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PHILADELPHIA, May 8 -Navy's champion crew showed the way to two of the East's best today for its twenty-fourth consecutive victory and the Adams Cup.
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P O'Brien (US) sets mark of 60 ft 5 1/4 in for shot-put; is 1st to put shot over 60 ft
Just about the happiest person at rain-pelted Belmont Park yesterday was Mrs. Elizabeth N. Graham, who runs her cosmetics business under the name of Elizabeth Arden and who runs her racing stable under the name of Maine Chance Farm.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]