Baltimore Sun , by Baltimore Sun
For its series of articles by Howard M. Norton dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons.
The Jury
The Jury
A.H. Kirchhofer
Donald J. Sterling
Winners in Public Service
The Scranton Times
For its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
Detroit Free Press
For its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing, Michigan.
The New York Times
For its survey of the teaching of American History.
Omaha (NE) World-Herald
For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.
1947 Prize Winners
No author named
For their efforts to maintain and advance the high standards governing the Pulitzer Prize awards (Pulitzer centennial year).
Brooks Atkinson
For distinguished correspondence during 1946, as exemplified by his series of articles on Russia.
Vaughn Shoemaker
For his cartoon, "Still Racing His Shadow."