Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

fC ebalta Jtate journal WEATHER PAGE TEN RENO NEVADA THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10 1953 ESTABLISHED 1870 Palace Club Hearing Is Being Held Today how liSi 230 Boy Scouts ace Tough Week in Sierra or A Office for Runaways Held BUY A MAN'S GIT ROM A MAN'S STORE GIVE MANHATTAN SHIRTS GRAND CAE JACOBS RENO JEWELERS 113 Virginia St 1293 RG 12103 NJ Castle of his facility was and Special exhibit of priceless Ne vada relics Will be opened this af ternoon at the Nevada State His torical Society Museum in the State Building The exhibit has been collected by members of the Nevada Sage brush Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution from homes all over thd state Mr? Robert Hawkins is in charge of the collection and she has loaned some exceptionally fine items from the Mackay family pro perty for the occasion Among these are illuminated pictures of Old Vir gira City as well as pieces of the beautiful Mackay silver The display has been housed in a special section of the museum which will be opened at ceremonies this afternoon The display opening is set for 3 after which the public may view the valuable relics Mrs Clara Beatty curator of the museum praised the work of Mrs Hawkins and' her DAR aides in making possible the unusual show ing Municipal court cases yesterday Included one of traffic violation and five of routine offenses John "LaGrange forfeited $300 bail on charges of drunken driving One of three drunkenness cases forfeited $10 bail Two other drunks and one of two vagrants agreed to leave town by 4 alternate penalties were jail terms The remaining vagrant began serv ing a few days behind bars Mexttuke GET YOUR WATCH checked! RAINBOWS RECOIjP PULLMAN Wash Dec 9 UR) The deadly free throw accuracy of center Bill Lee gave the Univer sity of Hawaii beaten 65 39 by Idaho last night a narrow 47 45 basketball victory over Washing ton State College tonight It was the first loss in four starts Scout magazine to be on hand for the survival trek A representa tive from the National Boy Scouts of America Training Division from New York is also expected VIRGINIA AT SECOND ST RENO NEV Accused of stealing a 25 cent ring from the Woolworth store 101 Virginia St an 18 year old Lovelock girl was turned over to Reno police Tuesday evening The girl was later released to go to her home no charges having been pressed against her KODACHROME CLUB MEETS Members of the Reno Koda chrome Club will meet on riday evening of this week at the Bab cock Administration Building Colored slides of pictures taken in Canada will be shown by Ray McCarthy and everyone who is in terested is invited" to attend Theft of Dime Store Ring Causes Trouble 128 EAST SECOND ST PHONE 2 2600 our Crashes Take Place on Reno Streets William Pratt special investigat or for the Washoe county district office was notified yes terday that his services were being terminated The county commissioners after consulting with District Attorney Jack Streeter gave the investigator two notice that he was being let go reasons of Pratt a former deputy sheriff was hired for the district office last September 1 at a salary of S300 per month The district office is called upon to do a considerable amount of investigative work in volving transients who are sought by authorities in other states Pratt handled such assignments Investigated Peltier He also conducted a recent inves tigation into the alleged sale of liquor to minors at the armers Market John Peltier the store proprietor was called before the county commissioners Tuesday to show cause why his liquor license should not be revoked The commis sioners decided there was insuffi cient evidence to warrant revoca tion of the license Pratt also was in the sev eral weeks ago when heSmd Deputy Sheriff Cliff Gardner went to Au burn Calif to investigate opera tions of the Jack Santo gang Of ficers there told Pratt and Gard ner that California could handle its own law enforcement problems The commissioners said Streeter agreed to discharge because the expense of several extradition cases had reduced the funds avail able for the district office Man WhoJnvestigated Liquor to Minors Charge Is Out Two more juvenile runaways were taken into custody by Reno police yesterday morning The two are an 18 year old boy and a 17 year old girl from Tule lake Calif Officers noticed them loitering around a bus station at 7:10 aim amilies of the pair telegraphed they would arrive in Reno to pick up their "errant offspring as soon as possible By UNITED PRESS Douglas a 47 year old Elko county Republican assembly man suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday morning in downtown Elko and was being treated Elko General Hospital His physician reported suffered partial paralysis right side and had lost ms of speech His condition was reported seri ous but not critical Tuesday night Castle attended a meeting with the three other assemblymen and State Sen John Robbins (D Elko) to dis cuss with Sen Ken Johnson (R Ormsby) the demand that GovCharles Russell call a spe cial session of the state legisla ture to deal with the school fi nance problem and a mixup in motor vehicle registration laws Two ender Skirts Reported Stolen automotive thief made off with two yellow fender skirts valued at $25 recently police were notified James Polhemus 1037 Sierra St said the equipment was re moved from his 1950 ord sedan Monday night and Tuesday morn ing while the vehicle was parked at his home City Officials Meet Merchants Assoc Today Boys rom our States Will Be Given Survival Training by SAC DAR Exhibit Being Shown at Museum In Reno Burglaries Near Elko And Reno Believed Cleared Interesting Account Given by Truck Driver Some burglar intent on stocking up on 'Christmas cheer raided the Reno Market Spot 641 Second St police reported yesterday Entry to the market was made between 6:45 pm Tuesday and 8:30 am yesterday the burglar climb ing to the roof and cutting putty from around a skylight glass Drop ping through into the building of fice the burglar made his way to the store Approximately $40 in change was1 taken from five and 10 cent slot machines the burglar removing the backs of the machines and display ing some knowledge of their work ings in removing the money Also stolen were 25 cartons of cigarettes seven bottles of whiskey one bottle of vodka and one bottle of gin The total loss was given as $13245 33 Second St Phone 3 6851 NOW EATURING DAILY resh CRACKED CRAB resh LOBSTERS COO COO CLAMS COMPLETE LUNCHEONS 95e to $140 COMPLETE DINNERS $115 and up ALSO STEAKS CHOPS CHICKEN NEVADA CITY Calif Dec 9 (UR) Jack erneaux a Modesto truck salesman who was an im portant witness in the conviction of gang leader Jack Santo in the Mabie Monahan slaying today tied Santo to a second murder erneaux testifying in the Ed mund Hansen murder trial told the jury that Santo told him put George Boles and (Emmett) Per kins in there for that George Boles Jr and Perkins are co defendants with Santo in the December 29 1951 slaying of the gold miner in a robbery Sheriff Wayne Brown moved an other deputy to the trial today to supplement the three already on hand and observers said they ap peared to be keeping a closer on convicted murders Santo and Perkins in anticipation of a possible escape attempt One deputy said that with much of the testimony in a break is expected at any time erjieaux said he appeared at the home of Bernadine Pearney one of girl friends near Grass Valley at request in March or April 1952 some three months after the Hansen murder He said they talked about various things until the conversation came around to the Hansen murder er neakp'W Saqto strange "Hart and Robbins could be arrested and identified for the Put Them He quoted Santo as replying: it really is a funny one it because they have any thing to do with Asked what he meant erneaux said Santo re plied put George Boles and Per kins there for that erneaux said he asked Santo that the deal you approached me on five or six months He said Santo answered The Modesto salesman was credited with giving an assist in the conviction of Santo Perkins and Mts Barbara Graham in the Bur bank murder of wealthy widow Mabie Monahan The three were sentenced to the gas chamber in that murder erneaux made a tape recording of a conversation between himself and Mrs Harriet Henson mistress in which she attempted to bribe erneaux to provide an alibi for Santo in the Monahan case Earlier testimony placed Boles in the Hotel Marysville before and after the murder under the as sumed name of Witnesses said phone calls from room the day prior to the murder went to the Perkins residence in Los Angeles home at Auburn and to Higgins Corner near Grass Valley where Mrs Henson operated a bar Another witness testified that Boles took a plane from Marysville to Reno the day following the mur der TWQ CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 41 East Second (Behind the Barrier) Avoid that Last min ute dash let us fix your watch and be on time I Expert repairs lowest prices Come in soon I Another Session On License ee Boosts Slated NevadaArticles Displayed Today YESTERDAY: High 59 Low 21 TODAY: Generally fair slightiycolder Ousted Plaintiffs ormer Home Being Offered to Highest Bidder Injury and Two Arrests ollow Auto Accidents Traffic accidents in Reno yester day and Tuesday afternoon caused one minor injury and resulted in two arrests and three citations Mrs Jean Williamson 1791 ourth St received bruises of the knees in a three car crash at ourth and Washington Sts Tues day at 7 :20 Arrested for recklessness follow ing the accident was Ruby Rose Rock 1221 Second St She was released from custody on posting $100 bail Police said the southbound Rock vehicle collided with Mrs William car in the middle of the inter section Mrs husband Roscoe 32 was following her ve hicle in another car Unable to stopin time he joined the tangle Neither he nor Mrs Rock was hurt Improper Turn ohn Haran 64 Route 2 Box 98 was booked for an improper left turn following a collision yes terday morning at University Ave and Sixth St Edward James Welty 23 330 West St was the other driver involved The accident oc curred at 11:40 a Both drivers were cited following a crash at Arroyo and Haskell Sts Tuesday afternoon James Eather 40 988 Gear St was cited for failing to grant right of way Edward Simpson 32 610 Robin St received a double citation for failing to have a driver's license or proper registration on his car Albert Turk 30 2627 ourth St was given a ticket for rolling a stop sign at 7 :55 a yesterday His car collided at Sixth and Lake Sts with one operated by James Canonic 43 of Verdi Ex Inmate Returns To Spend Christmas At Reno City Jail Santo Is Named As Planner for Murder By UNITED PRESS An application by 13 persons seeking a state gambling license for Palace Club willbe considered today bv the Nevada Tax Commission in Carson City Seeking the license are Jack Guffey Warren Nelson Joe Hornstein Cliff Grady Louis Rosasco Louis lacometti Howard arris rank Cohen Harry and William Weitz all of Reno Joe Padilla Oakland Bernard Vignaux San ran cisco and Jack Austin San Jose Calif The applicants seek to purchase Bradford Henins' 87 per cent in terest in the casino The other 13 per cent is held at present by lacometti Guffey and Rosasco who seek to expand their current Interests Other Gambling Hopefuls The application of Joe Brown wealthy New Orleans oil man and sportsman for a 45 per cent interest in Benny Binions Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas will also come up before the commis sion Thursday Commission Secretary Robbins Cahill said Brown had requested an appearance before the group He said he did not know whether Dorsett nephew and general manager of the casino who is seeking a five per cent interest would appear Cahill said rank ishman licensed for the Nevada Royal a luxury hotel he proposes to build on the Las Vegas strip had been summoned to appear to explain financing of the project ishman originally told the commission he planned to finance the project by himself but an application was received from the four Miami Beach la businessmen seeking a license along with ishman The new applicants included Herman Kohen an attorney with extensive holdings Josepii Leibman a hotel operator and Howard I Engel and Barnett Rosenthal restaurant operators Raymond rancis Curran appar ently likes the idea of Christmas behind bars Curran took off from a prison work gang November 29 At that time he still had 39 days to serve on a 90 day term for va grancy Yesterday Curran reap peared at city jail was welcomed back in and is accordingly serving the 39 days for with no time off for doing chores uneral Service Held or Mrs Mary Taival uneral services were held for the late Mrs Mary Taival yester day at Ross Burke chapel with the Rev Vernon Kotter of the Lu theran Church of the Good Shep herd clergyman Organ selections were played by Mrs Lula Grimmer and interment was in the Arlington section of Mountain View Cemetery 13 People Wanting to Take Over Part Owned by Bradford Hewins Officers Track Suspect to His Sagebrush Cache All Collar Styles Priced rom $295 $395 and $500 Next Monday 230 Explorer Scouts from Nevada Cali fornia Arizona and Utah are going to meet at Stead Air orce Base for what will be as rigorous a week of training as Scouts ever get They are going to be given survival train ing along with the men from the Strategic Air Command The work will be done in the high Sierra country and the weather in the latter part of December can be rigorous up there The Scouts and the adult Scouters are nevertheless looking forward to the experience and will ail be here on Monday morning Activities which will be included in the seven day program are snow shelters and arctic survival orienteering by day and night survival hunting including the use of traps and the method of skin ning deer survival communica tions mountaineering marksman ship including use of the rifle and how to live off the land According to Don Moyer and George Winchester Region 12 Scout executive and deputy both from Las Angeles the purpose of the survival trek is to train key explorers and scouters so hey will in turn be capable of instructing others in their own councils Nevada scouts will come from Reno Hawthorne allon and Las Vegas Scouts from California will come from Portola Chico West wood Vallejo Marysville Ana heim Santa Barbara Los Angeles Riverside Oakland Auburn San Luis Qbispo Van Nuys Berkeley Bakersfield resno and Palo Alto Meet at Courthouse Participants iin this survival training coursfe will report to Scout headquarters at the court house in Reno at 9 am next Mon day rom there the group will be convoyed to Stead so as to arrive by 'noon Explorer Scouts completing the course will qualify for tne Emer gency Service explorer award Ex plorers are boys 14 years of age and over Last year about 100000 explorers took part in activities on Air orce bases throughout the country Plans for the Scout survival training course are being made by Gunnar Norregaard Nevada Area Council executive in Reno Capt Douglas Wigg staff explorer officer with headquarters at 4th Air" orce at Hamilton Air orce Base Calif Maj Hans Marachel commander of the training squad ron at Stead Capt James Smith who will in charge of the class in the field Capt Charles Godsey who will han dle administrative matters for the Air orce on this course and 1st Lt Bernard Herbert Stead explorer project officer Stead of ficials say they will have an in structor accompany every eight boys through the training ollowing their arrival on the base the explorers will process in Monday afternoon and attend some classes Tuesday morning each group will go out in the field in the Cottonwood Creek area just south of Sierraville Calif The class will come back to the Air orce base from that area Saturday December 19 and wind up activities for the course the following day Scout officials expect an editor from Life national Boy Community Chest Support It! OPEN DAILY 'Til 10 pm EXCEPT SUNDAYS SIERRA SPORTING GOODS Elko Legislator Suffers Stroke Seven more prisoners were added to the already bulging county jail yesterday At 5 pm yesterday Sheriff (Bud) Young and his deputies were hoping devoutly that nobody else did anything for a while that would land him behind bars in the custody There were 76 prisoners in jail more than there ever has been at one time before ac commodations can be provided for about 35 to 40 prisoners of these fellows are due for sentencing in federal court next remarked one deputy got right here for the next Another officer noted that one of the last men to be booked might be able to make bond later last night Everybody concerned hoped he would Seven prisoners were added to the jail yesterday three of them state prisoners and four charged with federal violations More Juvenile I RGi I I A ITY a'ways is to look at especially if it is an unusual view such as this 1 I one The old town has been mentioned in recent restoration plans since it has been a tourist attraction Needing restoration or not Virginia City still is the county seat of Storey county and for more than a few years was the most i mportant city in the entire West (Kelly Lyons photo) Claiming the state highway department evicted them illegally in order to re align Highway 40 four miles east of Sparks Mr and Mrs rank Saunders filed suit in district court yesterday for $40000 damages and recovery of their property The state highway department defendant in the action is scheduled to open bids at 1 :30 pm today for the sale of a two story residence and two cottages on the disputed one fand one half acre tract The controversy dates back 1o last summer when the highway de partment filed a condemnation suit against Mr and Mrs Saunders stating that the property needed for the realignment widening of Highway 40 Pending trial to determine much money should be paid to the owners the state asked for im mediate possession in order to pro ceed with the road project Judge Harold Taber granted the re quest on July 25 Later Judge Taber heard evi dence on the issue of compensa tion and awarded the Saunders couple $21105 in an order dated October 25 Ernest Brown the land own attorned moved for a new trial and the motion was denied The lawsuit filed yes rd a charged that the highwaydepart ment had no right to take posses sion of the Saunders property be fore the compensation was fixed The complaint said the plaintiffs were deprived of property without due process of law since they were evicted without being told what compensation they would receive Mr and Mrs Saunders are ask ing the court to order the highway department to return the property to enjoin the state from selling their dwelling units and to award them $40000 to compensate for the allegedly illegal eviction The latest case has been assigned to Judge court as was the original condemnation suit CONESTOGA SEE IT! 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THE NEV 1954 STATION IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIUL STATION WAGON EVER BUILTBY STUDEBAKER seb at NEVADA CAR CO 41 West ourth St Phone 2 2166 Municipal Judge Hears Six Cases Tracking the suspect to his desert cache near Mustang yester day resulted in the arrest of Miland Elmer Gordon 31 who is believed to have committed bur glaries in the vicinity of Elko and Reno Gordon was booked at Washoe County jail at 11 am on grand theft charges He was taken into custody by Nevada State Highway Patrolmen and deputies near Mus tang Two gasoline engines taken from the Ranch and a sad dle believed stolen from a ranch in the Elko vicinity were recov ered with arrest Dep uties are also investigating a quantity of tools and camping equipment found in pos session Highway patrolmen noticed car when it turned" off 40 a mile east of Mustang onto a little used road They fol lowed and repeated they found Gordon loading his automobile with a variety of objects he had cached in the sagebrush1 Admits Thefts On being brought to the county jail Gordon signed statements admitting that he took the engines from the Ranch on Lane a few days ago The saddle he said was stolen" from a barn in the Elko region December 1 He had stopped his car there in the dark to sleep Gordon said On awakening he found he was be side a barn and decided to see what could be gotten from the building Gordon denied taking anything but the engines from the Ranch Deputies said that vehicle batteries and a calf reported stolen from the property were later found on the premises Still missing are two tires and wheels and other miscellaneous equip ment Gordon is described as a three time loser who was released from an Oregon penitentiary last Sep tember after serving a eerm stealing from automobiles Sheriff Has 76Guestsln County Jail Another meeting concerning the proposed increase in city licenses is scheduled for this afternoon at city hall City officials will meet with rep resentatives of the Retail Mer chants Association to talk over plans for the overall proposed in crease in general business permits according to City Manager Tom Hilberg The city has announced tentative plans to increase the basic business licensee fee from $30 to $40 The li cense ceiling is also proposed for increase from $320 to $500 On the sliding scale for license fees in be tween the minimum and maximum certain increases are also slated TheJicense fees are based on yearly net profits Plenty Of Time Mr Hilberg noted that there is plenty of time to decide the general business license increase which will not go into effect until July 1 The proposed increase in gaming and liquor license fees must be acted on before the end of 1953 he pointed out These licenses come due every quarter wheras the general busi ness permits are paid at the begin ning of each fiscal year Several meetings have been held with operators of games and liquor" dispensing establishments in the last few days concerning the pro posed increase in license fees So far there has been almost no oppo sition to the plan to obtain further revenue from a boost in some of these licenses It is proposed to increase the fees for gaming generally but the city does not intend at present to ask more than the current $60 a year license per slot machine The in crease in liquor licenses is proposed to effect only establishments with more than one bar on the premises irst reading by title is slated for the ordinance governing liquor and gaming license fees at the city next regular meeting De cember 14 Burglar Takes Cash and Liquor Highway Dept Sued By Property Owners A'iiliMI I 4 Special Deputy Many Priceless Being Dismissed I 4 vX OPEN DAILY 'Til 10 pm EXCEPT SUNDAYS SIERRA SPORTING GOODS iH G'ctn Stomm 128 EAST SECOND ST PHONE 2 2600 Next time GET YOUR WATCH checked! 4 't S'1.