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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1940

Page

16

Over Twenty-One Casts a Bermuda Gambit

Maida Linn secures a Bermuda theater prize,poses as the winner, and plans money schemes with Wallis Kane and dancer Armon. Back home she confronts social duties, flirtations, and a milk route encounter as she weighs marriage to Simms Waring and pursues Wallis. Maida reenters the city with unresolved longing and a risky plan to reclaim her chance with Wallis Kane.

Rynopsis Maida Linn New York Miss McCabe Linn Bermuda Wallis Kane Armon Maida Wallis Aymon Amalgamated Dairies Berm Maieda Toni Vanderlyn Linn Simms Waring Simms

Flapper Fanny Seeks Old Amalgamated Driver

Sylvia Morning supplies a brisk scene with a milkman on a steady route. A narrator asks after a salesman from route Hundred Nine, learning he “got in a jam” for doctoring his accounts. The tale hints at a moral twist to come tomorrow.

Amalgamated

Vandenberg Uses Front Porch Campaign Tactics

Senator Arthur L. Vandenberg of Michigan is conducting a front porch pre convention drive in Washington today while rivals push coast to coast doorbells. Robert A. Taft campaigns selectively and Dewey Bridges Gannett also tour widely. Vandenberg’s approach contrasts with other Republicans as he travels little and speaks in select locations into May.

Washington Arthur L. Vandenberg Mich Robert A. ‘Fatt Ohio Louisville Danville Taft West Coast Roosevelt Congress Initi Thomas E. Dewey Len St. Styles Bridges Frank E Gannett Vandenberg

Vandenberg Plans Lincoln Dinners and Radio Address

Vandenberg spoke twice outside Washington delivering Lincoln dinner remarks in St Paul Minnesota and Grand Rapids Michigan where he served as toastmaster. He is scheduled for a national broadcast on March 25 over the Blue network but has no other fixed engagements before the Republican convention opens June 24 in Philadelphia.

Washington St. Paul Minn Grand Rapids Mich Vandenberg National Broadcasting Company United Press Philadelphia

British Liners To Be Troop Vessels

Preparations to convert the Australian troop transports Queen Mary and Mauretania into wartime troop vessels were under way in New York. The 81 000 ton Queen Mary and the 35 000 ton Mauretania, idle since the war began, wore camouflage paint while awaiting conversion.

NEW York Britain Mauretania

German War Communique Details Allied Scout Setbacks

The German war communique announced Tuesday that two Allied scouting parties on the western front were defeated, outlining a setback for Allied forces in that sector.

Berlin INS

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