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Language row to Queen's visit?

Cardiff, Wales. TORRIED officials fear over the Welsh language may pre- vent the Queen from visit- ing one of her capital cities.

W that a row.

The row blew up at Car- if when Mr T. W. Thomas, chairman of the Cardiff Executive Committee of the 1960 Royal National Eis- teddfod, wrote to Bucking- lam Palace inviting the Queen to next year's fex- tival.

Seven members of the com- mittee, headed by. Dr Iorwerth Peate, and the woman secretary est the Pubilelly Committee realgned.

They maintained that the Invitation violated the rule į which laid down the proceedings of the Eisteddfoda festival of usic, poetry, prose and singing -must be in Welsh.

A Member

The row drugged on for weeks, untit the Eisteddfod Council piallang Lady ut the festival- came out with a statement that

the Invitation did not break the "Inw."

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Ject for competition among aspirants to the title of Crown or Chair Bard, rojected the ruling and defled the Executive Commitico's order to name a new chairman, vice-chairman and secretary,

Ten of the 27 members of the commlitco resigned, and in á leiter to Mr Idwal C. Evans, general secretory of the executive commitice, cald they did not believe that the Cardif organisation had the interests of the Welsh language or culture a heart

'Bedevilled'

They could not accept the council view that, the Queen's presence did not break the all- Important all-Welsh rule,

Now Eisteddfod officials are worried about the possible reper- cussions of the dispute.

An executive committee member said: "I have never known, io 36/years' aasoola- tion with the Eisteddfod, for IL to be so bedevilled with trouble."

The Queen, the comeil Fald,

Officials have tried to find out could attend as a member of the

is Gorsedd (a circle of hards), but what the Palace attitude

the invitations, but would not be required to speak towards

been they have

told: "The in elther English or Welsh.

The all-powerful Literary Quees alone dreldes whether or Committee, which sets the sub- not she accepts Invitations."

WEEKEND Friell

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LIMELIGHT

London.

MOST Britons are

already intimately ac quainted with the work of Professor Wernher Yon Braun. He was the man who made the V2's for Hitler,

Now Hollywood is to give us the opportunity of becoming acquaint- ed with the man himself. He will be played by Curt Jurgens in a fim

to be made later this year by pro-

ducer Charles Schneer.

Mr Schneer was in Lon- don recently and 1 mart hàn ai the offices of Columbia Pletures in Wardour Street; he is a cheerful, bespectacled, youngish, go-getting American who made his reputation with film called The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.

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Mr Schneer sat behind a large extrulive's desk in a large offer and all how much he liked London.

He said he understood quite a lot of people in London had been killed by Professur von

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Mr. von Braun-

a chance toTM

know him better

(OF COURSE, WE KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL ALREADY)

rockets-he

Wasn'

aware of exactly how many but he would check all that because his $m was going 10 absolutely' accurate.

Was

honourable man.

be

in similar circumstances, But Selineer, but he would rather

not say exactly how much. that was just in films.

attitude." said "My

Mr He fold me there was going to be a character in the film who Schneer, 4s that this man had a

express the views of most unusual career, one worthy would of dramatisation. We are going those people who thought rather to tell the whole story. Oli yes. harshly of von Braun's war-time we were certainly going to include nettvities. the V2 period.

OURT JURGENS

... he will play von Braun, the V2 scientist Americans consider a hero.

Braun's private life they were all that accurate in the case of that landed OB going to allow themselves me those rockets

London, but then, maybe, he was artistle Beance.

just getting into practice.

First-class

"I don't know, I haven't seen him before..."

Just Fancy That!

‣ARNISTER Air Roland Brown, at West London County Court:

"A dog is a mindless creature."

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Judge Hugh Mals: "I do not think you will receive any sym- pathy from dog lovers when you make a statenin! Uke that."

"It's nothing anyone will get upset aboul," he said. "Actually to a girl Wernher is married who is 18 years younger than him. We're changing that be- cause in Amerien a fellow who's me to know that they were re rate of drawback of import duty on unblown haiters' fur is

really good T married to

Mr Schneer said he

wanted

girl 18 year going to make

reduced G. a ib, imder the Import Duty Drawbacks (No. 6) younger than him-well, he isn't film, and they had got a really Order, 1959, issued by the Treasury in London, very sympathetically regarded good writer to do the script. for some reason. So we'll make say the girl nearer his own age."

In the circumstances, he quite understood that some of us might be prejudiced against vor

"Wernher dower't mlad this," "That was a most important Bratan, well, it was only natural, but he wanted me to know that phase. It's a bit tricky technic raid Mr Schneer. "Oh sure, he xol guy--he ally, but there is some excellent objects to the point of view, but Wernher knew him personally--and an newsreel study in existence of the he is, you know, kr Voltaire, V2s being launched on London he respects the fact that other and we are getting full en people have the right to "In Amerken," said Mr Seh- operation from the British War what they think. ncer, "he is considered a hero flee. and President Eisenhower con- "Your Mr Duncan Sandys has ferred upo hin the highest been mast helpful and encoura- nward that can be conferred on gig. He's taken a real interest

civilian, For his work 121 in our project. American rockets."

His dream

"You see," said Mr Schneer, Wernher was a guy who Just Thal wanted to make rockets. was his dream. The fact that They Jut explosives in the

100.

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Sympathetic?

IS

an enormously

in the

Mr. Schneer said that the title of his film was going to be I Ain At The Stars, because that was what von Braun did.

I said that if he was aiming at

"I think he's been very herole "Wernher himself has been about it all and I think he will the stars, his aim hadn't most huipful,

Is come out very keen on the Bim being sympathetic character made end he has given us full Am. co-operation in the matter of "But, of course, we shall quite providing us with detalls of his understand that some of you in

fe."

London, In view of your experi- ences, hay not feel sympathetic towards bimr.

Substantial

Professor von Braun had been rockets and shot them at Lom- paid a substantial sum of money don, well, that wasn't his idea.

for his co-operation, said Mr

"Look, if he hadn't made those rockets the Nazis would have killed him. What could he do?"

"He could have died,” I rug- gested.

Mr Schneer thought that was a somewhat unreasonable sus- Eestlon, though he conceded

was what flim heroes usually do

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Un-

Mr Schneer said that in deal- ing with certain aspects of von

The New Aircraft Engine: Turbo-Fan'

JEW_style_jet engines are being developed both in Britain and

the United States which combine the speed performance of the existing pure jets with the fuel economy of tho propeller-jets like those used on the Viscount and the Britannia, or the new Russian Tu.114 which recently few non-stop from Moscow to New York.

In Britain. they are kaowa os "ducted fan" engines, and in Anierica as "turbofana."

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The fan, which takes the place of the propeller, is placed in a metal duct inside the engine.

Engine designers say the new tagines give such an improved performance that, by using the ducted fan, a comparatively small jet engine can be made to give the power thrust of today's large Jets.

This will mean a great saving in weight, which in turn will add to the range and fuel economy of aircraft.

In other words, tomorrow's aircraft will be able to travel farther, and probably faster, than todby's jets for the same amount of fuel and on smutter engines, This should slash airline fares.

Take-off power

Trow

The Bristol-Siddeley combine has just announced a ducted fan, the BE.63, for use in future generation airliners which will use the thrust of the jets to lift them straight off the ground. Its take-off power & claimed to be as or the same order as the glant Bristol Olympus jet, the engines used in the NAFṛ delta- winged Vulcan Bombers.

In America, the Douglas Aircraft Company, In planning now jet airliner the DC.0 with ducted-fan.engines even before its DC.8, now undergoing its test, has reached allina, pervice. The DC3 is to be ready for 1983 use-London Bipress Service.

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Schnect, Well, You Miniver,

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London Express Service).

Hugh refuses to blackleg during General strike

What does this mean? A Treasury spokesman said: "Tho

concerned with polley, not technicalities." Treasury, is mainly

The Customs and Excise offico sald: "Unblown hatters tur Is half from rabbit or hare skin which has been processed beyond the raw

slage by carrotting it up to felting quality, The Lips became a reddish colour. When the coarse hairs have been taken out the fur brennes bluish and blown. To Be affected by the Order it must be unblown."

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