Royal Sanction Needed IfMargaretShouldWed
London—(U.P.)—Should Princess Margaret marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend, it is almost certain that her sister, Queen Elizabeth II, would not attend the wedding.
It is also probable that the 24- year old Margaret would have to wait almost a year and a half longer if she and the handsome Townsend, 40-year old divorcee stationed in Brussels as British air attacke since 1953, have decided to wed.
Whether Margaret wants to marry Capt. Townsend only she can say—and she has been silent.
Sections of the London press are speculating again on the romance. This much is known: Margaret did have a deep affection for Capt. Townsend when he was an equestry at Buckingham palace. She is a strong-willed girl. She is not in love with anyone else.
But while the rumors fly, one thing remains certain and un-
Changed. That is the religious aspect of a marriage between the princess and a man who has been through the divorce court.
Capt. Townsend was the innocent party. He won custody of his two children. But in the eyes of the established Protestant Church of England he cannot be married again so long as his former wife lives.
Elizabeth, at her coronation, took an oath as defender of the faith, head of the Church of England. She, above all, must uphold the canons of the church. So although she is very close to her sister and may sympathize with her privately, she may not—as queen—sanction such a marriage.
The Royal Marriage act of Parliament provides that Margaret cannot marry without the queen's consent.
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But there is a loophole. Margaret can, under the act, wait until her 25th birthday next August and then give 12 months' notice to Parliament that she wishes to marry in her own right. That would mean the princess *could not be married legally until in* 26 in August 1956.
could not be married legally until one is 26, in August 1956.
Such a wedding would still present problems for the royal family.
sent problems of the established No minister of the established church in England could perform the ceremony.
In Scotland the established church, which is Presbyterian, does permit the church marriage of the innocent parties in divorce, so presumably Margaret and Capt. Townsend could wend there.
St. Giles Church, the Scottish equivalent in Edinburgh to London's Westminster abbey, might be the site of such a ceremony.
But the queen could not be expected to attend the wedding.
Several years ago the queen mother's niece, Viscountess Anson, who had divorced her husband, was being re-married to Prince George of Denmark in a private chapel in Scotland.
The queen mother and Margaret were not present. On the personal advice of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they waited in a reception room until the newly married pair arrived.
There is another course open to Margaret. She could elope.
Her uncle, Edward VIII, gave her pretty good precedent for breaking the bonds of royalty.
Graduate Student On Journal Cover
The cover picture of the Argonne News for March, house organ of the Argonne National laboratory at Lemont, Ill., is of a University graduate student.
date student Raymond J. Ackermann is spending the year at the Argonne laboratory working toward the Ph.D. degree in chemistry under the participating institute program. The laboratory, an atomic research center, is operated by the University of Chicago for the Atomic Energy commission.
commission. The Kansas, who received the A.B. degree from KU in 1951, is shown in the cover picture working with a complex maze of chemical glassware apparatus.
M. W. Kellogg company is building a plant to convert Africa's coal into gasoline.
Quakes Jar Pahoa Again
Pahoa, Hawaii —(O,U)— Rumbling earthquake jarsed the Kilauea volcano area every 30 seconds early today. The 1,500 residents of Pahoa prepared to evacuate their homes at a moment's notice.
ine quakes have lasted more than 24 hours, and led Volcanologist Gordon MacDonald to predict that new volcanic eruptions may be in store for the Hawaii island.
Smoke and steam were still rising from the Puukii cone, which built up to 105 feet last week.
Convoyes of trucks stood by to arry out the evacuation of Pahoa, f necessary. The new quakes presented 200 evacuates from three mall coastal hamlets from returning to their homes.
Washington (U.P) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowlund today rejected a Democratic compromise to provide income tax relief for low bracket taxpayers next year.
Tax Compromise Rejection Seen
The compromise seeks to offset the loss from an income tax cut by increased levies on business and stockholders and to achieve a balanced budget in the fiscal year starting July 1, 1956.
"The proposed compromise is not satisfactory and I do not think it will be adopted by the Senate," Knowland said.
He thus signaled the administration opposition to the plan drafted by Senate Democratic leaders as a substitute for the $20-a-head income tax reduction approved by the House over President Eisenhower's protests.
Senate debate was scheduled to start this afternoon on the House bill, which also includes administration-backed provisions to extend corporate and certain excise tax rates scheduled to expire April 1.
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'Figure Closer', Housewives Warned
Topeka—(U.P.)—A suggestion that Kansas housewives do a little sharp pencil calculation while shopping for groceries was made today by J. Fred True, the state sealer.
True, who supervises Kansas weights and measures, said that recent checks in one city revealed a high percentage of pre-packaged food items were short in weight.
"Not only that," he added, "the
price on the package was an over- charge."
An inspector of fresh meat packages checked 38 items. The price was correct on three of them with an overcharge listed on the other 35. True said the price averaged 22 cents too much.
"If a housewife bought 10 such items a week," True said, "it would mean a loss to her of $14.30 a year through overcharge."
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