St. Louis Post-Dispatch , by St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For its successful campaign against the city smoke nuisance.
The Jury
The Jury
Herbert Brucker
Winners in Public Service
Waterbury (CT) Republican & American
For its campaign exposing municipal graft.
Miami Daily News
For its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.
Bismarck (ND) Tribune
For its news reports and editorials entitled, "Self Help in the Dust Bowl."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For its exposure of wholesale fraudulent registration in St. Louis. By a coordinated news, editorial and cartoon campaign this newspaper succeeded in invalidating upwards of 40,000 fraudulent ballots in November and brought about the appointment of a new election board.
1941 Prize Winners
No author named
For the public educational value of its foreign news report, exemplified by its scope, by excellence of writing and presentation and supplementary background information, illustration, and interpretation.
Group Award
In place of an individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that a bronze plaque or scroll be designed and executed to recognize and symbolize the public services and the individual achievements of American news reporters in the war zones of Europe, Asia and Africa from the beginning of the present war.