S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram
For his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
The Jury
The Jury
J.S. Hamilton
Winners in Reporting
Thomas Lunsford Stokes of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
For his series of articles on alleged intimidation of workers for the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania and Kentucky during an election. The articles were published in The New York World-Telegram.
Raymond Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For his series of articles, supported by photostats of the essential documents, exposing the one-time membership of Associate Justice Hugo L. Black in the Ku Klux Klan.
John J. O'Neill of the New York Herald Tribune, William L. Laurence of The New York Times, Howard W. Blakeslee of Associated Press, Gobind Behari Lal of the Universal Service and David Dietz of Scripps-Howard
For their coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University.
Lauren D. Lyman of The New York Times
For his exclusive story revealing that the Charles A. Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
1940 Prize Winners
Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times
For his dispatches from Berlin.
Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun
For "The Outstretched Hand."