Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

ffiebaba ffiate journal ESTABLISHED 1870 RENO NEVADA TUESDAY MORNING EBRUARY 1 19a5 PAGE EIGHT (Journal photo) in Mud Saves Lives Club Buys Of Crash Victims Lake Tahoe Casino li the that the bill would BIG WILL' HITS AND RUNS was APPLICATIONS BILL GATENS OR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS VLlOS RENO NEVADA 1201 WEST fourth st the the Jack oremaster (left) and John are Gilbert Naves Deputy Police are investigating a Satur day night breakin at the Purity rench Bakery 14 ourth St John Brehmer who reported the breakin said he would not be able to tell if anything was stolen until he had a chance to query em ployes in the various departments Elwood George Jones 35 of Concord Calif was cited by po lice Saturday night for failing to yield the right of way to a pedes trian Mr Jones was charged after his car struck LeRoy Remp 23 of 808 Twelfth St Sparks at Island Ax and Virginia Sts Mr Remp was taken to Washoe Medical Center for an examina tion but was found to be unin jured He was crossing the street with his wife when the accident occurred in re PHON 5 Stories concerning the exten sion of the motor vehicle license deadline and other actions of the state legislature will he found on Pages (1 and 7 of this morn Journal Johnson the first Big Will Available Now COMMERCIAL HARDWARE 500 4th Street 24 Commer Row Police Officer Hurt As Vehicle Is Upset Zimmerman Horgan Boudwin Jones Win Posts upon issuance of gambling ccnscs by the commission feci this deal is good gambling and especially good most part be working in the mine mill and ore delivery service departments that are currently on a six day schedule The smelter which has been working aseven day week for some time will not be noticeably affected Individual employees will re main on a five day 40 hour work week Use our heating oil for real wintertime satis faction and comfort The quality is the best the price is right and the service is depend able Small Haul Made By Reno Burglar county would be required to pay a S3 late registration fee re quired by law Later in the after noon Gov Russell signed measure Throughout the afternoon auto owners were discussing possibility that the governor would sign the emergency exten sion of the deadline but few of them were willing 1o leave until they knew About 4 pm Boyne contacted the governor's office and learned be signed Some He then crowd that be granted the waiters over remained eight clerks at the registration windows busy until after 5 pm Mr Boyne said he hoped that the unregistered vehicle owners in the county will not wait until the end of the emergency period to apply for their red stickers or 1he problem will be the same two weeks from now OR LEASE Warehouse 40x100 close in Office in front suitable for retail or wholesale merchan dising CALL 3 5551 Hundreds of Washoe County auto owners packed the main corridor of the courthouse all day yesterday until shortly be fore 5 pm when Gov Charles Russell announced that the dead line for registering vehicles would be extended to ebruary 15 Even after Assessor Albert Thick soft mud alongside 395 just north of Reno probably saved the lives of Mrs John Weaver 23 201 Moana Lane and her little daughter about 4 last nicht The woman and child were hurled part way out of a 1950 Pontiac sedan which rolled on them after slewing out of control on 395 at 8:20 The top of the capsized sedan came to rest across Mrs body with the little girl caught under her The mud apparently pre vented both from being crushed Men Lift Car irst on the scene were Edwin Hanford: his son Eddie and Gil bert and Elsie Naves who had heard the crash from a nearbv home as Mrs car left the highway The three men man aged to lift the car so that Mrs Weaver and the child could he dragged clear Mrs Naves com forted the frightened little girl until Sparks ambulance attend ants arrived to take troth Mrs Weaver and the youngster to Washoe Medical Center Mrs Weaver suffered a serious head injury The child was un hurt except for a few bruises Mother Saves Child Deputy Rudy Hogan son who investigated thq acci dent said it appeared that Mrs Weaver lost control of the car on ight Polio Join the March of Dimes Runyonesque characters broke into Reno headlines again last weekend igures in a possible assault with a deadly weapon investiga tion were a poker dealer named Big Will two Chinese keno deal ers who with Oriental aplomb were to have noticed a fight: a bartender with a fight account that differed from all others and a cook who substitut ed a cast iron skillet for a broken beer bottle as the assault weapon Argue Over Debt The investigation started at 3:50 a Sunday when Lonnie Johnson a local hotel resident reported from a local hospital that Big Will had slashed his wrist with a broken beer bottle Johnson said Big hit his wife Mozell Johnson with a chair as well The whole uproar Johnson said started in a Commercial Row tav ern when his wife and Bill Will got to arguing over a S10 poker debt He said Big Will broke a 1300 Mothers March Tonight or Polio und 7 Day Schedule Starts eb 3 At Kennecott Wait Anyway announced to the the extension would and a majority of left About 50 how and kept the Injured Barber Is Not Bothered 'RENOS UEL KIDS Householders Asked To Leave Porch Broken leg to the contrary Olan Webb 32 of 192 Airport Road declined yesterday to pre fer charges against a gentleman with whom he had a at a Commercial Row bar Police said the "misunderstand was of pretty spectacular proportions So spectacular that Webb was admitted to Washoe Medical Center afterward for a broken leg Nevertheless Webb a barber at Stead Air orce Base said he didn't want to cause any trouble tor his assailant He said they both are employed at the same place CARSON CITY Nev Jan 31 George Cannon today an nounced sale of Georges Gateway Club at Stateline Lake Tahoe to Club Inc of Reno Purchase price was ably in excess of ac cording to Cannon Gateway Club has been operate! by Cannon and a partner Phillip Musso Cannon said it will be turned over to Har Club Thursday morning Included in the same deal was Club at Stateline oper ated by Tony Grech and the Stateline Trailer Court An application for a state gam bling license reflecting the change in ownership of the Lake Tahoe gambling clubs was filed with the state tax commission today just ahead of the deadline created by passage of an emergency legisla tive act slapping a moratorium for for Cannon said how much I think of Bill Harrah the scene after the crash holds the frightened (Journal photo) Juveniles Get Police Lecture Some burglar made a haul of an alarm clock a flashlight and five silver dollars riday night or Saturday morning police said Saturday Reporting the theft was Houghton hotel resi dent Officers said that the intruder had entered a hotel room here by prying loose a door lock Once in the room he broke the lock on a trunk and one on a drawer or all his trouble the value of the collection that he took put at only $1450 Californian Cited On Traffic Count LET OIL TANK BE ERASED OUIR AUTOMATIC CALLS APE SPACED I GENERAL INSPECTOR With the City of RENO beer bottle over a table and start ed after him Th cook when questioned by police said he didn't know about the beer bottle but said he saw Big Will chasing Johnson with a cast iron skillet Principal Vanishes Kcno dealers said they were so busy marking tickets they see anything amiss The bartender said started everything in place by threatening with a jagged beer can Big Will said nothing He dis appeared and nobody knew his address It may make no difference Yesterday Johnson and his wife ignored police advice and failed to see the district attorney or the city attorney about filing a com plaint WISHES TO ANNOUNCE HIS NEW LOCATION will be accepted until RIDAY ebruary 1 1 1955 5 pm Qualifications: Age II to 45 resident of leno ive years experience in the Construction ield ability to read plans and specifications Must be able to drive and have a valid Nevada driver license Salary: $35700 Kennecott Copper Corporation has announced that it is increas ing its operation from a six to seven day week effective ebru ary 13 and as a result more than 100 mon vv ill be added to its Ne vada Mines Division payroll Kinnear Jr division gen eral manager stated that the move is prompted by anticipation of a continuing strong demand for copper It is estimated that the monthly division production of nearly 8500000 lbs of blister copper will be upped approximately 1250000 lbs by the new schedule to a total of about 9750000 lbs I The new' employees will for the i 1 I fhn Boyne announced the decision scores of car owners decided to wait it out and get their registration stickers so they would not have to return Biggest Yet Although the lobby has been filled for days by the lines ex tending from the assessors of fice crowd was the Trash collections for ebruary VVUie dlHlVUJlCCU Oiv department of sanitation Each section of the city will be served for at least six days dur ing the month The garbage will be collected in the northwest on ebruary 1 2 14 15 16 and 28 In the north cast days of collection are ebru ary 3 4 5 17 18 and 19 Dates for the southwest area are ebru ary 10 11 12 24 25 and 26 and for the southeast they are ebru ary 7 8 9 21 22 and 23 119 EAST LIBERTY ST 2 5054 I WANT MOMMIE" Weaver while rescuers work over Mrs Weaver nearby seriously injured in a single vehicle accident The child was unhurt partly because Mrs Weaver ignored her own safety Io shield the little girl as the car swerved out of control partly because soft mud prevented both from being crushed Airs Elsie Naves of Sparks one of the first on youngster CEDIfMlCI LII IDT in a single vehicle crash just EZ I I II I north of Reno last night Mrs Joan Weaver 23 201 Moana Lane is lifted onto a stretcher by Sparks ambulance crewmen Gandolfo Looking on (left) Rud Hoganson and Edwin Hanford Mr Naves and Mr Hanford lifted the car off Mrs Weaver and her little girl after it had rolled on them after overturning off the highway Ihe child was unhuit except for bruises (Journal photo) YESTERDAY: High 47 22 precipitation trace TODAY: Partly cloudy possible light rain or snow showers: colder Trash Pick Up Dates Revealed ive juveniles got a serious lec ture from Reno police Saturday i night after they were seen snoop 1 ing around two vehicles in the vicinity of ifth St The youths were reported by Marge White 754 ifth St and they were located in a near by drug store They told officers that they were out of money and were looking for enough to go to a movie All five aged 16 and 17 gave Napa Calif addresses Police turned them over to a relative for the night with structions that they should be turned home soon Breakin Reported At Local Bakery or urther Information CONTACT: RENO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CITY HALL PHONE 2 7216 a curve She apparently wrapped her arms around the little girl as the southbound vehicle swerved across the highway and rolled over coming to rest facing north Mrs Weaver's action was credited with saving the child from serious injury lIrs husband SSgt William Weaver stationed at Stead Air Base made arrange ments for the little girl to be cared for by friends last night Chamber Elects our Directors In Mail Ballo This avenins 1300 mothers Reno and Sparks will laqnch the annual Mothers March for the March of Dimes starting at 7 Every home in the two communities will be called upon in an effort to set a new record in the fight against polio Nevada and Washoe county are lagging behind their record of last year when they led the nation in "per capita contributions to the March of Dimes and it is hoped that tonight's efforts of the mothers will enable the countydo gain top place once more Porch Lights Signal Mrs Grant Gillespie and Mrs Paul Richards co chairmen of the Mothers March in Reno and Mrs Barbara Rice chairman of the same event in Sparks are hope ful that Ihe enthusiasm of the mothers of the two communities in staging this drive will be re warded Those wishing to give are urged to keep their porch lights on or Io put a light in the window as a signal that someone in the house has a contribution readv for the mothers making The collection for the March of Dimes All of the women taking part in the drive will have proper identi fication and people are asked to be sure to whom they make their contribution Two other events for the benef i of the March of Dimes are sched uled for this evening At the 1 4 I ai i vrx Circle kd couge uiu ouuui uli Lions Club i staging a buffet dinner for both adults and chil dren and all the money taken in will be given to the March of Dimes A novel feature of this event is the array of 300 pound blocks of carved ice which form a huge sign in front of the Circle RB Lodge announcing the March of Dimes benefit It will be illu minated by multi colored lights Crown Queen Over in Sparks the "March of queen Barbara Harris will be crowned between me halves of a benefit basketball game between Sparks High School and Mqnogue A second game will pit the Sparks Lions against the Sparks Rotarians All the money taken in at this game will be turned over to the March of Dimes With this drive the local campaign for the National oun dation for Infantile Paralysis for 1955 closes insofar ar drives are concerned but there are sevcial events planned for ebruary which because of the difficulty of concluding the arrangements to stage them could not be held in January The nature of these spe cial events and the date on which they are to V6 held will be an nounced as soon as all the details been cleared biggest yet Boyne said he did not how many had been registered at the end of the day The complete total of registra tions to date was estimated at nearly 17000 There were 9000 car owners who did not have reregister because they regis tered for 18 months early in 1954 and did not request refunds' when the 18 month arrangement was terminated by the legisla ture Penalty Looms Until the two houses of 1he legislature yesterday passed the emergency measure extending the deadline it appeared that hundreds of residents of the Traffic Officer James Henry Curtis 28 of 940 Ryland St suf fered minor injuries Sunday when 1 1 is motorcycle upset on ourth' St Officer Curtis said he was chass ing a speeder when 1 he motorcycle struck a slick section of pavement and slewed out of control Officer Curtis was treated at Washoe Medical Center for a bruised and skinned knee our new directors of the Reno Chamber of Commerce were named yesterday after the tabu lation of mail ballots from about 800 chamber memlvers The new directors are Zimmerman Rodney Boudwin William Horgan and Clarence Jones Mr Zimmerman will serve a one year term and the other three will serve four year terms Election Today There will be a closed meeting today in the Mapes Hotel where the new directors will be installed At this session a president and three vice presidents of Ihe board will be named Installation of the new officers will be held ebru ary 8 Mr Zimmerman is manager of Reno Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co and Boudwin is head of Walker Boudwin Construction Co Horgan is secretary treasurer of Commercial Hardware Co and Jones is business manager of Reno Newspapers Inc Banquet ebruary 8 The chamber yesterday an nounced plans for the ebruary 8 installation of officers which in clude a major address by Maj Gen Charles 'Born command ing general of crew training in Air orce Headquarters in San Antonio Tex Gen Born is in charge of crew instructions at Stead Air orce Base and many other major bases throughout the nation His address is expected to deal with the present military situation Sun Valley Driver Cited in Accident Lawrence Stanton 21 of 348 Woods Drive Sun Valley was cited by Reno police Sunday as a result of a minor automobile acci dent at Second and Lake Sts Police said Mr Buick convertible collided with a 19 )5 1 I Lu TO ribio A rurubeudJi uuch a Woodward of 55 Kirman Ave Mr 4 xs 1 1 3 1 4 Manton was chuu iui imiuic tu obey a stop sign and for driving I without a license in his possession Uranium? 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