his license so he could make his fu ture plans The commission took the matter under study Plea Heard rank ishman Los Angeles hotelman appeared before the commission to reapply for a gam bling license for the Nevada Royal a proposed $3500000 re sort hotel on the Las Vegas Strip ishman said he had bought out the interests of five Miami Beach la businessmen who previously applied with him but subsequently their applications ishman said he planned at present to finance and build the hotel casino by himself but that he would probably seek operating partners later He promised he would consult the commission before completing any deals for sale of stock in the Royal Nevada Linden Seeking Separate Trial On Murder Count TOM JOYCE loors 284 Virginia Ph 2 3154 Action Being Taken By Reno Officer On Behalf of Nevada Service Men Ex Chicagoan Denies Taking Any Part Of Deals in Arkansas 8 Applications or Gambling At Lake Denied LeRoy Linden does not wish to go on trial for murder at the same time as his alleged partner in crime rank A Pedrini Attorneys for the 34 year old Linden yesterday filed a written motion for a separate trial The two men are accused of the hitch hike slaying of Clarence Mor gan Dodd 39 Lancaster Calif carpenter body was found partially buried last December 13 near Mustang The motion for separate trial said Two Unoccuinied Buildings Burn iremen in Reno Report Busy Day ifteen person were given hear ing in Reno municipal court yes terday morning George Edward Walters a cab driver accused of pandering was released in $500 bail after indicat ing he would appeal his conviction His fine was set at $250 by Judge Guy Walts Two persons charged with traffic offenses forfeited bail They were Clarence Bath cited for failing to stop at a red light and Ella Meadows cited for driving with out a license Each paid $10 as a result of their violations our persons charged with dis orderly conduct were ordered held for investigation and six others were given the opportunity of leav ing town without serving jail terms Two person arrested for drunkeness forfeited $10 bail Suspects Arrested Here for Los Angeles Are Turned Loose Tickets on Salo to Hear Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt At The University Of Nevada Gymnasium Sunday April 4th Convicted Man Remains Calm As Verdict Is Read Doctor at Vegas acing Charges Nevada's Tax Commission yes terday unanimously denied an ap 1 plication for a gambling license I sought by eight men for the State Line Country Club at Lake Tahoe They included il Gianotti rank Gardella Isadore Epstein Julius Harwick Edward I Walker Marvin Sillman Edward Murphy and Sal Laven Also on this appli cation were Paul Venturi and Tony Grech former San Mateo county Calif gamblers present licensees who will continue to hold the license In denying the application the commission indicated it was not satisfied with an arrangement whereby the eight rejected appli cants had loaned Venturi and Grech more than $200000 to finance oper ations of the club The commission staff was in structed to inform Venturi and Grech that the commission expect ed them to make other arrange ments for financing the casino Elko License Granted Ellsworth Stratton former Ore gon hotel man was granted a gam bling license for a 50 per cent in terest for the Hotel ca sino in Elko Lee Peterson of Salmon Idaho was granted a license for the Eagle Club in Ely Vi 2 Emerson Wilson and r' Stanley Brown announce the formation of a Partnership for the general practice of Law under the firm name of WILSON and BROWN with offices at 246 West irst Street Reno Nevada ive Business Licenses Issued fox Given Death Penalty or Murdering His Wife 's Acting in behalf of servicemen throughout the state Lt Col Roy Sampson of Stead Air orce Base yesterday filed an action in district court to test soldier vot ing law The Stead officer is seeking a writ of mandate to require County Clerk Harry Brown to give him and other military personnel similarly situated the right to register and vote The county clerk said he welcomed the court test of the law which bars servicemen from voting unless they were residents of Nevada prior to their induction The soldier voting regulation is based upon a clause in the state constitution which says military personnel may gain nor residence for voting purposes by virtue of their military service Abiding by opinions of the Washoe county district attorney's office and the attorney general of the state the county clerk recently found it necessary to refuse Colonel Sampson the right to register for the primary election Refusal Sets Stage That refusal set the stage for the mandamus proceedings instituted yesterday by the Stead officer The state law requires as a con dition of voting that a person be a resident of Nevada for six months of the county for 30 days and of the precinct for 10 days immedi ately prior to election except that out of state servicemen may not vote Interpreting the law in the light of the constitutional clause attor ney generals in the past have stressed the point that a military man is subject to transfer against his wishes hence has no capacity to establish legal residence Colonel petition cited a number of circumstances tending to substantiate his claim that he is indeed a permanent Nevada resi dent hence entitled to register and vote The petition said he moved to Nevada from California in 1951 having been voluntarily assigned to Stead AB He purchased a home at 1610 Allen St Reno where he resides with his wife and three children He pays Nevada taxes on his home and automobile and he has a Ne vada license He is a member of the Kerak Stormy Weather Being orecast Robert ranklin ox Jr must die in the gas chamber at the state prison for the murder of his wife Betty Sue At 8:30 last night a district court jury of eight women and four men returned a verdict finding the 25 year old defendant guilty of first degree murder and fixing the pen alty at death ox neatly attired in a brown suit and wearing a black patch over one displayed no emotion when the verdict was announced by Jury oreman Dean Berry When sheriff's deputies startedto return him to the county jail ho requested permission to talk with his court appointed legal counsel Bert Goldwater and John Squire Drendel They met in the corridor ox shook hands with the attorneys and said want to thank you for giving me the best possible de The defendant admitted the fatal shooting of his pretty wife in the bedroom of her home here last October 7 shortly after he was served with a divorce sum mons Pleaded Insanity He pleaded temporary insanity The fact that he shot himself in the head immediately after the kill ing was stressed by the defense as an indication of insanity father a resident of Jersey City was present in the court room last night but he did not im mediately attempt to console his son Instead he went to the county jail where they visited briefly It was learned that the iurv par ticipated in four ballots during its it appeared that the district attor three hours of deliberation Two office intended to use evidence ballots were taken on the question at the trial which would be admis of the sanity After de sible against Pedrini and which would prejudice Linden defense The prejudicial evidence the motion stated includes one or more oral statements or admissions made by Pedrini and evidence of one or more attempts by Pedrini to escape from the Washoe county jail since his arrest Shortly after his arrest in Cali fornia Pedrini reportedly made a statement admitting that he shot Dodd and declaring that both he and Linden strangled the victim with a rope Subsequently however both men pleaded not guilty to the murder charge In the motion filed yesterday Attorneys Bruce Thomp son and Leslie Gray said that at a joint trial of the defendants will be impossible for the attorneys ap pointed by the court to argue the relative guilt or innocence of the defendants inasmuch as any argu ment made by them regarding the innocence or lesser complicity of one defendant will necessarily indi cate the guilt or greater complicity of the other" provided felonious homicide is proved Attorneys Thompson and Gray also represent Pedrini but the lat ter defendant was not a party the motion for separate trial 34 Youngsters Got in Trouble Here in March REJMO rr anff Red Cross 1954 CAMPAIGN R4 a iikip TU IC ID I A kl EC present narrow highway at right The finished work one MA IX I IX I I i lUU lx LAIN ud of the largest and most important at this end of the state a 1 at are men and big machines working on the big project east of Sparks The Morrison Knudson Co of Idaho is doing the job which requires earth moving and grading on a grand scale This view of part of the project shows the uauaiiR SyN! 5 pTr 777777 7 7 7 A A A Xt i 4 4k i s' I 7 xv je a a 3 i 3 XX Spj a' scV 1 x'i Jx ft XX A I 1 tr TO if A A A A 7x 1 iTu A yx Aflfc ll to sto: a xx TO to' to tov to NilTmBWWW Vur Illi zUsiOKj TXT I 7' 'to A if TMwriti xiwiimiafrY trt? 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