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Haskell Awarded Citation s MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., * June 14 — Amory L. Haskell, president of s Monmouth Park, was awarded a citation v from the Secretary of tbe Treasury in rec- J * ognition for the work Monmouth Park has played in the past and present in the sale of Defense Bonds. Haskell was presented r the award in the winners circle prior to I the fifth race by Elmer Bobft, state chair- t man of the Defense Bond drive. Also pres- 3 ent were Admiral Charles L. Austin, of the c Bayonne Naval Depot, Bill McDonald, of f the U. S. Treasury Department; Ray Glen- I r I t 3 c f I i non, J. C. Wilson, Lewis H. Burfeind and i Ed Brennan, general manager of Mon- c mouth Park. The Fort Monmouth band of i 30 pieces paraded on the track before the ceremony and played a few numbers. The fourth race was entitled the Defense Bonds t Purse in honor of the occasion.
