Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said that the Miranda setup had anything to do with the Navy's seizure. But chunky Mr. Engel, who loves to lay bricks, knows that bricks that are piled carelessly atop one another will finally collapse. Around Washington this week ran the rumor that Brewster, first plant to be seized for other than labor troubles, might not be the last. The military had a cold eye on other plants where bricks were piled too high...
...told the recruiting officer, there were still young men of draft age left in Belcourt. The recruiting officer called the sheriff. Back to Belcourt went a pointed rumor: the U.S. was coming after any young bucks not in uniform. Last week 15 of them showed up at Minot, were sent on to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The Indian maids of Belcourt were left lonely under the Turtle Mountain moon-for the duration...
...other words, this is just another ugly rumor...
...This was, evidently, a rumor which had been carried over to the mainland by evacuees from Hawaii...
...TIME gladly prints the foregoing excerpts from a dozen letters received from Honolulu students. The rumor was widely current in the U.S. press in December, but denial failed to overtake...