Technician Third Grade Bill Mauldin of United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
For distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners," in the series entitled, "Up Front With Mauldin."
The Jury
The Jury
A.S. Rudd
Winners in Editorial Cartooning
Clifford K. Berryman of the Washington Evening Star
For "Where Is the Boat Going?"
Jay Norwood Darling of The Des Moines Register & Tribune
For "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign."
Herbert Lawrence Block of the Newspaper Enterprise Association Service
For "British Plane."
Jacob Burck of the Chicago Daily Times
For "If I Should Die Before I Wake."
1945 Prize Winners
Harold V. (Hal) Boyle of Associated Press
For distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944.
George W. Potter of The Providence Journal-Bulletin
For his editorials published during the calendar year 1944, especially for his editorials on the subject of freedom of the press.