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1939 Pulitzer Prize
Summary
The following are the
Pulitzer Prizes
for 1939
Journalism awards
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Public Service
:
Miami Daily News
for its campaign for the recall of the
Miami City Commission
.
[1]
Honorable mention to the
Waterbury Republican
(Connecticut) for "exposure of municipal graft".
[2]
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
.
Correspondence
:
Louis P. Lochner
of the
Associated Press
for his dispatches from Berlin.
Editorial Writing
:
Ronald G. Callvert of
The Oregonian
(Portland, Oregon) for his distinguished editorial writing during the year as exemplified by the editorial entitled "My Country 'Tis of Thee".
"Nomination for 1938", the prize-winning editorial cartoon
Editorial Cartooning
:
Charles G. Werner
of the
Daily Oklahoman
for "Nomination for 1938".
[3]
Letters and Drama Awards
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Novel
:
The Yearling
by
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(
Scribner
).
Drama
:
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
by
Robert E. Sherwood
(
Scribner
).
History
:
A History of American Magazines
by Frank Luther Mott (
Harvard Univ. Press
).
Biography or Autobiography
:
Benjamin Franklin
by
Carl Van Doren
(
Viking
).
Poetry
:
Selected Poems
by
John Gould Fletcher
(
Farrar
).
References
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^
"Community shares Daily News' pride in award of highest Pulitzer Prize".
Miami Daily News
. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
(Part 2 of article)
^
"Pulitzer award winners speak in radio broadcast".
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
. AP. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
^
"Our cartoonist is rewarded".
The Daily Oklahoman
. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
(Part 2 of article)
External links
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Pulitzer Prizes for 1939