Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

PAGE NINE NEVADA STATE 'JOURNAL' RENO NEVADA THURSDAY DECEMBER 22 1955 Reno Approaching End of Its Most Prosperous Building Year HUBCAPS STOLEN Reno olks Win TV Sets at Regal Stations THURSDAY ONLY 10 AM TILL 10 PM Pictured are the 5 recipients of 21 inch Television Sets awarded November 24th in Reno WIN IN NOV CONTEST Drive in for your free tickets today 1956 STAMPS EVERY MONTH HERE ARE A EW EXAMPLES Save on inest Gasoline roaster $4575 $2895 WILL YOU BE NEXT? $3095 $2415 8 1 S2395 COMORTER $2495 a a Guaranteed $7500 $3295 $1995 TOASTER 935 ROLLER SKATES 349 We Give Valuable SS Savings Stamps REGAL SERVICE STATION 24 HOUR STATIONS a power pole we call the power And so far the official added the power company has been just dandy about taking over that angle of cat rescuing might be undertaken during 1956 are a large downtpwn apartment house and a motel The 1955 building boom was due in part to the start of the con struction of the $2000000 Holi day Hotel in downtown Reno However a large number of new homes were authorized and start ed during the year and these homes will account for most of the building construction The increase in construction is reflected in an increase in the use of electrical energy and water A Chamber of Commerce report re leased a few days ago shows that there have been significant in creases in these areas in the last 12 months The building figures listed here include only basic construction In addition electrical and plumbing fixtures must be installed and these items account for about one fourth of the cost of construc tion of a building that there are a number of indi cations in his office that large building projects will be started here next year He said that there are several downtown construc tion projects which are being dis cussed Included in the projects which WINNEMUCCA Dec Clarence Collins was sentenced to a term of from one to 15 years in state prison this week follow ing his pleading guilty to burg lary Collins was arrested in Mc Dermitt recently and was found to be in possession of property taken from a garage and a clean ing establishment in Winne mucca the Humboldt Star states He was sentenced by Judge Reno is ending its most prosper ous building year in its history with many indications that the construction boom will continue into 1956 Although the final figures for December have not bee completed by the office of the City Building and Safety Inspector Ronald Coleman the 1955 totals have al ready easily topped the previous record year of 1953 Through the end of November construction costing $16086876 had been ap proved by the building depart ment In the entire year of 1953 the total construction figure was $12247632 Mr Coleman said yesterday CARSON CITY Nev Dec 21 OJR) The state tax commission voted unanimously today to appeal District Judge Merwyn ruling in the controver sial Thunderbird Hotel case to the state supreme court Brown last Monday granted Marion Hicks and former Lt Gov Clifford Jones a permanent injunction prohibiting the com mission from revoking the gam ing licenses held by the pair in the Thunderbird Hotel casino on the Las Vegas strip The Winnemucca 4 judge said he found no evi that the pair concealed interests held in the Thunder bird by Jake Lansky and George $595 CARSON CITY Nev Dec 21 (IP) The gaming control board has deferred action upon an ap plication by seven men seeking gaming permits for new interests in the Royal Nevada Hotel on the Las Vegas strip because de tails of the transaction are in complete The board was told a new group which has taken over the hotel agreed to raise $750000 but that new partners were being sought because to date only $685000 had been put up The present applicants include Bert Douglas Charles Spellman Arnold Kimmes William Miller Hyman Vexland Leonard Mar xen and John Donohue i Sadlo gamblers frequently linked with underworld figures as the commission had charged or that either was unsuitable for licens ing Gov Charles Russell commis sion chairman told members he felt personally that since the agency had initiated the action ruling should be ap pealed There was no discussion what ever and his proposal was ap proved without a dissenting vote REE Regal Stations are known for guaranteed finest quality gasoline at discount prices and the popular SS Double Savings Stamps November Television Set winners in the giant Regal Stations Give away Contest were Jim Gilliland 1860 Peavine Street Cora Janik 130 Rose Circle Stella Jac away 250 Kietzke Lane and Ross Stoltz Box 263 Reno Next award of a free 1 956 Cadillac and nine television sets is Decem ber 29th Theft of four hubcaps from his 1954 Oldsmobile was reported to police yesterday by Charles Eby of 1845 A St Sparks The theft occurred while the car was parked in a downtown Reno alley Cost of replacing the hubcaps was not estimated on the loss report $2995 GLOCK RADIO CARVING SET Burglar Given Term in Prison 2315 East ourth 2500 Virginia Missing Sedan ound East of loriston Police yesterday reported the recovery of a 1954 ord sedan stolen from Henderson of 1015 St Sparks The car was found abandoned on Highway 40 three miles east of loriston and was towed to Reno for return to its owner indicated it wanted to study the financial soundness of the opera tion following various changes which were made in the setup Board Chairman Robbins Cahill noted that the agency felt at the time the original license was is sued that the financing was skimpy In addition gaming board mem bers noted that the original nine partners had been licensed as a limited partnership but that the remaining seven members of the group had subsequently formed a general partnership The present partners include Ernest Amente 394 per cent Peter Amante 117 per cent George Chapman 188 per cent James ellers 29 per cent Garrett Myers 23 per cent Cur tis Morris 12 per cent and Samuel Spinuzzi 235 per cent Merwyn Brown ELECTRIC MIXER CARSON CITY Dec New use for the ill fated Nevada Match Co building at New Em pire was announced' here this week Phil Roventini will operate a surplus sales business there each weekend the Nevada Appeal re ports selling from small home appliances to large machinery to The new business will be known as the The large building was built about four years ago as a pro posed match factory by Mr and Mrs A von Soden Von Soden was later sentenced to prison on federal charges of illegally sell ing securities SKI CARRIER STOLEN Theft of a ski carrier from atop his 1954 ord station wagon was reported to police yesterday by Ralph Menante of 414 LaRue St The theft occurred Dec 17 be tween 10 and 12 pjn while the care was parked on Maple St 5l00 Reg Value $4395 New Opening of Boulder Casino Is Balked CARSON CITY Nev Dec 21 (UK) A new group of operators which hopes to take over opera tion of the Boulder Club in down town Las Vegas failed today in an attempt to win approval of a state gambling license so they can begin operations January 1 The group which originally in cluded nine partners was granted a permit last October The same group minus two orig inal members had hoped to win approval of a new license so they could take over the Boulder Club at midnight on New Eve Ernest Amante the managing partner and William Morse a Las Vegas attorney appeared be fore the tax commission today to plead for immediate approval of the new setup They said that two previous partners Neil A Stewart and rank Briere had withdrawn from the group and had been re turned the $30000 they paid for interests totalling 15 per cent The remaining seven partners the pair said had borrowed $30 000 from a Los Angeles surgeon Dr Bert Hollis Cotton to replace the money invested by the depart ing partners Cotton they said would have no interest in the Boulder Club operation The tax commission and the gaming control board decided to treat the new proposal as an en tirely new application since the previous license granted the group was not put into operation during the quarter for which is was issued In addition members of the gaming control board pointed out the matter was first presented to them Tuesday afternoon and that they had been given no time to investigate the Los Angeles sur geon or the source of his funds In addition the gaming board Would Be Vegas Club Operators Denied License 2500 Virginia 1935 Virginia 2315 4th Street Reno's iremen Stay Away rom Electric Wires $1795 4th at Keystone Virginia Airport Road SS Premium Stamp $2925 REGAL WITH ANY GASOLINE PURCHASE YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR CHOICE MOST AMOUS BRANDS NATIONALLY ADVERTISED ITEMS AT OUR PREMIUM DISCOUNT PRICE WITHOUT THE SS 4L OCTANE ETHYL at DISCOUNT PRICES 1935 Virginia South Virginia APO" West ourth at Keystone CADILUC niHNER Next Award Next Thurs Dec 29th Idle Building Is Put to Use 1 7 JEWEL WRIST WATCH SPINNING REEL Royal Nevada Action Stayed Tax Commission Unanimously Votes to Appeal Court Ruling In Case of Thunderbird Hotel Order at Las Vegas Not Needed "'Here' fire department climb power poles after cats The recent tragedy in Las Veg as which cost the life of a fireman by electrocution has resulted in city order there that firemen are not to climb power poles Such an order has been in effect here for some years fire department authorities sakj yesterday Asked about the Reno situation concerning stranded felines atop power poles a fire department of ficial stressed that local firemen stay away from power lines on cat rescue missions get about 200 calls a year to rescue the official said take them off roofs out of trees out oj pipes and even out of wells but when one on Plus 9 TV Sets Awarded last Thursday of Every Month by All Regal Stations and many other Valuable Prizes TICKETS ARE REE! 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