Word: rumors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defense, Lawyer Kresel tried to make it appear that Miss Fixel was a designing and tenacious mistress, whom Mr. Erlanger would gladly have deserted if he had known how. He called the publicity manager of the Erlanger theatrical enterprises who told how Mr. Erlanger had once denied a rumor that he intended to divorce his wife by saying "It is a silly story because I'm not married." A minor theatrical producer, Marcus Heiman, said that Mr. Erlanger had repeatedly expressed distaste for Miss Fixel, said: "I want to get out of the clutches of this woman...
Newfoundland's serious money troubles started in May when Premier Sir Richard Anderson Squires darted from Montreal to New York and back to St. John's unable to sell a bond issue. The rumor started that Sir Richard was willing to sell about the only unmortgaged property of the Colony, the Territory of Labrador...
...rumor but as fact Canadian-born Baron Beaverbrook's Daily Express reported that Canada's Bennett has persuaded the British Government to launch an Empire wheat quota scheme nearly as ambitious in regard to wheat as Baron Beaverbrook's own sweeping proposal for "Empire Free Trade" (TIME...
...fire, but soon a messenger broke through with the big news. Then El Sapote too blazed away at the Palace. Policemen with their pay in their pockets bravely tried to defend the chief of state, as did a few loyal troops. Whether it was true or not, a rumor circulated that Finance Minister Francisco Jose Espinosa had something to do with the hold-up in the officers' pay. Finance Minister Espinosa was promptly killed...
...Faulkner accepted the position, Auburn stock sold at $200. A strong pool, which had already been operating for some time, later lifted it to $295, whence it dropped back to last week's $105. It was especially weak the day of Mr. Faulkner's resignation, on the rumor that he was dumping his holdings...