CHICAGO, Dec. 9--The greatest financial spree in racing history made a billion-and-a-quarter-dollar business out of betting on the race horses in the United States in 1945.

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GERMAN BARES AIM IN '42 U-BOAT PLOT; Says Hitler Told 6 Saboteurs to Wreck Aluminum Plants to Curb U.S. Armament GERMAN BARES AIM IN '42 U-BOAT PLOT Plotted in Spring of 1942 Canaris Under Suspension Jews Employed in Service

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Maj Gen Lahousen on role in mission of 8 Nazi saboteurs to US

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1945Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan^[†]

Mukhtar Qapashuly Altynbayev is a Kazakh military officer and politician who holds the rank of General of the Army. He served as the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan twice, most recently from December 2001 to 10 January 2007. Prime Minister Karim Massimov replaced him with former Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov in a political shakeup.

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1945Theodor Dannecker, German captain (born 1913)^[†]

Theodor Dannecker was a German SS-captain, a key aide to Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Jews during World War II.

Headlines from December 10, 1945

20th Century Cars Derailed at Albany

PERON PROVED BAR TO INQUIRY ON FOE; Argentine Politician Blocked Complete Investigation of Suspected Enemy Agents Believed to Hold Secrets PERON PROVED BAR TO INQUIRY ON FOE Seizure Decision Is Blocked Mandl Was an Adviser

CABINET SELECTED BY GASPERI IN ITALY; Six Parties Name 3 Men Each --Nenni as Vice Premier Keeps Wide Powers CABINET SELECTED BY GASPERI IN ITALY

$1,306,514,314 Bet on Horses In 1945, Setting All-Time High; $1,306,514,314 BET ON HORSES IN 1945

GERMAN BARES AIM IN '42 U-BOAT PLOT; Says Hitler Told 6 Saboteurs to Wreck Aluminum Plants to Curb U.S. Armament GERMAN BARES AIM IN '42 U-BOAT PLOT Plotted in Spring of 1942 Canaris Under Suspension Jews Employed in Service

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