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met en -v i Comment It FOUNDED DEO. 10, 1885 in Indiana, noma of Rock Wool and Aladdin Mantle Lamps ssssBjssswssasBaaBaMsBBMSBMsas tl IMer And Mussolini (Confer Two Hours Tram Near ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, ANDERSON RIAN DEAD FROM BURNS IN SLEEP 1 -) 'n i "i i 'i, jic Wlndbunt Pierse, :82, takings a Sunday afternoon nap on. bis davenport, was burned fatally in a fire at his house in Anderson? Sunday. Pierse's wife and two children were away when the fire occurred. Firemen carried hkm out and he died in.

St. John hospital, 0 M. 0, BIRELY EXPIRED TODAY HEART AILMENT Former Resident Will Rest In ParkView Cemetery-Here Maurice O. Birely, age 51, manager of the City Beverage company at Anderson, and a resident in Alexandria for many expired at 10:15 o'clock this morning, in St. John hospital at Anderson after an illness since 1937.

He suffered a heart ailment, and a head condition also contributed to his death. In 1937, Birely, and his wife, the former Marie Mullen of Alexandria, made a vacation trip to Smoky Mountains, and it was there that he suffered his first heart at- 'After remaining there fori about three weks, he was able to re-1 turn to his home lri Anderson by tram, where he was bedfast for if- teen months. Regaining his health, he resumed hisbusiness activities until last Fall, when he again was forced, to take his bed. Last Tuesday morning, his conditionbecamewprse and at 2 o'clock he was removed to the hospital. The body was brought to the Roger Gipe funeral home to be prepared for burial.

Final rites will be conducted morning at 9 from St. Mary Catholic church in Anderson, where he was a member. Mon-slgnor Travers will officiate. Burial 1 i Nationals Ot Germany And 'Italy Not Informed Of WELLES WAITS IN ROME For Possible New Information Bring Back To Washington BRENNER Italian German Frontier, March 18 UJ Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred secretly for more than two hours today on issues, which may change, the. Issues of the The best informa-tiori was that they had discussed: A peace offensive backed Jointly by the two totalitarian powers, or: 2.

Some plans for closer co-operation if Germany intensifies the war with the Allies. They came from their capltols in special trains, to the salon car of Mussolini's train to talk, and left for home immediately after they finished their conversations. Spectar tors' said-that as they shook hands In farewell Mussolini was smiling and Hitler was pale. Communiques in Rome and Berlin said the meeting had been cordial The conference ended at 12:42 p. m.

Hitler's train started north through the pass at 1:08 p. m. and Mussolini's train started south five minutes. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1940 PALM SUNDAY (S OBSERVED BY CHURCHES Yesterday, With Unusually Large Audiences Taking Part; HOLT WEEK OPENED And Will Be Marked By Many Special Devotional Services Sunday services, coupled with evangelistic meetings which are in progress in a number of churches, and supplemented by delightful spring weather, resulted in large audiences in Alexandria Sunday schools and churches on Sunday. Palm Sunday marks the opening of Holy Week, climaxed next Sunday by: Easter, which comes unusually early this year.

In all of the churches. Catholic and Protestant, there will be special devotional services throughout the week, the high point being reached in the Good Friday observance. Palm Sunday in the Lutheran church was marked by the conflrma- tion of a Class of 'vounsr DeoDle. at urhlrh fin MiritanPA almiuf fvmmlatAlv fil lng the church were present. Continue This Week.

As a result of the exceptional in terest which was shown in the evan eellstic meetings' in the Church of Gad Sundav. it wan decided tn tinue the meetings through the com ing week, with Rev. Albert Duke, of -There were large crowds present (PLEASD TURN TO J) PENCE IS GIVEN TERM IN PRISON Judge Charles Smith in Circuit court at Anderson this morning sentenced Verle Jonathan Pence, age 46, of Alexandria, to a term of two- to-fourteen years in the state prison at Michigan City. The local resident was found guilty last Friday night of a charge of first degree arson In connection with a recent $1,000 fire at property he owned here on East Berry street However, Pence will be kept at the county jail in Anderson for some time, until Dee Jones, Alexandria, at-, torney for the administrator of the Mae Swindell Pence estate, can settle affairs of the estate. Pence was named administrator upon his wife's death.

Included in the estate is the house which Pence was said to have fired and a forty-acre farm east ofi the city. I Advertise TImc-TrUojie TEN CUIZ A WE! BURIED BELOW GROUND 111 OHIO MINE DISASTER Rescue Crews Work Under Hazardous Conditions Four Honrs FOUR BODIES FOUND smistsss 5-1 1 And 112 Men Rescued, Although Twenty Are In Hospitals NEFFS, March 18 UJ9 Hope was abandoned today for 69 men en- tombed in the Willow Grove coal mine of the Hanna Coal Co. Men labored in relays tat the liar-row tunnels throughout the night, -clearing away the debris of the explosion which tore through' the mine Saturday. They expected to reach the chambers where the men had. been trapped by late' afternoon.

leaders said that if any were alive, It would be a miracle. Four men were certainly dead. The bodies of two had been taken out and -far down one of the tunnels the rescue workers could plainly see two other bodies. They had been smashed horribly against a huge, electric motor which had been torn loose from its moorings by the explosion and flung across the entrance to one of the cross tunnels. i The mine is a "tunnel mine." There are three main tunnels entering into the side of a great hill which run on a more or less horizontal plane three miles into the From these tunnel, branch smaller -at -right angles and from these are rooms or chambers where the coal is mined.

At 5:25 a. the rescue workers sent out the crushed bodies of John Marks, 34, and Ross McFadden the crew of a mine train, -who had been smashed horribly against a huge electrio motor which had been torn loose from its moorings by the explosion and flung across the entrance to One of the cross tunnels. The rescue workers had been able to 'see the bodies hours before they could reach them. i Two rescue workers were killed Saturday night by gas. After reaching the bodies, the workers found the 35 cars of the mine train Jammed together in a mass" of wreckage i' which further slowed their progress.

Approximately 112 men were rescued Saturday afternoon and night, more than half of them suffering from gas inhalation or shock. Of those 20 remained in hospitals today. At 4 a. mi the diggers still had 600 feet to go through piled rock and coal to reach the tunnel where 44 men were believed to be trapped in adjacent tunnels. The diggers were impeded by heavy slides of rock loosened by the explosion and had to shore the sides and ceiling of the tunnel as they went along.

Pathetic women and children grouped as near the mine entrances (PX.KASS TUnN TO PAOB 41 WATER POSTPONED Trial of the injunction suit of King Leeson and ten other Elwood citizens against the city of Elwood to prevent purchase of th Elwood Watec Company, was continued from April 1 to April 29 in the Grant Circuit court at Marion. OUR DOG SAYS: WEATHER: cloudy, occasional light rain or snow in north portion tonight, becoming fair Tuesday much colder tonight extreme northeast; cooler Tuesday. Well, the sweet sixteen of Indiana basketball is now reduced to four, and- we must wait until the end of next week to team which -one of these four is to wear the IHSAA' crown for the coming' year. Si Applebiossom says: Swimming, they say is the best round exercise, when all th muscles of the human body are taken into consid-eration. Which wilt please Alexan dria public officials, with a line new.

swimming pool to pay for. In Safety on tho farm' Is largely bays Russell 'Shipman, Purdue University 'extension agricultural engineer. One of the rea- sons there are ao many accidents on faie farm is that arm families are operating largely on their own responsibility, states the specialist. For city people at work or at home there are numerous safety precautions, and some one to enforce But the farmer to a great extent must he his own safety engineer and almost entirely his own disciplinarian. Among reasons Why the farm Is a fertile field for accidents, S.

H. McCrory, assistant chief of the U. Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry' and Engineering, found these; Much farm work Is done by individuals at some distance from others, so that an accident may-be serious because help is not at hand. On the farm i' there are frequent changes in work and machinery used, which may mean unfaralliarity with equipment and less accuracy of movement Under the pressure -of -summer work 'there often' are long hours In the field and chores done In a hurry after dark both conducive to accidents. He found that in spite of Improvements, farm machinery is a top hazard in farm The older hazard of animals, such as unruly bulls and kicking horses, is next In Kansas last year, more than half the accidental farm deaths were caused by machinery and animals.

Jit was recently pointed' but that this, is one of the extremely few general election ears since the Civil War in which the public hasn't had a pretty sound idea of who the presi dential candidates would be. Generally the country has known long in advance who was going to be battling for the White House the nomin ations of Hoover, Wilson, ''Hughes, Franklin Roosevelt, Al Smith, etc. were practically dead certainties many months, before the conventions were called to order, Single recenl exception to this rule was when dark horses Cox and Harding opposed each other. The rumor always goes around about this time that some vague and -immensely powerful political bosses have the key to the puzzle, and will put their' candidates over with ease and dispatch when the time comes. if that is so, every political observer in the country has been fooled.

Both parties are divided within themselves to an abnormal degree. And the ranks of both are alive with, self-starters, favorite sons and others. JWlth -additional appropriated' for'-; expenses' the" fower branch of Congress will continue its investigation into the' operations of the National Labor Relations Board, prosecutor; judge and jury in the matter of differences between labor unions and employers of the country. Enough of prejudice and partisanship has already been found to have brought out strong demands for a general of the laws under which the board has been operating. fl Fan mail Is a source of i revenue for the postal department, even if no one else profits from It Last), year thirty-five million fan let- ters were received by motion picture players alone, to say nothing of the millions which went to other celebrities.

'The Hollywood studios employ 125 persons who do nothing but haiidle fan mail. JTwo of the outstanding naval episodes of the war between the Allies and Germany, the sinking of the Graf Spee, and the rescue of British seamen from the German prison ship Altmark, both took place within sight of neutral' shores, which is an- other reason why the conflict gives: most of 'the world a headache. ELBOW WAS FRACTURED Mrs. May Hughes, north of the1 city, has her arm In a cast as a result of an elbow fracture which she suffered. few days m'm'-mnirfirv-" CONTRACTS Eagles have awarded contracts aggregating $17,000 for Improvement to the lodge- home and business block In that city.

MARKETS AT A GLANCE Stocks Bonds U. 'S. Issues at new 1940 highs. Curbs mixed. Chicago stocks Call money' 1.

Foreign, exchange higher. Cotton futures Grains In Chicago Chicago live stock; Hogs and cattle weak; sheep steady. Rubber futures. firm. -Silver: 'unchanged in: New York at a.

fine 1 Alexandria, Best Little City No. 67 PHONE 186 BURKHARDT FUNERAL IN ST. MARY CHURCH Funeral services for Anton Burk-hardt, who died early last week at the home of a relative In Las Cruces, N. were conducted this morning from the St Mary Catholic church with Father Leo Scheetz ofBclating. Burial followed in Park View cemetery beside the body of his late wife, Mrs.

Anna Hoff Burkhardt Pallbearers Included George Smith, Garland Shafer, Hugh McGee, James Lambertson, Peter Barton and Ernest Frye; LENIENCY FOR JUNK THIEVES ARRESTED HERE Because Of ract That Three Of Them Dependent Children Mayor Harry' DeMoss meted out fines and penal farm sentences to four Alexandria men in Saturday's of city: courts Jbut suspended pendent on three of the defendants. Russell Allen is the father of eight children and resides on North Harrison street. William Epperly has five children and John Parnell has three children. Trie age ranges from 2 to 17 years. Allen is employed on WPA while 'Epperly is said to receive un employment compensation.

Parnell lost his job at the Azimow junk yard when he was arrested. The mayor ordered Elwood Powers, unmarried, to leave the city. He in dicated that he would return to his former home in Cincinnati. Powers and Allen were pairing in their thefts while Parnell and Epperly worked together. The trial of Curtis Green, Marion, charged with passing another car without sufficient clearance, was again postponed until April 6 on motion of defense attorney.

SENDS OLD NEWSPAPER Mrs. Ra'ph Bertsche, public librarian, has sent to tha files of the Elwood library an ediition of the Elwood Free-Press -of March dated only a little more than a month after the Free Press was founded. to be prepared for burial on Wednesday afternoon, following services in the First Methodist church there at 2 Surviving beside the daughters here, 14 another daughter, Mrs. Roberta Mucho, Indianapolis and a R. E.

Camplui, of Fort Aso surviving are. live Jones, Alexandria, Albert Newton Camplin, Fort Wayne, Eugene Camplin and Robert Mucho, Indianapolis, and Mrs: Richard Smith, Muncie; and four Edf Logan, Oscar and Harry Shumack, of Jamestown. One Bon, Russell Camplin died fourteen years ago on March 10, but his wUV survives, residing at Indianapolis. Relatives here will attend funeral services. Frontier foreign pngervers oeueved mat II tne sentences providing the fines and Hitler was the instigator of the con-1 costs were paid, and each defendant ference, he had two plans in mind would report to Police Chief Arthur for bottling up the Allies in the west, Daniels each Saturday, and protecting Germany's flanks, The men were charged wth steaj-both of which required Italian co-Jipg metal frdmk''therXim'owjunK operation.

Hitler, was especially yard on" numerqus occasions, but anxious to prevent any open clash 'leniency shown 'dirt fact between Italy and Russia, and tfl there "ire isixteeiU ehfldren 1 WARMEST YET THIS TEAR Sunday was the first real spring day of the new yeari with the mercury getting up to the 70 mark under the influence of bright sunshine and a balmy spring breexe. It was one of those early spring days which made everyone- want to get out in the open, and most of them did. The highways were filled with motor traffic all day, and many pre-Easter paraders were on the streets during the afternoon. The warm weather, was scheduled to be brief, as lower temperatures were predicted for tomorrow. Spring has its official beginning on Wednesday, at 24 minutes after noon.

COUNTY CHAMPS GO INTO FINALS IHSAA TOURNEY Lapel. Bulldogs Again Give Dope Experts Genuine Surprise WON BOTH CONTESTS In Saturday Semi-Finals, De feating Rushville And North Vernon That maracle high school basketball team from Lapel, which four weeks ago was not even figured by the experts as a contender in the Madison county sectional, Saturday became one of the Ona-1 four Indiana ouintets1 which wlflnhattl nvrOieJ Butler fieldhouse on Saturday, March 30, for the thVe of state champion. Seven hundred and sixty-seven teams, many of them former stale champions, have fallen by the wayside, but Lapel, Southslde of Fort Wayne, Mitchell and Hammond Tech roll on, and from this group a hew state' champion will be crowed, to" bear the laurels -which Frankfort has carried for the past year. Southside of Fort Wayne, 1938 champion, is the only one of the four ever to get so far on the victory road, for the other three have never before survived regional play. When Lapel eliminated Summit, ville, Anderson and Alexandria to win the Madison county sectional, there was surprise in basketball circles throughout the state.

When they eliminated Greenfield and Shortridge of Indianapolis in the regionals there was even more surprise. But when the Buldogs put and North Vernon out of the running Saturday in semifinals, the experts had to admit they were -flabbergasted. Up to the semi-finals Lapel had won its five tournament games cy a total margin of 11 points, and when the kicked the dope buskdt out into the alley by defeating the favored Rushville Lions by (PLEASB TORN TO PAOB I) play until the close of the contest at midnight, March 8tl. The next' tabulation of the Stand-' ings of the 34 contestants will appear Wednesday, March 20 in The Times-Tribune and within a few days a list of the various prizes to be given by the 26 co-operating merchants will be published. These individual prizes will be in addition to the $100 In cash to be awarded to the four contestants obtaining the highest number of votes.

i The names of the 34 contestants and the names of the 26 co-operating merchants are published elsewhere in today's issue of The Times-Tribune. TODAY'S TEMPERATURE By RAYMOND. GRIFFIN i 7 a.m. 2 noon ....:.49 wiU. be here in Park View cemetery.

gut jg Hed Pending Settle-The body will lie in state, at the local i funeral home until the hour of the ment Wife Estate rites. i avoid any disturbance of present re-1 lations in the Balkans. A communique given out in 'Rome this afternoon said: "The Duce and1 Fuehrer this morning in the Duce's' private car at Brenner Pass had cordial "conversation lasting two and a' half hours. Present at -the conver sations Were Ciano and Ribbentrop." Not until the noon editions of today's Rome newspapers published word of the meeting in massive headlines did the Italian public know that Mussolini even had left Rome. Dis- Patcnes frora Berlin said the news had been withheld similarily from the German public.

It was believed that the conference might have been the outcome of the exploratory tour of European capitals by United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. In any event, WeUes was said to have been the only foreign diplomat at Rome, except for those directly concerned, who knew of the meeting in advance. He delayed his departure from Rome a day, supposedly awaiting Mussolini's return, possibly -with some new word of hope regarding Hitler's peace terms which' Welles could convey to President Roosevelt. I Thirty-four Babies Remain In Popularity Contest As Second Lap Of Race Gets Under Way Mr. Birely was born on October 29, 1888.

in Carlos City, the son of Charles and Clara (Stine) Birely. He spent the first few years of his life there, and when he was 12 the Birely family moved to Alexandria. His father, Charles Birely, and his grand- (PLBASB TURN TO PAOB i) LATE NEWS FLASHES SlCKjnMWl.l.M, March 1H UP Soviet Russia was said authoritatively today to have given a formal diplomatic promise that Moscow has no further territorial demands in northwest Europe. LONDON, March 18 rfU.R) Britain officially has greatly underestimated the effect of German warfare on her shipping, Kmanuel Shlnweil, VLabor-ite, charged in the House of Commons today. VATICAN CITY, March 18 U.R) United States, Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles spent 60 minutes with Pope Plus this morning and then visited Lugui Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state, for half an hour.

March 18 UJi Beports that Postmaster Jeneral fames A. Farley was co-operating in formally out effectively witb vice-president John N. Garner's anti-third term movement circulated today among Senate Democrats, WA81UMUTON, March 1 U.R Lester B. Barlow, who claims to have invented the "world's most deadly bomb," finally obtained sin agreement today tor an opportunity- to demonstrate it before members of Congress and army and navy officers. T1HK 8-T R1BONB Delivered Daily To 986 Homes In Alexandria Alone -V Average Net Paid Circulation DAILY 1685 Mother Mrs.

Harold Jones Died Sunday Afternoon; Body Taken Jamestown The Alexandria Merchants-Times-Tribune Baby Popularity Contest started on "the second and final round Saturday and with the elimination cf ia rf-ii- i ii. uon at uie ena or me nrsi rouna, March 14, increased competition is anticipated among the remaining 34 babies in the contest, Voting since March i4, at 10 p. has bene light which in an indication that votes, for the various contest-ante are being held The contest Judges would appreciate the regular casting of votes as the task of counting and recording votes Is made easier with less llkll-hood of errors when there are fewer bal'ots to count and tabulate. -7 The pictures of 16 babies eliminated at the close of the first round may be obtained by the parents at 'the office of The Pictures of the remaining 34 babies in the contest are still on display in the windows of the Indiana -General Service here. They remain on dis Mrs! Ida Camplin, mother of Mrs.

J. Harold Jpnes and Miss Jennie Camplin, this city, expired at 2:40 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Jones home at 507 Lincoln avenue after a short illness. Mrs. Camplin had been 'ill at the Jones' home since March 3, having been brought here from her home in Jamestown, She was the widow of the late' Albert Camplin, who passed away seventeen years ago. She was born at lizton, Jndlana, on April 10, 1870, and Would have been 70 years of age had she lived until.

April was the daughter Of Mr.i and Mrs. Frederick Shumack, and had resided in the Jamestown vicinity all her life. The body was taken to Jamestown.