Word: rumor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Definite denial of any possibility of suspension of classes of the University because of influenza was issued yesterday. The statement was in response to a persistent rumor that a serious epidemic of influenza would necessitate closing of classes for a short period...
...rumor has become current that there will be an attempt made in the near future to establish a branch of Yale at the Hotel Biltmore in New York. The "Yale News", for obvious purposes of subterfuge, has attributed the origin of this idea to a "very angry alumnus", so angry in fact that all attempts to discover his identity have proved a failure. Of course there may have been alumni, probably are, who, in a spirit of bitter irony made some such remark. But to put too much stock in the statement of any one individual, particularly such a mysterious...
Since the death of Siegfried Wagner last summer, rumors and schemes for future Bayreuth Festivals have emanated from the little Bavarian village like steam from the spout of a teakettle. Most stories have concerned Conductor Arturo Toscanini whose stock has at present greater international value than that of any living conductor. Toscanini, said one rumor, would take over the complete artistic direction. He might even build a home in Bayreuth, pass the rest of his summers there...
...hold the trust and sympathy of its patrons. The founders must not feel hurt if there is evinced a natural tendency to support those who have served long and well. The erudite old lady of Mount Auburn Street has fared exceedingly well since the demise of her spouse, whom rumor has it was the Hossier Schoolmaster. But these are lean days for all, and now that the Wolff is snarling at the Widow's door the faithfulness and gratitude of her many friends will be put to the test...
...rumor reached William B. Mayo, Ford's chief of aeronautical engineering, there lost most of its fever. The facts: Ford is developing, for freight service only, a transport about the same size as the tri-motor but with a single large engine. It will be slower than the tri-motors, which are intended for passenger lines, but will be cheaper to operate, because high speed is not essential and because only one pilot will be needed. The Ford company did advise owners of tri-motors that when their old planes are superseded by newer and speedier types of Ford...