Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 14

HELP ENCE 1 i ip THE DITCHES ss RENO NEVADA THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 12 1951 PAG EOURTEEN ESTABLISHED 1870 Breaks Arson Case Given Citations 1943 is as COMING TO RENO! the SALE SENSATION 9830 THE YEAR! BUS DON'T MISS RENO'S GREATEST SALE EVENT! 1 TRANSPORTATION 1943 2752 908 453 1906 1576 2235 1947 2505 1862 2394 2342 2212 VEGAS RACING PROJECT GETS SCRUTINY WATCHMAN HELPS TO NAB OUR SUSPECTS rom Japan Charles Mapes Jr yesterday received a letter from the Japan Mining Industry Association thanking the people of Reno The thank you was for the hospitality extended to the seven mining engineers and metallurgists who were in the party of 14 mining experts headed by Okuba who visited Reno in ebruary At that time they toured the mines in this area making the Mapes their headquarters and the letter received yesterday says they are now back in Japan and that that nation will henceforth the benefits of their manifold ex periences in the United States and will endeavor energetically to re habilitate the shattered Japanese economy as soon as responsibilities in case of traffic accidents were pointed out by Traffic Captain Louis Spitz of the Reno police department yes terday Capt Spitz emphasized that all accidents must be reported im mediately By accidents any sort of collision involving a motor vehicle is meant Whether the motorist hits a pedes trian animal or another vehicle is immaterial it still has to be re ported The same applies to col lisions with unoccupied vehicles The motorist involved in an ac cident must definitely stop on the scene Capt Spitz said It is mandatory under city law that the motorist must give necessary where there are injuries and must obtain the other name or names as well as giving the other party his own ull report must then be made at police headquarters Also included in the traf fic laws is provision that garages and shops must report evidence of serious accidents when it is brought to their attention Badly damaged vehicles or vehicles which bear evidence of having been in acci dents must be listed with the po lice within 24 hours MARINES SURRENDER Two youthful Marines surrend ered themselves to Reno policwa Tuesday afternoon stating thatL they were 36 hours overdue back at their posts in San rancisco The pair both 17 were booked at city jail pending word from military authorities BARGAINS 195128702470 2416 30652854 2487 2072 Plead April 25 ederal Judge George Harris set April 25 to hear the pleas of Schino Hartmann and Mooney The three were accused last month in a federal grand jury in dictment of conspiracy to in come tax difficulties of convicted abortionist Gertrude Jenkins of San rancisco by selling her stock in an unproductive copper mine in Nevada Schino was ousted from the De partment of Internal Revenue as a result of investigation into other tax cases before he indictment was handed down by the grand jury 5 iU'Nu TO SPARKS SPARKS TO RENO Reno Depot at St rancis Cafe Drivers Responsible Officer Points Out our Reno Men Held As Slot Machine Spooners GALORE IN EVERY STORE! GET MORE SPEND LESS! MOONEY PLEA DUE APRIL 25 ormer Revenue Men Are Arraigned Seven citations were issued Tues day afternoon and yesterday to erring motorists Cited for double parking down town were Robert Callahan Steamboat Springs Bill A Alex ander 33 2300 Westfield Ave Marilou erguson 1075 Mt Rose St and Don Carsten 20 128 Tickets charging them with roll ing through boulevard stops were issued to Armand Kunde 66 425 Riverside Ave Colombia io relli 955 Second St and Lillian Koskela 229 Thirteenth St Sparks SEE THE NEVADA STATE JOURNAL SUNDAY APRIL 15! at what point the woman decided to confess The statement signed by Mrs Taylor was a flat admission that she sprayed the kerosene on the buildings and started the fires but it did not include reference to a motive The district attorney hinted that Mrs Taylor set the fires to vent her wrath on two persons a man and a woman but he declined to elab orate Several weeks ago the Washoe county commissioners authorized District Attorney Streeter to pur chase a lie detector provided he could find a bargain With the as sistance of Mr Riedel of Berkeley Mr Streeter located a new detector at Oak Ridge Tenn Although it had never been used and had a re tail price of $800 it was purchased for $150 Gerlach Mr Streeter said yesterday abundant proof that the lie detector was an excellent investment and that it will be invaluable in future crim inalinvestigations REPORT THOSE AUTO MISHAPS CLEANUP DISTRICT Thursday Lawn and garden trash will be picked up at homes in the areas bounded by Evans Ave ourth St north city limits and West St Pickups at homes in the area bounded by Evans Ave north city limits Southern Pa cific right of way and Sage St J4 Jj Break in at the Sunshine Laun dry 440 Second St was re vealed by police reports recently Sometime last weekend between 6 pm Saturday and 10 am Sun day someone broke a window pane and unfastened the window lock Gaining entry to the building the burglarjmade an unsuccessful at tempt to break into the safe Twelve marks believed made by a pick were found on the safe offi cers said i Nothing else in the building ap peared to have been disturbed Case Against Plumber Contractors May Be Settled Chadwell Brobof Corvino acing Charges Ernest Schino ousted chief field deputy of the collection of in ternal revenue in northern Califor nia and Martin M' Hartmann stock salesman were arraigned in federal court at San rancisco yes terday on charges of conspiring to defraud the government by trying to a tax evasion case A co defendant Patrick Mooney 81 former chief field deputy for the revenue department in Nevada was not present in court this morn ing Las new horse racing project being sponsored and pro moted by the Las Vegas Thorough bred Racing Association is under scrutiny by the Securities and Ex change Commission according to the Morning Sun published in the southern Nevada City An SEC representative Charles Burr of the Los Angeles office has been quietly questioning stock holders and others who have had business with the association and with the Las Vegas Park race track It was reported that among sub jects of interest to the SEC are pur ported deals where officials of the association purchased homes and other Las Vegas property with stpck in the race track Work Halted Work on the track was halted last December by labor difficulties and subsequently funds of the asso ciation were tied up by a lawsuit filed by Provenzano Las Vegas plumbing contractor This lawsuit was reported near settlement out of court by Proven attorney David Zenoff who said he has been in conference with Attorney George Marshall on the matter It was as an outgrowth of the labor difficulty and the firms troubles with Provenzano that fed eral anti trust officials were sum moned to investigate an alleged illegal combine of plumbing con tractors and union plumbers in southern Nevada Zenoff who also represents Pro venzano and other contractors in this action said Tuesday he is pre paring a motion to quash the federal grand jury indictments before May 7 when they are returnable in fed eral court The attorney claims that' testi mony of the contractors was used in drawing up the indictments against them and he will seek to have the action quashed on constitutional grounds that a man may not be re quired to testify against himself Two Are Sentenced To ederal Prison Arrested at Pleasanton Calif last month for violating federal probation John ernandez 18 and Antonio Madrid 21 were yesterday sentenced to' two year terms in federal prison The pair appeared before ederal Judge Roger oley in Carson City and pleaded guilty to the parole violation They were returned to Washoe County jail pending trans portation to federal institutions Lawrence Parent 17 737 Tenth St Sparks suffered lacera tions of the face yesterday after noon when his motor scooter col lided with a truck at ourth St and Eureka Ave Police said young Parent is just recovering from other lacerations received not too long ago when his scooter was involved in a similar crash Driver of the truck Charles Agnes 33 2400 Virginia St told officers he was making a turn when the scooter skidded into his vehicle The injured youth was taken to Washoe Medical Center for treatment MISSING PERSON SOUGHT Sought here is Walter Mac Earchen 50 who is listed at police headquarters as a missing person Mr MacEarchen is a cook by occu pation and is known to have been employed in Reno some time ago Anyone knowing his whereabouts or having information about him is asked to contact local police W30 A Mon Thru ri True KWRN ABC OR RENO Totals 16162 13384 The areas which the six wards embrace are: first south south west second southwest third downtown fourth northeast fifth northwest and sixth southeast The forthcoming city election will see a total of 39 candidates vieing in four general races and for the six ward council seats The deadline for filing petitions of can was last Saturday at noon The only candidate whose office will not be contested is the incum bent city clerk Mr Taylor' 55 GAS LEAKERS Two automobiles leaked gasoline onto downtown streets yesterday making work for city firemen iremen siphoned excess gas from the vehicle tanks sluiced the spilled fuel into drains 'r Gerlach Woman Confesses Setting ires After Machine Registers ibs New Lie Detector THREE LOCAL MEN APPEAR BEORE JUDGE THEWEATHER YESTERDAY: High 71 Low 25 TODAY: ajr little change in temperature Japan Sends Thanks Note To Renoites Washoe brand new lie detector was used for the first time yesterday with sensational results enabling District Attorney Jack Streeter to obtain a confession in the difficult Gerlach arsoifcase Dorothy Taylor 37 year old divorcee and lifelong resident of Gerlach was in the custody last night after break ing down in the face of the tell tale lie detector graph and con fessing that she set fire to a saloon cabin and garage at about 4 am March 28 Mrs Taylor signed the confession in the strange case yesterday after noon and was permitted to go to Empire in the custody of two sher deputies to break the news to a daughter She was to be returned to the county jail last night Charge Being Prepared District Attorney Streeter said a formal charge of first degree arson would be lodged against Mrs Tay lor this morning Cbnviction of this charge calls for a sentence of from two to 20 years in the state prison Mr Streeter hinted that a ro mantic triangle provided the mo tive for the crime but instead of offering a detailed explanation he ascribed the flaming foray to lach Although he had never operated a lie detector before Mr Streeter conducted the examination of Mrs Taylor and did it like a veteran Cost Only $150 He was elated with the results produced by the machine which he purchased only last month for the bargain price of $150 Prior to yesterday the district at torney one of his assistants A Jensen and deputies had spent two full days questioning sus pects without obtaining any posi tive evidence After Mrs Taylor signed the con fession yesterday Mr Streeter dis closed that she had been a suspect from the start of the investigation but only one of several He said that because of the re moteness of Gerlach the investiga tion might have dragged on indefin itely and might even have ended without an arrest had the lie de tector not been available The woman was on the initial list of suspects because her home was only a short distance from the Nite Cap Bar in Gerlach one of the buildings set afire and because she was one of the first persons to ar rive on the scene after the fire was discovered Sprayed With Kerosene The saloon and a vacant house garage and automobile nearby were sprayed with kerosene before dawn March 28 Only the Nite Cap and the garage were actually ignited The garage was gutted by flames and the saloon owned by urst was slightly damaged What made this case the most flagrant arson attempt in Washoe county in recent years was that the person responsible after applying the torch to the Nite Cap and near by garage proceeded to ignite a cabin two blocks away The cabin was the home of Jack Denton and Cliff isk isk was not at home at the time and Denton fled from the cabin during the fire which re sulted in minor damage The fires were discovered by Everett Smith Gypsum em ploye who was returning to his home after work The alarm spread quickly and a bucket brigade ex tinguished the fires Early Questioning In the early questioning Mrs Taylor said the first she knew of the fire at the Nite Cap was when an acquaintance knocked on the door of her home and awakened her She said she donned a house coat and went to the scene It de veloped that a friend actually did knock at her door and that she did go to the fire dressed in the house coat It was almost by coincidence that the lie detector was used and the case solved yesterday Al Riedel lie detector expert from the Berkeley Calif police de partment came here in the morning to deliver ink and paper to be used in the machine and he spent the morning instructing Mr Streeter in the use of the device After acquainting himself with the technique Mr Streeter decided to give the machine its first test in connection with the Gerlach in vestigation He telegraphed Deputy Sheriff George Brooks at Gerlach and requested that he bring Mrs Taylor to Reno for questioning When Mrs Taylor arrived at his office the district attorney ques tioned her for about 30 minutes Because she died impli cated in the crime Mr Streeter asked her if she would submit to the lie detector examination and she consented Mr Streeter himself operated the machine during the examination in which the lie detector charted the blood pressure and breathing of the woman A tube leading from an in flated band on the arm of the sus pect carried impulses to the lie de tector The district attorney declined to divulge the questions he asked or SERVICE COMPANY "SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS' Electrical Advertising Interior Illumination SALES SERVICE PROMPT REPAIR SERVICE AIRPORT ROADaP BOX 2533 RENO PHONE 2 8222 Mrs Peter Marich Washoe golf course remarked think made the most colossal mistake he ever made in his life! The reasons are ought to be was the comment made by rank Kin THE RENO EVENING GAZETTE MONDAY APRIL 16! Three well known Reno men ap peared in federal court at Carson City for their arraignment yester day They were William Chadwell and James Broboff who are accused of violating federal securities and exchange commission regulations and Dr Leo Corvino who is ac cused of violating the narcotics act All three are at present free on bail Chadwell and Broboff entered pleas of innocent when they were arraigned before Judge Roger oley and they were ordered to stand trial before a federal jury on September 5 They are charged with violating regulations involv ing sale of stock in a lawn mower company The lawn mower concern will be recalled by many Reno peo ple It rented space in a downtown Reno hotel store and displayed what was described as a new in vention in mowing machines The model was in the display window for a time Dr Corvino who was arrested by federal agents in Reno some time ago charged with illegal disposition of narcotics also appeared before Judge oley but because he failed to bring his attorney with him was ordered to reappear for ar raignment on Thursday The charge against him says he issued prescriptions for narcotics which were for illegal use and not for treatment of patients He is free on $5000 bail Seven Motorists I I hTrTfi graph that led to solution of the Gerlach arson case is here being discussed Wt IL vl Ul by District Attorney Jack Streeter (right) and Al Riedel Berkeley Calif After receiving instructions from Mr Riedel on operation of the new machine which is shown in photo Mr Streeter yesterday used it to obtain aligned confession from Mrs Dorothy Taylor Gerlach (Journal) Dark Rich Top Soil 6 Yd Load Sparks $720 6 Yd Load Reno' $720 Phone Sparks 8153 5'8 490 Reno Election Workers To Be Needed Next Monfh 16162 Voters Registered With total of registered voters up 2778 since and nearly 500 election workers needed to take care of the May 8 voting City Clerk Terrill Taylor yesterday issued another re quest for volunteers our hundred ninety election workers will be needed To date less than 200 have signed up Some 300 additional persons will have to offer their services for voting or counting board work before the election can be held properly The total registration in Reno is 16162 with registration heaviest in the fourth ward and lightest in the third ward The increased regis tration demands a larger number of election workers In 1947 40 boards took care of the voting orty nine are needed this year Only one ward has not increased the number of boards necessary and that is Ward One with eight boards Ward Two has increased from five boards to eight Ward Three from seven to eight Ward our from seven to nine Ward ive from seven to nine and Ward Six from six to seven With 10 workers to a board the minimum number of workers needed is 490 $6 Per Shift Mr Taylor noted that only per sons registered to vote in Reno are eligible for election board work Anyone interested in volunteering may telephone or call in person at Mr office in the city hall The board work pays $6 for the daytime voting work and $6 for the nighttime counting shift large population growth is clearly indicated in the registra tion this year which is the heaviest on record The 1951 total is almost two thirds greater than it was in 1943 Although registration in 1947 was 13384 only 9692 votes were cast or 724 per cent of the total In 1943 6262 of the 9830 persons regis tered voted in the city election The 1943 percentage of votes cast com pared with registration was 637 Ward Breakdown The registration breakdown by wards for 1951 with comparative ngures tor 1947 and follows: WARD One Two Three our ive Six our men were taken into cus tody late Tuesday night on charges of spooning slot machines Their arrests came about in a rather unusual they were spotted by a Southern Pacific sig nalman in the signal tower at Cen ter and Plaza Sts The signalman Jones of 1033 St Sparks notified police about 9:30 pm that he had seen two men throw something that like a behind a gar bage can Officers investigated and found slot machine in stead of a weapon A spoon is a de vice used to trip coin chutes Police asked Mr Jones to keep an eye out for the pair he had seen and a few minutes later he spotted them again Police accordingly ap prehended the pair and in a moment took their two acquaint ances into custody too One of them tried to dispose of another spoon before he was arrested Booked at city jail were Kenneth Laney 38 605 ifth St Ray Dean Powell 26 456 Seventh St Lloyd Phinney 28 941 Virginia St and William Seely 31 2083 Westfield Ave Mr Jones told officers that the group appeared to a con siderable amount of money be tween them Officers found $1 38823 on the four men Powell and Seely holding the largest amounts of $77320 and $52808 respectively The money was confiscated as evi dence The spoons were also con fiscated None of the four would make any statements to police They were released from custody on posting $250 bail each pending jus tice court hearings Scooter Collides With Truck Here ESTATE SALE Liquidation of OK CAR COMPANY Gigantic Bargains in Used Cars SEDANS TRUCKS See Them on the Lot 226 4th St Submit Your Bid to TRUST DEPARTMENT int National Bank Nevada Sunshine Laundry Breakin Reported Street Interviews in Reno Show Majority Are Against rumans iring MacArth By PRISCILLA CORBETT Out of 30 persons interviewed on the street yesterday afternoon 15 criticized act of firing Gen MacArthur while only four favored it Eleven persons refused to comment saying they knew nothing aboutthe situation Some of the criticisms against Truman were quite bitter or instance Debolt of 732 Balzar St said think Tru man is the stupidest individual we could have as president If I really told you what I thought about the situation the paper would burn derman staying at the Ritz Hotel Bob ord Castro Valley Cali fornia said went a step too far this time MacArthur has fought a fine war up to now He can fight a war much better over there than Truman can in Wash think Mrs Humes of 1895 Plumb Lane replied Clara Vanhooser of Kings Beach said know a great deal about it but I want to be in shoes after this inci was a stupid remarked Mrs Selfridge of Carson City Clare Parker of Hawthorne said horrible the man for the job been out there long Vera Regester of Oakland re plied very hard to say but I think that it should have hap pened at this crucial knows what he is doing and Truman was not wise in firing stated Mrs HCof fey Route 1 Reno Mrs A orrest staying at the Golden Hotel remarked think about one of the worst things I ever heard of I rely on Mac judgment far more than Truman has already proved himself to the Martha Mathews 136 Stevenson said terrible I just think that Truman made a mistake a poor time to make such a radical A Steffen living here tempor arily said think it was a very bad thing to do But not a very good president think very poor re marked Ernest Schmidt from Artesia California John Knezevitch a student from Yugoslavia who is attending the University said have been done MacArthur is more fa miliar with the situation in the ar East than any man in the United States today I back his policy to wards fighting Red China because the Chinese Communists have proved to be the aggressor in Korea and Indo China In avor Cliff Young of 150 Center St favored act saying think good a dic hard Re publican and I dislike Truman but it is intolerable when a superior officer have his subordinates earrv nut his Leslie Evans 707 7th St had Eighth St about the same idea He said think Truman was justified he do anything else Mac Arthur obey John Lee 503 Victory Heights said know what else Tru man could have done If any one of subordinates had made such a statement he would have been the first to fire Smith 1054 So Virginia St thought Truman was right for a different reason: think it was a good idea I think MacArthur was responsible for the big blunder on the Yalu River and the split com mand in the 8th gr a' Ab "5 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