1939 Pulitzer Prizes

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Journalism

Miami Daily News

For its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.

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Editorial Writing

**Ronald G. Callvert of The Oregonian, Portland, OR**

For his distinguished editorial writing during the year as exemplified by the editorial entitled "My Country 'Tis of Thee."

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Reporting

Thomas Lunsford Stokes of 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.

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Correspondence

Louis P. Lochner of Associated Press

For his dispatches from Berlin

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Editorial Cartooning

Charles G. Werner of Daily Oklahoman

For "Nomination for 1938."

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Special Citations

Books, Drama & Music

Abe Lincoln in Illinois , by Robert E. Sherwood

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History

A History of American Magazines , by Frank Luther Mott (Harvard Univ. Press)

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Biography

Benjamin Franklin , by Carl Van Doren (Viking)

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Poetry

Selected Poems , by John Gould Fletcher (Farrar)

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Novel

The Yearling , by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Scribner)

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