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1940 Pulitzer Prizes

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Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service

Waterbury (CT) Republican & American

For its campaign exposing municipal graft.
Finalists:
Editorial Writing

Bart Howard of St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Finalists:
Reporting

S. Burton Heath of New York World-Telegram

For his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
Finalists:
Correspondence

Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times

For his dispatches from Berlin.
Finalists:
Editorial Cartooning

Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun

For "The Outstretched Hand."
Finalists:

Special Citations

Books, Drama & Music

Category
Winners
Finalists
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