Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 3

4 RIDAY AUGUST 1 1952 Tahoe Biltmore Goes on Auction Block Once More Big Resort at Lake Had Everything But Customers Tahoe Biltmore the big Lake Tahoe resort that had plenty of everything execpt customers will go on the auction block August 15 the Reconstruction inance Cor poration announced yesterday in San rancisco The RC underwrote 75 per cent of a construction loan when Tahoe Biltmore was erected a few years ago and it will be try ing to salvage its investment at the auction Located at the north end of Lake Tahoe the hotel and casino was opened in July 1948' but quickly went bankrupt The opening was attended by the greatest fanfare ever seen at the lake but Tahoe Biltmore proved to be a white elephant A couple of attempts to reopen it and operate at a profit were notable failures The furnishings were sold about two years ago by Ihe referee in bankruptcy and the receipts were applied against a mountain of debts An effort was also made to sell the building itself but there were no takers John McCullough Jr district chief of the RC said the auction August 15 will be conducted by Milton Wershow and David Weisz San rancisco auctioneers Tahoe Biltmore was in the hews not long ago when a congressional committee scored the RC for underwriting the construction loan ARE YOU Truck Driver Gets Citation Richard Earl Williams 21 143 Keystone Avewas cited for im proper backing and driving with out a license late Monday after noon after a truck driven by him crashed into a parked ish and Game Department vehicle on Rain bow Ave Williams told officers that the accident wras' caused whenjhe cramped' the wheels of a Dodge pickup to avoid hitting a small child who dashed into the street He said he was backing up to start the truck which had stalled near the crestof the Rainbow Ave hill The parked car a 1951 ord sedan belonging to the State ish and Game Commission had been parked by James Negler 810 Lodge Ave ARE YOU REGISTERED? Coffee was first grown and widely used as a beverage in Arabia TIRECTCOM Lou Waltsrs 4 Latin Quarterns EDGEWOOD 1121 MADEMOISELLE I 15 LIKE A TRIP TO "PMig CAZ1NO ZEPHYR gk COVE Shows 8'30 1 70 A NEV ADA STATE JOURNAL RENO NEVADA PAGE THREE i On Staff PATRICIA MULGREW DAYS SPECIAL BELLOWS CLUB DRY SHERRY CLOSE OUT PRICE 4 MATINEES 4 NIGHTS Phone 3 4116 TWO TOP ACTION HITS CIRCUS Ever Own SECOND TOP HIT MiillYN HASH SPECIAL MATINEE ki SATURDAY AUGUST 2 AT I PM KHitt it uw ui ieni nopii cu ony uanei The AERIALOVELIES Pageantry of mid air precision Grainy GeKrte AND ALSO TENTH EPISODE SERIAL NYOGA AND THE TIGER MAN is ExtraAfldMf MICC DiETTA rDilSLTIP Attractions Ml vw Kit I I A A HM POLE SPONSORED BY YOUR ELECTRICAL DEALER MACKAY STADIUM THEATRE MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY! EVERYBODY i NEW YORK July 31 Moses Haynes a five foot two rob bery suspect visited a local tailor took out a pistol and forced the proprietor to hand over Unfortunately for Moses a slip of paper fell out of his pocket when he pulled the gun It was a job application with his name and address neatly printed Police picked him up when he came home ARE YOU REGISTERED? STAINLESS STEEL BLADE ULL TAPER GROUND SOUTH AMERICAN POLISHED ROSEWOOD HANDLE HANDLE ANO BLADE BRASS RIVETED TOGETHER TRAINED CAMELS Desert Denizens of Jack Joyce World's Top Best Circus Talent with THE GREAT WALLENDAS MOST INTREPID DLL HIGH WISE PYRAMIOISTS JACK GREAT STORY! BRUCE KELLOGG 2 CARTOONS COURSE! Gates Open 7:30 Show Starts 8:30 Heroic barefdot adagio serialises Les GERALDOS New Orient insoired Sky Ballet Suit to Clear Title Is iled InXourt by our Local Residents Never before has such a rich abundance of artistry been exhibited under the proud banner of Polack Bros Installation of radio equip ment for fire department and civil defense use will be done by the Motorola Co for $1190517 Reno city council awarded the contract for the work to the firm Monday night Half the cost will be paid by the city the rest to be sup plied by federal funds Although bids for the installation were received some time ago award of contract was postponed until the city investigated an offer by the Bell Telephone Co to make the installation and run it for a monthly fee It was found that the telephone company offer was more costly than the original plan so the contract was formally awarded last night to the low bidder Toolsand Pipe ound In Desert Sierra Pacific Power Co yester day was given permission by the Washoe'County commissioners to erect an electrical substation in the southwest area just off Hunter Lake Drive The county board upheld a prev ious decision of the board of ad justment which granted the power company a land use variance for the substation A number of prop erty owners appealed the adjust ment action During a public hearing before the commissioners July 21 a dozen property owners from Hunter Lake Drive and adjacent areas com plained' that a substation there would constitute a nuisance and lower property values A protest petition bearing 57 sig natures also was handed to the commissioners who deferred action on the appeal until yesterday Commissioner Ray Petersen re ported that the power company had presented a petition of its own to the county board and he said that document listed as many persons in support of the substation plan as had been listed against it He noted that many signatures were duplicated on the opposing pe titions The board advised County Clerklarry Brown Wednesday morn ing that the board of action had been affirmed The substation is to be built on property owned by Mr and Mrs Roy Rae adjacent to 1215 Hunter Lake Drive Power company offi cials said its construction was necessary to relay electricity to the fast growing southwest area The building is expected to be completed before winter ARE YOU REGISTERED? More than half of the fresh water is contained in the Great Lakes ARE YOU REGISTERED? No woman has ever set foot in Antarctia 2000 Gen Adm Seats $120 Children (Under 12 Years) 60c Reserved Seats (All Prices 'Include Tax) SEATS at HILS DRUG STORE 127 Virginia 10 AM to 6 PM our local men are plaintiffs in a lawsuit to clear the title to a piece of property in Reno The plaintiffs are Caffer ata rank Sajnuels Lom bardi and Leo Nannini De fendants in the suit to quiet title are Myron Lake William Thompson Lake Smith Katie Smith and several John Does The complaint in district court asks that it be determined wheth er the defendants have any real interest in three lots in addition and if they have not that an order be issued recogniz ing the plaintiffs aS sole owners ARE YOU REGISTERED? PHONE 2 1148 South Virginia Road PM PM Slum Clearing Job Gets Court Backing SAN RANCISCO July 31 (UR) The California supreme court to day refused to issue an order pro hibiting the Los Angeles Housing Authority from continuing con struction of 601 housing units as part of a multi million dollar slum clearance program The city had charged that some of the units were being built on unincorporated territory and there fore the housing authority could not legally extend money for con struction in that area PLAYUL Joseph Lemke's POODLES Nr Huma" Cowboy Indian Game Gets Too Realistic Protest Closing SACRAMENTO July 31 State Director of Civil Defense Maj Gen Walter Robertson to day protested the order closing the ederal Civil Defense Administra tion warehouse at Tustin Tustin and San Jose have been used by CDA to store medical supplies for use in the event of enemy attack The Tustin ware house was closed Monday by fed eral order and its supplies are be ing transferred to San Jose While lifting one of the calves complaint said he suf fered a severe back injury which caused him to be out of work for 10 months He is alleging that since Drive In did not insure him with the Nevada Industrial Commission it is liable for damages Individual defendants are Ray Saake and John Pedersen operators of the restaurant i attorneys are Kenneth Dillon and Howard Babcock ARE YOU REGISTERED? ROSS BURKE CO uneral Service MEMftEA Convenient Clues Dropped by Robber Numerous persons have received traffic citations in the last two days guaranteeing a long traffic court session next week Cited for running their vehicles through boulevard stop signs without stopping were Benton Peck 41 242 Patrick Ave David A Humes 38 685 Arbutus St Charles Love 52 839 Sixth St Howard Bullis 28 444 Roberts St Richard Wiseman 23 2735 Lakeside Drive William Riordan 26 1148 California Ave and Claude Cormier 32 1490 Clough Road Cited for failing to stop their cars at blinking red traffic signals were Paul errari 40 1255 Manor Drive and Thelma Novelly 801 Novelly Drive Charged with driving 45 miles an hour in 25 mile an hour zones were Chester McComb Jr 31 local hotel resident and George Wakeman 41 445 Casazza Drive Al Sandler 34 local hotel res ident and Walter Gentry 30 26 A Park Terrace were cited for making illegal turns David anning 48 local hotel resident was cited for driv ing a car' with one headlight burned out ARE YOU REGISTERED? ARE YOU REGISTERED? Washoe county sheriff George Lothrop would like to know who belongs to a quantity of plumbing fittings which were turned in to his office yesterday The fittings a Stanley drill mo tor and a number of pieces of cast iron pipe too large to move were found scattered about the Red Rock area by Ken Hayes and Da vid Davis and turned over to the office The equipment was scattered on the ground and appeared to have been there for some time Sheriff Lothrop reported It was discov ered about 12 miles off highway 395 on the Red Rock road ARE YOU REGISTERED? Car Stolen In Reno Recovered In Carson Carson City authorities yesterday reported that they had recovered a car stolen a short time ago from Reno Owner of the car was listed as Eual Whitman local hptel resi dent Mn Whitman said that he would go to Carson to claim the car a 1939 Nash coupe He purchased it less than a month ago Variety of Misdeeds Are Listed 4 invitation Phono 3 4154 101 4th Reno A Private ree Parking Area RAMOS 247 California Avenue The Mac PrssAnt Peks ELEPHANT ta Gautier' COMEDY PRODIGIES Baggage CHIMPS PENGUINS Karlis and SEALS Maritime Marvels JOCKEY of Albert Spiller DOGS Journey to the Center of the Earth! Sage Conclusion NEWCASTLE H7 July 31 (UR) Before the 1948 elections guests at luxurious Wentworth By The Sea cast 183 straw ballots for Thomas Dewey and eight for President Truman This year they balloted 199 for Dwight Eisenhower and 18 for Gov Adlai Stevenson indicating that 26 more guests were registered than four years ago Champion horizontal bar experts Hermanos IBARRA Aces of foot supported equipoise 1 The MYRON DUO WED THRU SAT AUG 6 8 9 1 5 MIAMI la July 31 Mrs William McBride said today her children play too realistic a game of cowboys and Indians Attracted by screams from the backyard yesterday Mrs McBride spotted'her five year old daughter Sandra dangling from a tree with a rope around her neck Her eight year old son William was sitting cross armed on a limb letting out war whoops The girl was rushed to a hospi tal and revived 2:15 PM 8:15 PM KERAK TEMPLE SHRIt6 ANOTHER TOP WESTERN DENVER AND THE RIO GRANDE WITH EDMOND BRIEN AND STERLING HAYDEN THE ZANY COMEDIANS LEO GORCEY HUNTS HALL IN HERE COME THE MARINES TWO OUTSTANDING PICTURES Commissioners Uphold Adjustment Decision Pageantry of mid air precision without parallel or precedent 9 WARD BELL flyers CHESTER BARNETT with his tiny car corny cornet and capering canines esi AUJNQ plus thecaprices of zamest ULViIlW Sierra Pacific Gets OX On Its New Substation i DRUG COMPANY THE RGhTER RICHARD CONTE VANESSA BROWN Chef Who Subs As Butcher Sues or $11175 After He Sprains Back Lifting Calf Peter Nelson a chef who sprained his back lifting a calf is seeking $1117535 damages from Dive In as a result of the mishap In his complaint Nelson said that in addition to serving as chef at Drive In at Sparks he fed and butchered live stock for his employer i Last April he arranged for the delivery of four calves to his acreage intending to fatten and butcher them for use at the drive in restaurant' Nevada Tuberculosis Assn Adds New Worker To Staff As ield Representative 7 PLUS Color Cartoon Color Cartoon Color Cartoon To Goose Poods i Box 41 Englishtown New Jersey Please send me Washington orge Stainless Steel Boning and Citrus Knives I enclose 25tf in coin and the head of Granny Goose from a Granny Goose Po tato Chip package for each knife desired NAMt CHY etetm Ojtr npifti Detmbtr SI 1952 aUD CITRUS Patricia Mulgrew formerly an employe of the Cumberland County Tuberculosis and Health Associa tion Carisle Pa has been added to the staff of the Nevada Tuber culosis and Health Association as field representative This was announced yesterday by laherty executive director of the state association He said Miss Mulgrew comes to Nevada with a wealth of experience and training in the field of tuberculosis control She is a graduate of a Pennsyl vania college with an AB degree in social science Shortly after leav ing school she served with a tuber culosis sanitarium as a social worker She has had considerable experience in the field of health education before coming to the state Miss initial assign ment will be in Washoe county where plans are being advanced now for the formation of a county tuberculosis committee to work with the state association In addi tion to her work in Washoe county Miss Mulgrew will serve as the state representative in several of the nearby counties On Committee Earlier in the week Mr laherty executive director of the Nevada Tuberculosis and Health Associa tion was appointed to membership on the National Tuberculosis Asso committee on grants in aid The appointment was made by Dr Sidney Shipman of San rancisco president of the national association and was announced here by officials of the state organ ization ARE YOU Clothes Too Big Suspect Is Held Many Are Given Citations Here Massed maneuvers of cycling THERON AMILY The jet speed genius of juggling RANCIS BRUNN Tableaux of beauty and balance KARREL TROUPE Cyclonic action on roller skates 0Lrg 4 WHIRLWINDS I fORGE Benjamin Clarence Parr 49 603 Alameda Ave picked a mighty poor customer yesterday when he tried to sell some clothes Officer Hugo Cavelli said Mr' Parr a dishwasher tried to sell him a new grey shirt a pair of work gloves two pairs of grey cotton socks and a pair of grey work pants As the clothes were several sizes too large for Mr Parr Officer Ca velli became suspicious Parr first said he bought the clothes in Cheyenne Wyo Then he said he bought them at Salt Lake City Utah A check in Reno showed that the clothes were bought at urthermore the clerk took a look at Mr Parr and said it he who bought them A much taller man made the purchase Officers took Mr Parr to the police station There Mr Parr clad in a sport shirt several sizes too big for him was searched Stashed away in his shoe under his sock were four silver dollars Mr Parr is being held as a pos sible car clouter ARE YOU Reno Buy Set Up Here Regular $230 a 5th caw pares ve1 Granny Goose offers you the Handiest Kitchen Knife tnft Speciany rut tne tr the from waste OR segments easin HESBhL SBaL'' fli Will a i Iff IT 1 7 W7 I 2 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