Word: rumor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago last fortnight Conservation Director Samuel Barry Locke of the Izaak Walton League screwed up his courage, wrote a letter to Senator Harrison asking point-blank what truth there was in the rumor that he had used his influence to bring the Walley brothers' case to its shocking conclusion. Back came a prompt and courteous reply. "To the extent that I had known these young men and their parents over a great number of years," wrote the Senator, "I did attest to their character. ... If my letter to the District Attorney asking for leniency brought any results...
...unconfirmed rumor has been unearthed that Professor Merriman has sent a challenge to Julian L. Coolidge '95, Lowell's Master, to a formal bowling bout...
...Another rumor she does not contradict: that the false sets were made of stainless steel...
...vivid description of his seven-month stay in a sanitarium where he was cured of alcoholism. Last week, hearing that Author Seabrook had returned to the sanitarium, a newshawk telephoned his Rhinebeck, N. Y. farm, got an explosive denial. Bawled Author Seabrook: "I'm getting sick of that rumor! Every time anyone sees a tough drunk they say it's me, and I'm sore...
...rampage in the Mediterranean. Last week, the day after he received the British note promising a conference, Europe was astonished by a report that Turkey had already sent soldiers into the demilitarized zones. The British Foreign Office cautiously registered "disbelief." British newspapers were unexcited. The false rumor had been as effective as if it had been an official trial balloon. Thoroughly satisfied, Kamâl Atatürk at week's end categorically denied that soldiers have marched into the demilitarized zones...