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Waterbury (CT) Republican & American , by Waterbury (CT) Republican & American

For its campaign exposing municipal graft.

The Jury

Columbia Journalism School Faculty

Winners in Public Service

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.

1940 Prize Winners