Word: hoaxes
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...years in obscurity, and when he died last week, at 64, poisoned by fumes from a gas heater in a seedy Long Beach, Calif., apartment, few could even recall his name. But for eight heady days in 1924, Sanford Jarrell had brightened New York with the wildest news paper hoax of the jazz...
...even the Trib was getting nervous. Jarrell left the office, sent back a messenger with his confession. The belittlers, he admitted, were not the only ones who had stayed at home. He himself had never left shore. "Mr. Jarrell," blushed the Trib, a week after it had trumpeted the hoax, "has been dishonorably dismissed...
Some sleepy-eyed Yalles made plans to greet Kennedy at the airport, but discovered the hoax after close examination of the "News." New Haven residents called the airport, and the New Haven Register said that it was forced to publish a bulletin disclaiming the rumored visit in a later edition...
Professor Lingane was handed a note explaining the situation as he entered the classroom. He was delayed for some ten minutes, after which he took the rostrum to expose the hoax. While he was making his announcement one of the "proctors" stood at the blackboard behind him marking off the time which remained for completing the exam...
...weeks ago, Vopos fired down at them with tommy guns; in another area last week, the firemen roared up to spread their nets in response to an appeal for help only to be drenched with red paint dumped on them by laughing Communists who had concocted a skillful hoax...