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O O O OOO ODDO OQ ODDO O ODO ODQ E3 D O O O O O OOO Thanksgiving Time! Turkey-roasting, small and large; stuffings; cranberry recipes, desserts; dinner accompaniments watch yOUn HOME NEWS PAPER The -Oregon Statesman. NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Princess Elizabeth. Prince Wed Amid Pageantry; Speed Away on Honeymoon i 3 M km n) (mf J s in t ? l5- 1 f iiqfcp I : mo ana M How good are the Boy Scout? Are they as good as they thiols they are or as bad as Bill Wolf, writing , In November "Sports Afield" says they are? To Wolf the program of scouting Is almost valaelessr the uniform absurd, the emphasis on good con duct namby - pamby. Wolf puts a lot of the blame on the Scout leadership which he credits with good intentions and charges with ignorance. Wolf writes as a he-outdoors-man who thinks remem bering to bring matches is of more practical value than learning to start a fire by rubbing sticks of wood together, and thinks love, of nature means more than marching single file behind a scoutmaster along a trail, frightening birds and game. Scout uniforms are bad, thinks Wolf. The low-cut shoes are worthless in the woods; shorts which leave the knees bare are good only around a eleared camp, not for wear on a bushy trail. The flat - brimmed hat, described in the handbook as "the perfect head gear for the'outdoors" draws hoots from this practical woodsman. He says he has never seen one on fisherman or hunter and that it has been abandoned generally for wear. Scout equipment likewise falls under Wolf's criticism: one regu " lar axe in a party is worth more ' than all the handaxes the scouts carry. The scout knives are too big and heavy; cooking equipment not practical. But this critic of scouting takes even more vigorous swings at the scout program: too much boon doggling, he says. Signal codes are quickly forgotten; bridge - build ing, etc. are "time - wasters"; cooking without utensils, "results only in charred and foul-tasting foods." He scolds at scout overih sistence on high moral -values: "No boy could possibly be as noble as he is expected to be as a scout." Wolf may be venting a gripe; as a veteran hjunter and (Continued on editorial page) BONNEVILLE AT POWER PEAK j PORTLAND, Nov. 20 (8)- An all-time high of 1,473,000 kilo watts was delivered by the Bonneville-Grand Coulee system be tween 10 and 11 a.m. yesterday, Bonneville power administration reported today. Animal Crackers - By WARREtf GOODRICH ' ?QU M R Y adrST 20 PAGES 'vV ft -'" f 4 t f f " .w i , - - -"'y ?'ZZLLZ''nm.j '.' 111 ".: ""- LONDON, Nov. 2.-Tp picture Is a general view f the wedding ceremony of rrinecss Elizabeth and Lieut Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, in London's historic Westminster Abbey. At altar from left to right are the king; Princess Elizabeth, her train being- held by two paces; Mountbatten; and the best man. Marquis of Milford-Haven. The Archbishop of Canterbury, performing the ceremony, is in light robes facing Elizabeth and Philip. Princess Elizabeth (lower) smiles as she sits in Irish coach enroute to West minister Abbey. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman vis radio from London.) (Additional pictures on page 2 and 14). Stansbie to Oppose Wilson Theodore S. Stansbie, owner of the Lincoln hotel, Toledo, Thurs day filed in the state department here for state senator from the 24th senatorial district, Lincoln and Tillamook counties, at the pri mary election next May. He is a republican. Stansbie is mayor of Toledo and president of the chamber of com merce there. He will oppose Joe Wilson, for three terms a mem ber of the house of representa tives, who filed for state senator earlier in the week. George Winslow, Tillamook and incumbent, has indicated he will not seek reelection. Italian Leftists9 Drive Subsides 1 ROME, Nov. 20 -JP)- The week old drive of Italian leftists to un seat Premier Alcide de Gasperi by strikes and disturbances di minished in violence somewhat today. An unsettled general strike plagued Bari province and other strikes disturbed much of the Apulia, Lucania and Calabria re gions of southern Italy and Ro vigo province in the north. But the day brought no reports of a fresh wave of riots, bomb ings and Assassinations. Th Oregon Statesman. Russians Bring Pressure on Iran For Oil Rights LONDON, Friday, Nov. 2l-(JP) The Moscow radio said today that Russia had delivered a "resolute protest" to Iran as a result of the Iranian parliament's action last month in voting down proposed oil concessions to the Soviet Un ion. The protest was delivered to Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam yesterday by the Russian ambas sador to Tehran, said the broad cast, which hinted at the possibil ity of a break in diplomatic rela tions. The Russian note, the broadcast declared, protester against "the hostile actions of the Iran govern ment in regard to the Soviet Union, which are incompatible with normal relations between, the two states. The note "charged the govern ment of Iran with responsibility for the consequences of this," Mos cow said. MAIL DEADLINE SET SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 -UP) Christmas presents and mail for U. S. navy personnel in China, Japan, the Philippines, pkinawa, Wake, Truk and Peleliu-must ar rive by Dec 5 at San Francisco's fleet postoffice if it is to get to thf boys in time, the navy announced today. MUNDID Salem. Ore., Friday. NoTnber 21. Dinner Greets Tired Pair at Romsey Castle . LONDON, Nov. 20.-(yP)-Princess Elizabeth wed her handsome Prince Philip amid glittering pag eantry today, and together they sped off through a misty night to honeymoon in the village of Rom sey. " Like figures in a child s happy fantasy, the radiant princess and her tall bridegroom knelt before the magnificent altar of Westmin ster Abbey as the Archbishop of Canterbury intoned: I pronounce that they be man and wife toge ther." It was a moment of solemn cli max. Outside the abbey a million Britons cheered as the iron ton gues of church bells announced the wedding. A world radio audi ence heard the broadcast of the ceremony. Later as the childhood sweet hearts escaped London's jubilant throngs, King .George VI announ ced his final wedding present Philip Mountbatten, the monarch decree, henceforth will be a prince of the realm as well as Duke of Edinburgh, j Sea of People In Streets A happy sea of people lined the streets of London as magnificent royal carriages and sleek limou sines moved to and from the 'ab bey for the ceremony that made Britain's . future queen apparent a bride. Elizabeth was wed in all the golden splendor and medieval magnificence that her father's au sterity-pinched ' land could muster. Stunning in a dress of ivory satin embroidered with thousands of pearls, Elizabeth and her na val-uniformed): bridegroom knelt on crimson pillows in the soft light of the altar. Throngs Silent Not a sound came from the au dience as Elizabeth and Philip re peated their vows. They were pro nounced wed at 11:45 a. m. (3:45 a. m. Pacific standard time). There was only one hitch in this ceremony rooted in the traditions of the centuries. Five-year-old Prince Michael of Kent, one of the pages, stumbled twice near the steps of the altar as he bore the princess 15-foot-long train. Prin cess Margaret Rose, her sister's chief bridesmaid, quickly stepped forward and steadied the child. As Elizabeth and Philip pro gressed the mile back to Bucking ham palace behind the Windsor grey horses, London's voice , went up in jubilation. It was the great est ceremony war-battered Brit ain had seen since the coronation of the king and queen in May, 1947. Couple on Honeymoon ROMSEY. New Hampshire, England, Nov. 20.-OP)-Dinner was ready and cheery log fires crack led in many rooms of Broadlands mansion tonight when the royal newlyweds. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip,- fatigued by the long wedding ceremony, stepped from a shining limousine into the pri vacy of their honeymoon. The royal wing of the great Georgian estate - - the greater part of the home has been turned into a hospital in which 74 patients are being cared for - - was gay with red and purple chrysanthemums, and both the drawing and dining rooms conveyed an intimacy and quiet informality rare in such large establishments. Frank Randall, the 68-year-old butler, impeccable in a blue frock coat with gilt buttons and a vel vet collar, served the simple din ner prepared by the cook, Mrs. Mary Cable. Sherry was served with a thick soup. Then followed chicken and a few vegetables from the home farm. Ice cream and a 1941 vin tage champagne completed the meal. Two Boys fFox9 Fox-Hunters BEDMINSTER, N. J., Nov. 20 (JP)- It was "tally ho" in the brisk country air near here yesterday as the Essex Fox Hounds Hunting club chased a fox. A crowd of huntsmen in their red coats were just about to close in on the fleeing fox wheri two shots rang out and the fox keeled over like a duck pin. Out from the bushes emerged not a red coated huntsman but two boys in overalls who were hunting for rabbits. Groups Lend Support To Scott for Governor PENDLETON, Nov. 2MP-Leon N. Lefebvre, Portland, said today he and other pomanders were backing State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott for governor, and declared Scott had strong support in east ern Oregon. Leiebvre told an interviewer lhat Scott, as the only experienced member of the state board of con trol, was the person most famil iar with Oregon problems and best able to administrate. 1651 - . . - , 1 1947 Price) 5c Mercury Nears Freezing in Salem . Willamette valley and Salem area temperatures dipped to near the' freezing zone late last night and continued cold with possible snow was forecast for this area today and Saturday, by the U. S. Weather bureau at McNary field Thursday night. At midnight the mercury plunged to 33 degrees. Thirty two degrees is freezing. A layer of clouds moving in over the Salem area had raised the tem perature to 35 degrees by 1:30 this morning. A 35 degree minimum was forecast for tonight here and in Portland. President to Name Bradley To Replace Ike WASHINGTON, Nov.. 2& -VP)-President Truman's announcement of his selection of Gen. Omar Bradley as United States army chief of staff is imminent, officials sard tonight. : They said the anouncement may be made tomorrow at a news con ference in which the president al so may disclose his choice af a successor to Bradley as veterans' administrator. This successor is a civilian and not a professional soldier, said these sources, refusing to be quot ed by name. How soon General Bradley will step into Gen. Dwight Eisenhow er's shoes as chief of staff depends on the time of Eisenhower's re signation to take over the presi dency of Columbia university. Bradley has indicated that he considers his main VA task prac tically completed. That task was three-fold: decentralization of VA itself, establishment of a satisfac tory medical program and system atization of the insurance branch. fFine Trip from Germany9, Says Mrs. Wendt PORTLANP, Nov. 20.-OP)-An 82 - year-old German woman climbed from an airplane today on the last lap of her journey to Sa lem, and walked into the arms of three generations of her descend ants. Mrs. Pauline Wendt, elderly Ber lin woman who was once in a German concentration camp, was met by her daughter. Mrs. Bert Wittenberg of Salem; a grandson. Leonard Wittenberg of Salem; a granddaughter, Mrs. Erna Young of Aloha; and a baby great-granddaughter. "A fine trip," said Mrs.' Wendt in her native German. "Such nice people all the way." Only one dif ficulty arose: in Chicago, a fellow-passenger took the elderly woman to a hotel, ordered her meals sent up to her. Until an in terpreter was summoned to ex plain, Mrs. Wendt was troubled: she thought she was a prisoner again. On the same plane with the shawl-covered grandmother ar rived a 10?year-old French boy: Alexander Shevalier, Paris, came to Joint his mother, Mrs. Roland Olson of Corvallis. Britain Refuses To Share Mandate LAKE SUCCESS. Nov. 20 -dp) Britain refused today to share re sponsibility for the Palestine man date with a United Nations com mission and thus rejected one of the main props under an elabo rate plan for creating independ ent Arab and Jewish countries. Sir. Alexander Cadogan told the U. N. that such "confusion of authority" would have "disast rous consequences." Claim Made Wife of Firm's Chief Acted as 'Girl Friend' to Meyers WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -JP) Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers tes tified today that Mrs. Bleriot H. Lamarre was his "girl friend" for four years with her husband's ap proval and, he said, that was why he set up the Aviation Electric Co. and got Lamarre to run it Lamarre,. 35, has testified that Meyers brought him and Mrs. La marre from California in 1939 and installed him as president of the Ohio firm that Meyers was the real, but secret, owner and that the general took I150.-000 or more out of the company, which had wartime sub-contracts. Mrs. Lamarre was once Meyers' secretary. Meyers told the senate war investigating subcommittee that the only reason he was bring ing her , name into the case was because be had sworn to "tell the whole story to the committee." Conceding that he was "sinking No. 204 Rationing Proposal Snubbed WASHINGTON, Novj 20 -(JP) Republican leaders of the senate tonight virtually consigned to the scrap heap at least fof the time being President Truman's re quest for power to bring back rationing and price-wage controls. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said the senate's republican policy com mittee, which he heads, put the two controversial proposals "at the end of the list" of anti-inflation measures recommended by the president and scheduled for "immediate consideration" by the committee. Condemns Controls j This means, the Ohioan indi cated to reporters, that revived controls and rationing are out at least until the regular session of congress which begins January 6. The republican leaders simul taneously passed the price-curb ball back to the president, de claring after a meeting that he already has "most of tlie powers to restrain Inflation" ad calling for more information about the new powers he is asking. Statement Said Vague j They said the ten points in his anti-inflation program re word ed, "in such general terms that they cannot be clearljr under stood," and added in a statement: "The most important icauses of inflation are the tremendous rate of government spending and the abnormal rate of export. "The president has (had full power to limit export but has not done so. In many respects he could cut down the rate of gov ernment spending if h had the slightest interest in doing so. , h- . . t Judge Voids Rent Controls, Appeal Due CLEVELAND, Nov. 2(V-OPVThe housing and rent act of 1947, un der whict wartime emergency rent controls were expended to next February 29, was declared unconstitutional today by Federal Judge Paul Jones, who! described the law as a "kiss of death hang ing on with an "impotent em brace." The Judge held that peace had returned "in fact" on Dec. 31, 1946, when President Truman declared a cessation of hostilities; and that congress lacked the power to en force local rent controls when no wartime emergency exists. In Washington, however. Sen ator Taft (R-Ohio) said he doubt ed that Judge Jones' ruling will affect immediately congress' con sideration of continuing! rent con trols, j Expressing general agreement with the idea that the federal gov ernment has no power to control rents in peacetime, Taft said he felt that with a technical state of war existing, congress ; still has such rights. ! - "I imagine the case will be ap pealed immediately," Taft told a reporter. j IMarshalMLeaves For 'Big 4' Meet WASHINGTON, Novl 20.-OF)-Armed with a fresh expression of President Truman's "utmost con fidence," Secretary of State Mar shall left today for a new "big four" effort at London to reach agreement of a European peace settlement. Mr. Truman accompanied the secretary to the airport to wish him "goodspeed and good . luck." Marshall, traveling in; the pres ident's plane, the "Sacred Cow" is scheduled to reach London four days in advance of a meeting of the foreign ministers of! the Unit ed States, Russia, Britain and France, which already jis clouded by disagreement. to a new low" by naming her, he said: "There is no other way it (his story) can be related. Ij still have a little bit of chivalry in me. "I have to admit that Mrs. La marre was my girl friend from a period of approximately 1936 to -1940. She was, with Mr. La marre's knowledge, approval and acquiescence." As he spoke, Lamarre! sat near by. His relations with Mrs. La marre, Meyers told th commit tee,' "is the story, of the Aviation Electric company" and there was "no other reason or motive for forming the company but solely for the benefit of the Lamarres." Befire his "girl friend" testi mony, Meyers entered a sweep ing denial of any "perjury, cor ruption, fraud." Furthermore, the retired air force officer said he had never been an active pur chasing officer. " ; ! 5140 Fp-emiclhi :Ay Meseirves Called to (Sdtoirs PARIS, Nov. 20-(ig-President Vincent Auriol recalled 140, 000 conscripts to the afmy tonight and announced that 75-year-old Leon Blum had agreed to try to form a new government of "public safety" to deal with a communist-inspired labor crisis. Blum, twice a pre-war premier and head of the short care taker regime between: the provisional government and the, fourth republic will go before the 1 national assembly tomorrow tc ask for confirmation of . his ap pointment If he succeeds In winning 310 votes, a majority of the 615 mem bers, he will aet about organizing a cabinet 'which it was reported would be widely representative of French political parties. The communist party issued a statement tonight which did not mention Blum's name but con demned his government in ad vance "if it corresponds to the desires of the American imper ialists." The communists called for "a democratic government, in the heart of which the working class and its commiinist party could at last play a determining role." With more than 500,000 coal miners, metal workers, longshoremen, flour millers and railway men on strike, more due to walk out to morrow and Monday, and the na tion's coal stockpile reduced to a dangerous level, the president today appealed for calm. At the same time the government re called tothe colors part of the 1947 military class to bring the army up to "normal strength." Half of the 1947 contingent, not due to be demobilized until next spring, was freed a few months' ago- to provide manpower for agriculture and industry. Dallas Murder Charge Case Left in Midair DALLAS. Nov. 20-(Special) Action on the murder charge lac ing 16-year-old John Earl Peoples of Amity was left pending today when the Polk county grand jury recessed until 1:30 p.m. Friday after an all-afternoon considera tion of the People's case. District Attorney R. S. Kreason last week tiled a second degree murder charge against the youth, in connection with, the death of Robert J. Armstrong, ,78, in burned farmhouse 10 miles north of here on September 8. The grand jury had before it a statement signed by Peoples which Sheriff T. B. Hooker said admitted the sliying of Armstrong and set ting the Armstrong farm house afire after an argument over pay for Peoples' assistance to the man in unloading grain. Peoples was bound over to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace Charles Gregory after his appre hension in Hillsdale. The youth is held in the county jail here. Snow Falling Over Cascades Snow continued, to fall in sec tions of eastern and central Ore gon Thursday with packed snow and some light slush in the San tiam district, State Highway En gineer R. H. Baldock reported. Roadside snow at Santiam sum mit had reached a depth of 20 inches with sanding crews in op eration. Some ice was reported in the Odell area. The report Government Camp Packed snow on the Mt Hood loop from Twin Bridges to the Hood River Meadows. Klamath Falls Roads normal: Son Mountain Overcast and roads normal. Medford Roads slippery in mountain districts. The Dalles Night snow at Shantico. Pavement bare. Meacbam Snowing lightly. Packed snow between Pendleton and LaGrande. ; Bam One half inch of new snow on roads in the vicinity of Burns. Sanding crews in operation. Tollrate Light snow Wednes day night. Roadside snow 48 -inches. Institutions Face Food 'Fund' Deficit There will be a deficit of ap proximately $300,000 in the food account of the state institutions by the end of the current bi ennium, provided there is no re duction in. commodity prices, State Budget Director George Aiken advised legislators attending a joint meeting of the state board of control and state emergency board here Thursday. Legislative budgets covering salaries and I wages at the state institutions ! probably will be adequate, Aiken declared. CURTAIN HIDES WEDDING LONDON, Nov. 2(MP)-The So viet Monitor said that up to a late hour tonight the Moscow radio had not mentioned today's wed ding, of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Weather Max. - 4S so - ss Min. Precip. M 43 OS 3S .OS 39 .00 Salrm Portland San Francisco Chicago New York SS M Willamette river n teet. Forecast (from U.S. weather bureau. McNacy field. Salem). Partly cloudy today and tonight becoming cloudy Saturday with occasional light rains or anew. Little chang In tempera turea. Highest temperature today, near Hi lowest tonight. 39. Faverly Street Quonset Huts' Scheme Killed Oregon's state emergency board Thursday killed long-debated proposal to increase office space by erecting quonset hula in Waver ly street at the west end of the stato office building on Court street. As the board reorganized with State Sen. Carl Engdahl of Pendle ton as chairman, there were these developments: Unanimous approval by both emergency and control boards for a $319,8S program of new con struction at the state training school for boys at Wood burn. Expansion to East Eyed Suggestion by State Sen. Dean Walker of Independence that con sideration be given expansion of state operations In Salem to the east of present state buildings (across 12th street) rather than to the north as usually accented in state circles. Abandonment of the Waverly street plan was announced after Secretary of State Earl T. New bry's report that arrangements ere made for transfer of the utilities and assessment division of the state tax commission from the crowded state office building to hearing rooms on the third floor of the state capito!. j Appointments Confirmed Confirmation of Gov. John H. Hall's appointment of State Sen. Eugene Marsh of McMinnville and State Rep. Earle Johnson of Cor vallis to the emergency board, succeeding, respectively, the 1st Senator Marshall E. Cornett and Hall, who was speaker of th house before he succeeded to the governorship on the death of Gov ernor Earl Snell and Senator Cor nett. , Secretary Newbry told the board his rearrangement of tax offices would leave ample room for tho income tax division to conduct ex panded operations. The emergency board rescinded an earlier decision to appropriate $25,009 for the tem porary construction . in Waverly street to accommodate the inccme tax division. (Additional details, page 4) Russia Rejects Oilfield Claim I LONDON, Nov. 20 Russia has rejected United States anil British protests against her seiz ure or tne rich Lobau oil fields and installations in Austria as reparations, the foreign office said tonight. A spokesman saii the mattes probably would be raised in the council of foreign ministers which is due to begin German and Aus trian peace treaty talks here next week. He said the Russians "restated their case that the oil fields and installations taken over previous ly had been owned by German companies and so properly con stituted German assets." The oil fields among Aus tria's largest were Jointly own ed by American and British capi tal through subsidiary . Austrian companies. They were taken over by the Germans after the 1938 Anschluss and were operated as German projects. The Russians moved in during September, claiming them as reparations. Food-S aving Shift Ordered WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 - (JP -President Truman today, trans ferred to regular government agencies the task of carrying out the 100,000,000-busheI voluntary grain conservation program launched by Charles Luckman'i citizens food committee. Luckman and his committee will Kstay on in an advisory capacily. ttut tne actual direction of carry ing forward the grain-saving plans will be shouldered by the presi dent's food committee of cabinet members. It is expected most of the pro gram will go to the agriculture department for administering. QUICHES "This letter aaswertng a States man. Want Ad Is rather argent better se two fingersT