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Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

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Reno, Nevada
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9
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I PAGE NINE NEVADA STATE JOURNAL RENO NEVADA SATURDAY MAY 7 1955 Ready for Music Week Because you want to Give HER the BEST of oy AVE upto HANDBAGS TO actory Authorized S1 oo00 MATCH BLACK PATENT Mrairox WHITE KID Toylings CLEARANCE SALE STYLED BY of Discontinued Models and New Model loor Samples Tr? 21 16950 ONLY OR THOSE ACCUSTOMED NAVY CAL TO PAYING $1295 MORE RED CAL $1295 See and Hear Magnavox Superiority 1 0 to 20 Off uo's Reno James HerzMD Announces the removal ore BARNES RADIO SERVICE of his offices to 595 HUMBOLDT ST 144 NORTH SIERRA STRHT PHONE 3 5460 HOLLYWOOD May 6 Television station KTLA tonight announced that it would take its program off the air under protest in response to an CC order to show cause why it should not be banned Klaus Landsberg vice president and general manager of the sta tion declared that KTLA will ar gue the show cause order when a hearing date is set by the CC is a prize award ing game in which viewers play it at home to numbers flashed at the studio by television to the Reds at a border station is our hope to reduce deliv ery time by at least two Bunker said from $133 the new graduated scale which in some cases tripled the old tax The new law was approved by the 1955 legislature to help meet a pressing need for additional rev enue in the state The second quarter payment in cluded $929129 from the sliding scale on gross gambling winnings $48000 from table fees $1200 from race wires and $120 in pen alties ire Extinguishers Reported Stolen you to choose from the American Red Cross empha sized that the newagreement cov only the 29 civilians and 15 Air orce personnel whom the Reds have acknowledged by name as prisoners Any other jailed Americans will not be eligible for packages Because of the shortage of time before the initial delivery Bun ker said the first packages to go to the Americans will consist en tirely of the standard 11 pound Red Cross food and comfort par cels These are designed to sup CARSON CITY Nev May Gambling tax collections in Ne vada for the second quarter of 1955 neared the $1000000 mark the state tax commission reported riday The commission said the gambling operators paying taxes for the months of April May and June contributed $979199 ap proximately twice as much as the figure for any previous quarter The taxes based on gross gam bling winnings during the first All Want to Operate New Inter Racial Vegas Casino Copies of the congressional in vestigation into the health and safety problems and the weather effects of the Nevada atomic tests now are available according to Rep Cliff Young Young said he would be pleased to make the hearings available to anyone interested in receiving them The investigation was conduct ed by the joint committee on atomic energy and contains dis cussions by experts in the field of genetics fallout and weather testifying asserted defi nitely that the tests in Nevada present no hazard to the Rep Young revealed am sure this authoritative study of the contribution of the Nevada tests to Rational and civil defense will find many interested SIZES 4 to 10 WIDTHS AAAA plement packages sent by fami lies The Chinese Reds agreed at the Geneva Conference last June to let relatives send packages to Americans imprisoned in China through international parcel post channels The Chinese Red Cross was not involved in that plan involved excessively high postal rates for Bunker said shipment through Europe the Soviet Un ion and across Siberia It fre quently took months for packages to Under the new plan family packages will be flown from the West Coast directly to Hong Kong American Red Cross rep resentatives will turn them over Investigation Made By Congressmen CARSON CITY May The state tax commission riday aft ernoon granted gambling licenses to 25 of 27 applicants for Moulin Rouge an inter racial resort ho tel nearing completion in Las Vegas Included among the li censees was Joe Louis Barrow former heavyweight box ing champion Denied Nevada gaming permits were Daniel Tonis a New York City labor union executive and Larry Snofsky of New York and New The commissioh or dered their names deleted from the license application because they were In other gambling action the agency rescinded a regulation which had provided that no one could apply for a state gambling license until the structure to house the gambling operation was at least two thirds completed Commissioners indicated they felt this rule might cause many per sons to start hotels and then at tempt to sell interests in the pro posed venture to of per sons A letter from Las Vegas attor ney Howard Cannon was read seeking permission for movie George Raft to ap pear before the agency to his The seven commissioners re cently denied his application for a gambling license after various police reports were read to the group Secretary Robbins Cahill was directed to inform Cannon the commission planned no fur ther hearings on the matter Among those licensed for the Moulin Rouge was New York City restaurant operator Louis Rubin whose application had undergone close scrutiny by the members He won his license only after he appeared to testify he had never had any connection in business with racketeers or hoodlums Commission investigators ear lier during the week long session reported he had been associated with Meyer Lansky and Mike Las cary alleged underworld figures in operation of a restaurant chain Rubin told the agency he would not know Lansky on sight and said he knew Lascary only as the operator of cigarette machines in the hotel chain Licensing of the Moulin Rouge brought the number of hotel ca sinos in Las Vegas to 11 Nine are located on the Las Vegas and two near the outskirts of oth er sections of the city Super Dependable MAGNA TRONIC Trans former Powered CHASSIS 16000 VOLTS PICTURE POWER for fiinest fringe or local reception with dearest sharpest pictures obtainable 41 MEGACYCLE I AMPLIIER fork minimum interference and maximum picture detail inest VH and UH TUNERS for best reception New Easy CONVENIENCE TOP TUNING OMNI DIRECTIONAL SPEAKER for greatly improved sound distribution LOCAL or DISTANCE SELECTOR SWITCH) for best area viewing quarter of this year were the was inspecting the gas tanks of first to be paid the state underthe garage tow truck Reno Metal Dealer Bought Stolen Property IVIaanavox EXTRA VALUE PERORMANCE EATURES CARSON CITY Nev May 1 ederal Judge John Ross yes terday sentenced Joseph Shane 46 year old operator of Shane Iron Works in Reno to a two year prison term on charges of receiving stolen government pro perty He was convicted a week ago by a federal court jury which delib erated less than an hour The prosecution charged he purchased 19 bars of lead from a group of Hawthorne Marines for a total of $25525 Three of the numerous marines originally charged in connection with the case pleaded innocent and were placed on probation by Ross Charges against the other all of whom were stationed at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot were dismissed attorney made an im passioned plea for probation How ever this was vigorously opposed by Assistant Attoiyiey Stan ley Brown of Reno who prose cuted the iron works operator two year prison term will be served at the McNeil Is land federal penitentiary in Washington Two other cases were also heard yesterday by Judge Ross Charles A Merrell 35 year old Reno ho tel resident pleaded guilty Jo stealing government property and a 19 year old AWOL soldieg from Ord Calif pleaded guilty to driving a stolen car across state lines in violation of federal law Both men will be sen tenced May 20 New Scale Enforced or irst Time WASHINGTON May 6 The Chinese Red Cross has agreed to distribute relief parcels to 44 American civilians and airmen imprisoned in Communist China the American Red Cross an nounced today The first distribution of the packages which will come chiefly from the families of the Ameri can prisoners will be made at the Communist border near Hong Kong May 15 Thereafter the de liveries will take place on the 15th and 30th of each month Ellsworth Bunker president of Bums loated or Gas Theft TONOPAH May 6 (Special) Three itinerants from Kellogg Idaho who were arrested on sus picion of trying to steal gasoline from Midland Motors were given floaters out of town last week after spending two days in the Nye county jail They were arrested by Officer Don Duncan as one of the group 25 Out of 27 Hotel Owners Given Approval May 1st Program Given at Wells nothing like the dinging beauty of Mojud! the famous "Magic stockings have extra "give" and spring back in the knit for wrinkle free fit and so Ouch extra wear! New fashion shades ir every degree of Shane Is Given TwoYearTerm In State Prison Gambling Tax Nears Million Have You Been To The STIRRUP GUP LATELY? Sunday Buffet Suppers $100 Hi i Music by ONE (Established 1922) 888 SOUTH VIRGINIA ST Books on Atom Results Ready Anti Arsonist Sought in Reno WELLS May 6 Colorfhl Maypole dances climaxed a Public Achievement Day pro gram for students in the upper grades riday morning at the grammar school gymnasium in Wells Miss Clara A McBide physical education instruc tor and director of period at the school directed the program of dancing tumbling and exhibition basketball A feature waltz opened the pro gram Boys and girls from sixth seventh and eighth grades demon strated three sets of square dances Twenty of them in gay costumes also braided two May poles in carefully rehearsed dances The remainder of the program featured a basketball game be tween girls of the sixth and eighth grades and a demonstration of tumbling by sixth seventh and eighth grade girls At 11:30 am both high and grade school marching bands paraded through main streets playing and maneuvering in uniform to welcome delegates to the Nevada ederation of Busi ness and Professional Clubs holding their state conven tion in Wells during the weekend Play Marco Program Dropped by Station ALL TV SETS DURING THIS SALE amily Shoe Store Reno Owned and Operated 144 NORTH SIERRA ST RENO NEVADA GIVE'MOTHER MO STOCKINGS 1 Ltr IDhl I If UTCh mystic in the picture below YYElIxULI LIOll I LU is sallie Long who will ap pear Sunday evening in a variety show planned by the Wesley oundation of the irst Methodist Church to aid" college members in attending a leadership training conference at Lake Tahoe The variety show will be held in the primary audi torium of the church at irst and West Sts Reno Owned and Operated RENO NEVADA DADI "TT KI EC and rench horns of the eno High School band check a chord from overture DAM I VzIN EO by Rimsky Korsakov to be played in the annual spring music festival to be presented ncct Wednesday evening at 8:00 in the high school gymnasium The students are Robert Muran Everett Evans Irving Waldorf Anne Alegre and Lauien House Red China Agrees to Gift Packages for Captives Poljce oddly enough are seek ing an anti arsonist a gentleman who has stolen $275 worth of fire extinguishers since May 2 All of the fire extinguishers have been stolen from busses which have been parked unattend ed at night rank Linday of the Nevada Transit Co 1212 ourth St said nine of his busses have been stripped of fire extinguishers Three of the lumbering vehicles have been attacked every night since May 3 Taken from the Nevada Transit Co busses have been seven car bon dioxide extinguishers and two pyrene extinguishers with a total value of $235 Mrs Mildred isher secretary to the Virginia and Truckee Transit Co reported the theft of two pyrene fire extinguishers from a bus parked unlocked Thursday night at 355 Sage St Their value was listed at $20 Police said the person respon sible for the thefts is apparently familiar enough with busses to be able to open their doors from the outside Because you want to give her extra beauty on Day i "rStfgL i 1 tej 5 7T T' rgwis ijMrs ''MM iML MNP A' ODM SNHMMBI bp ziaMcl ZMBSJ 1 111 I SI A Mk Jr MmAHMMl! 1 $1295 JI Hfl! 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