No, it's not the Bananarama song. It's World War II. Let's investigate.
During that war the Office of War Information collected rumors, jokes, anecdotes, etc about the conflict. Collecting this information would allow officials to understand the progress of the war effort as perceived by the civilian population.
Material was gathered in two different ways, by individuals from all walks of life reporting to field representatives of various federal agencies, and by high school and college teachers from students. The Library of Congress has a collection of reports from each state; there are about 60 from Alabama.
The pages below are from field representative Paul Duncan to the Chief of the Bureau of Public Inquiries in the Office of War Information for August 3 through August 8, 1942. I have not included all pages from that report, but these will give you the flavor of rumors collected in the state during this time.
