Waterbury (CT) Republican & American , by Waterbury (CT) Republican & American
For its campaign exposing municipal graft.
The Jury
The Jury
Columbia Journalism School Faculty
Winners in Public Service
Miami Daily News
For its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.
Bismarck (ND) Tribune
For its news reports and editorials entitled, "Self Help in the Dust Bowl."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For its exposure of wholesale fraudulent registration in St. Louis. By a coordinated news, editorial and cartoon campaign this newspaper succeeded in invalidating upwards of 40,000 fraudulent ballots in November and brought about the appointment of a new election board.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
For its crusade against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.
1940 Prize Winners
Otto D. Tolischus
For his dispatches from Berlin.
Edmund Duffy
For "The Outstretched Hand."