The Scranton Times , by The Scranton Times
For its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
The Jury
The Jury
William O. Trapp
Winners in Public Service
Detroit Free Press
For its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing, Michigan.
The New York Times
For its survey of the teaching of American History.
Omaha (NE) World-Herald
For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.
Los Angeles Times
For its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution.
1946 Prize Winners
Arnaldo Cortesi
For distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bruce Alexander Russell
For "Time to Bridge That Gulch."