Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

Nebaba 3faur naf 4 PAGE TEN ESTABLISHED 1870 RENO NEVADA RIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 11 1953 12 New Palace Club Owners Get Approval 4 (Gerry Hoag photo) 1 BUY A MAN'S GIT SROM A MAN'S STORE GIVE MANHATTAN SHIRTS GRAND CAE JACOBS 0 RENO TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS i BRANDON'S IS NOT QUITTING BUSINESS IN RENO Phene 2 3154 A Truck Wrecks reight Train at Winnemucca The plan increased from in fees LOSS LEASE SALE road tracks until thp single track line is restored (In Spai'ks "Norris dis patcher said the 'P hoped to resume normal traffic within 12 to 15 hours He said two derricks wore removing smashed cars from the pile of wreckage on he right of way and 150 men were work ing with bulldozers at the scene attempting to build a detour track around the pileup (Norris added that both opera tions would require about 15 hours to complete but the track would be used if the terrain was found suitable) Tax Commission Votes To Rescind Permit or Vegas Hotel City Officials Meet With Merchants Association nor was Richard Grass Valley Calif truck 33 Second St Phone 3 6851 NOW EATURING DAILYresh CRACKED CRAB resh LOBSTERS COO COO CLAMS COMPLETE LUNCHEONS 95c to $140 COMPLETE DINNERS $115 and up ALSO STEAKS CHOPS CHICKEN University Gets $139050 or Student Bldg Diesel Topples Over Cars Piled High 360 Animals Killed or Injured CARSON CITY Nev Dec 10 public service com mission today granted the request of the Virginia and Truckee Transit Co to discontinue commuter serv ice between Reno and Carson City PSC Chairman Robert A Allen said the order approving abandon ment of the service would become effective December 12' However the PSC stipulated the firm must provide transportation from Reno to Carson City from that date until December 31 Exact method of providing such transportation was left to the discretion of the utility The company had requested termination of the service on grounds it had become unprofit able The application was protested by the Nevada Highway Employes Association the Nevada State Em ployes Association various in dividual commuters Only $70 Collected rom Erring Drivers Travis Estate und Acknowledged By Regents on all watches diamonds rings jewelry and everything in the store Protest of Commuters ails to Work Reno to Carson Service Ending nCAh IVTGCK and smashed freight cars are shown in detail here as this unidentified LtALJ LJ 1 XZVwiV railroad man climbs over the wreckage near Winnemucca yesterday afternoon All the trouble was caused when a man dr iving a truck and trailer outfit loaded with horses pulled onto the tracks just ahead of the fast moving reight WEATHER Gambling licenses are going up in Reno the first of the year and business licenses will increase starting next July That was revealed yesterday aft er city officials met with Tate Wil liams of the Reno Retail Merch ants Association to discuss a pro posed upward revision in the cost of general business licenses Mr Williams conferred before the meeting with members of his organization Both business and gambling li censes will have to be overhauled the city has indicated if Reno is to get the additional income officials believe is necessary to maintain es sential municipal services and handle the storm sewer bond issue which was passed this year The ordinance Governing the cost of general business licenses will not be put into effect before July 1 Gambling licenses handled qn a calendar year basis will probably be raised in an ordinance to go into effect January 1 Meetings have already been held with Reno" gambling house oper ators the majority oTwhom City Manager Thomas Hilberg reported yesterday are not opposed to a proposed raise' mlicense fees Gaming ee Boosts Mr Hilberg said he could not re lease the proposed increases in gambling license fees at this time He said however that the main increase will come in licenses for roulette craps and tables Smaller increases will be felt in licenses for race horse keno poker pan bingo racing wire race horse service chuck a luck sports pool and faro operators There is no an ticipated increase for slot machines All general business licenses which are issued on a sliding scale according to gross income will probably cost a small amount more after the beginning of the fiscal year Mr Hilberg said the city will probably raise the maximum cost of a license from its present level to $500 Currently all business grossing over $180000 a year pay an additional $30 for each $50000 gross until the $340 limit has been reached Mr Hilberg said the increase pro posals have been received favor ably because are not trying to go overboard We are trying to talk from a realistic $112000 Deficit Looms Because the city has not been able to realize enough money from its tax rate it faces a deficit of about $112000 this year is to raise half from gambling fees and half creased business license The alternative to raising the fees Mr Hilberg indicated would be a cut back of essential city serv ices or personnel Presently business license fees range from a minimum of $30 to $340 maximum Licenses from roulette craps and range from $600 a table where one to three tables are in opera tion to $900 a table where more than 20 are in operation Keno bingo and race wire oper ators pay $1000 for their licenses Chuck a luck and faro licenses are $200 sports pools $100 and race horse services $340 The lowest gambling licenses are for poker and pan which cost $60 a table in city fees Attending session were Mayor rancis Smith Mr Hilberg Councilman Marshall Guisti and Charles Cowen and Mr Williams Bradford Hewins Retiring Percentages Owned by New Partners Listed Increased ees Scheduled or Reno Business Weekly Traffic Court Is Light Dozen Are ined WINNEMUCCA Dec 10 (UP) An undetermined number of livestock was killed and the Southern Pacific tracks torn up approximately a quarter of a mile four miles west of here shortly after 10 am today when a 36 car struck a truck and trailer at a 'crossing derailing the train A spokesman for the railroad said the number of animals killed had not been determined Twelve cars contained cattle and pigs an estimate 30 animals per car but not all were killed WBurk of: Carlin the brakeman was being treated at Humboldt General Hospital for three broken ribs and severe shock Other train crewmen were not injured Schmidlin of driver of the Humboldt County Sheriff Del bert Moore said cars were piled up between 30 and 35 feet high as they telescoped after the two unit Dieseltoppled on its side from the force of the impact The truck carrying a cargo of horses was demolished deputies and every available Winnemucca' policeman was dispatched to the scene armed with rifles to shoot' animals trapped in' the or severely injured The planned to reroute its traffic over Western Pacific Rail All Collar Styles Priced rom $295 $395 and $500 Suspect Appears in Court With Patch Over Eye Bail is Denied YESTERDAY: High 47 low 26 TODAY: air slowly rising daytime temperatures At the request of President Minard Stout the University of Nevada regents yesterday voted to affiliate with the American Council on Education Before approving payment of the $225 per year membership fee the regents examined briefly the other affiliations and their cost It was determined that with the addition of the American Council on Education the school will be paying $1135 for such member ships including $750 per year to the Association of Land Grant Colleges $75 to the Northwest Association of Colleges $35 to the Western College Association and $50 to the Association of State Universities Board Chairman Silas Ross said he approved of affiliations xv hich benefitted the whole univer sity but added that he was op posed to paying membership fees in organizations devoted to a par ticular phase of education President Stout said member ship in the American Council on Education would give Nevada the benefit of that re search program He said the ACE could render considerable assist ance especially in regard to the curriculum study now under way at Nevada The vote on affiliation was unanimous Community Chest Support It! CARSON CITY Nev Dec 10 (UR) The state tax commission voted today to rescind approval of a gambling license sought by rank ishman for the Nevada Royal Ho tel to be built on the Las Vegas Strip ishman wealthy Los Angeles hotel man was told he would have to re submit his application along with those by four Miami Beach la business men who have pur chased a 35 per cent interest in the multimillion dollar luxury hotel project for $500000 The latter include Herman Kohen Joseph Liebman Howard I Engel and Barnett Rosenthal alsehood Charged The commission questioned ish man at length telling him bluntly they believed he had misrepresented his original intentions by saying he intended to finance the hotel proj ect entirely by himself They said they felt he obtained the license and then immediately sought to it ishman protested he had "com mitted no nor had he lied to the commission He declared he had decided to enlarge the scope of his project' when he realized he would have to compete on even terms with the eight luxury hotels already operating on the Las Vegas Strip Commissioner Robert Allen of Carson City commented "The com mission was Carl Cohen formerly a licensee at the El Rancho Vegas in Las Vegas was granted a gambling li cense for a 2 per cent interest in the Sands Hotel in that city Cohen a pit boss at the Sands is buying a 2 per cent interest from Sid Wyman The commission adopted a new rule providing that in the future gambling licenses will be granted only when an applicant is actually ready to begin gaming operations Applications will be investigated and if they are cleared will be advised that unless something is un covered to warrant other action they will be issued a license when they begin gambling operations weekly traffic court ses sion was a light one yesterday with only 12 erring motorists listed on Judge Gay calendar The dozen motorists left behind a total of $70 in fines and bail for feitures Two cited drivers rank Carlson and Alice McDonald were listed on the court docket but were found to have been scheduled for hearing today instead of yesterday Bofn were charged with minor offenses Virginia Holt pleaded not guilty to a charge of ignoring a stop sign and won a dismissal of the case against her John Thomas cited twice for stop sign violations for feited $10 bail Also dismissed was a speeding charge lodged against John Skenes Josephine Smernoff forfeited $5 for ignoring a traffic signal and Harold A Ziegler forfeited $3 for failing to obey traffic signs Willard Turner forfeited $15 for failing to yield the right of way to another vehicle William Clark charged with failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian had his hearing continued until next Thursday Walter McIntyre Alexander Waller and Donald Rogers were each fined $10 for driving without a valid permit The lat ter was also fined $2 for driving an improperly registered vehicle Robert Lerude forfeited $5 for driving a vehicle with noisy muf flers and $5 for driving a' vehicle with improper lighting equipment Samuel Hummel forfeited $5 for operating a car with faulty brakes M' County Jail Census Shows Welcome Drop Washoe jail population took a welcome drop yesterday as 13 prisoners completed terms or were moved elsewhere Wednesday the county jail bulged with a record breaking 76 unwill ing occupants Yesterday it was back to a near normal 63 MALONE ON RADIO Sen" George Malone of Nevada will appear on an NBC broadcast to Washington" tonight at 7:30 The program will be carried by the local NBC station Robert ranklin ox 25 pleaded not guilty yesterday when he was arraigned in district court for the murder of his 21 year old estranged wife Bette Sue Mrs ox mother of two children was shot to death October 7 in the bedroom of her home at 74 Winter St Police said ox shot the woman with a 38 caliber revolver and then turned the gun on himself The husband was critically wounded and suffered the lossof an eye as a result of the shooting He was wearing an eye patch when he was arraigned be fore Judge John Belford After the court read the murder information the judge asked ox to state his plea to the charge In a low voice the defendant answered Attorney Bert Goldwater who is associated with John Squire Dren dcl as court appointed defense counsel then asked Judge Belford to fix bail Assistant District Attorney Emile Gezelin immediately ob jected pointing out that the law did not provide for bail in a murder case Goldwater did not argue and the request for bail was denied by the court Jury Trial Set Judge Belford scheduled a jury trial in the case for March 22 1954 In addition to Gezelin the dis trict office was repre sented at the arraignment yester day by William Raggio The jury that hears the case will have the alternative of several ver dicts If he is not found innocent ox can be found guilty of first de gree murder second degree mur der voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter Mrs ox was preparing to di vorce her husband and he was notified of the divorce proceedings only a half hour or so before he called at his home There were thp two children and tlvo other adults in the house when the shooting occurred but police reports indicated none of the other occupants witnessed the gunplay Our University Is Revealed As Real JEWELERS IN THE MAPES HOTEL SPECIAL LINOLEUM REMNANTS Standard Gauge Square Yard $159 Armstrong's Genuine Standard Linoleum Animals Die As Truck Meets Train LI I Li 1 1 A HQ extending over as i cattle as well as the horses on the truck Only one man a I I I I LL IvJ long area of South brakeman was injured Southern Pacific traffic was being ern Pacific track near Winnemucca are shown after the re routed over Western Pacific tracks last night as work freight train plowed into a truck near that city yesterday men sought to remove the wreckage: afternoon The crash killed or injured an estimated 360 (Photo by Gerry Hoag) ox Pleads Innocent To Charge of Murder Receipt of $13905041 from the estate of the late Wesley Elgin Travis to be used for construction of a student union building was acknowledged by the University of Nevada board of regents yester day The estate of the California trans portation executive is expected to yield an additional $60000 for con struction of the Jot Travis memor ial building which will honor the memory Travis bequeathed the money with the understanding that it would be matched by an appropria tion by the state of Nevada The appropriation was made by the last legislature Thus in all therewill be about $400000 available for the building In connection with the student union building the regents yester day named their chairman Silas Ross to serve on a joint faculty student committee which is study ing plans for the structure Other gifts acknowledged yester day by the regents included those from: Mrs Chester A Brennen who has set up a $300 annual scholar ship to be awarded a male graduate of any Elko county high school who has a better than average scholas tic record a recommendation from his school principal a satisfactory score in the college aptitude test and who registers in the college of agriculture Mrs Edith Albert who has donated an additional $300 for the purchase of securities to perpetu ate the Henry Albert Public Serv ice Prize Albert Acorn allon who has contributed 100 mammal study skins which are representative of the allon area Wesley Elgin Travis estate $65084 for a student loan fund Mrs Neustadt San Mateo Calif who has given the university a framed picture of the 1900 gradu ating class Heaters Are Stolen rom Building Sites Renp police were told yesterday that five space heaters had been stolen from three new homes un der construction on Schmith Drive and Yori Ave The Alland Construction Co said the heaters were rippod out of walls and disconnected from their gas fittings between December '4 and December 7 The five were valued at $260 WEAPONS CARRIER HELD deputies yesterday ar rested a 19 ycar old Sedro Wolley Wash youth on charges of carry ing a concealed weapon The youth will face hearing in Reno justice court TOM JOYCE LOORS 285 South Virginia By UNITED PRESS A new set of owners will take over operation of Palace Club shortly following action by the Nevada tax commission in approving the applications submitted by 12 pesons The commission acted after a brief discussion of the license matter with a unanimous vote The applicants and the percentages they will hold in the club include: rank Cohen 7J per cent Howard arris 11 Joe Padilla 2 Bernard Vig naux 4 Jack Austin 4 Jack Guffy 5 Louis lacometti 10 Louis Ro sasco 10 Cliff'Grady 5 Joe Horn stein 25 Harry Weitz and William Weitz 5 per cent All but William Weitz Padilla Vignaux and Austin are Reno resi dents Those four live in the San ranciso bay area The commission was told that Cohen who operates a racing wire service in the Reno area will take charge of the books rnd the Palace Club office in the future arris Guffy and Harry Weitz will be in charge of shifts at the casino Hewins Retires The new applicants Durchase the 87 par cent interest held in the club by Bradford Hewins who re tired because of ill health lacometti Guffy and Rosasco held the remaining 13 per cent but combined these into the new owner ship setup Other Reno area licenses granted Included the following: red and Alma Steen and James Grigg Sr Bank Club allon rancis Licini Lep Lein and Charles Rivara Lil Red Barn Rena rank Prior and Paul Brown Roadside Inn games allon James Jeffress William Hoover and Leon Harbert Snow shoe Lodge Reno William Peterson Shorty's Club games Sparks 1 Albert rancis Villaudy was de fied a license for a slot machine li cense in Reno and action was 'deferred upon a request for a gam ing permit from and McMahon and Emerson Wilson for the Yukon Club in Reno LA Man Accused Ot TeJIing Lie Loses License How Christian Science Heals LAW NOT LUCK PROTECTS KWRN 1230 SATURDAY 5:45 PM CO Deduct 25 Off Regular Prices In Window This Is Your STORE HOURS 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