Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

ldjaiia ffiate journal WEATHER ESTABLISHED 1870 RENO NEVADA THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 2 1954 PAGE EIGHT Thunderbird Hotel Bank Club Here Due photo) (Journal Told to Show Cause To Be Investigated i i to control CARSON CITY Nev Dec 1 (UR) Gambling license action Chester Smith recently ap taken today by the state tax pointed Bible staff member flew to Washington with Bible cer commission included the follow of which will be ing: Lucky Strike Club Las total topped 5000 Proposals Lose 8 plain re of a 1955 OLDSMOBILE NOW ON DISPLAY AT OUR NEW LOCATION 1999 SO VIRGINIA ST WALDREN Safeway Store OLDSMOBILE arm AJ I of Peter had been Altman Joseph Ethel Begelfer arrested Mineral Jack and Peters and Bill Alibi Club Pittman Einstoss and rank in in in Everett suit Hunter found dead in a local motel last weekend apparently the victim of self administered poison of 1953 4475 1951 and 4473 commissioners ap a presented to the Senate Thurs day Russell also sent 'telegrams to Desert Spa Gambling License Deferred By Commission William Beldon Mason 41 of Virginia will cither pay a $50 fine or spend 25 days in jail be cause he was found guilty of failing to punch his hunting li cense tag after he had killed his deer Mason was booked at the sher office yesterday He was originally arrested by Sparks po lice on November 1 Plummer poker game House Bar Las Vegas Cardarelli Villa Sam Diamond ELKO MAN HELD Police yesterday were holding Phillip James Sheridan 32 who gave an Elko address Sheridan is believed to be wanted in Sac ramento for forgery Officers arrested him in a local bar yes terday morning YESTERDAY: High 43 low 13 precipitation trace TODAY: Light snow or rain showers CARSON CITY Nev Dec 1 (UR) The state tax commission today held a preliminary discus sion of an application by a syn dicate of ill persons and one cor poration for a gambling license for the lamingto Hotel on the Las Vegas strip recently pur chased bv the group for $8300 000 Gamblers Eddie Levinson and Mike Shapiro formerly licensed at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas were approved as license holders of the outgoing corporation which still operates the lamingo Al Parvin Los Angeles hotel equipment dealer who is the ma jor figure in the new syndicate explained Levinson and Shapiro would take over direction of the casino until Jan 1 when the group hopes to take over the lamingo provided the new stock holders win tax commission ap proval ive Other Members ive other members of the new syndicate are present lamingo licensees They include Eddie Barrich Gaughan Chester Simms Sam Ziegman The commission made it that licensing of Levinson and Shapiro in the hotel for the time did not guarantee that stockholders would be Allan Lindsey of Sparks filed petition in district court yes terday asking permission to set tle a disputed accident claim in half of his 11 year old son Allan The younger Lindsey was in jured November 26 1953 when the automobile ii which he was a passenger was struck by a car driven by rederick Pea The petition filed yesterday said Pea has offered to settle the claim for $500 and the elder Lindsey asked the court for au thority to accept the payment The firm of Guild Busey and Guild represents Mr Lindsey Our Lady of the Snows Parents Club Traffic Record Compiled By Police Washoe county's divorce business during 1954 com pares favorably with that of the last few years but the marriage license business is down somewhat from previ ous years according to figures released yesterday by County Clerk Harry Brown In the first 11 months of this year 4019 divorce actions were filed in district court There were 4393 divorces filed in the same period last year Big Hostelry Near Vegas Has New Owners By ROBERT United Press Staff Correspondent GARSON CITY Nev Dec (U) Democrat Alan Bible finally won a certificate of election to succeed the late Sen Pat McCai ran as United States senator to day following a five hour delay caused by a squabble over a re cent opinion by Attorney General William Mathews The signing of the certificate by Gov Charles Russell at 3 pm paved the way for Bible to be sworn in as junior senator from Nevada sometime Thursday fol lownig completion of a Senate vote on censure of Sen Joseph McCarthy Bible who is in Washington had hoped to be sworn in today but delays caused by numerous votes and debates on proposed amendments to the censure mo tions made this impossible Smith lies East Three Deferred Many Others Have irst Reading Variety of Crimes Listed It appears that the last month of the year will boost the 1954 divorce total past the 4400 mark compared with 4 03 the full year 1952 4734 in 1950 The divorce in seven consecutive years prior to 1950 and reached an all time high of 11060 in 1946 There were 401 divorce suits filed here last month' compared to 423 in the same month a year ago Marriage licenses issued last month totaled 1603 almost iden tical to the total for the same month a year ago 1605 but a decline in several previous i months of this year leaves 1954 There were 70 traffic accidents and nine traffic injuries in Reno during November the police de partment announced yesterday in a monthly report The summary of the traffic record compiled by Capt Louis Spitz showed that the num ber of accidents to date this year is much lower that at the same time last year There were 982 accidents and 118 injuries during the first 11 months of 1953 and this year there have been 781 ac cidents and 63 injuries during the same period The monthly summary broke the traffic accident figures down into age groups violations time and location Speeding Main Cause More than one third of the acci dents resulted in citations to drivers for speeding or for failing to yield the right of way the re port showed A total of 13 drivers were cited on right of way charges and 11 were blamed for excessive speed which contribut ed to the accident Seven drivers in accidents were charged with being under the in fluence of alcohol A large number of the accidents involved drivers between the ages of 16 and 24 the report showed There were 37 motorists in this age group and 34 in the 25 34 age group More than a fourth of the acci dents occurred during the rush afternoon hours from 4 to 6 pm the report showed Twenty of the 70 accidents were reported dur ing this period There were 36 daylight accidents and 34 night accidents Of the 126 drivers who were in volved in accidents 105 of them were men A total of 34 drivers were from outside the city Mail Th ft Charge Is acing Prisoner A Community Job Help Build the New Reno YMCA lamingo Hotel Gaming License Is Under Study Board of Adjustment Acts After Long Discussion Renoites and visitors got on the wrong side of the law 520 times during November accord ing to the monthly report of arrests made yesterday by the police department That does not include the 172 citations issued for traffic violations Drunkenness again led the list cf causes for arrest with 197 persons charged on this count Vagrancy wras the second most frequent misdemeanor with 142 booked There were 46 persons charged with miscellaneous non traffic offenses Nine persons were charged with burglary during the 30 day period and 13 were booked on suspicion of larceny Embezzle ment and fraud accounted for seven arrests and drunk driving citations went to 17 More than 85 per cent of those arrested were men Only 74 wo men were booked during the month Driving and road violations re sulted in 121 of the traffic cita tions and 51 were non moving citations DeLuxe Taxi Service wafc named defendant yesterday in a $15000 accident damage suit filed in district court by Joseph Boyar The plaintiff alleged he was severely injured March 10 1954 when the automobile he was driving was struck by a DcLuxe Cab driven by Robert Everett at ourth and Lake Sts is a co defendant in the Attorney Charlotte represents the plaintiff CARSON CITY Dec 1 Applicants for a gambling license for the Desert Spa on the Las Ve gas strip were ordered by the state tax commission today to withdraw Gambler Sol Gershen horn as one of their prospective partners The commissioners voted unani mously to inform the applicants that Gershenhorn a former Los Angeles gambler was undesirable because of his background and past associations At the same time the Desert Spa application was deferred pending further investigation of its proposed operators In particu lar the commission indicated it wanted to know more about the finances of red Weichmann and A Toberoff of Los Angeles and Charles Marems of Stockton Calif The commission said it could not act upon the applications of the remaining partners because Gershenhorn was included in the original list of applicants and be cause Weichmann Toberoff and Marems faced further scrutiny Las Vegas Attorney Dale Cook representing the Desert Spa was called before the commission and informed that the agency did not want Gershenhorn connected with the project in any way if and when the motel a i was I granted a state gaming permit Cook said he understood the re quest and that his clients had al ready agreed that this would be done Earlier red Trevillian a for mer Santa Barbara Calif hotel operator who is putting up the major portion of the money for the Desert Spa told the commis sion he was in a financial position to buy up the interests of any ap plicants found objectionable by the agency The Desert Spa partners had hoped to open the motel casino by Dec 15 but this will be impos sible now since the commission will not meet again until the week before Christmas Other partners in the deal in clude Walter Stutz and Paul Ag sten of San Die'go Calif Dr Lennon of Los Angeles David Caplow a Los Angeles at torney Paul McDonald a Las Vegas gambler and Jack Rosen formerly interested in poker clubs at Gaidena Calif INQUEST SET Coroner Laurance Lajman lias scheduled an inquest into the death of Arthur Staley for 3:30 pm riday Staley was Seven Gambling Licenses Given Commission OK Bible Is Given His Certificate As US Senator Swearing In to Take Place Probably On Thursday 70 Car Mishaps Nine Injuries During Month preme court met at uou a in tv canvass results of the Nov 2 elec tion They approved the results as they were certified to Secre tary of State John Koontz by the 17 county clerks Results of the balloting were announced previously by Koontz Mr Smith then went to Gov Russell to ask that he sign certificate of election speedily so the Reno attorney could take his Senate seat as soon as the Mc Carthy censure voting was com pleted and thus gain as much sen iority as possible However Russell declined to do so immediately He pointed out that Mathews in his ruling fol lowing death in which h'e held an election must be held to determine who would succeed McCarran for the balance of his unexpired term ending Jan 3 1957 said among other things that the term of Sen Ernest Brown ended Jan 3 1955 This resulted in considerable argument Russell at the time was presiding over the tax com mission and also attending a high way board meeting Telephone Conversation inally shortly after noon Gov Russell talked by telephone with both Bible and Brown in Washington Russell then agreed to ask Mathews about his earlier ruling saying "in line with that opinion in good' faith I named Ernest Brown as United States senator under the assumption that his term would not expire until Jan 3 Ru sell asked Mathews whether in view of the supreme court de cision that an election must be held to name succes sor and subsequent elec tion on Nov 2 the former opinion still held Mr Brown's commission extend to Jan 3 1955 or is Mr Bible by law qualified to take office as of this Russell asked Mathews At 3 pm Mathews sent a letter across the street with a new rul ing Mathews said Bible was in Washington and that he (Math ews) had been informed Brown was willing to surrender his office to the Reno Democrat Mathews said when he rendered his former opinion he did not know whether an election would be ordered by the supreme court The attorney general said it now appeared that Bible had been declared elected by the supreme court to fill the Senate vacancy caused by death that he is now in a position to qualify for such Bible Mathews held now qualified to assume his duties in the United States Senate as of this Russell then signed the certifi cate of election and the way was thus paved for Bible to take his Senate seat A check disclosed that the for mal commission of office given Brown by Russell said he was ap pointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen Pat McCarran without reference to any expira tion date Background of All Pit Bosses May Be Brought Out Into Light Property owners registered strong protests against two apart ment buildings proposed for du i plex (R 2) areas last night bc iv cn behind 1953 fore Board of Adjustment Where 19948 marriage licenses The protests were effective both (were sold in the first 11 months variances vveie uenivu One request was for a 37 unit garden court apart at 440 Reno Ave between Arlington Ave and La: St Mathews and Braden ap plied for the variance and Her man Eaton was listed as property owner Mr Mathews Mr Eaton and Walter Payne real estate broker were the only ones to speak in favor of the project Congestion eared The other request was for a 10 unit on the north west corner of LaRue and Plumas Sts Blackburn of Palo Alto is said to be the builder planning the installation with Jack Reed who applied for the vari ance as his agent The property is owned by Tern Hilberg accord ing to Eddie Aldaz real estate agent representing Mr Reed who appeared before the board last night In both instances the objections were most vehement against what the opposition termed tel commercial structures in residential neighborhoods Second strongest argument against the two requested vari ances was congestion of traffic in both areas Both proposed apartments are close to schools it was emphasized where traffic safety is already a problem Pos sible daily rentals of apartments or rooms was mentioned as at tracting an undesirable group of persons to the neighborhoods In the case of the Reno Ave struc ture it was noted that only 20 off street parking places were planned and only six for the La Rue Plumas project Property Values Cited Thirty one persons signed petition presented by Thomas Buckman protesting theReno Ave apartment house Ten per sons including Mr Buckman spoke flatly against it All said that property values would de preciate if apartment buildings encroached in their duplex zoned properties Seven persons spoke against the? LaRue Plumas proposal Board of Adjustment members are George Probasco Russell Mills and Pat Lynch Cab irm Named In Damage Suit Underworld Characters May Result in Loss of License Granted Tarrv Christ pnepn Club Caliente President Richard Nixon and Senate Secretary Mark Trice Gilbert Landis poker Same advjsing them that Bible was now Exchange Club Beatty eligible to take his Senate seat Mike Gordon slot machines! The justices of the state su wMKnn nmiri rnflf of 3 TD tO 1 Gil Gilbert one per cent in i terest Vegas Ray Ranch Alfred Venice Las Vegas John Uriarte and Veda Amuna tegui White ront Bar Moun tain City Deferred William A Baran Ralph Thomas Warne Jrand Maxwell Travis Chesterfield Club North Las Vegas Beverly Hooper Bank Club Eureka Paul Sagusa and George Nelson El Rancho Bar and Hotel Wells irst Readings License applications given first reading by the rommission in cluded: Andrew Chambers Bernard Grannis Cal Vada Lodge Lake Tahoe Jack Hughes and Charles Watts Candy's Club games Winnemucca Harry Tabak assignees Michael Grossman Herbert Tabak and John Haynes Cali fornia Club Las Vegas Edward DeJulis and Scoggins Club Elko Elko Ernest Kalil Coin Machines North Las Vegas Robert arris and Samuel Elliott arris Hotel Winne mucca Joseph Waller Joe's Coin Machines Las Vegas Hugh Duncan Norman Rein berg and Wilkins Jackpot Club Elko Phillip Ames and Merle Brooks Lyon Bar and Casino Yerington George Louis Barrow Alexander Bisno Walter Briggs Alfred Child Edward Ecken dahl Mary Ellman Esther Engel Thomas A oley Solomon Guer witz Edward Herscovitz George Miller Samuel Reshevsky Louis Rubin Mrs Ruby rank Schwartz Will Max Schwartz Harris Sharp Larry Snofsky Daniel Tonis Walter Zick Henry Kawin trust Jame Bodine John Mack rank I Williams Dr Herschel Burston and Gertrude Rovner Moulin Rouge Las Vegas Gail Armstrong Modern Vending Co Las Vfas Andrew Ward rank Stefi'anand James Burnette the Nugget Carson City Inez Gard' sr Nite Cap Bar Gerlach William Green rod and James Kelly the: Nugget Reno Everett Thomas and Horace Tucker Oxford Club North Las Vegas Michael Demas and Peterson Old Corner Bar games Carson City Jewel Alverson and Billie Alverson Pioche Club Pioche Albert Moll Roberta Mae Simon Herbert Manheim Sam uel Miller Herman Kohen Barnett Rosenthal Joe Leibman and rank ishman Royal Ne vada Las Vegas William Martello and Arthur Klinger Trade Winds Search light James Haines and Card Trail 40 Cafe Wells Arnold loyd Douglas and Ray Christian Victory Club Carson City John Sorensen Travelers Hotel and Bar Mina Maynard Harris Tower Club1 North Las Vegas I James Vacca slot machines' Las Vegas Booked for burglary at the police department yesterday was Oscar Hayes 34 who gave no address He was charged with entering the apartment of Bonnie Hayes 854 Mill St with intent to do possible harm Mrs Hayes ex wife of the burglary suspect said that he had bothered her on previous oc casions and she said that yester day morning Hayes was in her apartment when she returned from work Mrs Hayes gave po lice a statement op previous threats and activities of her ex husband ON SOUTH VIRGINIA ST Burglar Suspect Is Being Held Cooked ood Sale riday Dec 3rd AT Divorce Business Holding Up OK But Not So Many People Are Getting Wed Nevada State Journal All DEA hV for business Depot was standing in Downing Park yesterday Santa ALL KEAU I there because he and his reindeer were heading westerward through the sky across Virginia St Within a few days this structure will be one of busiest as Christ mas season gets underway A lot of youngsters were investigating it yesterday wondering when it was going to get into operation (Journal photo) START YOUR CHRISTMAS CLUB NOW! SECURITY NATIONAL BANK HO West irst Street RENO Phone 2 3469 GOOD PICE TO Member of the ederal Deposit Insurance Corp being other new approved Yas Vegas Attorney William Couthard told the commission the new lamingo corporation would issue 533000 shares of stock and would have a capitalization of $1000000 of which 95 per cent had already been subscribed $980000 in Stock The hotel will have 98 units of stock each unit costing $10000 and calling for a loan of $22500 to the corporation Other proposed stockholders included: Lionel Brooks 214 units Bryant Burton Loretta and William Capri 1 Ethel and Adele Glen 1 Leon and Adele Glen Is A Goldman 1 Thomas Hull 5: Dr Stanley Imerman 2 Ben Jaffe 15 Sam Kaplan 1 George Landy 1 Tony Martin 2 Abe Nabat 1 Douglas Newton 3 Albert Parvin and Co 8 Joseph Pocras 1 George Raft' Ils: Allan A Rubin 1 Maxwell Rubin 51s and Dave Siegel 3 Interests held by the others in clude Levinson 13 Barrich 2 Diamond 1 Gaughan 2 Parvin 14 Simms Ils Shapiro 4 and Ziegman 1 Booked at the Washoe county office yesterday was Thomas Clayton Martin Jr 28 of Phoenix who was being held on the charge of theft mail Martin was originally in Hawthorne by the County office and is be ing held on $1500 bail for federal authorities Hunter ined $50 or Not Punching CARSON CITY Dec 1 The state tax commis sion today directed its investigators to charges by a nationally known crime expert that the Capone mob of Chicago has taken over control of the Bank Club in Reno and several others in Las Vegas Virgil Peterson director of the Chicago crime commission said at a press conference at Berkeley Calif earlier this week that mobsters in other parts of the nation faced a gang over control of Nevada gam bling juke box and entertain ment fields The tax commission which licenses Nevada gambling clubs and polices the legalized casinos pointed out it has long been aware of the efforts of underworld syndicates the gambling Members said some recent charges made before and other things he had to say had already reached the agency in the form of ru mors reports and rumblings Commissioner Paul McDermitt a Las Vegas insurance man pro posed that the commission call in the operators of the Golden Hotel Casino in Reno to question them about charge it was controlled by the Capone mob But Gov Charles Russell commission chairman suggested that the investigative staff be instructed to investigate thoroughly Peterson's statements as they involved and all of the gambling establishments in the state of All seven proved the suggestion unani mously McDermitt then suggested the commission give serious thought to investigating every pit boss in the state's casinos find out who they are and where they came The Peterson charges will be discussed further at a meeting of the commission to be held in three weeks Las Vegas Club Told to Get Rid Of Gershenhorn 'of last year 17993 were issued in the same 11 months this year Unless there is an unusual rush for licenses this month the total for the full year of 1954 probably will drop below 20000 for the first time since 1945 The record for licenses issued in one year was established in 1946 when 28780 couples ceived marriage permits 120 Arrested Here in Month Damage Action Being Settled It's for you on 1 Sunday Dec 5 CARSON CITY Dec 1 The Nevada tax com mission today ordered the luxurious Thunderbird Hotel on the Las Vegas strip to show cause why its state gambling license should not be revoked or suspended Date of the show cause hearing will be announced letter The operators were accused shortly before the recent general election by the Las Vegas Sun of permitting underworld figures Jake and Meyer Lansky to be secret part ners in violation of state gam bling laws The tax commission at the sug gestion of Gov Charles Russell voted to conduct a formal inves tigation of the secret interest charges A highly controversial public hearing was held a few days Ik fore the Nov 2 election at the request of Marion Hicks ma jor owner of the hotel Hicks who owns 51 per cent of the hotel's stock and Lt Gov Cliff Jones a Democrat who owns an 11 per cent interest denied the charges Jones also denied the Sun's ad ditional charge that he and his law partner Louis Weiner were involved in a plan to open Nevada gambling to racketeers in the event Russell was defeated for le election by former Gov Vail Pitt man a Democrat The Thunderbird controversy became a lively issue in the gubernatorial rce Russell cam paigned heavily upon his efforts to prevent racketeers and gang sters from seizing control of Ne gambling industry while supporters accused the governor of using the tax com mission as a political weapon in the Thunderbird matter ollowing Russell's reelection the executive committee of the Washoe County Democratic Cen tral Committee announced it would ask the legislature to in vestigate the tax commission's role in the Nov 2 election Russell proposed the show cause order to his six fellow commis sioners late this afternoon He asked if any member had any objections and when none was forthcoming he ordered the owners informed of the show cause hearing Russell said the revocation ac tion was based both upon evi dence obtained during the public hearing late in October and that gathered by commissioner inves tigators who are still probing the matter Ml A 41T I SA 1 ill I I El? 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