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May 31, 1942

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$2,176,071 IS BET; Handle Sets Record as Market Wise Annexes $38,300 Suburban WHIRLAWAY IS RUNNER-UP Favorite Three Lengths Back, With Attention Third -- Some Chance Captures Roseben MARKET WISE WINS FROM WHIRLAWAY

By Bryan Field

A world record of $2,176,071 for a day's race-track betting was established at Belmont Park yesterday when a crowd of 51,903, topping all New York figures, saw Market Wise capture the fifty-sixth Suburban Handicap. Many were quick to say that there never had been such a racing day in America, and the assertion was made with full knowledge of memorable days in Kentucky, Illinois, California and New England.

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Jimmy Turnesa, Snead Gain Final Of P.G.A. Championship Tourney; Fort Dix Corporal Wins 3 Holes in Row to Top Nelson by 1 Up on 37th -- Slammin' Sam Checks Demaret by 3 and 2 STARS WHO MET IN P.G.A. SEMI-FINALS YESTERDAY SNEAD, J. TURNESA REACH GOLF FINAL

By William D. Richardsonspecial To the New York Times

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 30 -- Young Jimmy Turnesa of Elmsford, N.Y., now a corporal at Fort Dix, put on another of his acts in the P.G.A. championship today.

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Historical Events

World War II

1942World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.