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...Fritz Lipmann, who last year was made a professor of biochemistry, has been nominated for a prize by Stockholm's Caroline Medical Academy, selection body for the Nobel Foundation. He will share the prize with Dr. Hans A. Krebs, of Britain's Sheffield University, who also has done significant work in protein chemistry...
There were two men in the contest at Stockholm who have lifted higher totals officially than Doug Hepburn. John Davis, this year's runner-up, who was handicapped by a leg injury, holds the world's record total at 1,062½ Ibs., and Jim Bradford, who failed to place, has totaled...
...circus in Stockholm, an alert photographer got a picture of childish glee when the royal kids of Sweden-Crown Prince Carl Gustaf and Princess Christina-and a little girl friend watched the clowns...
Brooding over his lack of recognition, Hepburn dropped training last year, passed up tryouts for Canada's Olympic weight-lifting team. But a few Vancouverites had begun to take him seriously. Goaded to enter this year's world weight-lifting championships in Stockholm, Hepburn consented to show his skill at a Canadian Legion meeting, at a baseball park between innings. For his traveling expenses, the take, plus donations, came to $1,377. With a sprained ankle and no coach, he departed for Sweden last month...
Doug's dark, rugged features and his massive 290 lbs. on a 5 ft. 9 in. frame caused a stir on Stockholm's streets. Ignoring the dangerous Swedish girls, he immediately set to practicing the two-hands championship lifts-the press, snatch, and clean and jerk.* Last week his big moment came. Hepburn faced the gargantuan defending world champion, Brooklyn's John Davis, in the heavyweight class (lifter's own weight unlimited). Planting his feet and unlimbering his tremendous biceps, Doug reached his goal. With three lifts totaling 1,030¼ Ibs., he beat Runner...