New York World-Telegram , by S. Burton Heath
For his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
The Jury
The Jury
J.S. Hamilton
Winners in Reporting
Thomas Lunsford Stokes
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.
Raymond Sprigle
For his series of articles, supported by photostats of the essential documents, exposing the one-time membership of Mr. Justice Hugo L. Black in the Ku Klux Klan.
John J. O'Neill, William L. Laurence, Howard W. Blakeslee, Gobind Behari Lal and David Dietz
For their coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University.
Lauren D. Lyman
For his exclusive story revealing that the Charles A. Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
1940 Prize Winners
Otto D. Tolischus
For his dispatches from Berlin.
Edmund Duffy
For "The Outstretched Hand."