1961-09-11 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1961.

More, much more, than just

just a few

a few tanks THE PANZERS: WHAT A BOOST FOR GERMAN PRIDE!

The main strength of the battalion, will be fanded over, four days. The Trautentels, the

By DONALD EDGAR

Pembroke.

FOR the Germans, the permission to train attack battalions for a, few, weeks, here of Castlemartin, has an importance that has staggered me.

1 really did not believe unill 1 had much careful checks that Germans lind been coming down here since February — nt Mane when nobuly knew pubilely that there were uny training German plans for troops in Britain.

Thorough

The whole operation 50 Amail in itself has been planned and organised with traditional German thorough

ness.

the almost There have been casual visits of representatives from the Bons Defence Minis- try.

There has been the mout curious fact of all the placing of favourably dis posed. people at strategic points so that the Press, both British and German, would get the right attitude,

Why does it matter so much to the Germans that this visit of the 04 Panzei Battalion should be a success?

Triumph

The Germans are a proud race and in Germany they still see,

Ore

take three days to unload, the tanks,

There are still a few more card up the Germans" sleeves my a visit by the divisional commander, and later.

such

a visit by a group of Germans boun.

from the Defence Ministry in

The brains

oups. But, so far as the Ger- mans are concerned, they

You cannot have anything Joreign troops, bringing back

against the young, fresh-faced memories of the 1945 defeat.

buys who made up the advance So it is for Dr Adenauer, at

is aiready n, moment, when he is fighting Party which his election,

tremendous Castlemartin. But there are be- psychological triumph for him hind the fresh-faced boys the

to be able to show in the Ger- brilliant brains and determina- mon Press that German troops brains in Germany.

tiani of the leading military aro training in Briteja,

It will he one of, the biggest morale boosters that the Ger. mana, have had, for a long time. The Germans have be haved over this whole matter down, here in, curious ways.

They have been polite. They have been courteous. They have done everything to been

make themselves liked.

But

they have also neting in a slightly curious, even sinister way.

t

Castlemartin is for them a ba-

rd-

ginning. A beginning that stores their hurt bride and also are enables them to feel they

of what winning back much they have lost.

thomas wiseman's

Kendon. Keprisa Kerpion,

[imelight

Mr Quinn

opts for

the Spartan

Life

ANTHONY QUINN having become a rich and

successful film, star tells me he is now deter- mined to lead the simple life. Even if it costs him a fortune to do it.

To implement this ambition, Mr Quinn has bought a couple of harbours on the island of Rhodes plus a sizeable chunk of the surrounding countryside.

PIDTURE BY MICHAEL WAND

The Most-Extra Miss Kovak

NANCY KOVAK, a fall, and blossoming i "I know is will be a Hollywoodised "And, of course, I Hollywood beauty, is on her way to Italy to Medea," she admitted. appear as Medea in a film called Jason and would, really like to, do the real, Medea. But the Golden Fleece,

"Hip" in a, Jab to, me I don't, look on, Alme as (a1, art form, but, se, a, business, I have to be the sort of, person the, nubilo in prepared to buy. I don't like being that sort of 'jèrsön 'bul flint's how it is."

Miss Kovak, as is now the fashion among Hollywood glamour girls, possesses high and emio qualifications. She graduated from Michi-

In addition to a discreet love affair with • gan University with a BA degree as well as a cup for being The Most Extra-Scholastic Giri Jason "This is a film for the whole, family," on the Campus, Therefore, unlike the older explained the film publicity man) Miss Kovak will also make har dancing debut in the picture. style of Hollywood glamour girl, she is ol under the impression that Medea is a new type "It's a sort of dance of the seven vells but more of soft drink.

spiritual. It takes place in a temple,” she said,

to them instead of them belong- So I sold everyth-

As Mr Quinn relaxed amid the splendour of Louis Quinze after that climb up a mountain

Connaught furniture at his Hotel suite, he told me of his where there will be a half-hour

Then ing to you. for meditation. Unuse plans for the Spartan life.

breakfast. The period after ing. breakfast will be devoted to philosophical discussion.

To return to

"In this business," he said, I have felt a bit sorry for the "you get too obsessed with the British officers who have been pursuit of success and material concerned with the affair down possessions. If you're like me felt they you feel the need to get away here. At times one were under German command. from all that.

But then, in NATO, British simplicity. troops are already under the "So what I'm going to do s commund of Germans.

to build this Spartan villog, in Their britifant stoff officers Rhodes. I'm going to bu

for virtually nothing, because 11s have won a great victory. For

You know, In the integrated European sys-got to be simple. particularly

tem of defence they are working away and obtaining the key staff positions,

Whet plus have been changed nearly every day.

transferring

The business of

the battalion of 500 mer and 40 odd tanks is not o dieult one,

Gets worse

A few weeks ago it looked as if it would be carried out in couple of days.

in their streets' British, Ameri- But now us it, gets WATSA ean and French troops

every day, the operation is being They are no longur, Occup- drawn, ut, tu polat which is ation troops--they

NATO almost ludicrous,

are

WITH

A SONG IN

MY RIGHT

EAR

ALL DAY

by PETER CHAMBERS

HOW is the noise level in your life? And, How

came down

When I here I thought the story was not all that impor- tant. Now

I

maybe I'll spend 25,000 dollara putting up a simple wood house.

Meditation

"And everybody who

"There'll be no maid service, We'll all have to chop wood and build walls, Healthy activities,

you know.

"The one thing I do insist on is having a private shower, Well, there's a limit to how Spartan you can gel."

I told Mr Quinn that all this sounded like the sort of simple life only a millionaire could afford to live. Mr Quinn said he was going to live it whatever it

cost.

Bicycle

"You know what happened? The producer for whom I was working heard I was selling out, He saw me arrived at the studio on a bicycle--I happen to ke cycling. He was very concerned me for me, offered 100,000 dollars to help me out of

the jam.

to lend

"A the same time he men-.

I

This is considerably more "When I was making Viva

Mexico,

Finney WOR being Marlon, than Mr Zapata, in Brando turned up carrying a offered when Columbia were carrier bag, which contained a trying to persuade him to play sweat shir and a toothbrush. Lawrence of Arabla. Nothing else.

д

Of course, saying "No" to a "But you have to be a big im producer can be a, gilt- Brondo to get away, will that, edged investment. He can do it. Everbody knows

gets a million dollars Mr Frankovich now tells me he

so he can pleture,

elford to that he considers Mr Finney, turn up carrying a carrier bag." after one Alm, as big a box- I left Mr Quinn to ponder Kenneth More or Jack Hawkins. ofeo attraction as Peter Sellers,

problem: how to corn enough money to be able to

But he still does not regard hire as an international attrac- through life carrying than a carrier bag.

toned that of course my sulary FINNEY

M: Quinn why

less passing would have to be rather through London on his way to than we'd agreed, in The

Jordan where he will be appear- circumstances. You Behe MOVES UP

comes the in Lawrence of Arabia for there is going to have to live a

producer Sam Spiegel, who will monastic life. No women.

no doubt be contributing hand- Women won't be alowed the somely towards the expense of realise village, Once 1 week people

will be allowed to visit girl the simple. life. that Castlemartin will friends in the town,

said "A while ako," Quinn, I had three houses and go, down in history.

"Everybody's going to have five cars, I thought: what do 7

possessions to get up at 6 am, then we'll want

for, they're take a quick dip is the sea, and just a responsibility, you belong

-(London Express Service).

Mr

go

no more

tion.

This is borne out by the fact that, Mr. Frankovich, would be extremely happy to pay William Holden a quarter of a, million dollars to play a cameo in Lawrence of Arabia,

"We'd

thought I was on the skids, and on

skjda Isn't

consider ourselves actor on the

fortunate to get him to do three worth as murk as an actor with five cars and three houses.

I don't know that Albert weeks works for a quarter of a Finney is terribly Interested in million," he said. "His normal "In this kind of business money, but just in case he is salary is 750,000 dollars An you're judged by what you own.. I can tell him that Mike Franko advance against 10 per cent of

the European head of the profits." And if you own things you don't vich, need that's the mark of rent Columbia, would be quite willing

to pay him £30,000 a fim.

—London Expren, Service).

success.

FAMOUS SONS OF FAMOUS FATHERS: LORD. TENBY

FEFTY Lord Tenby has

H

3

problem on his mind. His weight has gone up to more than 16 stone. But, he does not look overweight.

At 66 he is an upright 6ft 3in. man, with the shoulders of a pro- fessional strong man.

"My doctor has been giving me. some advice," Lord Tenby tells me, "And this is what he said: At lunch or dinner, take three potatoes, But eat only two. Leave the third on your sir,plate"."

are you transistorised? Such pertinent At lunch, the day I saw him, questions were being put to visitors at the Radio there were new potatoes. Lord and TV Show in Earls Court last week by a The other he left. woman publle-opinion pollster. I was able to give

a few short answers.

"Do you own a TV set?" "No.

used to hire one, but I

moved."

"You have a record-player?” "No."

"So you dont buy records?" "No."

מה

My transistor is so small can slip it, Into my jacket poc. ket. It's as neat and vicious as a Beretta automatic. I was armed, I realised, to give noyance to hundreda.

Tenby took two. He ate one.

As a Cambridge freshman,

"Do you own more than one radio?"

This

Wan question. Even

π Quiet Know" as I put the Englishman, I realised that in to my right ear.

I caught a 73 bus, and Helen with a title through their own embarrassing Shapiro was singing "You Don't ablilly.

this electronic age every ellizen should own at least one radio.

But this was all wrong.

translator

"I don't mind, mate, as long

ns you don't turn the sound up.

I confessed the facts: 1 owned a too far,” sold the conductor "Off" radio, but it wasn't a working Saturdays I'm on the bus-run to radio,

a London swimming-pool. We I get younger people aboard play realise it. I was living in the ing transistors, and a lot of wrong century, and on that passengers like a tune." fateful day at the Redio Show I decided to change. 1'bought 'a transistor, radio and moved into the new world of mininturised sound."

REVILED

In this man's home

a rusty iron bar has

an honoured place..

by TUDOR JENKINS

ая

Christmas morning.

the

on the Western front as a gun- ner cfficer, he was a mixed-up

man

NEW POST

LORD

TENBY

4

in a country sult, whhis flow for trespaar. They lost the case ink bow tie. "Father disliked. in local cour But LG. it," says Lord Tenby, "ll my brought it to London-and won. wife told. him 16, showed him for, what he was a man full "This piece of old iron," of check,"

said Lord Tenby, handing it to me," the staplo the relatives

Praveyard

near

Just before the 1011-18 war, he fpur, years, when Gwilym, the paper L.C. packed weighed 1ttle more than 13 second, son, was born. The procents in brown paper. stone. He was a Rugger man, family, lived in Trinity-road,

"Father had beautiful hands.” and but for the war he might Wandsworth.

He took a £5-a-week Job in "The time will come when father will be says Lond Tenby, but he was have got a Blue.

North Wales erecting pylons to "We were quite poor," recalls no good at using them." Lord Tenby is one of the few Lord. Tenby. In those days

carry electricity over the moun recognised as one of the two greatest Prime modern examples of - Bons of MPs received, no pay.

On tani. After two years of this, They antamous men who have reached worked harder, and later,

too. Gwilym's bed was a ciurnsy mind and body were strong and Ministers England has had in this contury." high office and been rewarded We children rarely saw father pared, three feet long and one tresh again,

diring, the week. But he was wide, Swiftly, he unlied the "Nothing like mountains," knots. Inside the first. covering anys Tenby, "to strulghten out always, there al weekends.

of brown paper was another, "Those were happy. times, then another layer, and many your ideas." Father was always jetting. The more, Tho boy scrambled

Now he is a company director, house was filled with, laughter," through them ond after another, president of London Welsh Finally ho came to match

Itugby Club and chairman of a Lord Tanby

Near the portrait is a display wrenched off the remembera bax. And inside the match box. Welsh educational irust. In hia The Recond son of the great particularly, the time when he was a three-penny plece. new port of chalrnan of the case contalaite, allver and gold gate." David Lloyd George, his career six and his sister, Olwen

Council on Tribunals, he is a articles that belonged to LG. in politis could have waited in (Lady Carey Evans) was eight;

His exclamation of surprise, nor of British Ombudsman,

He Dut the piece that Lord Tenby At his country home the long shadow of his father alster Megan was not yet born. was greeted

Lord Tenly has with a roar of

iron staplo Buntingford, But the non stuck to the carer

is also executive chairman of the likes best is an old laughter from

bis follier's mother

Ifero is the another memento: 1. G. chosg for him through the

and Sir Alexander Fleming memorial covered with rust. "Father, used to read to us.

fork. faber, Hetening the other side fund, Tanby is probably more story: years, when the victor of the He was a wonderful roader. We of the door, Kaiser's war was tossed aside went right through The Mill on

Lord occupied now than at any time

And Lady Tenby, twa married · 10. years, have by the electors and reviled by the Floos, Westward Io, The "Futher was always up to in his political career.

SANA, Neither dabbles' la A lot of passengers don't. men who had been his. com- Cloister and the Hearth and tricks like that, my Lord In his dat are many, mêmeN-

politica, The younger la la the Complaints about transistors panlors and friends,

many others. I had no need then Tenky, "Of course, I had a tors of his father. There are

City. Row in. from the

to rind those books. I knew. proper present as well started to

When LG. L.C.'s books. Ho left nearly all

young Quiet, People, and, Jast, July the

them thoroughly from father's

The heir, 30, in a barrister. We tated in Lord Tenby's of them to Lord Tenby. But not solleitor he was consulted by Transport authority

reading,"

the relatives of a man who had Soon after the war," rouny flat in old-fashioned St his papers.

died. Ha last wish was to be Lord Tenby, "he was

on the sent a circular to nulis bus em

side of his short list for, a constituency in It is convenient for the did not believe that a man's daughter In the villago church Cornwall. House of Commons where Lord blography should be written by yard at Llanfrothwen in North Tenby ant for 30 years until he his son: he bellevede do 1 Wales. But the parson locked "Itut the selection commitles was maden, vlæcount, In 1967.

that a kan jy bound to be blased, the churchyard gate, declaring, decided he was too young. Since There was another experience Ho kissed his Angera, and then win. I'm davuted to mine. And, one thing I can use in the hose at Wandsworth Ho became MP at 26, the. He left

hala that no non-conformist should, then, he has lost interest.” *- hle papers to have, a. bentrik, breakfast overy tised them to rustle through the morning. As you pour, mlik, on will be recognised as one of the soul, the maine time.

If was

as his father, entered widow. The widow was for to buried there.

So, the political dynasty, that £16 I paid for my transistor sat. the certal, you turn up the tro arckten Prime Ministers, Christmas Flyt, The children the love, and held many merly Mias Frances Stephenson,

L.G. advice muay yeate

was sharp produced. A grunt. Prime The demand for translator volume. This entirely, drown England i bad in

"Break open the gate," he told Minister, and a pther' and This were in bod wondering what ranitorial ports, including that, ocretar Indion is fantastic," said one of the infuriating soap, crackle, citury."

present they would, retive the of Hone. Betrelacy.

the enlatives, "and bury him sister, silting in Parliament at salos, director at the shura. "Out pop I have listened to all thosd,

following morning. From tha But life was not always easy Over he reptes in the wlleen, lie wished to be buried," the same time, will, big be con Bucket-size intels are sold out allest your

-dining-room in a portrait of This was done. A L.. arsti tinued until the end of January?"

1.Q. by Orpen. Ti showa hịm cípáfed, the Felalives were nŭed ~¿London Expreze 'Morvizi). †

Neat

The Uny transistor set as London' become the biggest thing in the

Glaring

Tadlo industry. "Tapo-recorders, ployees, reminding them, that

TV, record-players--the market

playing a musical instrument.

is cool in this area," said a big or untţie a loudspeakor" is London retaller. "But franais against regulations. tura?"

But I think, transistors will

-{London, Maprdas feruica).

NO PAY

"No man was, moró maligned on failer," says Lord Tenby.

"It: in, the fastilon now to dent- grato him. I worshipped him.

The thaib will come when father.

CLUMSY

MEMENTO

WAR a

James Court In Buckingham One reason for this; "Father buried by the

Galc

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The worshipping, began in next room tjoy could leng, for len. When he left ide Arty chikkňoudi.. L., Gu lind, laenu. ME, dhuckles" and, the, crackling, of, in 1919, 4flop negrly, three years

says

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