World Stake Winners List Highlights Top American Horses
The article ranks the twenty greatest World’s Stake winners, mostly American, with winnings in dollars calculated at then-current exchange rates. It lists horses such as Whirlaway Seabiscuit Phar Lap and War Admiral, and notes Man o War’s near-top position and Coronach’s New Zealand origin among the top earners.
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U.S.A
Sun Hriar
Bair
Walnus
Wudair
Rennant
Ambassador Iv. T
Isinglass
Wenlock
Donovan
Galopin
Dis Donc— Wrasit
Peter Pan
Man O' War
Brush
Sweep
Black Servant
North Star III
St. ‘Germans
All Guild
Fair Play
Nassoviant
Equi
Broom
Pester Pan
McGee
Jim Gore
Man O ° War
Bimekech
Coronach
Amoutus and
Midland
Conflict of Ideas Between Chiang Kai-Shek and Stalin
The United States News notes a growing clash in the Far East as Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek hold divergent plans for Japan's fate. The piece stresses differing approaches to postwar strategy and influence in Asia, setting the stage for a broader ideological struggle.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Japan
Chiang
United States
Sikorski Refuses to Order Revolt Against Russians
Poland's Prime Minister General Sikorski says there will be no order for uprising as Russia conducts internal political warfare with Communist cells. He warns the cost in blood and denies government instructions to fight the Russian influence, noting any incidents are spontaneous and protests foreign intervention.
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Poland
Sikorski
Kosciuszko Station
London
N.Y
Soldier desertion case over glory box debts in Melbourne
Pte. Ronald Ernest Doyle admitted desertion after 331 days absent without leave to pay off debts including a glory box for his fiancée and a bicycle. He claimed he did not know a soldier could be charged with desertion or lose creditor protection. Debts totaled about £1, with earnings of £6 5s during absence. Court promul gation pending.
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Melbourne
A.W
Ronald Ernest Doyle
Clifton Hill
Doyle
Glory-Box
War-time election in Australia debated before Parliament
The piece discusses air offensives against Germany and Italy, Allied successes in the Pacific, and a forthcoming ration book issue. It notes wartime elections are discouraged but urged to proceed with demonstrations of democracy. It stresses the timing hinges on Prime Minister Curtin and Parliament, with a vote possible between ten and January.
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Germany
Italy
Aboutian Islands
Commonwealth
My Curtin
Australia
Million Up Contest Sees Couple Play Rummy For Years
Mr Cecil Lawford of Maida Vale leads his wife Iris in a marathon rummy match started in September 1940. He holds about 19 000 points while Iris has around 27 000 as they play nightly, aiming for two million to win. They joke about not gambling stakes and bombs during the air raids.
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Cecil Lawford
Maida Vale
London
Lawford
Hin
Iris
U S Air Force Growth Studied by Congress
A Times dispatch reports Congress studying Malerica's expanding military might with a warning that the army eyes an air force equal to Axis aerial strength by 1943, while total overseas forces could reach 4,750,000 by year end.
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Malerica
Congress
Washington
N.Y
Wartime Deaths and Cures Report Across Occupied Europe
The report notes nearly 340000 persons cured or dead in prison across nine Nazi-occupied countries by war’s end. Figures rely mainly on German documents and inter allied information committees.
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Countries
Inter-Al- Fai Lnformation Committee
Nan
War era rails and service candidacy mark a nation in flux
The piece discusses voters torn between parties and service candidates as postwar politics unfold. It notes railways strained by high demand and staff cuts, with occasional delays amid war pressures. It laments Western Australia’s OML Perth closure, a casualty of conflict, signaling broader disruptions to normal life.
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Western Australia
OML
Perth
Nightfall Chronicles About a Dreaded Dark Descent
Fragmentary text describes night rising from the ground into the hollows and trees while the sky darkens. A plane fights a race against darkness as the world fills with purple shadow and a looming sense of menace.
Prodigy Boy Aims For PhD Before Sixteen At Reserve
A one year old named Boy Prodigy attends Western Reserve University in the west with an IQ of 182 and a mental age of 20. He leads his class in mathematics and organic chemistry and is expected to earn a PhD before age 16. Kenneth, son of Russian born lawyers, read first grade at one and played piano at 22 months, showing a stronger music interest than study under composer Paul Hindemith.
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Western Reserve University
West
Bects
Istry
Kenneth
Paul Hindemith
War Production Board says LSA to double plane output
William L. Batt told the Chamber of Commerce in New York that the LSA will double last year’s aircraft production to around fifty thousand planes annually. He recalled 1941’s prediction of fifty thousand planes as once viewed as fantastic and irresponsible, noting actual output and current expectations.
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William L. Batt
War Production Board
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
New York
LSA
Hatt
Hat Lsa
Batt
United States
Two Goats Go to Melbourne for Cale vend return
A brief item notes two goats heading to Melbourne after a short stay, with a note that they are expected to return to Cale vend shortly under the guidance of a lead keeper titled D.T.
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Melbourne
Calevend
One-third Inch to Three Inches Ad Rates Across 27 Papers
Advert prompts readers to examine the Readers' Market Place for buying and selling items. It lists newspaper titles across the twenty-seven papers and explains ad placement, rates, and cash-with-order terms, encouraging ads for poultry, plants, household goods, and tools.
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Wurde
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