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Sports Champions
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks Series: 2-0
US Open (Golf): Robert T. Jones, Jr. score: 287 Course: Interlachen CC Location: Hopkins, Minn
World Cup Soccer: Uruguay vs. Argentina Score: 4-2
World Series: Philadelphia A's vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-2
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
FISCHER, HANS, Germany, Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology), Munich, b. 1881, d. 1945: "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin"
Literature
LEWIS, SINCLAIR, U.S.A., b. 1885, d. 1951: "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters"
Peace
S…DERBLOM, LARS OLOF NATHAN (JONATHAN), Sweden, b. 1866, d. 1931: Archbishop. Leader of the ecumenical movement.
Physiology or Medicine
LANDSTEINER, KARL, Austria, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, NY, U.S.A., b. 1868, d. 1943: "for his discovery of human blood groups"
Physics
RAMAN, Sir CHANDRASEKHARA VENKATA, India, Calcutta University, b. 1888, d. 1970: "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama: Marc Connelly ... "The Green Pastures"
Fiction; Oliver LaFarge ... "Laughing Boy"
History: Claude H. Van Tyne ... "The War of Independence"
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Cimarron"
Best Director: Norman Taurog ... "Skippy"
Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore ... "A Free Soul"
Best Actress: Marie Dressler ... "Min and Bill"
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