People, Mar. 18, 1940

A dispatch from Beirut, Syria reported that General Maxime Weygand had during the winter not only whipped into shape the Allied Army of the East, but also read and finished Gone With the Wind.

The Harvard Lampoon chose "Oomph Girl" Ann Sheridan as movie actress most unlikely to succeed. Said she in Hollywood, where she earns approximately $100,000 a year: "I wonder what those bozos think is success. ... I don't mind criticism, but I hate to have it come from Harvard. ... I met a Harvard man once, myself. It was a very sad...

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