Word: rumor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mack Truck was handed to General Motors by one rumor. By another, Mack Truck and White Truck would join. Another sold Mack Truck to Studebaker...
...apparent Senate blockade of its 16-ship building program. Theodore Douglas Robinson, convivial Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was sent "up the hill" to remind forgetful Senators that 16 ships were little enough; the Navy had asked originally for 71 ships. Grizzled sea-dogs were infuriated by a rumor, doubtless emanating from wickedly pacifist Congressmen, that President Coolidge himself had sanctioned sidetracking the ships to relieve the already strained Budget. . . . Whether or not the Navy's topmost chiefs, Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Hughes, believed this gossip, they smiled pleasantly enough at a ceremony outside the White House, when President...
Yolpone-MIDDLE AGE BROKER, ALLEGED SICK, DISAPPEARS AT OOM CULT RUMOR...
Currently with the annual meeting G.E. stock continued strong and a great rumor circulated: that the company would undertake the complete electrification of the New York Central Railroad...
Four years ago, there was a rumor in Washington to the effect that Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, 42, was about to have a baby. Experienced newshawks didn't quite know what to do with the story, even if they could verify it which they couldn't quite think how to. Several days later a cub on the United Press picked up the rumor from his superiors, and, without thinking much about it, telephoned Mrs. Longworth...