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CHICAGO, July 25 -- Shut Out clinched the 3-year-old championship today by galloping to victory in the $88,250 Arlington Classic at Arlington Park, under one of the most magnificent rides ever delivered by Eddie Arcaro.
Jap ships lost by US naval sea and air forces attacks since Dec 7
Rails were the only features of a stock market which drifted narrowly and closed steady yesterday. Trading was slightly larger than in the previous two-hour session but the market was the narrowest of the month. Of the 377 issues traded, 138 rose, 101 fell and 138 were unchanged.
Predicts increased loft sales
1942Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia[†]
Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak former politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from June 1990 to May 1991, June 1992 to March 1994, and again from December 1994 to October 1998. He was the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), a populist party in Slovakia.
1942Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver[†]
Theodore "Teddy" Pilette is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the first on 12 May 1974 with Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team.
1942Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (born 1900)[†]
Roberto Arlt was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist and inventor.