SWITCH IN GAMBLING
AMERICAN BOOKMAKERS RACE TRACKS CLOSED (10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3. As American race tracks, have closed down in compliance with the Government's directive, a United Press survey revealed that the majority of bookmakers planned to continue operations with wagers on the flourishing-Mexican and Cuban races.
New York police officials expressed the opinion that the "bookies,’’ many with police records, will turn their talents to other forms of gambling or enter the petrol and butter black markets. The War Man-power Commission lias taken steps to induce (10,000 persons who arc legitimately engaged in ihe racing industry to take war jobs.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21603, 4 January 1945, Page 6
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