Word: rumoring
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...shrewd-guessing British yearbook, Jane's Fighting Ships, passes along a rumor that the keels of two other battleships, Strana Sovietov (the Country of Soviets) and Sovietskaya Belorussia (the Soviet White Russia), were laid in Archangel in 1942 and that these ships, which apparently had a higher priority than the first three, have been in commission a year...
Every one of the interviewees said he had heard that Y.P. and J.R.C. had been banned from the College during the summer and would not be allowed to return this fall as recognized organizations. According to the Dean's Office, the rumor is completely without basis...
This summer, because the air-cooled White House was too chilly for his health, Flash has been living at the home of White House Correspondent Merriman (Thank You, Mr. President) Smith. There, last week, at the untimely age of 18 months, Flash died. The rumor that death was caused by an extra large slug of bourbon was disproved by the Department of Agriculture, which performed an autopsy. The verdict: pneumonia...
...Wall Street, the common stock of the Brooklyn Trust Co.,* founded 84 years ago, kicked up its heels like any speculative two-year-old last week. In six weeks the stock galloped from $139 to $228, on the rumor that Brooklyn Trust would soon be bought by a larger bank. Last week it jumped $1 7 in one day as the rumor turned out to be true. Brooklyn Trust announced it will merge with Manhattan's Manufacturers Trust...
...Korea security-conscious, the armed forces radio in Japan broadcast the first results of a new slogan contest. One of the shortest slogans, contributed by Major General Walter Weible of the Logistical Command: "Shut up." Another from Sergeant First Class Robert Newcomer: "The two best relatives what am-Anti-Rumor and Uncle...