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Roman, the colt that set the pace in the 1940 Kentucky Derby only to stop then and fail in many an effort since, was a smashing winner of the Fleetwing Handicap yesterday at Empire City, where 22,628 persons wagered $1,104,037 for a new betting record at the Yonkers course.
A demand for homes in Westchester County is indicated by a report of recent activity there by Owen A. Mandeville, a Larchmont broker. Trading is featured by payments of large parts of the purchase price in cash, according to Mr. Mandeville, who said that in cooperation with other agents he had negotiated about twenty deals in the last two months.
NOTABLE additions to National Forest areas in twenty-three States and Puerto Rico will be made under action approved recently by the National Forest Reservation Commission. Funds of nearly $400,000 were voted for purchases and other lands will be obtained by exchange.
Natl Amateur Oarsmen Assn champ
USHA: Straus repts small towns leading in low-rent housing program
1941Don Chuy, American football player (died 2014)[†]
Donald John Chuy was an American professional football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles.
1941Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist (died 2020)[†]
Periklis Korovesis, also published as Pericles Korovessis, was a Greek author and journalist and a member of the Hellenic Parliament.
1941Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (died 1988)[†]
Kurt Raab was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.
1941Lew Fields, American actor and producer (born 1867)[†]
Lew Fields was an American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer. Partnering with Joe Weber, they formed the comedy double-act of Weber and Fields. He also produced shows on his own and starred in comedy films.
1941Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.[†]
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly referred to as the Soviet Union or Russia, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was the flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.