Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first time the Latins realized that they must yield?or adjourn. As a last resort the French started a rumor that J. P. Morgan would consent to act as "mediator," obviously hoped he would. When the story was spiked from a source close to Mr. Morgan, who was in Scotland last week, Prime Minister Aristide Briand intimated that France might make "substantial concessions...
...Rome, Mr. Garrett, 57, will succeed Henry Prather Fletcher, U. S. Ambassador (professional), resigned, who sailed last week for the U. S. Mr. Fletcher was a victim of Rumor. When he personally conducted President-Elect Hoover down, across and around South America, Rumor chose him to be Secretary of State. When the No. 1 Cabinet job went to Henry Lewis Stimson, Rumor made Mr. Fletcher Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, largely because he had served 27 years as a career diplomat. After Charles Gates Dawes was chosen, Mr. Fletcher resigned. Rumor picked him up again...
...silence. If the press were allowed to expose the rascality of ex-Fascists, sooner or later the public might suspect that some Fascist in good standing is a rascal top. Last week the press gag was crammed in tight, as Dictator Mussolini dismissed Tycoon Belloni in disgrace. But rumor cannot be stifled. Soon it was believed that...
...Journal will not long be continued as a separate paper, said News-publisher Strong. Journal employes, he said, would be treated fairly-"newspaper men can't be sold down the river like slaves." There was a rumor that the Journal would be converted into a tabloid, but this rumor Mr. Strong denied...
Reported Engaged. Ruth Elder, trans-Atlantic flyer; to Hoot Gibson, cinemactor. A few days before the rumor Lyle E. Womack, divorced Elderman, now manager of a silver fox farm, philosophized, "It's a darn sight easier to tame foxes than it is to tame a woman...