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New York Journal-American , by Paul Schoenstein and Associates

For a news story published on August 12, 1943, which saved the life of a two-year-old girl in the Lutheran Hospital of New York City by obtaining penicillin.

The Jury

Robert E. MacAlarney(Chair)

Roscoe Ellard

Winners in Reporting

George Weller

For his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life.

Stanton Delaplane

For his articles on the movement of several California and Oregon counties to secede to form a forty ninth state.

Westbrook Pegler

For his articles on scandals in the ranks of organized labor, which led to the exposure and conviction of George Scalise, a labor racketeer.

S. Burton Heath

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

1944 Prize Winners

Byron Price

For the creation and administration of the newspaper and radio codes.
At the same time, the members of the Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Journalism deplore certain acts and policies of Army and Navy censorship in the handling of news at the source, and for the unreasonable suppression of information to which the American people are entitled.