The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-30
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with an estimated 100000 loss.
In contrast to the Malbin fire
when flames were plainly Wis
IDLE from the street, the Denver
building blaze was hardly spec
tacular. Except at the rear of the
building, only dense smoke
could be seen by the crowd.
Meyer Edelstein, owner of
Economy Market, noticed flames
licking at the ceiling of his
store at 1890 p. m. The fire
spread so fast, he said, that he
was forced to flee before he
could empty his cash register.
FLAMES SPREAD
The flames spread to the bak-
cry and then along the ceiling
of Standard Office and the
Children's Shop. At 11:20 p. m.
Selfridge firemen reached the
scene and stretched their hose
through Sans Cigar Store to
fight the flames from an alley
in the rear.
At 1870 the Macomb theatre
was ordered emptied of patrons
as a safety measure. An hour
later the fire was virtually un-
der control, but firemen did not
leave the scene until 2:30 a. m.
Sam Ginsburg, owner of The
Children's Shop, said he hopes
to reopen his store as soon as
temporary repairs can be made.
Foreman's and Sans likewise
plan early openings.
Hundreds of suits left at Bar
ney's Tailors by their owners
were not burned, but all reek
with the smell of smoke. Andy
Barney, the owner, said he is
fulyl protected by insurance.
The 3O-year- Denver
building was built by the late
A. p. Grim and Lynn Delvin.
1t is now owned by the Grim
estate and Donald Delvin and
his sister, Mrs. Walter Lehner.
The loss is adequately protect
ed by insurance, the owners
said. The repairs were under
way this morning.
MILITARY ASSIST
Selfridge Field Military Po-
lice aided city police and sher-
ifs deputies in holding back
the crowd. Police Chief Arthur
l. Rosso directed the men while
Commissioner of Public Safety
Thomas G.. Longstaff and Mayor
Donald r. Westendorf were at
the scene throughout.
Police arrested Albert Wris-
ka, 10, 77l2 Macomb, for driv-
ing his car over a fire hose. Ar
ragined before Justice Donald j.
Parent, he pleaded guilty and
was given tWo-day suspended
sentence upon payment of costs.
Arraigned before Justice
Frank E. Jeanette on the same
charge, Arthur Ameloot, %,
449 Hayes road, Utica. paid
fine and costs totaling $50.
Other violations kept police
busy near the fire scene. In
volved in an argument with his
wife at a nearby beer garden,
Robert Ketchum, "a, of Ill
Clinton, struck her once and
then went outside, Police Lieut..
Walter Bobcean testified before
Justice Jeanette today. Ketch-
UNI paid SIS and costs when he
pleaded guilty to disorderly
charge.
Howard Wilson. IS North
Highland. was jailed following
a crash on Macomb street near
the fire scene involving his car
and another operated by Robert
Dubay, 1921 Jones.
Dubay told Patrolman Paul
Long he had stopped his car on
orders of firemen whereupon
Wilson, driving east on Macomb,
hit him from the rear.
When Wilson became involv-
ed in an argument with Dubay
and Long, he was taken to po-
lice headquarters. After spend
ing the night in Jail, he was re-
leased Sunday while police de-
bate charges to be made against
him, Chief Rosso said today.
Herbert Kraft, so. LA Grand
avenue, was arrested when he
drove his car onto the sidewalk
near the fire. He was fined $50
and costs by Justice Donald j.
Parent, when he pleaded guilty