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POPE Continued from Page One ing easier. This was a reference to the use of oxygen. Throughout a long, tense day the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church hovered between life and death while the world outside joined in prayers for him. Thousands kept a death watch in St. Peter's Square.

Those who saw him on his cast iron bed in the Apostolic Palace said his face was serene and that he did not show his suffering. The pontiff, who had described himself as "very ready" for death, was brought to its threshold by peritonitis, an inflammation of abdominal tissue. This complicated effects of hemorrhaging from an abnormal growth in the stomach that had bothered the Pope for 2 year. The growth has been diagnosed as gastric heteroplasia, whien could mean a benign tumor, a cancer or an overgrowth of normal tissue. A mnedical bulletin said the peritonitis was due to "the spreading gastric hetero" plasia." The pope's pulse and heart function were reported deteriorating "because of respiratory deficiencies." Last.

Rites Shortly after noon Friday the Pope requested and received Extreme Unction, the last rites of the church. He then said a prayer of his own, and made a little speech. "With a clear and voice," the Vatican newspaper said, "the august Pontiff pronounced his profes sion of faith, confirming his great love for the Church and for souls, and renewing offer of his life for 1 good outcome of the Council and for peace among men." The Council was called in 1962 to seek Christian unity. L'Osservatore Romano said the Pope "dedicated a particular thought to the Council fathers, telling them he was sure the great work would be crowned." Clearly he was appeal- of Church Bid Farewell REGISTER PHOTO BY DAVE FENNEY Future-Frog Men Shoes on the bank and trousers rolled up knee-high, these two young men Invade the cool shallows of Witmer Park Lagoon Friday to see if they can pre some tadpoles. Bob Jordan (left), 15, of 1617 Thirtieth goes after 'em hands while Charles Wilbert, 15, of 1527 Twenty-fifth wields net.

It was beautiful day for such occupations as catching future frogs. ing to his successor to condine the Council, which would be suspended on his death. It would be up to the next pope to reconvene IC. The Pope thanked all his collaborators, spoke of some specifically, and then movingly asked forgiveness of those whom he may have failed "in the delicacy of his sentiment from the time of his youth until today." Kneel in Prayer In Rome people went by the thousard to St. Peter's square.

Through the aftertoon, through the golden sunset, through the night they stood in the square and occasionally knelt on the cobblestones to pray. Vatican officials reported the Pope was administered tranquilizers to ease his pain. In the apostolic apart- Pope Called on Advanced Nations to Aid Backward MRS. WISE, 77, IS DEAD HERE Mrs. Leslie O.

Wise, 77, of 1430 Twenty-fifth died of arteriosclerosis Friday at Iowa Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Wise taught in the Des Moines public schools and for the Adult Education Department, She was a member of the Methodist Church, Des Moi in es Women's Club, MARS. WISE Order of Eastern Star, and the city P.T. A.

Council, Mrs. Wise also was a past president of the Kirkwood, Washington Irving, and North High A.s. She was born at Villisca and lived in Des Moines 32 years, Services will be at p. m. Monday at Dunn's Funeral Home with burial at Glendale Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Carl W. Nidy, Roy Addington, Sammy Grund, Hub Forker, Howard Foulkes, and Ray B. (Red) Thornton. Surviving are three sons, Don and James of Des Moines, and Sam of Altoona; two daughters, Mrs. John A.

Johnson and Mrs. Walter L. Bishop of Des Moines; eight grandchildren, and three great -grandchildren. The family asks that any memorials be made to the student loan fund of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers, 412 Shops 1 Building. Fine 4 Youths $25 On Beer Charges Four youths paid $25 fines each Friday after they pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to illegally securing beer.

They are: John S. Puffer, 18, of 401 Twenty-eighth Harve J. Danks, 18, 3804 Dean Paul H. Bourgauld. 18, of Gilford, N.

and Stephen N. Gammell, 20, of 1619 Keosauqua way. The four were arrested early Friday morning in a car at E. Thirtieth and Maury streets. Police said there was beer in the car and the youths had thrown several cans of beer from the car.

as he could to do research in the archives of the Milan curia and the Ambrosiana library. This Catholic institute then was presided over by Msgr. Archille Ratti, who was to become Pope Pius XI. Out of Roncalli's research came the first volume of a history, "La visita apostolica di San Carlo Borromeo nella Diocesi di Bergamo nel 1575 (The apostolic visit of Saint Charles Borromeo in the diocese of Bergamo in 1575)." Later he was to write six more volumes Chaplain In War In World War I Father Roncalli served as a chaplain in the Italian army medical corps with the rank of sergeant. The war over, he returned to his province of Bergamo for a three-year term on the faculty of the seminary.

In 1921, he was summoned to a series of Vatican assignments. First, Pope Benedict XV gave him the task of reorganizing the administrative machinery of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith which directs worldwide missionary activities. Pius XI, who succeeded Benedict in 1922, sent young Roncalli to many foreign missionary centers over the next four years. To Diplomacy In 1925, he was made a bishop and transferred to the Vatican's diplomatic service, in which he remained for 28 years. His first post was as Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria.

Then in 1934 he was moved to Turkey as Apostolic Vicar and Delegate. At the same time he was made Delegate to Greece. He remained in the Balkans through the first years of World War II. Late in 1944, a secret coded cable arrived in Ankara. It informed Roncalli that he had been named Papal Nuncio to liberated Paris.

On New Year's Day of 1945,. Roncalli presented his credentials to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, the French provisional leader. It was a difficult time. Many Frenchmen had questioned the Vatican's maintenance of diplomatic Des Moines Register Page 5 June 1, Wartburg Grads Trueblood WAVERLY, IA.

Three principles to guide one's life by were given here Friday morning by a philosopher who addressed Wartburg College commencement exercises. Dr. Elton Trueblood, of the faculty of Earlham College, Richmond; told the 189 Wartburg graduates that they should adopt the principles of integrity, adventure and compassion. These are elements which will make for a fruitful life, he said. After Dr.

Trueblood's address Wartburg conferred two honorary degrees: A doctor of humane letters on Phillip Forster Aylesworth, agricultural extension specialist U. S. Department of Agriculture and a doctor of laws on Roger M. Blough, chairman of the board of the U. S.

Steel Corp. Merle T. Bittle Rites Monday Services will be at 11 a. m. Monday at Dunn's Funeral Home for Merle T.

Bittle, 48, of 1548 Twenty fourth vice president and treasurer of Mastercraftsmen, Inc. Burial will be at Bass Point Cemetery at Boone. Mr. Bittle died Friday of injuries suf. fered in a plane crash BITTLE June 11, 1961.

He was a member of Hyperion Field Club. Survivors include a brother, Joe E. Bittle. of Long Beach, Cal. Dr.

Olson Named To Head College (Special Dispatch to the Register) THOUSAND OAKS, CAL. -The Rev. Dr. Raymond M. Olson, 52, a native of Eagle Grove, has been named president of California Lutheran College here.

The college is owned jointly by the American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church in America. Dr. Olson is president of the National Lutheran Council. ties with Vichy France during the war. As the new Papal Nuncio, Roncalli set about mending fences.

He was a seasoned diplomat. He had the quality of joviality that distinguishes people from Bergamo province. The combination was a winner. Soon the Churchstate difficulties were straightened out. He remained in France eight years, until Pius XII showed his recognition for Roncalli's work by making him a cardinal.

It was a Socialist, the then President Vincent Auriol of France, who conferred the cardinal's biretta on Roncalli. Three days after he was made a Prince of the Church on Jan. 12, 1953, he was named Patriarch of Venice. Wary of TV When he was Patriarch of Venice, he expressed disapproval of his clergy watching television, saying the programs on the Italian state network were lax and suggestive. As Patriarch, he took note of scantily-clad foreign tourists visiting his archdiocese and commented acidly: "People need not come to Italy in furs and woolens; they can come dressed in that modern American silk, fresh and soft, which is a veritable refrigerator at low cost.

Italy, on the other hand, is not on the equator, and even there, by the way, lions wear their coats and crocodiles are lined with their most precious hides." He told churches to forbid entrance of persons in shorts or other brief attire. Of gambling, he once said: "Gambling to begin with is a most grave disorder in itself and deplorable, and to be condemned wherever it may be practiced, in secret." Pope John took a strong position against artificial methods of birth control as a precaution against possible starvation in a world of rapidly-expanding population. He urged that the world find ways to feed its hungry without resorting to such practices. "Instead, all riches which come from the earth should be put at the disposal of all, according to God and justice. "Earthly goods must be better distributed." KENNEDY UR RE NOOSEPH WIREPHOTO (A.

Tribute to Son Mrs. Rose Kennedy, mother of the President, views flowers placed on street sign at Fort Banks, Winthrop, Mass. Street is named after her oldest son, Joseph P. Kennedy, an aviator killed in Europe during World War II. ment overlooking the square, the cardinals, princes of the church, visited singly and in groups and the Pope talked to them, thanking them for their services.

Late in the evening, when the Pope was near unall consciousness, his closest relatives, three brothers and of a widowed sister, entered his room. They had sped to Rome from Sotto Il Monte in northern Italy on hearing of the pontiff's relapse. At first, said Vatican sources, the Pope did not recognize his relatives, but then realized for an instant who they were. The brothers and sister did not leave the papal apartment, and the doctors remained at the bedside doing what they could for the dying Pope. Italian Saturday morn- terested to avoid imposition of a new colonialism, he declared.

"Probably the most difficult problem of the modern world," said Pope John, "concerns the relationship between political communities that are economically advanced and those in the process of development." He called it "indispensable" that technical and financial aid be given by more advanced nations to those in the developing stage "in sincere political disinterestedness" to balance the differences between excessive production and misery and hunger. The Pope urged employers to restrict profits and assure adequate wages for workers. And he said nations now have in their grasp the means "to prevent the recurrence of massive unemployment." 1963 Encyclical Just before Easter, 1963, the Pope issued an encyclical entitled "Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth). Its broad appeal for all basic human rights drew a response from governments around the world and from spokesmen of other faiths. The U.

S. government, which never had commented on a papal pronouncement, called it an "historic encyclical." Appealing for disarmament, the encyclical declared: "People live in constant fear lest the storm that every moment threatens should break upon them with dreadful violence. Even though it is difficult to believe that anyone would deliberately take the responsibility for the appalling destruction and sorrow that war would bring in its train, it cannot be denied that the conflagration may be set off by some incontrollable and unexpected chance "Justice, then right, reason and humanity urgently demand that the arms race should cease; that the stockpiles which exist in various countries should be reduced equally and simultaneously by the parties concerned; that nuclear weapons should be banned; and that a general agreement should eventually be reached about progressive disarmament and an effective method of control." In January, 1963, Pope John was named winner of ing newspapers told of the Pope's struggle. The Communist paper, L'Unita, bannered the news. As Cardinal Chamberlain, Benesetto Aloisi Masella will become interim administrator of the Catholic Church from the time Pope John dies until his successor is elected.

The entire College of Cardinals will elect the new pope. He need not be a cardinal, but no cardinal has been chosen pope since 1378. The last non Italian pope was elected in 1522. The cardinal considered most likely to be chosen as the next pope is Giovanni Battista Montini, 65, Archbishop of Milan. He is regarded as a brilliant organizer, and sharing the progressive tendencies of Pope John.

the $51,000 Balzan Peace Prize. Premier Nikita Khrushchev messaged the Balzan prize committee in Switzerland that their choice of Pope John was a wise one. Later Alexei Adzhubei and his wife, son-in-law and daughter of Khrushchev, saw the pope in a private audience. The meeting inspired speculation about a thaw in Vatican-Moscow relations. One of Peasant's 12 Children The man who became Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, fourth of 12 children of a peasant at Sotto I1 Monte, in northern Italy, on Nov.

25, 1881. Life was hard for the Roncallis. Food often was scarce. Angelo Giuseppe, as the oldest son, would have been a valuable asset on the farm. But he had a talent for study and a thirst for knowledge.

The elementary school was eight miles away, but he walked every day. Just after his 11th birthday, when he asked to enter a seminary, the parents agreed. The other Roncallis decided to work harder so that Angelo could be spared. He started his studies at the Seminary of Bergamo, a city a few miles from Sotto 1 Il Monte, in 1892. Twelve years later he was ordained a priest in Rome's Santa Maria in Monte church.

Ability Recognized The qualifications of the young priest were immediately obvious to his bishop, Msgr. Radini-Tedeschi of Bergamo, and Roncalli became the prelate's personal secretary in 1905. He held this post until the bishop died in 1914. At Bergamo the future Pope gained an early knowledge of the administrative structure of the Roman Catholic Church. He also gained experience as a teacher, giving a course in ecclesiastic history at the Bergamo seminary.

History had been his passion, and he started to indulge it. Research In History Bergamo is about 50 miles from Milan, and Father Roncalli journeyed there as often Treasurer's Ironic Joke Prophetic of His Arrest TREASURERContinued from Page One cused in a scheme in which the treasurer charged delinquent auto license plate buyers the required penalty fee, but did not, in many cases at least, forward this money. Penalty fees are charged on the basis of five percent per month of the total license fee, and in the case of automobiles it is never less than $1. Duplicates In the case of truck license fees the penalty costs could be much higher. Miler said Rimmer is accused of making out duplicate registrations so that records in his own office and those at the Statehouse in Des Moines did not show that the motorist had paid a penalty fee.

The record which the motorist himself kept, however, showed this penalty fee as being paid, Miler said. Rimmer was taken from his office to the office of Justice of the Peace Clifford Miller. He made no plea and Miller set bond at $5,000. Cash Bond Upon request of Rimmer's attorney this bond was reduced to $2,500 and was paid in cash. Sheriff Clarence Hinke said Rimmer's wife went to a bank and drew out a $3,000 time certificate and that this was used to provide the bond.

Rimmer reportedly told investigators that he was $120 short in his office accounts and had decided to make it up by the penalty charge. Tells Steps Miler detailed the steps of the investigation this way: In February Miler was in Rimmer's office on a routine matter when a motorist entered and said: "Well here I am again to pay another delinquent license fee." Miler said a woman clerk examined the man's old auto registration and told him he was mistaken because the record did not show a penalty payment. Miler said the man then produced his own copy which showed he had paid a penal- Letter of Complaint About a month later Miler said he received a letter from a Jackson County man complaining about having to pay a penalty when another man did not. Miler said he checked in Des Moines and found no state record of the man being charged a penalty fee. Later, Miler said, he returned to Maquoketa and was able to examine other registrations.

Last Monday, Miler and Lt. Lowell Schellhase of the Highway Patrol took 10 of these names and drove around son County checking each car. Miler said they found that six of the car owners had paid a penalty fee. Ironic Joke Miler and Elwin motor vehicle with Schellhase highway patrol- man, Richard Ades, went to the treasurer's office. Rimmer, recognizing Ades as an old friend, jokingly remarked: "Well, you got me, Dick," and laughingly held up his arms as if to surrender.

While Rimmer joked with the two highway patrolman, Miler and Wade checked the office records and found that the six vehicle owners were not recorded as paying penalty fees, Miler said. "I'm sorry, Windy, but you're under arrest," said Miler. Statements County Attorney Burris said he had a statement from Rimmer but "Rimmer didn't tell us much." He said he also had statements from other persons in the treasurer's office. Rimmer drew his name "Windy" from the fact that for years he has played trumpet in Lyman's German Band, a popular favorite at dances JOHN- Continued from Page One (from Africa), the first Filipino and the first Japanese, underscoring the expanding universality of the Church. There were indications that in addition to providing representation for panding Catholicism, the Pope wished to underline the brotherhood of mankind at a time when racial tension was widespread.

On Easter Sunday of that year the Pontiff obviously referred to racial strife involving Negroes when he said: "And our sorrowing gaze turns also to the other children of God everywhere, suffering because of race or economic conditions, at once complex and giving reason for anxiety, or through the limitation on the exercise of their natural and civil rights." Church Unity Just a few weeks after becoming Pontiff, Pope John summoned an Ecumenical Council of the church, the first to be called in almost a century. Subsequently he established several secretariats to handle matters connected with the council. One of these was specifically assigned to helping Protestants and other non-Catholic Christians "to find more easily the path" to Christian unity. Talk Decried Arms Race Pope John's election to succeed Pope Pius XII took place Oct. 28, 1958.

The next morning he addressed a radio message to the world. He called on the world's leaders to channel man's genius into paths of peace. He said the people did not ask for "those monstrous means of war discovered in our time, which can cause fraternal massacre and universal slaughter." The people asked instead, he continued, "peace in virtue in which the human family can live freely, flourish and prosper and concord from which alone can rise a true prosperity." (President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote the Pope that "I share with you the fervent desire for a peaceful solution of the momentous problems which beset mankind." The Soviet press commented favorably on the Pontiff's address.) Sees Ike When Eisenhower was on a tour of 11 countries in late 1959 he visited the Vatican and was received in private audience by the Pope. Pope John, speaking in English, said he rejoiced that the United States, under Eisenhower, was "striving so actively toward the lofty ideals of a loyal and effective concord between nations." The Pontiff, who had been studying English for a relatively short time, apolo- BERGAMO Sotto 11 Monte Venice Florence ITALY Pope John's Birthplace gized for his pronunciation.

But Eisenhower congratulated him and said his pronunciation was excellent. British Leader In the winter of 1960 Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope John held an hour-long conference at the Vatican. Never before had a Primate of the Church of England visited a Supreme Ruler of the Roman Catholic Church. Both the Anglican Church and the Vatican stressed the cordiality of the meeting.

As expected, the somewhat guarded communique made no mention of movement toward greater unity in the Christian faith. A few months later, the Pope and Queen Elizabeth II met as heads of church and state. The Pope hailed their meeting as a crowning manifestation of friendly relations between the Vatican and Britain. Aid to Backward Pope John's sixth encyclical, issued in the summer of 1961, was the longest in the history of the words in its English version. In it, he urged wealthy nations help backward nations ease poverty and proto mote lasting peace.

This aid should be sincere and disin- in this area. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and was its treasurer for several years. He has been a golfer and bowler in the Maquoketa area. Friends said Rimmer drives a 5-year-old Chevrolet which he bought on time payments. Sheriff Hinke, who accompanied Rimmer to the arraignment, said he has known the treasurer for years.

"And this really shook me up," he said. "Made Me Sick" Burris, also a friend of Rimmer's, said "this has made me sick. I've known the man for years and have respected him." Otto Reel, vice-president of the Jackson County Bank, and also a member of the German band, described Rimmer as a "high-type fellow and a life-long friend." Other friends said Rimmer dressed conservatively, did not smoke and drank rarely, if ever. "You never saw him around town late at night," said another friend. Pesch to Speak At Shriners' Ball State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch will speak tonight at the Gala Potentate's Ball of Zeid Temple No.

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