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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...congregated at Abilene, Kans. to race in the U.S. Challenge Cup. It was dogdom's Kentucky Derby, run over a green carpet of young Kansas wheat about two miles from Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home. This greyhound is Mount Mahan Rebel, who cost Owner George Oswald of Los Angeles $3,500 in Ireland less than a year ago. In the cup final, he met a grey and white Texas dog named Foggy Weather. While chasing a jack rabbit at 40 m.p.h., the pair of them crashed like two speeding autos side-swiping; the judges called...
...shape of things to come looked even nicer. Last week alone, no less than five new plants worth $15 million or more apiece were opened for production or research. U.S. Steel, which opened one of them near San Francisco (see below), planned to have another one near Los Angeles by 1950. Greenwood Mills announced a new $21 million expansion program; Sun Oil Co., a $70 million program; members of the American Gas Association will spend $3.3 billion. Westinghouse Electric Corp., which reported an alltime record in appliance production for September, saw no letup. Said Vice President J. H. Ashbaugh...
Died. Mary Eaton, 46, Ziegfeld Follies star of the '20s (a Broadway hit at 16, she also starred in Eddie Cantor's 1923 Kid Boots'); of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles...
Born. To Veronica Lake, 29, blonde cinemactress; and second husband Andre DeToth, 35, director; their second child (her third), a daughter; in Los Angeles. Weight...
Died. George McConnell, 93, oldtime Indian fighter and baseball player (legend credits him with originating the curve ball); in Los Angeles. Some 70 years ago, Billiard Fan McConnell reputedly discovered that "English" could be used on baseballs, then organized a ball team that was undefeated for several seasons before batters caught...