Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vincennes, Mr. Davis was at pains to scotch a rumor that he was kin to Henry Gassaway Davis, Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1904, and that he was a member of a family that had employed non-union labor in its West Virginia coal mines...
...following announcement from the Dean's office confirms the rumor that Mr. K. T. Mei, an instructor in the Chinese department, has been detained in China...
...many and so varied were last week's despatches relative to the Chinese civil war (TIME, Sept. 8 et seq.) that they passed comprehension. Bloody fighting in the North and bloody fighting around Shanghai took place without decisive result. Losses were heavy. A rumor persisted that many of the Peking Government's troops had gone over to the enemy. One report stated that Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria was advancing on Peking; the rest that he was retiring on Mukden, his capital. The only report that all were agreed upon was one describing the opening by Chang...
With the needs of the Fine Arts Department more than met by the recent generosity of alumni and others, a rumor is in circulation that the Fogg Art Museum is to be torn down on grounds of future uselessness. In spite of the wide difference of opinion which exists on the architectural merits of the building, it is hard to believe, when space for special facilities is at a premium, that such an idea can be seriously entertained...
...glad that a false rumor has given us an opportunity of saying these things, and of expressing to Professor Baker the gratitude and admiration of his many Harvard friends. We wish him joy of his sabbatical leave, and after that a new and greater Workshop--at Harvard...