Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

to ig I rv HMMk rtbr WEATH ER High 32: Low 19 air and partly warmer jcbaba ffiatc journal PAGE TEN 5 Reno Turf Club Permit Revoked fr specific in and Thomas Hor Coffill said in 4 SHOES ANNOUNCEMENT PLUMBING TROUBLES MD vUOS 21 2nd St PRWBRKR problem of control office box Walter A Twelve pair of under clothing were found by police yes terday in an alley in the rear of the 800 block of University Ave Officers said the underclothing was stuffed between a garage and a high wood fence They are about the correct size for an eight or nine year old child Marilyn Jean Allen 23 year old local hotel resident convicted of prostitution last week yesterday bailed herself out of the city jail Police said Miss Allen was re leased after paying the $91 bal ance on her $100 fine The sentence imposed on Miss Allen by the municipal court stipulates that she leave tovyn by 4 pm on the day of her release or else become subject to an addi tional six month jail sentence 1201 WE OURTH st Careless Reno Motorists Pay $362 for Errors Bench Warrar' Out or Two Who Did Not Appear phO Ex Gov Carville Says 1000 People Have Money in It Sullivan who left running while he ormer Palace Club Aspirant Well Known Here Total of $11850898 Available for Use This Year Cattle rustling in the Haw thorne area is being investigated by Sheriff Al Jensen Evidence that a young steer or calf had been butchered in an isolated area three miles from Kinkead east of Hawthorne was discovered this week the Mineral County Independent reports All meat of value was removed from the carcass but the remains in dicated inexperienced butcher ing the sheriff said He is check ing to see if any ranchers or cattle companies have been miss ing stock from their herds ranging south and east of Haw thorne WANTED THREE BARBERS for the new Ryland Barber Shop Applyolden Hotel Barber Shop Burglars Invade Vacant Apa ment Short Lines Values to $795 CARSON CITY eb 3 What may presage a battle over a state gambling license sought by California gambler Tony Cornero Stralla was indicated today as the one time gambling boat attorney issued a statement con cerning application for a license for the new Stardust Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip ormer Governor Carville a Reno attorney issued a state ment to the press concerning the pending application Stralla is seeking a license for the Stardust despite a previous warning by the seven members of the tax commission that they will never grant him a gambling license as long as they hold their present posts Stralla and several partners plus 1138 stockholders submitted an application for a license for the Stardust Monday shortly before the legislative moratorium on new gambling licenses was signed into law by Gov Charles Russell tax commission chairman statement said: Stardust Corporation is composed of more than 1000 stockholders from all walks of life men and women who have invested their money in an enter prise which is the largest its type in the history of Nevada Stralla and every indivi dual connected with Stardust is prepared to present to the tax commission the full and complete background of this undertaking including the personal history of the directors and major stock holders upon my investigation and cognizant of the rules and regulations governing the grant ing of gambling licenses in the state of Nevada I can say with out fear of contradiction that the record of this corporation and the people behind it can stand the closest of scrutiny feel confident that under such circumstances the tax com mission will view this application with the same fairness and objec tivity that have characterized its official actions in the NEW LICENSES Two new business licenses have been issued this week by the of fice of City Clerk Elliott Gill One was granted to the Drive In Cleaners which will operate a cleaning and pressing business at 1022 ourth St and the other was issued to Club for a new restaurant Announce their association in the practice of obstetrics and gyne cology beginning eb 1 1955 Telephones 2 5151 Jobbing Repairs Water Heaters Alterations New Installations Legislators Maeting With Commission Members Washoe marriage and divorce business during January compared favorably with the same month a year ago according to figures obtained from County Clerk Harry Brown There were 230 divorce actions filed here last month whereas 202 were filed in the same month of 1954 The marriage license bureau issued 1183 licenses in January of this year a decline of 32 from the January 1954 total of 1215 licenses Reno police learned yesterday that a top Sacramento robbery and burglary suspect may have committed one or more crimes in this city The California bureau of in vestigation and identification no tified local officers that Delbert Dean Boren held by Sacramento police for a three week wave of robberies and burglaries may have held up a Reno drug store late last year Virgil Good a man named by Boren as his accomplice in the Sacramento crimes was arrested in Reno last month At that time it was learned that Boren and Good had been in Reno several times during 1954 'RENOS UEL KID Call HARRY GINDES 81 14 ESTIMATES CHEERULLY GIVEN ight Polio Join the March of Dimes PechartlsNow Being Employed By Napes Hotel Police yesterday recounted the loot recovered Tuesday from Duane Garroway and learned the San Diego travel agent spent or misplaced slightly more of his $7000 haul than they first be lieved Garroway has claimed amnesia since his arrest at a downtown casino for burglarizing his former employer's San Diego travel agency on Thursday Police first listed their recovery as $4790 A recount of the blank checks and cash found on person however disclosed a $1000 tabulation error In a message to A Jensen San Diego chief of police detec tives said yesterday that the ac tual recovery was $3690 in trav checks and $100 in cash Garroway has waived extradi tion to San Diego The' 200 pound 35 year old travel clerk claims he is a victim of amnesia and cannot remember burglarizing the travel agency LET OIL TANK BE ERASED OUK AUTOMATIC CALLS ARE GRACED Mrs Laveda North of 334 Reno Ave told police yesterday that her apartment was burglarized some time within the last nine days while she was in the hospital Taken from her unlocked apart ment Mrs North said were a portable radio worth $5950 and a silver dollar belt worth $60 The belt contains 17 or 18 sil ver dollars and is engraved with Mrs name Two Cars in Pcrtola Damaged by Ice Slide Ice sliding from the roof of a downtown Portola business house did $400 damage to two parked automobiles Warm weather thawed the ice on an overhanging metal roof and sent chunks as large as two feet square by four inches thick plunging to the street The damaged cars are owned by A Lockwood and Bernard Guzenski the Sacramento Bee reports Careless Reno motorists yes terday paid $362 in fines and for feitures at the weekly municipal traffic court session Although 28 drivers were cited to appear for hearing yesterday only 24 either posted bail or showed up in person Two ne glected to take any heed of their summonses one had his case dis missed and one had hearing of the charge against him set over to eb 8 Bench warrants were issued for the arrest of the two persons who failed to post bail or appear in court They were Ronald DelSoldato cited for speeding and Henry Wilson cited for driving without a license and operating a car with out of state license plates Charges of driving without a license were dismissed against Chester Miller and hearing of reckless driving charges against Clifford Sanford was set over to eb 8 Speeders Pay Most Nearly a third of court proceeds came from three speeders Alwyn Hutt Har land unk and Jesus Gomez Mr Hutt was fined $50 Mr unk $40 and Mr Gomez $45 Other speeders included How ard Johnson who paid $15 plus $5 for failing to heed a stop sign $5 for driving a vehicle without mufflers and $2 for operating an improperly registered vehicle Richard Wheeler who paid $15 James Halley who paid $15 Robert Ely who paid $15 plus $10 for driving without a license and Donald ox who paid $15 Edwin A Reeves forfeited $15 for recklqss driving Paying $5 each for failure to heed traffic signals were Alice Brown John Hammond and Marion A Pearson Driving on the wrong side of the highway cost George Trotter $10 Ida Mae Meckley paid $5 for failing to make re quired hand signals and Celia Berger and Martin Huerta each forfeited $10 for failure to yield the right of way Lawrence Stanton forfeited $15 for failure to heed a stop sign and' $10 for driving without a license Paying $5 each for stop sign violations were John Ghiliri Pollyanna Jeppson Ray Pastorino gan Robert his car hastened to the police station to report an accident a days ago forfeited $10 for parking in an intersection Norman Tombre forfeited $5 for violating preferential parking rights and William Nemyer forfeited $5 for illegal backing The 28 drivers cited for the court session included nine motorists were given tickets as a direct result of traffic ac cidents BUSTER BROWN TEEN AGE STRAP LOAERS AND DRESS Gaming License Differences To Be Discussed Pechart well known Reno and Bay Area gambler has gone to work for the Mapes Hotel Casino it was learned yes terday Mr Pechart was turned down by the state tax commission when he applied in 1952 a state gambling license He Dave Kessel and Walter Parman had sought the license for the Palace Club in Rno Their application at one time was given tentative approval by the licensing board but was later denied Mr Pechart obtained a ca sino work permit if rom the Reno police department last ac cording to Police Chief Greeson In applying for the permit he described his duties as He was hired by hotel owner Charles Mapes He was not hired by Bernie Einstoss operator of the casino When questioned about Pcch employment Mr Mapes described the former Contra Costa county Calif gambler as "a fine Pechart has been a resident of the downtown hotel for several years and was re ported to have accepted employ ment at the casino more or less to keep his hand in the gambling business Mr Mapes emphasized that Mr Pechart had no interest whatever fn the casino He said a rumor that the gambler held an interest in the casino was entirely without basis When Pechart and Kessel ap plied with Parman for the Palace Club license they encountered considerable opposition because of their previous association with Elmer (Bones) Remmer in the operation of various East Bay gambling clubs Bets by Mail Bring Drastic Action Hornstein to Appear Next PAUL WIIG MD and ROSS JR Subpoenas Issued for Arguments In Detective's Bribery Case ive New Chest Directors Named At Annual Neet olk Campbell Shoe Store CARSON CITY eb 3 Legislative leaders of both parties will meet riday at 9 am witn members of the state tax com mission to discuss gambling prob lems In part the meeting will seek to smooth out any ruffled feelings which may exist on the part of tax commission members because of the action in im posing a temporary moratorium upon issuance of state gambling licenses by the agency Two commissioners in particu lar Gordon Lathrop of Ely and Paul McDermitt of Las Vegas hfve said bluntly they did not approve of the action in calling a halt only to gambling license applications already on file shutting out any new applicants Lathrop in particular said he be a party to any plan which favors those who already 1 have their foot in the Gov Charles Russell tax com mission chairman said at the close of tax commission session that the commission would offer its cooperation in any move the lawmakers might suggest by which the tightening gambling could be achieved have nothing Russell said The commission has adopted a although it has not been expressed by formal action of deferring all action on major li censes or such as Las Ve gas strip hotels or large sized gambling clubs in other parts of the state It got off to a good start in this program of going the legislature one better by holding up action on applications for Cal Ncva Lodge at Lake Tahoe and the Roval Nevada lamingo Hotel and Moulin Rouge on the Las Vegas strip Applicants seeking a gambling license for the Desert Spa an other new Las Vegas strip hotel nroiect asked of their own rc cord that action upon their re quest for a gaming permit be post poned Applicants Unacceptable The commissioners at the same time served notice that three of the eight applicants for the Royal Nevada are unacceptable and that the Las Vegas resort ap plication will not be considered until they are eliminated The three are rank ishman millionaire hotel man who holds interests iirmany states and for mer Miami gamblers Sam Miller and Herbert Manheim ishman the tax commission decided has an unsatisfactory background of activities and both Manheim and Miller were deemed to have undesirable gambling backgrounds ishman sought a license for a 30 per cent piece of Royal Nevada while Miller owns or did i per cent? and Manheim Royal Nevada applicants who passed muster when their back grounds were reviewed included Albert Moll Roberta Mae Si '2 mon Hei man Kohen Barnett Rosenthal and Joe Leibman In minor license actions taken today the commission granted a license to Donald Yost for the Alibi Club in Pittman and denied an application by Rav Plummer for the Ranch House Bar in Hen derson on grounds it was too close to a school and a church Underwear Cache ound in Alley Use our heating oil for real wintertime satis faction and comfort The quality is the best the price is right and the service is depend able Holdup in Reno Believed Solved 4 tut VAtt? RENO AgAY STORE Tarps 6e Battle Looming On License or Hotel Cots Tool Boxes and 1001 Other Item too numerout to mention 309 SIERRA Across Pigeon Hole Parking PHONE 3 4665 I All 17 members of the Washoe county grand jury have been subpoenaed to appear in district court Monday when defense attorneys will argue their motion for dismissal of bribery charges against two Reno police detectives The subpoenas possibly the first ever issued for grand jurors here were served yesterday at the request of attorneys for suspended Detective Sgts James kITIklA' I I the fact that the local Ground Observer Corps needs more volunteers rUI In I lINLa Ur GOV Charles Russell reports an aircraft to the Sacramento Air De tense ilter Center from new GOC tower 1200 Second St Mervin 'Map) Brown records the flight data Persons interested in giving time to 24 hour aircraft spotting service a asked to get in touch witn Kooert ivianaer cniei uuseivvi oouo 8 Girl 12 Held or Parents Police yesterday arrested a 12 year old Caldwell Idaho girl and charged her as a runaway juvenile The girl was released later in the day to her parents who came here from Caldwell to take her hack home The girl was taken off a bus after Caldwell police telephoned that she would pass through here on her way to Los Angeles Police said she was at her removal from the bus but admit ted that she ran away from her home without permission Marriage Rate Stays Constant ranklin and Michael Saloniseri Two court reporters and a sec retary in the district office also were included on the subpoena list of 20 names ranklin and Salonisen are seeking dismissal of the grand jury indictment against them on the grounds (1) that the names of certain witnesses examined by the jury were not listed on the indictment (2) that the names of certain witnesses whose depositions were read before the grand jury were not set forth and (3) that the grand jury was prejudiced Questions Expected In view of the fact that the grand jurors were subpoenaed to be present for the hearing on the dismissal motion it is ex pected the defense counsel will seek to question each member of the jury as to his attitude to ward the police officers It is likely that the district attorney's office will fight any effort to place the grand jurors under examination Judge Taylor Wines of Elko will hear the arguments on the motion Judge Grant Bowen having disqualified himself The indictment alleged rank lin and Salonisen on December 6 1954 for or $180 from a Jack Youngblood with the understanding they would intercede for Mrs Mar lene Little a friend of Young blood who had been arrested for forgery The two well known detectives were suspended from the police force pending outcome of the criminal case but they flatly denied the charge The law firm of Drendel and Dixon and Attorney Bert Gold water represent Salonisen while ranklin is represented by At torney rank Petersen Deputy District Attorney Wil liam Raggio will represent the state at the hearing Monday The court reporters subpoenaed yesterday were Richard Tuttle and Gail Clary Marion Belcher of the district office also was ordered to appeal court Monday Special Deputies Have Been Abasing Their Authority Sheriff Is Planning Curb SAN RANCISCO eb 3 (UR) A strike of 250 engineers against the Western Pacific Railroad was threatened today by the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers Arthur Kummer vice presi dent of the union said government mediation had failed and the union was ready to call out the engineers who voted strike authority last November in the dispute involving the pay scale of extra engineers Kummer said that current mile age requirements regarding engi work resulted in the extra engineers earning $150 to $200 a month less than regular engineers although their qualifications are the same Woman Is Released Told to Leave City Rail Walkout Threat Aired ive new members were elected to the board of directors of the Reno Community Chest last night and members of the chest wore informed that there is $11850898 to he appropriated during the coming year Unanimously selected to serve on the board were Mrs rank Pe terson Mrs Mark Eisele Emory Branch Louis Capurro and Wil liam Cashill They will each serve a three year term The new directors were sug gested by the nominating com mittee which had been named by President Hayes Schaffer The committee included Chairman Joe McDonald Joe Deming Mrs Zimmerman Lester Sum merfield Hopper Tom Little and Mr Shaffer Retiring as members of the board of directors are Day ton Mrs William A Edwards Linn Hall Morris Stewart and Mrs Reno Thatcher The funds available for 1955 will allow for an appropriation of appr im a te 1 $96908 to tle agencies which are benefitted by the chest This is $4021 more than was made available in 1954 according to a financial report re leased last night The receipts for 1954 totalled $12150345 from pledges and an other $864 in interest Harold Gorman 1954 cam paign chairman read a financial report which indicated that al though the drive goal was not met several groups did commend able work in collecting the funds He called for more determined effort by all chest members in fu ture drives The Community Chest aids such local organizations as the Boy Scouts the Catholic Welfare Agency the Salvation Armv the YMCA and YWCA and the Camp fire Girls At last meeting Dayton gave a detailed report Edith Haley served in her capacity as executive secretary and Mrs orest Lovelock was acting secretary Cattle Rustling Is Investigated CARSON CITY eb 3 The state tax com mission voted unanimously today to suspend the state gambling license held by William Stremmel operator of the Reno Turf Club Stremmel was accused of accepting sports pool bets by mail from outside Nevada a violation of the commis regulations A commission investigator George Coffill testified he placed several bets witn establishment by mail from San rancisco ollowing a chapter and verse recital of his activities by Cof fin Stremmel offered no defense whatever He told the commission evidence is He said he had never operated a sports pool until last October and added all my years I op erated I have adhered to the tax rules" just hope you are Stremmel said sorry embarrassed the tax commission of the state of Nevada Stremmel is a former Sonoma county Calif gambling figure Hornstein Absent Another former bay area gam bling figure' Joe Hornstein of the Nevada Turf Club was scheduled to before the commission at 2 pm to show cause why his establishment also should not be closed down for accepting out of sate bets However he sent the commis sion a telegram saying he found it impossible to attend since he had to attend a funeral His hearing was continued to an unspecified date However commission officials said they had what they considered an air tight case against Hornstein Coffill questioned by Commis sion Counsel randsen Loomis of Reno spent the entire morn ing session testifying about his investigation of ac tivities Between Oct 28 last year and Jan 14 of this year Coffill testi fied he placed 19 bets for a total of $4620 with the Reno Turf Club from San rancisco He bet on football and basket ball cards sent him at a rented San rancisco post under the name of Cronin or all his betting he had only one winning for $10 But indicating the commis investigation of various Nevada bookmakers Which has been underway for several months has been both wide spread and effective Coffill re ported had better luck else where I changed During the period of his inves tigation said Coffill a former veteran federal narcotics agent he received football and basket ball pool tickets memo offering other betting information including Kentucky Derby Santa Anita Handicap and baseball from the Reno Turf Club He said he made five football bets and one basketball wager sending Stremmel one bank money order and five postal money orders Originals or photostats of these were offered into evidence The bank money order bore the endorsement Turf Club per Bill and most of the others Turf Club by Jimmy Olivas is an employe of the club When Loomis asked Coffill where he obtained the original announcement of the Turf Club Special eatures which offered odds betting services the investigator replied it came from a Grand Jury Members To Appear at Hearing RENO NEVADA RIDAY MORNING EBRUARY 4 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870 sheriff said as an auxiliary to the regular staff and is a recog nized asset to any law enforce ment agency Our goal is to have a program of this Police Recheck Garroway Loot Too many cooks spoil the broth and too many deputies are likely to cause all sorts of difficulties or that reason Sheriff Young announced yesterday that he is revising the special deputy program in Washoe county In the future special deputies appointed by the sheriff will have the authority to act only under strictly controlled circumstances Sheriff Young several instances have been reported to him of special duty card holders abusing their au thority and assuming authority that had not been invested in them Many of these persons Sheriff Young added have special dep uty cards which are far out dated He called attention' to the fact that it is not difficult to purchase a deputy badge and that some persons have done so and attempted to use them offi cially The sheriff said the authority to enforce the laws and tions of the county will be in vested in special deputies only when they are empowered to act as auxiliary officers during emergencies Special deputies will not be authorized to carry firearms or other weapons unless when on actual duty or under the direc tion of the sheriff All appli cants for special duty cards will be fingerprinted and their cards will carry a specific expiration date Praising the work of special deputies as a whole Sheriff Young noted that program is indeed an outstanding one when the privileges are not He paid special atten tion to the Washoe County Sher Aero Squadron the CAP Jeep Patrol and the Nevada Rangers all of which operate under the special deputy pro gram good controlled special IL JI 1 wBrB "nr A I 2 I.