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Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

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Reno, Nevada
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THURSDAY JANUARY 31 1952 NEVADA STATE JOURNAL RENO NEVADA PAGE NINE Tahoe Residents Make Own Check On Lake Highway Businessmen Report Only 3 Hours Day Used on Roads Irritated by the California high way delay in reopen ing Highway 50 across Echo Sum mit several businessmen at south end of Lake Tahoe made a trip this week on snowshoes to check snow conditions on the road They reported that the deepest drift on the highway is at lag pole mountain where the depth is now 9 feet 1 inch The snowshoers including John Lukaske and George Canon re ported to the Lake Tahoe News that only about three hours a day are being spent on snow removal According to the News concensus of opinion of the group that visited the section was that a day or two of concentrated ef fort would reopen the highway 50 Closed Highway 50 is closed to through traffic at Stateline on the east of the summit and at Kyburz on the west One of the arguments is that the highway department should expedite snow removal on High way 50 because naval supplies from Hawthorne and Yerington normally are moved over this route and the detour adds sev eral hundred miles to the trip to the coast The Lake Tahoe News com mended the Nevada road crews for opening Highway 50 from Car son City to Stateline Complaints are also coming from businessmen at the north end of the lake The Council of North Tahoe organizations dispatched 8 resolution to Gov Earl Warren of California demanding better snow removal service from Kings Beach Brockway Tahoe Vista and Car nelian Bay Progress Made On Donner Pass Snow Plows Clearing Drifts Away By UNITED PRESS Snow plow crews are making in clearing away snow drifts on transcontinental Highway 40 on Donner Sum mit the divisions of highways re ported today About a half mile of drifts re main to be 'Conquered yet the di vision said and this is expected to take another three days unless a new storm sweeps the area When the plows finally break through the remaining half mile the division said it will probably be another three or four days be fore through traffic will be per mitted to usethe summit route most direct highway betvyeen Reno and the San rancisco area Intermittent snow and rain fell throughout the day on the summit and steady rainfall was forecast for tonight and Thursday (In Reno rain began to fall in termittently late in the day and more was forecast for Thursday Overdue Parking Tickets Costly 18 Drivers ork Out Total of $68 Eighteen parking tickets long overdue cost four motorists a to tal of $68 in fines yesterday Each of the four was taken into custody on a municipal warrant charging that a summons had been Ignored The fine imposed for ig noring the summon was in three cases just double the fine imposed for the tickets themselves Elizabeth Ambrose 35 May berry Ranch resident paid $14 fine for seven tickets plus $14 for the 'charge made in the warrant Irvart Christensen 24 234 Gard ner St paid $8 for four tickets plus another $8 as result of his warrant Owen Henry Yount 32 522 ourth St paid $8 for three tick ets plus another $8 Mary Elizabeth Paradis 33 237 Ardmore Drive was fined only the $8 for her four tickets The war rant charges were dismissed due to extenuating circumstances Renbites Attend Adventist Meet A earing of Reno president of the Nevada Utah Conference of Seventh day Adventists heads a Nevada delegation to The 39th bien nial meeting of the Pacific Press Publishing Association being held at Mountain View Calif Also among the more than 400 delegates from every state west of the Mississippi and 23 foreign coun tries are Williams ancH Lodge both of Reno Chief item on the agenda for the session which was opened by Branson Adventist world president is the election of directors to run the multi million dollar publishing house second largest of 51 operated by the Seventh day Adventist de nomination throughout the world Changes in the association's by laws are also being considered CT A I I A Ci on Highway 50 at lagpole Mountain is John Lukasko South Lake Tahoe contractor who is demonstrating that snow on the road is nine feet deep at that point Lukasko and other businessmen made a snowshoe trek over the still closed road this week and learned that the snow was deepest at lagpole Mountain Lake Tahoe businessmen have complained that the California highway department is not making a serious effort to redpen Highway 50 (Photo courtesy Lake Tahoe News) I feSWf 4 'WC I 1 I "I 7 h' vjaiHi 1 High Court Gets Appeal Against Gambling Taxes Constitutional Test Expected to Result By UNITED PRESS Constitutional test of the new federal tax on gamblers reached the Supreme Court in Washington yesterday Hayes Combs 41 a Washing ton news vender filed an appeal from a ruling against him by a special three judge court here last November Combs is suing Secre tary of the Treasury John Sny der and other officials in an effort to prevent enforcement of the statute The law requires bookmakers and other gamblers to buy a $50 stamp tax and levies 10 percent on their gross receipts In applying for his stamp Combs refused to answer questions about his busi ness employers and the likd on the grounds that the answers might incriminate him The lower court ruled that Combs had no right to seek help from a court for of a criminal is better settled than that it is within the discretion of a court or equity to deny its aid to one who does not come into court with clean it said 7 The lower court also said the gamblers tax was constitutional Combs argued in his appeal that the question of unclean hands has no relation to the determination ol a constitutional question He said the law is invalid because it im posed penalties in the guise of taxes i Mrs Gayle Shaw Taken by Death Mrs Gayle Shaw a resident of Reno for the past three years died at a local hospital yesterday Mrs Sljaw wife of Erving Shaw made her home at 1541 Linda Way 7Z Besides her husband she is sur vided by three daughters Mrs Wil liam McGarry of Hollywood Calif Mrs Norman Gf Mouck of Erie Pa and Mrs Hemingway of Omaha Neb two sisters Mrs Karl Baackes of Englewood Calif and Mrs Chinn of Culver City Calif a brother Corliss Local Ministers Are Taking Part in Nationwide Bible Observance for This Week Members of the Washoe Ministerial Association voted yesterday to participate in a nation wide Bible Observance during Christian Education Week September 28 October 5 1952 The observance will celebrate completion of the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible Reno will be one of some 3000 major cities and towns in the nation scheduled to take part in the observance according to the Rev Leroy Brininger tion Division of Christian Educa tion National Council of the Churches of Christ and national director of the observance who out lined observance plans at yester meeting of the association Major Protestant bodies have co operated in producing the revised edition of the Bible These same denominations are cooperating in plans for the observance Up the Word of "There are many reasons for pub lishing a revised edition of the the Reverend Mr Brininger said "chief of which is to put the message of the Bible into language currently used and Three reasons for undertaking the revision were listed by Mr Brininger: 1 The discovery of older and au thentic Greek and Hebrew manu scripts and other data casting val uable light on our knowledge of scripture interpretation 2 Occurrence in earlier English translations of some 300 words and phrases which have now lost or changed their meaning making these passages difficult to under stand and teach 3 Discovery within the last half century that original New Testa ment manuscripts were written in common rather than classical Greek as formally supposed giving us new insight into the meaning of director of educational promo Trial of Remmer In Ninth Week Bones Case Drones On and On Elmer (Bones) in come' tax evasion trial droned into its ninth week in federal court at Carson City yesterday Ray Weaver a San rancisco in ternal revenue agent remained on the witness stand under cross ex amination by the attor ney The latter continued to make an item by item examination of Wea accounting of the net finan cial worth of Menlo Club in San 'rancisco The trial already the longest in Nevada federal court history is expected to run another two to three weeks Remmer is accused of having failed to pay nearly $160 000 in income taxes from 1944 to 1946 Court Receives Plea passages Thirty two of out standing Bible scholars have as sisted in the revision requiring more than 15 years of work The Revised New Testament completed in 1946 has been enthusiastically received by churches across the na tion Mr Brininger reported that more than 2000000 copies of that New Testament are now in use The first edition of the completed Revised Standard Bible scheduled to be released September 30 1952 will consist of one million copies Copies of the new edition will be available in each community hav ing an observance lose my mind from terrible pain Itcfant pn of mmpl piles driv you vttOJ Amazing Puo tMfcaSv to relieve aoeh misery! Soothes acre tiasuMUBlmentM rfenl Don't Pazo snrwwi ty fem or tube with perforated pipe Pm Oiatmsitf md Svppotitorie part Help hml eneldng neducoswdlin attfar nmxilMi army of ample pile Get real eomfort Ask doctor about ft By UNITED PRESS The Supreme Court in Carson City yesterday reported receipt of condemned murderer Domingo appeal The appeal was filed by Attorney Donald Leighton of Winnemucca Echeverria a 58 year old former sheepherder was convicted of the bludgeon murder of a nurse and an aged patient in Winnemucca He faces death in lethal gas chamber KXnfSSM Acts AT ONCE to Relieve BM COUGHS CAUSED BY COU Motel Purchased or $120000 Mr and Mrs Max Joftis former ly of Philadelphia Pa today will take over the ownership and oper atioh of the El Dorado Motel 1607 Virginia St after purchasing it for an estimated $120000 A deed transferring the 15 unit motel from James A Mullin and Mr and Mrs John Mullin to Mr and Mrs Joftis was filed at the Washoe County office yesterday Revenue stamps on the deed in dicated the purchase price was in the neighborhood of $120000 The Mullins also operate the Comstock Auto Court at 1699 Virginia but this property was not involved in the transaction re corded yesterday Bryant of Sterling Ill five grand children and two great grand daughters" or many years Mrs Shaw was engaged in the retail candy busi ness originating with Martha Washington Candies and continued with the Robinson Co and I Magnin Co of Lbs Angeles as candy buyer or the past three years she has operated her own business in Reno known as Gayle and featuring candies Christian Science services will be held at the Kieper and Walton uneral Home 875 West 2nd St on riday at 12 noon with Mrs Rena Mae Regli reader officiating followed by services and interment at orest Lawn Cemetery Los Angeles bn Monday at 2 WATCH LOST Loss of his gold wristwatch was reported to police recently by David Deming 893 Marsh Ave Mr Deming said the watch engraved disappeared in the down town district Tuesday I 111 ft XX II 11 II "1 VW' ill IHermhage I J'l' BRAND i 11 A Si JI jiZi jCWa iOq HIKI iff 0 fellm Il I'ILicjI a Blmrarf I BRAND I I BoVRBON WHlS I 86 PROO ZTHE OLD HERMITAGE COMPANYRANKORT KY Applications for Building' Hawthorne Defense Homes 5Vill Be Accepted in Reno People who are interested in building houses in Hawthorne without credit restrictions may start preparing applications for the privilege That was the announcement made yesterday by Orrin Davie of Reno Mr Davie is state director of the ederal Hous ing Administration He said for exceptions for credit restrictions from builders for the construction of 150 units of defense hous ing programmed by the Housing and Home inance Agency for the Hawthorne critical defense area may be filed at his office starting ebruary 21 Applications will be received by the HA office located in Reno during a 15 day period beginning ebruary 21 1952 and ending March 6 1952 after which all ap plications received will be consid ered and selective approvals will be made Needed for Defense Workers The defense housing program for the Hawthorne area represents the estimated number of additional permanent housing' units needed for personnel of thezNaval ammu nition depot Construction of this housing will be assisted by suspension of real estate credit restrictions and by the aids authorized by the Defense Housing and Community acilities and Services Act It is mainly a new and more liberal form of HA mortgage insurance under Title IX of the National Housing Act Mr Davie said these aidsare now available for the housing which is approved for construction on the basis of the applications that may now be filed with his office Eligible for the programmed housing in this area are the in migrant defense workers or mili tary and civilian personnel of the fpllowing defense establishments in the area: Naval Ammuni tion Depot Of the 150 housing units planned for the Hawthorne area 50 are to be rental and 100 sales housing Of the rental units five are pro grammed as one bedroom units with a maximum monthly rent of $65 30 as two bedroom units with a maximum rent of $75 and 15 as units of three or more bedrooms with a maximum rent of $85 Of the sales units 50 are programmed as two bedroom units with a maxi mum price of $8500 and 50 as units containing three or more bedrooms with a maximum price of $9500 Selective Basis In order that the housing con structed under the program may most nearly meet the needs qf elig ible defense workers (and military personnel) in the area the HA office will approve applications of builders on a selective basis taking into consideration the following factors: a I The proximity of the site the proposed housing to the estab lishments where eligible workers are employed and the desirability of the site with respect to transpor tation commercial and community facilities and services utilities street improvements and similar relevant factors 2 The rents or sales prices pro posed to be charged the size of the units in terms of the number of rooms and bedrooms proposed to be provided and the relationship be tween the accommodations pro posed and the proposed rent or sales prices 3 The capacity of the applicant to perform the undertaking for which he is applying for assistance Routine When a application is approved he will receive a certifi cate of inclusion in the defense housing program for the number and types of housing units allotted to him This certificate carries with it the privilege of relaxed credit controls eligibility subject to re quirements of the National Housing Act for Title IX HA mortgage insurance and eligibility for par ticipation in the ederal National Mortgage Association purchase set aside for the HA insured or VA guaranteed mortgages on pro grammed defense housing The builder of either rental or sales housing for which a certifi cate has been issued will be allowed 60 days in which to start construc tion a period which can be ex tended by the HA office is justi fiable reason is given for failure to proceed If a approval be comes void because of failure to start construction the units may be approved by the HA for con struction by another builder Under the terms of the Defense Housing and Community acilities and Services Act if within 90 days after this announcement private builders or eligible mortgages have not through bona fide applications for federal assistance provided for defense housing indicated that they will provide the housing programmed for the area the fed eral government may proceed to provide permanent housing as nec essary to meet the unfilled needs of defense workers and military per sonnel The extended period of time dur ing which applications will be re ceived is due to applicants receiving effective control of land which is required under regulations 7 3 Californian Held On Larceny Count Lawrence Reed 55 was brought to Reno from Santa Rosa Calif this week to answer charges of havirig'stoleh two' adding mach ines and a briefcase from Paul Carter accountant on August 27 1950 He was arraigned for grand lar ceny before Justice of the Peace Laurance Layman yesterday and his preliminary 'hearing was scheduled for ebruary 18 Reed listed his address as Holly wood Calif Receiver Asked or Large Vegas Hotel Casino 4 Three Stockholders ile Action in Los Angeles By UNITED PRESS At Las Vegas yesterday three El Rancho Vegas stockholders filed suit in federal court asking a re ceivership for the $5000000 Las Vegas hotel and gaming casino The suit was brought by Attor ney Joe Orloff Josephs and Martin A Clemens who charged management of the resort failed to cut stockholders in on its rich profits The three said they bought $98 36886 worth of stock in the casino from the estate of the late Jake Katlcman who once owned El Rancho Vegas They said since ob taining 495 shares in the enterprise they have been unsuccessful in at tempts to see the books of the ca sino or to get a share of the esti mated $350000 monthly profit The complaint charged that the present majority stockholders identified as Belden Katleman Leonard Marxen Carl Cohen and Virgil Murphy have made at least $500000 profit from the gambling operation in recent months ederal Judge Ben Harrison is sued an order for El Rancho Vegas to show cause why a temporary in junction should not be granted A hearing was set for ebruary 18 if Vegas Disbarment Ends supreme court yester day ordered the reinstatement of Nubar Wright a Las Vegas attor ney disbarred for six months taxi chasing tactics in seeking di vorce clients The court said however that a motion seeking perma nent disbarment was still pending and that reinstatement order was issued without prejudice with respect to that motion 1 Bids Being Sought or Highway Project highway department yesterday advertised for bids for reconstruction of 119 miles of Highway 50 from the Ray Ranch to Eureka The bids will be opened in Carson City ebruary 14 The route is to be realigned and 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