Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Apparently the Government gave Prince Friedrich Wilhelm permission to return for Christmas only, but rumor has it that once the Prince returns to his Fatherland his exile will be at an end. At the time of receiving permission to return he was ill in bed with influenza. Nothing was known as to the date of his departure...
...although official announcement of the choice is still lacking, it is understood that only assurance from Great Britain that Mr. Kellogg will be acceptable is awaited before the announcement is made. The late President Harding is said to have had Mr. Kellogg in mind for the post. This rumor may well be taken with a grain of salt; for the same is said by Republicans of most of Mr. Coolidge's acts and it constitutes a form of protection against criticism...
...inquisitive reporter went to the White House, said he had heard that Secretary Hughes was to resign. Was it true? The inquisitive reporter was informed, 1) that the President was certain the rumor was unfounded; 2) that the President does not deny rumors of changes in the personnel of the Administration...
Brigadier General C. E. Sawyer. M. D. to President Harding, laid low a baseless rumor: " Stories that Warren G. Harding belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and that an initiation was held in the state dining-room of the White House are, in my opinion, baseless. They are taking advantage of a man when he can no longer speak for himself...
...political situation in Germany was extremely obscure. As is usual in such circumstances, rumor succeeded rumor with startling rapidity, in incomprehensible order and with confused contradictions...