article_snippet.sent: So great were the number of calls, that the lines became clogged and many queries could not be handled.
article_snippet.sent: Many of the callers spoke as if disbelieving the report -- as if the report were some wildly spread rumor.
article_snippet.sent: The same kind of uncertainty was noticed in the faces of the crowds thronging homeward.   
article_snippet.sent: Many, as Cleveland's story had mentioned, from people wanting to know whether it was true but some from reporters and beat men who'd been heading home, reporting the reaction where they were.