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San Francisco Chronicle , by Stanton Delaplane

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

The Jury

Herbert Brucker(Chair)

Richard L. Tobin

Winners in Reporting

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.

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.

1942 Prize Winners

Carlos P. Romulo

For his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia.