Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

PAGE EIGHT CARE COURTESY DRIVE SAELY journal RENO NEVADA SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870 WEATHER YESTERDAY: High 75 Low 30 TODAY: air little change in temperature NOW OPEN! RENO'S ONLY EXCLUSIVE HI I STORE A complete selection of Hi i components All top brand names Drop in browze around ask the men who know Hi i It's their business not a sideline! Open daily 10 A til 6 ri and Sat Eve til 9 Other times by appointment ION WELLS YE REIO IH UME 1 5361 HI I CENTER EXCLISIVE Il OI IONE Alt IltlHIT Dr McHenry to Direct University Investigation Mineral and Washoe Sheriff Cars Bashed an or Mais Shoot At Equipment into a dollar sign they incidents were part of and Breakfast All Day SHETLAND SHEEPDOG uel LUNCH i i PHON 5 5146 Theft of a rear hubcap from his 1951 Plymouth sedan yester day was reported to "city police by Jim Bubier 210 Moran St He said the theft occurred while the car was parked at a down town parking lot Mr Bubier told police the item which is valued at $5 could be identified by a scratch on the outside rim of to IUI W1 $25000 Allotted result of Dr the legislature allotted Reno police yesterday recov ered a late model automobile which has been listed on police reports as having been stolen from San rancisco The car a 1955 Chevrolet se dan with California license 7A14158 was found parked head ing south on University Ave near Sixth St Mrs Blair Rita 510 Alameda Ave turned over to the lost and found department at city police headquarters a new auto battery which she found near a rose bush in her yard The battery was discovered yes terday morning Police said the battery is brand new and even had the price tag still attached As an added convenience the battery was also equipped with a carrying strap Owners of Market were named as defendants in a $5125 damage suit which was filed yesterday in district court by a customer who suffered a fall in the Sierra St store The complaint named HaiV vey Sewell Herbert Sewell ancL A Sewell as defendants It was filed by Leona ox whio said that she fell because of a slick substance on the floor on November 26 1954 She reported that a foot injury resulted The suit was filed by the law firm of Goldwater Taber and HilL' SACRAMENTO Sept 301 (UPJ laries including a $4000 jewel theft are believed cleared with arrest and confession here of Rob ert Dunne Dunne was taken into custody here Sept 21 after his car over turned and items suspected of having been stolen tumbled out of the vehicle He is reported to have confessed the long series of entries of lakeside homes The jewelry was taken from the home of A Naify San rancisco while children and their nurse slept in adjoining rooms of the house Dunne has already confessed a series of burglaries in Reno where he became known as the authorities said Reno police have recovered $600 w'orth of loot stolen here and additional recoveries are ex pected Two motorists were given traU fic citations for following toa closely after they were involved in accidents yesterday Betty Kruspe 867 Haskell St was cited on this charge 2 after her 1955 Buick sedan col lided with a 1930 ord coupe driven by Stanley Nichols Rt 1 Box 829 near the intersection' of Sierra and California Ave 7 Police said the Nichols vehicle had stopped on Sierra St when it was struck in the rear by the' Kruspe car which was also going south Damage was light and both cars were able to be driven awayj Also cited for following too closely was William A Jucht zer Genoa whose 1951 GMC pickup truck was involved in a minor collision riday with a 1949 Pontiac sedan operated by 2 Charles Sonn Jr Hospital The Sonn car had stopped oi Wells Avenue for a traffic light when it was struck on the left rear by the truck Police said Juchtzer vehicle also grazed the right of a 1951 ord truck driven by Waller Leavitt Placerville Signal Ignored Two charges were filed against Howard King 1516 Stewart St2 after his 1947 Chevrolet coupe smashed into another car Thurs day at ourth and Alameda Sts2 King was cited for going through a red traffic signal and speeding on a through street His car ran into the rear of a 1951 Mercury sedan driven by Danny Walker 53 High St wonaer si rsicnois was arresieu cuauv wife Marylin was treated for minor cut (Joui Two vandals equipped with high powered rifles did an esti mated $600 to $700 damage to construction equipment owned by A Baldwin of Bishop' Calif sometime Wednesday evening Mr Baldwin told Washoe county deputies the equipment was ripped apart by rifle fire while it was parked on Hunter Lake Road Deputies said bullets damaged almost every part of the machin ery ive Sparks students who earlier had agreed to rule out any Close ollowers Get Citations After Accidents Arguing Wife Gets Tossed Through Windshield The block ticket sale system was employed yesterday for the purposes of national publicity and Jimmy Lederer veteran news reel cameraman tele phoned from San rancisco to say ho would fly up for the bar becue on Sunday Indian Dancers Both Stewart and Nixon are sending their crack Indian dance groups to the barbecue and this promises to be a very colorful feature of the program Tickets may be purchased at the booth on Virginia Street in front of Drug Store from most stores in Reno or may be bought at the entrances to Pown ing Park on Sunday The small motor engine yesterday was driven around downtown Reno re minding people to get their tickets early for the barbecue Sufficient food will be available regardless of how many thousands of people participate in the Ditch Party according to Mayor Len Harris honorary chairman of the drive Today the complete program will be set and by noon Sunday there will be a complete schedule for a full afternoon of food and fun Woman inds New Battery in Yard Under Rose Bush Deputy Cliff Gardner 48 450 Arroyo Sri The official vehicle a 1954 Mercury sedan collided with a 1955 ord station wagon driven by Daniel McKenzie 50 750 Del Mar Way at Virginia and Arroyo Sts Report of Sheriff acci dent was received by the local office at 8 pm Sheriff Jensen was en route to Reno to aid in an investigation of a case originating in Mineral county Mrs Jensen had accompanied him on the trip to Reno to visit their son George who has been con fined to a hospital here since being severely injured in an acci dent early this year Sheriff Jensen said he applied brakes of the official vehicle he was driving a new Packard se dan when the car in front of him slowed suddenly to avoid a third car which had stopped in the traffic lane The brakes locked throwing the car across the road into a field where it rolled onto its top a Driver of the car which had slowed in front of Sheriff Jen vehicle was Leland Brown 1647 Oakhursi Ave Reno who stopped immediately to give aid By coincidence Mr Brown and Sheriff Jensen are old friends Mr Brown took Mrs Jensen to the home of relatives in Reno Deputy Gardner traveling south to the accident with siren and red lights operating said the McKenzie station wagon attempt ed a left turn just as he swung out to pass it Neither car was extensively damaged the car receiving a bashed right front fender and damage to the clutch while the station wagon was dented on the left front There were no injuries The 1955 Ditch und drive will top any previous effort by the people of Reno to protect the chil dren from the dangers of unpro tected irrigation ditches Special gifts and donation keep coming in Yestjrday the Mapes Hotel added $1000 to the fund and a similar amount has been re ceived from the Riverside Hotel and Club Smaller donations were numer ous and ticket sales for the big barbecue and entertainment pro gram scheduled for Powning Park at noon Sunday were picking up The mayor and members of the city council will start serving the food at noon and for those who want to see the World Series two television sets have been set un destructive tactics in their rivalry in the park Prowler Also Worked at Lake tank for the coming cold weather Phone 3 3146 to have your tank filled now and to be kept filled throughout the winter months with Reno High School students were questioned by city police Thursday night about some strange red paint on a door at the Reno school The apprehension of the Sparks High School students followed closely on a report that red paint had been splashed promiscuously on the south door of Reno HighSchool rom their questioning of the students police learned that Sparks students had held a rally earlier in the evening and de cided they not pull any destructive stunts However when they found a blotch of black paint in the form of an on the door at Sparks High and the on Sparks hill turned ouickly forgot their reform de cision Both pre game activities prefacing the always hotly contested Reno Sparks football game Auto Towed After Being Parked ive Days in One Place Crash involving two Reno ire Department vehicles and a sedan early yesterday morning resulted in one injury one afrrest and con siderable damage to a squad truck and the passenger car Jailed for erratic driving was Robert John Nichols 30 126 Wonder St Bail was set at $300 pending municipal court hearing October 11 Injured was wife Marylin who received only a minor cut on the forehead al though she was thrown through the windshield of the sbdan The accident occurred shortly before 4:30 am on ourth St near Chestnut where fire trucks had been called at 3:37 am to lake care of an overstuffed chair afire in an apartment at 321 ourth St The fire was quickly controlled and while one fire truck stood by to mop up the de pickup truck was called to bring ventilating fans to the smoky apartment I The Nichols car a late model Oldsmobile sedan was westbound on ourth St when it clipped the left rear fender of the pickup truck tearing out a chunk of metal and then slammed into the left rear of the fire engine Both fire department vehicles were parked in the outer traffic lane Nichols is said to have told officers that he and his wife had been arguing prior to the crash and he had not seen the parked rig in spite of its flash ing red lights and illumination of a nearby streetlight Mrs Nichols was taken to Washoe Medical Center by ambulance for treatment Although damage to the squad truck did not appear to be exten sive department officials noted that a new booster reel line and shaft would be necessary as well as removal and repair of the rear panel of the vehicle Repairs wTere estimated at from $800 to $1000 The fire it was noted was com paratively small The chair was destroyed a small spot was burned in flooring of Mrs Jake apartment and some smoke damage may have been done 'Members of the Legislative Commission yesterday selected Dr Dean McHenry professor of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles to investi gate the University of Nevada The commission chose Dr McHenry after some of its members had made stinging rertiarks directed at the uni board of regents which last week went on record as opposing both McHenry and the methods of the legis lative commission Dr McHenry 51 who was Interviewed by the commission members early this month was chosen for the job by a unani mous vote of the commission He will be responsible for the spend ing of $25000 appropriated by the state legislature in March for a to investiga tion of the University of Ne vada Administration Under ire The university administration headed by President Minard Stout has been under fire from several sources for more than two years In 1953 Dr Stout fired Dr rank Richardson a biology professor on the charge that he was insubordinate and that he attempted to stir up trouble on the campus Although Dr Stout was upheld by the board of regents the Nevada supreme court later reversed their decision and ordered Rich ardson reinstated Since that time there have been a number of charges that Dr Stout was The latest charge came in ebruary when Dr A Jacobson a sociology professor accused the president of dictatorial policies and said that he should be re moved for the good of the uni versity Regents of the University Nevada who will meet today map out a future policy for the have and still MVYY inc I IVlE to ILL UPYJOUR think of filling your fuel NCW WAIT TILL WINTERS ON YOUR NECK Mrs Daphne Slomka of 521 Sinclair St was cited for a right of way violation Thursday follow ing a minor accident at Stewart and Center Sts Police said Mrs 1947 Chrysler sedan involved in an accident with a 1953 Plymouth station wagon driven by Richard Williamson 35 of 411 Grand Can yon Blvd 'Neither vehicle was badly dam aged as a result of the accident As a letter the $25000 for a thorough inves tigation of policies of the uni versity and it authorized the 1 interim legislative commission to select the investigator After it was learned this month that the legislature was considering McHenry Chair man Silas Ross of the board of regents wrote a letter to the commission in which he indi cated that the board was opposed to his appointment Mr Ross suggested that the Investigator should be selected on the advice of one or more nationally known education or ganizations His letter brought a near violent reaction from the commission yesterday Motive Blasted Among those who objected to the stand was Dot son Clark County assemblyman who said that the Ross letter was an attempt cajole per suade and intimidate the com mission into making a survey team choice favorable to the Obviously angered Dotson added took a lot of guts to write He said that in his opinion the investigation is be ing made to benefit the legisla ture The regents now know what is going on at the univer sity he said and the commission needs information to make a re port to the legislature Lattin Angered by Letter Sen Ralph Lattin of Churchill County said that the letter made him The com mission was delegated to choose the survey team he said and are duty bound to do the job and do it Assemblyman Gary Adams of Reno moved to confirm the ap pointment of McHenry as chair man of a group to probe the university Assemblyman Bruce Barnum of Lyon County second ed the motion Both Sen errell Seevers of Mineral County and Sen Wal ter Whitacre of Lyon County added remarks indicating that they disapproved of letter According to a plan approved by the commission Dr McHenry will name the members of the survey team The commission in dicated that it wanted him to have complete freedom of action It was not immediately known how soon the investigation will get underway The regents are holding a regular meeting today and may indicate a reaction to the decision In a resolution passed In March after Dr let ter was made public the regents agreed to a thorough investiga tion and pledged their support to it Three car rear end collision in the 1600 block of St Sparks resulted in minor injuries to one driver Thursday morning Richard Dow 17 817 Twelfth St received a cut fore head Sparks officers said jeep collided with the rear of a Bell Telephone Co truck driven by Daryl Heckman 26 which was in turn forced into the rear of a sedan driven by Wade Deca ger Jr 19 1524 Pittman Ave Damage to the three cars was not believed to be extensive Stolen Auto ound Parked in Reno Convenient Terms to Suit Your Budget STOP IN TODAY AT DALLAS COMPANY 255 Chestnut St Ph 2 6146 ive Sparks Students Questioned I) arm Deal Discussion Due To De Lively Police considered five days a little too long to leave a car parked in one place and towed away a Chevrolet coupe yester day The vehicle was parked on ifth St near University Ave with a portion in a pedestrian zone the remainder in a red zone Bakery and Lunch Counter 1035 So Virginia Also at 22 Commercial Row I I fl LEADS AGAIN ILU IN TELEVISION "amous for Quality the World Over" Best Picture at Lowest Cost Models front SICG95 Tahoe Burglary Cases Solved Sale Involves Large Acreage Deed which apparently in volved several thousand acres of land in the extreme northern part of Washoe county was filed yesterday with the office of County Recorder Delle Boyd The deed showed that the land is west of the large Sheldon Game Refuge and north of the Alkali Lake and that the sale involved more than $60000 The deed transferred the land from Mr and Mrs Hill and Mr and Mrs Ervin Hill to Mr and Mrs Ted Olsen The deed was filed by Charles Lederer an Alturas Calif at torney Most of the land in the region is grazing land Woman Tumbles And Sues Store RfNO'StZcaUEL SINCE I2OI WEST OURTH ST Drivers Learn It Is Best To Keep Distance At the New CASH CARRY Thrifty Economy Cleaners II Iff 341 NORTH SIERRA ST Theft of Motor Reported Week Late One Upsets North of Reno Other Crashes on Way to Scene Bed Paint Used On School Door if Sparks Youth Hurt In 3 Car Accident Sweat Cahill Admits Knowing About Loan to Hotel Commission Official Gives Deposition To Attorneys Secretary Robbins dahill of the State Tax Commission was ques tioned at length yesterday by attorneys for the Thunderbird Hotel who are attempting to pre vent the commission from revok ing the gambling license of the swank Las Vegas Strip hotel Mr Cahill who gave a deposi tion to the Thunderbird attorneys only after tax commission attor neys had lost a long court argu ment over whether he should testify admitted that he was aware of a $160000 loan made by George Sadlo to hotel president Marion Hicks in 1947 or 1948 when the hotel was opened The tax commission tried to re voke the Thunderbird license last spring because it believed that Hicks and Cliff Jones part owners of the operation had un desirable financial arrangements with underworld figures The tax commission indicated disapproval of Sadlo and Jake Lansky who were said to be holding an disclosed in the hotel Action Criticized William Woodburn and Richard Blakey the attorneys are attempting to show that the tax action was trary and When they go into a Las Vegas district court on October 17 seeking a perma nent writ of injunction to restrain the tax commission they are ex pected to use statements regarding the $160000 loan to support their point The tax commission was repre sented by Attorneys Loomis and Howard McKissick on Thurs day when they appeared in dis trict court Thursday in an effort to prevent Cahill from giving a deposition When he was asked whether he had ever heard any rumor or sus picion that the Thunderbird had not paid as muefy as it should have in state gambling taxes Cahill refused to answer Judge Merwyn Brown who gave the attorneys the right to take the deposition ruled Thursday that Cahill had the right to refuse to answer any questions if they were intended to "harass oppress him Letter rom Ross Is Answered With Stinging Comment (Miniature 'Collies) PUPPIES Registered American Kennel Club These puppies make a most suitable pet for children AU are marked sable and white Call Reno 2 3913 or drive out to IS IT 11900 So Virginia St Regents Meet Today Morgan Peacock Interested to Crashes ire Engine Driver Held I a passing motorist early yesterday in minor damage to another fire department vehicle as well as VLUD DLIvLLz morning a Reno fire department pumper severe damage to the Oldsmobile sedan driven by Robert John will require repairs at from $800 to $1OOO Ine accident occurred rsicnols oO 12072 on Jt? ourtn ot near cnestnur snorriy oeiore am ana resuiiea uriving ana nis valuable Virginia arm been informed that Morgan Peacock Properties Co is interested in it President Minard Stout nounced early this week that the farm policy will be the main item of business at this meeting and his announcement was followed by a letter from Hudson Nevada repre sentative of Morgan and Pea cock saying that his firm wants a chance to submit another offer ive Offers Morgan and Peacock has made five offers to buy the 208 acre farm on Virginia Road The most recent offer made a few weeks ago was for $675000 in cash Like all previous offers from the firm it was rejected by the regents the disposition of the prop erty is to be considered at this time it is requested that the Morgan and Peacock Properties Co be notified sufficiently in time so that they may have the opportunity of submitting an other offer for your considera letter said 1 Mr letter went to Chairman Silas Ross of the board of regents and to Gov Charles Russell Last Deal Vetoed Last year the regents accepted an offer of $98000 and the lick Ranch in exchange for the uni versity farm The lick 'Ranch was reportedly valued at $450 000 However Gov Russell vetoed the proposed land' deal and charged that the regents were not getting enough for the land He criticized the regents for selling the land without re questing closed bids The Value of the farm has been a controversial issue for more than a year The regents orig inally announced that the prop erty is worth $1040000 After they attempted to sell the land for an estimated $550000 last year a committee appointed by Gov Russell appraised the prop erty at about $750000 Hotels Planned Morgan and Peacock repre sentatives have announced plans to build two large hotels on the valuable real estate if it gets the land The hotels would include gambling casinos and there would be a i esidential development also according to Hudson In refusing to sell the farm this year the regents pointed out that it would be necessary to find a suitable replacement for the property where agricul tural experiments can be con tinued There was no other place where certain work can be done the university officials said Dr John Bertrand dean of the Max leischmann College of Agriculture is expected to1 sub mit a report and recommenda tion today I PIfiin I I Men's nnrl ers nn Ldd ies Pants Suits SI 000 Given To Ditch und By Mapes Hotel Publicity and Indian Dancers Assured or Barbecue cars of two counties had trouble last night Reported to have received a knee injury in the first of two wrecks was Mrs A Jensen wife of Sheriff Al Jensen of Mineral County The car overturned 10 miles south of Reno on 395 when the brakes locked suddenly Damaged in a collision en route to the Jensen acci dent scene was a Washoe County car driven by Cleaned Pressed Cleaned Pressed Plain I Shirts 44 Navy Recruiter Announces Trip Youths will have an opportun ity to enlist in the Navy' from other cities in the state next week when Chief Abernatha of the Reno Navy Recruiting of fice goes on the road The Navy recruiting officer will visit Battle Mountain and Win nemucca Monday Lovelock on Tuesday allon on Wednesday and Susanville Thursday riday Chief Abernatha will interview young men in Haw thorne and Yerington before re turning to Reno Btorist Cited After Accident A ME i 'iMnSKHs I I vSM 'll IB Cig.