Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 179, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1930 — Page 3

DEC. 5, 1930.

$750,000 FIRE ! WRECKS STORES AFTER BLAST Four Beloit Establishments Are Destroyed Following Terrific Explosion. by United Press BELOIT, WLs., Dec. s.—An ex- j plosion followed by fire destroyed ,! lour stores in Beloit's business: district today Damage was esti-! mated at $750,000. The explosion was caused by a leaky gas main, according to firemen. and shook the entire business district. Patrolman Lester Sheehan, who was standing across the street, was blown through a plate glass ; window. He received several cuts, \ but was the only person injured. The explosion occurred about 6 a m. and was followed immediately i by fire which destroyed the sour 1 buildings, a dry goods store, a j clothing store, a grocery and a 1 jewelry store. Several early morning pedestrians were knocked down by the blast, I but were uninjured. The Rockford, 111., fire depart- j ment was called to aid the Beloit j fire fighters, but the combined : forces were unable to stop the flames. Sheehan said the first indication of the explosion he noticed was when the roofs of the Chester dry :oods store ratsed slightly and then there was a terrific blast. POLICE FIND CACHE FOR GROCERY LOOT 'Booze Joint’ Tip Bares Big Stock of Goods Believed Stolen. An anonymous “stool pigeon’’ | didn’t know his onions, police de- | cided today. Sergeant John Eisenhut, investi- I gating a “tip” that a vacant house at 1247 Yandes street is a "booze joint,” found something there which may be good nows to some mer- > chants whose store recently was j looted. Instead of booze, Sergeant Eisen- j hut found a cache of groceries, valued at more than S2OO and constituting spoils of several burglaries, j it was thought. * In the confiscated lot were barrels of lard, boxes of canned vege- ; tables, large cuts of meat, quanti- j ties of tobacco, soap, matches and other household commodities which ! somebody laid away for the winter. ; JESTERS CITY'S GUESTS Officials of Order Stop Here on Way to Attend “Funfest.” fndianapolis today greeted three : national officers of the Royal Or- I der of Jesters, who, en route to a ! “Funfest” at Little Rock, Ark., i halted in the city as guests of the j Indianapolis court of the order. Met at the Union station early j today when a tour of the city was j to be made, the officers are: Lou B. Winsor, Grand Rapids, Mich., director of the royal court; Fred E. I Pierce, Newark. N. J., royal im- ! presario, and Audrey A. D. Rahn, | Minneapolis. Minn., known to Jes- i ters as Andy.

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After a twenty-year separation, during Which time neither knew of the other’s whereabouts, Harold L. Pickrem, 23-year-old movie extra, has found his mother, Mrs. Charles Myers, in Detroit. Pickrem was taken to California by his father when he was 2 years old after a divorce. Recently he set out to locate his mother, and succeded after digging into old records in the courthouse at Cleveland. CHARGE INDIAN BUREAU WITH GROSS NEGLECT U. S. Caring for Rich, Ignoring Poor, Committee Members Claim. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. s.—Charges of neglect and inefficiency were leveled at the Indian bureau today by the senate subcommittee investigating Indian affairs. In a renewed hearing after a national survey, the committee reported the United States was caring for rich and fat Indians while neglecting the poor and sick. Committee members variously charged the bureau was lax in operation, maintained a corps of field agents who never visited the Indians and failed to properly administer and educate their charges. HOOSIER BREEDER WINS Coveted Belgian Horse Trophy Goes to Roachdalc (Ind.) Man. By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. s.—Harry Stamp, horse breeder of Roachdale, Ind., received one of the most coveted prizes awarded each year at the international livestock exposition, the King Albert of Belgian trophy for Belgian type horses. The award, which never can be won twice by the same exhibit, went to Roachdale Hazel, a 2-year-old. Automobile Kills Two By United Press GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 5. Two aged persons, a brother and sister, are dead here today as a result of being struck by an automobile while returning home from church Wednesday night. Mrs. Jane Shirk, 84, died soon after she was injured. The brother, Jeremiah Braden, 80, died today. Witnesses said they stepped in front of the auto as they were crossing a street.

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