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Pope Pius XII Became Known as Brilliant Diplomatist and Outstanding Churchman Editor's Note: The rapid rise of Pop Pius XII in the Roman Cath olic hierarchy was anarked by his elevation to the rank of cardinal and his appointment as Vatican secretary of state. He served in that capacity for nine years until fee was elected Pope. In the fol lowing dispatch, the second of two, the climatic phase, of the Pope's life is described. Vatican City (UPD During his years as Vatican secretary of state Eugenio Cardinal Pa celli became known as both a brilliant diplomatist and an outstanding churchman.. He traveled widely and worked untiringly.. His brief vacations were forced on him. . On April 3, 1935, Cardinal Pacelli was named camerlen jo of the church. On Feb. 5, 1939, Pope Pius XI commented that he was not feeling well. He continued his work. At dawn on Feb. 10 Pius XI died. In the capacity of camer lengo, Cardinal Pacelli be came regent, head of the Col lege of Cardinals pending the election of a new Pope at a conclave. Three ballots were taken in the conclave. On the third Cardinal Pacelli was elected Pope. He received 61 of the 62 votes, all but his own. It was March 2, 1939, his 63rd birthday. He was crowned on March 12. First 'Modern' Pope Massed thousands were waiting outside in St. Peter's Square. A cardinal stepped on the balcony. A hush fell. The cardinal intoned the sonorous latin ritual for announcing a new pope, and said: ' "Cardinal Eu ..." his voice was drowned in a thunderous cheer. The first sylable of the Pope's name had 'been enough. The new Pope chose to be styled" Pius JUL The first Cardinals Meet To Discuss Date for Selection of Pope Vatican City-UIPft-The "gen eral congregation" of cardi nals met today to discuss the date when the Sacred College of Cardinals will meet in sol emn conclave to elect a new pope. An early decision was expected, possibly today. The apostolic constitution decrees that the conclave must be held before Oct.. 27 and some quarters believed it might be set for Oct. 24. The congregation, which Thursday appointed Benedet to Cardinal Alois Masella as camerlengo (chamberlain) to administer the affairs of the church unti the next pope is named, consists of all cardi nals present ' i Some and must meet daily. ' Fourteen on Hand Fourteen cardinals were on hand for today's meeting with Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini of Palermo still expected. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York -aqd Giacomo Car dinal Lercaro of Bologna were the latest arrivals. The forthcoming . conclave will be the most markedly in ternational in character in the long history of the Catholic church. For the first time in centuries, the Italian cardi nals will be outnumbered by non-Italians, 37-18. Several To Be Absent Not all 55 cardinals were expected to attend the con clave. It was feared at least two or three behind the Iron Curtain would not make it and that illnesses might fur ther reduce the number of electors. - . In Santiago, Chile, Jose M. Cardinal Caro, at 92 the old est living prince of the church, made plans to come after his doctors gave him a cleaq bill of health. He was expected to leave Chile early next week. The cardinals are. expected to continue the tradition of an Italian pope. The selection of a non- Italian, possibly an American, was not ruled out entirely, but most observers predicted the ' choice lay among the 18 Italian, cardi nals. The only non-Italian men tioned as a possibility is black bearded, 63-year-old Gregory Peter XV Cardinal Agagian ian, patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians. Nationalistic connections appeared to nar row the chances of the three Americans. - , "modern" Pope, he began modernizing the Vatican. He kept his own white-enameled typewriter and a white enameled telephone on his desk. His telephone was con nected with alL departments of the Vatican so he could call them direct. Pius XII set himself a stand ard of life that few men could have endured. He rose at 6:30 a.m. after about four hours sleep. He threw open a window of his bedroom and, looking out on the vast expanse of St. Peter's Square, clasped his hands and prayed as he stood. At 6:45 he took a cold bath. Used Rowing Machine With the passing of the vears he had to stop his set ting up exercises and when he was 71 he gave up his rowing machine." He shaved with an Ameri acn electric shaver, dressed, celebrated Mass in the little chapel adjoining his bedroom and breakfasted on coffee and toast. The Pope punched a small silver bell at exactly 8:59 to announce he was ready for audiences. The Pope lunched usually on rice soup and vegetables He finished with a cup of strong black coffee. An hour's rest and he went back to work. At 4 p.m. he roded own in his private elevator and took his black Cadillac, gift of American Catholics, for a drive in the Vatican gardens He would leave the car and walk alone through the pines and cedars. Shortly after 5 he went to his chapel for a brief service, at 6 to his study to work. Dinner was served at 8 even lighter than lunch. Then came prayer and mediation in the chapel and more work. He would tap on his typewriter and make corrections in pen cil in his fine handwriting. At about 2 a.m. he would go to his chapel for prayers and then to bed. ' ' ... Tried To Prevent War The frail man, .-with deli cate hands and a high brow over soft, intent eyes, kept to his schedule for years. Even when his health started fail ing, he kept to it as well as he could. The shadow of World War II was falling when he was made Pope. The Pope did all he could to prevent the war. I, He pleaded, "in the name of God," that the governments of Germany and Poland would do nothing that could bring them into conflict. Next day Germany invaded Poland. On July 19, 1943, came the first air raid on Rome. Bombs hit in a populous area. "An automobile," the Pope ordered. "Get all the money available. Tell the people we shall be there." While the bombs still fell, the Pope drove to the worst- hit area, left his car and with bared head walked among the people. In another raid, he returned to the Vatican with his white garments stained with the blood of those whom he helped to tend. Refused To Leave The Allies marched irresist- ably on Rome and the Ger mans wanted to take the Pope to Germany. "The Pope refuses to leave Rome," he told the German ambassador. The Germans threatened to take him by force - "We are ready to die in a concentration camp," he said, The war ended. In Decem ber, 1945, the Pope named 32 new cardinals, to bring the Sacred College to its full membership of 70. The new cardinals represented 19 coun tries. For the first time all the continents were represented in the college, and for the first time Italians were not in the majority. With the end of the war came the Communist en croachment and the oppres sion of Christians. The Pope fought the menace untiringly. He excommunicated persecu tors of Catholic prelates. 3 sH 1 , (ffeET (BBS (lim 3S95 IN KITCHENS IN BATHROOMS , IN PANTRIES UNDER STAIRS - IN RECREATION ROOMS IN CLOSETS WASHES AND SPEED-DRIES FULL FAMILY SIZE LOAD IN AS LITTLE AS AN HOUR It's here at last a fully proven washer-dryer combination in the price range of a washer alone . . does your complete wash-day job better and in one work-saving automatic operation. ... . 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There also is a big swimming pool, although the weather has been a bit nippy for dips. - The Navy brought along a stack of Hollywood's newest feature films to .show in the evenings. And of course, there are plenty of decks of cards for those bridge games the Presi dent likes so well. Some of the guests brought along their wives to play canasta with Mamie. Eisenhower is resting up at this hideaway in the Catoctin mountains for his forthcom ing heavy schedule of cam paign speeches which will take him from coast to coast before the Nov. 4 congres sional elections. Cardinal Mdntyre To Leave for Rome Los Angeles (UPD -James Francis Cardinal Mdntyre leaves for Rome tonight to join the College of Cardinals in the election of a new pope. Green Fir Market Situation Confused Portland -(UPD- Lumbermen reported here today that the green fir lumber market was in one of its most difficult and confused situations in several years. Crow's Lumber Market In dex reported that prices on standard and better . grade random length green fir di mension were about equal to last week's level but that it was questionable how long that level could be main tained. Kiln-dried dimension has reflected the downward trend, according to Crow's.. TJnsand ed plywood sheathing has re flected a hesitant trend but sanded plywood has remained firm in price. Holmes Directs Departments to Reduce Budgets Salem (UPD Gov. Robert D. Holmes Thursday directed the Department of Finance and Administration to pre pare - a budget which "falls within the predictable range of state revenues." The governor indicated that preliminary requests from state department heads would have to be trimmed by at least $50 million to meet that ceiling. "There will be no margin in the next biennial budget for luxuries or for items of doubtful values," the gover nor said. Holmes asked department heads to review their budgets with a view to chopipng off the $50 million under penalty of losing his support for their proposals. Bonding Use Planned He said a plan for the use of bonding to finance, neces sary buildings for higher education and state institu-r tions was under way and that that should help the state meet its budget objectives. "I am aware it wil be hard for many departments to pro vide the necessary services while reducing their original requests sufficiently to pro duce a saving oi $50 million or more. But. it should be borne in mind that moderate expansion of services demand ed by the public beyond those of the current bienmum will be possible even at a reduced budget level which, can be matched by current incomes, the governor said. . Two Trucks Are Involved in Crash A truck and trailer side swiped a parked truck and trailer on Highway 99 late yesterday, three miles north of Central Point, state police reported. Jean French Parkhurst, Grants Pass, driver of a truck and trailer said he was south bound on Highway 99 when oncoming bright auto lights caused him to edge over on the right shoulder. As he did so his truck side-swiped a truck and trailer parked on the shoulder of the road. No injuries were roported. Driver and owner of the parked truck and trailer are unidentified, officers said. Slight damage resulted to the truck and trailer driven by Parkhurst and considerable to the parked truck and trailer. Portlander Wins Travel Scholarship Portland-(UPD-The Portland branch of the English Speak ing Union Thursday night an nounced the award of its first traveling scholarship to Don ald J. Sterling Jr., assistant city editor of the Oregon Journal. Sterling, who has been with the Journal since 1952, will spend three months in the British Isles next spring and will file a series of inter pretive articles to his news paper. In 1955-56 the 31-year-old newsman held a Nieman Fel- J I study at Harvard University. Golden Age of Achievement Seen Salem-(UPD-Brig. Gen. Pres- cott M. Spicer, commander of the 27th air division, told a; civil defense conference here Thursday that the world could have a golden age of technical achievement ahead if it were not for conflicts of national ambition and ide ology turning nuclear energy to military purpose. Spicer said he thought that though military weapons had changed, the defense-problem remained the same. Defense planners believe that any attack by an enemy in the. immediate future would be made with manned jet bombers leading the strike, he added. Stat Employees To Get Certificates Salem -(UPD- Some 300 em ployees at 11 state institutions with a total state service of nearly 4,000 years will be presented certificates of achievement this month by their superintendents. . The state employee for the longest period is James Car son, engineer for the State hospital here, who had ac cumulated 39 years in May. DUTCH PRIEST DIES San Juan, P.R.-flJPD-Domin- ican Father Martin Bernstein, 72-year-old Dutch priest who had published the weekly El Piloto here since 1918, died Thursday of cancer. MAIL TRIBUNE, MrW, Onsen, Meiy. Octefcer 10, IMS' Naugatuck,, Conn.-(UPD-The Air Force will try to send a rocket around the moon Sat urday, it has been disclosed. the right to work issue. Columbus, Ohio (DPS Vic President Richard Nixon has declined to take a stand on Tims To Order! , Personal Imprinted Christmas Cards Over 35 Albums te Choose From fil BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS? Membership Drive To End Saturday . The annual membership campaign of Jackson County Civic Music association will close Saturday, Oct. H, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Paul Dix, campaign chairman, pointed out today that no memberships are sold after that date, and no ad missions are ever sold for single concerts. Two -outstanding concerts have already been announced by the association. Miss Blanche Thebom, American opera and concert star known around the world for her talent, both musical and dramatic, will sing here in February for the association membership. The first con cert of the season will be given 'Monday, Oct. 13, by Carola Goya and Matteo, in ternationally known dance team whose program is known as "A World of Pancing." Anyone not already con tacted by a Civic Music worker and wishing to join the association is asked to call headquarters, SPring 3-6186, in Purucker Music house. Following the close of the campaign Saturday, two or three additional artists or groups will be selected by a committee to complete the concert series. Inglewood,-Calif. -(UPDr-Thq X15 -rocket-powered space ship designed to fly map higher and faster than ever before will be rolled from the assembly line next Wed-T nesday. 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