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1929 Pulitzer Prize

JOURNALISM AWARDS

Public Service :

---'' New York Evening World '' For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action.

Reporting :

--- Paul Y. Anderson of '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch '' For his highly effective work in bringing to light a situation which resulted in revealing the disposition of Liberty Bonds purchased and distributed by the Continental Trading Company in connection with naval oil leases.

Editorial Writing :

--- Louis Isaac Jaffe of '' Norfolk Virginian-Pilot '' For his editorial entitled "An Unspeakable Act of Savagery," which is typical of a series of articles written on the lynching evil and in successful advocacy of legislation to prevent it.

Editorial Cartooning :

--- Rollin Kirby of '' New York World '' "Tammany."

LETTERS AWARDS

Novel :

---''Scarlet Sister Mary'' by Julia Peterkin

Drama :

---''Street Scene'' by Elmer L. Rice

History :

---''The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865'' by Fred Albert Shannon

Biography Or Autobiography :

---''The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page'' by Burton J. Hendrick

Poetry :

---''John Browns Body'' by Stephen Vincent Benet

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