Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

I I A 'i RENO NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 2 1951 'X i i WZosion HawtAbme Naval Depot 5 Killed in hi mi i mi iiifr i hi linn in i in min ib i 1 1 mi 1 1 ii Autumn Brings August Hill Own Witness UNKLE HANK SEZ 14? fa PHONE 2 4525 SB 't II Lawsuit to Recover Property Opens Little a Schipperke owned by Mrs itz von Seggern Reno Delivery of new October 1951 state of Nevada telephone direc tories containing new five figure numbers for most Reno and Sparks telephones began Monday accord ing to district man ager for Bell Telephone Company of Nevada A distinctive overprint on the front coven of the book requests subscribers to use the new direc tory starting at 12:01 am Sunday Octobe 7 when the new numbers become effective Bruce cautioned customers to use the old directory fo looking up Reno and Sparks numbers until October 7 changeover On' October 7 old books should be destroyed as most Charging that Echo Hill treated him disdainfully after he had given her a joint tenancy in $500000 worth of his property August Hill yesterday told his story in district court as the trial of his suit to re cover the real estate opened The legal battle centers on a period between July and Sep tember of 1950 when Mr Hill al leges his wife persuaded him to put his property in their joint names Since that time the two have struggled over control of the holdings which include several prominent Reno business sites On the stand yesterday Mr Hill said that Mrs Hill had bothered him constantly before he finally gave his approval to the property transfers Also testifying yesterday were four physicians who said that in view of Mr age he could have been Clyde Brown a carpenter who had worked for Mr and Mrs Hill dur ing 1950 also testified The trial enters its second day today It is being heard by Judge A Maestretti Two Dozen Offenders Are Given 'Hearings In Municipal William Elam recently elected sheriff of Placer county Calif was instantly killed near Lake Tahoe yesterday afternoon when his car somersaulted over Dollar Hill Investigating authorities said the car a new Oldsmobile coupe skidded into a rail on the left side of the highway on a steep curve then careened back over the bankon the right side of the road The car rolled nearly 100 yards down the steep embankment and Sheriff body was found 50 feet from th i wreck Scene of the accident is approxi mately seven miles west of Kings Beach authorities said Washoe county deputies who were first notified of the accident called California highway patrolmen and Constable Harry Johansen of Tahoe City to the scene Identification of the body was made by a tie clasp engraved of Placer 4 Coroner rancis 'West re ported that exact cause of the acci dent was not determined but that a heavy rain which resulted in slip pery road conditions was undoubt edly a contributing factor Mr West said that Sheriff Elam had been a police officer in Roseville Calif for some 16 years prior to his lection as sheriff in Auburn Calif Charged with molesting a 14 year old girl two California men are being held at the city jail pend ing further investigation The pair gave the names of Vin MChiesa 32 and Richard Marra 28 both of San rancisco They were identified by the young ister as the two who followed her in a yellow convertible coupe Sat urday afternoon as she walked along Virginia St near Thoma One of the pair jumped from the car and grabbed her she told au thorities The description of the auto su mobile resulted in arrest of Chiesa and Marra a short time after occurred Anti Trust Action Also Names Alsup Twenty four routine offenders received municipal court hearings yesterday 21 on charges of drunk enness two for disturbing the peace and one for assault and bat tery Ten of the drunks and the as sault case forfeited bail totalling $125 by failing to appear Six more drunks were given until 4 to leave town or serve jail terms Balance of the offenders paid small or began sentences behind bars Someone walked off with suitcase Sunday and7 was probably surprised to find it con tained only pictures of prize dogs and registration papers for them Mr Killip who was showing his dogs at the local show said the suit case disappeared either at Moana Ball Park or at a guest ranch on Virginia Road Three Tons of Phone Books On Their Way to Customers Dr Bromberg Ouster Pends Wife Rehired numbers shown in them will then be wrong he said In addition to the new numbers use of the preliminary figure in dialing from Reno to Sparks and Sparks to Reno will be discon tinued Calls between the two cities wi be placed by dialing just the number listed in the new directory About 27 tons of paper includ ing 3 tons of grey cover stock were required to print the 29400 copies to be distributed through out the state Alphabetical listings totaling 21529 are for Reno and Sparks Increase in listings for the stateduring the last year came to 438 with Reno and Sparks ac counting for 279 Reno Wounds Are Reportedly Not Serious Two Reno men were injured Sun day when they were accidentally shot by other hunters out for the first day of chukkar partridge sea son Thomas Avansino 41 845 Rai ston St was shot in the face about 8:30 am while hunting in the ort Sage district about 10 miles north of Reno The shooting was acci dental according to depu ties and occurred when Ralph Strieff 19 Mayberry Road fired his 12 gauge shotgun in JMr Avan direction The two were hunting together it was stated Eyes Injured The injured man was brought to Washoe Medical Center for treat ment where it was reported that 47 shotgun pellets had entered his face and neck Although some of the pellets were still imbedded yes terday and some damage was done Mr eyes it was not be lieved that his condition was serious or that he would lose his sight Mr Avansino an employe of the Southern Pacific Railroad will i be removed to the hospital at San rancisco for further treat ment according to reports Another Accident Manuel Beck of Reno received superficial wounds of the face while hunting 20 miles south of Reno Beck was struck by pellets from the shotgun of Dr Leo Nanninl of Reno it was reported who told officers he fired at a part ridge on the ground and again as the bird rose Dr Nannini said he did not know anyone was hunting higher up the hillside I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY MRS JONES WAS SO PROUD HER HUSBAND UNTIL I OUND OUT THAT HE HAS A TUKrtV THOUSAND DOUJtf INSURANCE concerning the specific dates ori which test shots will be made only a few congressmen will be asked to attend on any one day it was said Otherwise the en masse de parture of a large number of con gressmen from the capital might be a giveaway And that would be bad an in formed source said because it would tip Soviet scientists off as to when they had better start setting up their long range atomic detec tion devices Some 5000 troops will be maneu vering in the vicinity of rench flat while the tests are going on Some of their field equipment will be subjected to atomic blast heat and radiation The troops themselves however will view the blasts from a safe and unrevealing though possibly thrilling point" of vantage miles away What weapons will be exploded in the new tests is a secret But it is certain that they will be rather than the tremend ously powerful city killers like the biggest of the weapons exploded at the Eniwetok tests last spring i Informed sources have conjec tured that the weapons to be proved this month are production models of fairly compact warheads adapt able to guided missiles large cali ber rockets and artillery shells comparatively light weight aerial bombs and naval torpedoes i Suitcase Stolen Here Held Only Dog Photos Registration Papers Vegas Plumbers acing Jury in ederal Court Downtown Hotel Rooms Are Looted i Thefts of money from two down town hotel rooms were reported to police last weekend Mr and Mrs Eddie Hill said that $408 in currency was removed from a dresser drawer in their room be tween 3:30 pm Sunday and 2:30 am yesterday The money was hidden under some papers they added but had been found by the thief Ii was believed a pass key had been used to enter the room i Mrs Lauretta Davenport visitor here from San Diego Calif told officers that $110 was taken from her purse between 10 pm last Thursday and 2:30 am riday Burglary of the Nevada Transit Co 1212 ourth St was dis covered late Sunday night when patrolmen noticed rear doors of the building standing open Exact method of entering structure was not determined as the back doors had been opened from the inside Entry to the of fice was made through the ware house by using a 20 inch crowbar on the door police said Although the office was ransacked nothing appeared to be missing Criminal arrests in September were listed as differing only slightly from those in the preced ing several months according to Chief of Police monthly report The serious crime arrests were somewhat lower than they were in August while the less serious cases increased by a few 21 Serious Crimes There were 21 arrests made last month on charges of serious crimes most prevalent of was lar ceny The Class II crimes result ing in arrests numbered 522 Traf fic violators arrested during Sep tember totalled 160 considerably less than the 187 listed for August but close to the July total of 161 and the monthly average so a this year of 159 Increase in both drunkenness and vagrancy cases in the last month was noticeable 181 persons being taken into custody on the former count and 100 on the lat ter August listed 150 arrests for drunkenness and 93 for vagrancy Auto Accident Blamed On Unmarked Cut Off Unmarked turn on the new Verdi cutoff was blamed for an automo bile accident Saturday night Boyd Millard 22 Route 2 Box 75 told deputies he went off the side of an embankment due to bad visibility and lack of mark ers badly wrecking his 1931 ord sedan Mr Millard escaped injury CARSON CITY Oct 1 Trial of Las Vegas labor leader Ralph Alsup and 12 other defend i ants on charges of violating anti trust laws in the southern Nevada heating and plumbing industry i opened before federal Judge Roger oley today Selection of a jury began prompt ly Wallace Howland of San ran cisco special assistant attor ney handling anti trust actions is directing prosecution of the case The defendants included the Las Vegas Merchant Associ ation Las Vegas Ex change United Plumbing and 4 Heating Co and its president Joe DavisuA RRuppert Plumbing and Heating Co and its president A Ruppert Ruben Cohen Modern Plumbing and Heating Co James Humphrey Humphrey Plumbing Co Dan Jacomini Jacomini Plumbing Co Don McGarvie Mc Garvie Plummng and Welding Co Bernard Provenzono OK Plumb ing and Heating Co and Alsup as business agent of Local 525 United Association of Plumbers and Pipe fitters (AL) Two Week Trial The defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas last month being accused of agree ing on a plan for fixing prices on A all plumbing and heating supplies sold and on charges to be made for i their installation The price fixing plan was en forced the indictment alleged with the aid of Alsup who was accused of agreeing to induce union plumb ers not to work for any contractor not a party to the plan Two weeks have been set aside for hearing of the case a criminal indictment which carries penalties amounting to misdemeanors in the event the defendants are convicted Two California Men Held for Molesting 14 Year Old Girl RUMMAGE SALE 'Basement ef irst Methodist Church 1 IRST AND WEST STS Beginning Oct Through Octi5t ONE UNIT HEARING AID The SENO pet vnnn market proud of in service to the dos owners of this town but were espeefaUy Braud of our own nrodnrt vita MIN LOA cell for delivery service today and your dog on the road to better feeding at more than reasonable cost Car Plunges Off Highway Sheriff Dies I KI CM at the third anndal Reno dog show Sun BW I JiIUyT day was Oak Grove Special a cocker spaniel owned by Samuel Clark Jr winner is shown here with handler John Hickey (right) and Judge Derek Rayne More tnanpuu aogs were entered the competition YESTERDAY: High'66 Low 53 Precipitation trace TODAY Cloudy intermittent rain gusty southwest erly winds cooler 1 1 i ft17 7" i "i 1 two have been killed this year1 Of the 12 persons injured last month four were in vehicles six were pedestrians and two were rid ing bicycles The 103 accidents re sulted in 94 cases of property Ham age it was noted Traffic violations resulting in in juries included four cases of drunken driving one case involving a drunken pedestrian three cases of speeding and two of failing to grant right of way to another vehicle Chief cause of accidents was fol lowing' another car too closely while making an improper tunkwas second most dangerous offense and failing to grant right of way was the third Snow Is Expected In Sierras irst storm of the fall season hopped the Sierra and brought rain to Reno yesterday r' The Weather Bureau mea sured the moisture as only a trace but apparently more rain fell in the downtown area than did at United Airlines Airport where the rain gauge is situated Trace or no it was the first rain resulting from a generaLstorm since last spring the 50 of an inch of moisture listed since July 1 being the result of lo calized thundershowers The storm is expected to bring more rain intermittently today along with gusty southwesterly winds Temperatures will be lower than high of 66 degrees and low of 53 The first' high Sierra snowfall is expected as tempera tures drop above the 7000 foot level the weather experts said The storm brought considerable rain to the Pacific Coast and Sac ramento areas it was reported It was not expected to bring more than a small amount of moisture to the Reno area today although in termittent showers are expected throughout the north and central portions of Nevada STORE SPACE OR RENT Annual Kennel Club Show Big Success Nevada Division Winners Listed RUMMAGE SALE EDERATED CHURCH Women's ellowship '21 Lok SK OK 6 We Have a Nice GROUND LOOR STORE Located at 53 Sierra St at the Bankers Trust OR INORMATION GAU 7166 A 1 Saturday with 21 accidents hap pening on that day appeared to be most dangerous day with Wednesday and Monday listed as second and third most danger ous The hours between 3 and 5 pm'were those in which the most accidents occurred while the hour between 11 am and noon accounted for third largest number of crashes MONTH TRAIC TOLL LOW OR YEAR traffic situation was under pretty good control last month to judge by statistics released by Louis Spitz traffic captain for the Reno police department '4 There were 103' crashes in Sep tember resulting in 12 injuries However this was the lowest traf fie accident total for any single month in 1951 and second to the lowest injury toll for a single month this year During the mon th of 1950 there were 124 accidents resulting in 16 injuries and the monthly aver age for 1950 was 142 crashes and 17 injuries' Three persons died in traffic crashes last year and to date SACRAMENTO Calif Oct 1 One of two controversial medical workers was back at work for the state of California today but her job was being contested Mrs Esther Bromberg has been hired as a senior psychiatric work er at Mendocino State Hospital Ralph Littlestone mental hygiene personnet officer said tonight The state personnel board earlier had withdrawn the certification needed for her to take the job but reinstat ed it at a San rancisco meeting of the board Littlestone said Her husband Dr Walter Brom berg was fired as supervisor of sex psychopaths at Mendocino Hospital September 17 An appeal by Brom berg was scheduled for hearing Oc tober 15 Bion Gregory personnel board referee said Gregory said Bromberg was charged among other things with taking fees from patients Dr rank Tailman director of mental hygiene said Bromberg's administrative policies did not "conform with those of the depart Nevada Transit Co Burglarized in Reno Nothing Is Missing Crusade "fdr reedom Roll HAWTHORNE Nev Oct 1 A flash explosion in a shell loading plant at the big Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot today killed five workmen and seriously injured at least five others Navy spokesmen said Ten workmen two of them women were in a loading room at the plant when theexplosion its origin still unknown struck at 1:55 pm ellow workers ignored searing heat and the danger of new explosions to drag seven victims from the smoking flame filled room Six were alive and one was dead A dispensary attendant reported one of the injured work men died a few hours later Intense heat prevented lhe rescuers from immediately reaching three other workmen still inside the blast swept room Cmdr A Quinn acting commander of the 400 square mile depot said there was they could have sur vived both the blast and the flames Identification Proves Difficult Shortly before dark volunteers entered the room where the explosion took place and recovered the shattered bodies of the three men Identification was made extremely difficult because the bodies had been mangled and charred 'Condition of the injured workers ranged from critical to serious aint hope was held for the life of one of two women injured Dispensary attendants refused to identify the blast victims pending notification of next of kin and formal clear ance by naval authorities Victims removed from the blast struck room were black ened and blistered by the blinding explosion and some had only charred fragments of clothing clinging to them A possible greater tragedy was averted by the swift and safe evacuation of nearly 50 civilian workers and military per sonnel from other rooms in the loading plant one of many on the vast military reservation Evacuation of Plant Ordered Evacuation of the plant and of surrounding structures was ordered because of fear of new explosions caused by a fire which followed the blast At 4 pm' Cmdr Quinn 'assem bled a crew of volunteers to enter the plant to extinguish flames be lieved licking toward large stores of explosives in other rooms within the concrete structure But he changed his mind before they entered the smoking building saying plant is hot why take a chance until it cools down The Mineral county sheriff and coroner and the Hawthorne fire chief were 'refused admittance to the blast area because of fear of1 new explosions Ninety minutes re ported the flames appeared to be andJhajt tjiera no linger seemed to be any danger of any new blasts But he admonished still tell how much of the stuff from the blast may have sprayed into other parts of the No Chain Explosion Residents of the adjacent city of Hawthorne (pop 5000) were nerv ous1 fearing a possible chainexplo sion blit Quinn said there was chance of new blasts among the widely spaced nearby loading plants and storage bunkers The depot is one or the largest ammunition storage centers in the nation A Navy twin engined Douglas airplane took off from the Naval Air Station at Alafrieda Calif with Navy corpsmen a doctor and plasma for the explosion scene Plans to fly the injured to Oak land naval hospital were One man who was to be flown there died and another woman was in too critical condition to be moved The others will remain at the depot dispensary Slum on Cause Naval authorities declined to elaborate on cause and exact nature of the explosion However it was learned unofficially that the blast occurred during the filling of some rocket or bazooka type pro jectiles i The ten man loading crew in cluded mostly workers who were new at their jobs it was reported The spraw ling depot borders the southwestern shore of Walker Lake nearly 130 milles southeast of Reno The mishap was the first of its na ture oldest employes at the depot could remember In addition to shells bazookas torpedoes aerial bombs depth charges and other destructive de vices are filled with explosives at the depot and pvepared for use in combat or in maneuvers The depot has played a major role in prepar ing weapons and ammunition used in the fighting in Korea TPM I TY 18 arisinS the barren desert region of Nevada where I kl 1 I I I armed forces will be trained in art of atomic warfare Desert Boss of the special maneuvers is Maj i Gen William Kean (inset) 3rd Corps commander from Camp Roberts Calif' (International soundphotos) Chukkar Season Opens With Two Gun Casualties tate journal ESTABLISHED 1870 a Rain and Wind NEVADA HEARING AID CO resh TmtsJ far Aids "Our RapraMHtfativas Cow tho IJ Wirt Second Stttet Hnnw 2 2 Loading Plant Blast Scene i 1 Daring Rescue Saves ive Congressmen Will Witness Atomic Warfare Maneuvers Specific Dates Are Secret I I I I WASHINGTON Oct 1 (UP) Key congressmen were being alerted today to stand by for first preview sometime later this month of futuristic warfare waged with atomic weapons Invitations an authoritative source said are going to members of five congressional committees to attend the tacti cal atomic tests expected to get under way in Nevada in the next several weeks Not all the congressmen will be asked to show up at the same time during the tests which may continue into early November But it is understood that an op portunity to witness some phase of the new experiments will be given to members of the joint Atomic Energy the House and Senate armed services committees and the subcommittees of both houses which handle atomic energy and military appropriations HTah am Heating Co and its president Joe To avoid breaches of security PAGE EIGHT California Entry Best of 532 Dogs if Crime Level Remains Same 4 Nine states were represented by 532 dogs in the third annual Reno Kennel Club dog show Sunday with a cocker spaniel owned by Sam Clark Jr of Davis Calif winning top honors of the day The black and white parti colored dog named pion Oak Grove Special was adjudged the best in the all day show at Moana Park irst prize for a local dog went to a pom eraman owned by Helen Wagner oi Carson City The local field in cluded all dogs entered from Ne vada communities 1 R7 RrnnHc T'nlnmrl Dogs from many neighboring states participated in the competi i tjon according to records an nouncea yesterday Dy Keno fen nel Club officials California pet owners had the largest number of animals in the show There were also large representations from Washington and Oregon it was re ported Sixty seven breeds of dogs were entgred on the competition accord ing to Mrs Isabelle Trulove chair man of the bench show committee Other members of the' committee were Mrs Anne Preston Mrs Earl Potts rank Roser Gene Trulove and Mrs Abbie Collins Al Peter sen also a member of the commit tee is president of the kennel club and was responsible for leading the organization of the show Other dogs which were given first places in the various classes were: Local Winners Best local sporting dog: of a golden cocker spaniel owned by Dickson Sparks Best local hound: Nes a long haired dachs hund owned by Mrs Muriel Reyn olds Las Vegas Best local working dog: of 'a German shepherd owned by rank and Eleanor itz Sparks Best local terrier: "Champion Hotspot a Welsh terrier owned by Mrs Pearl Potts Reno Best local non sporting dog: I JO I W' I Ai SB 7 A XV.