The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1942.
Journalism awards
Public Service: Los Angeles Times for its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution. (Part 2 of article) Reporting: Stanton Delaplane of the San Francisco Chronicle for his articles on the movement of several California and Oregon counties to secede to form the State of Jefferson, a forty ninth state. Correspondence: Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines Herald for his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia. Telegraphic Reporting (National): Louis Stark of The New York Times for his distinguished reporting of important labor stories during the year. Telegraphic Reporting (International): Laurence Edmund Allen of the Associated Press for his stories of the activities of the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet. Editorial Writing: Geoffrey Parsons of the New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished editorial writing during the year. Editorial Cartooning: Herbert Lawrence Block (Herblock) of the Newspaper Enterprise Association for "British Plane". Photography: Milton Brooks of The Detroit News for his photo entitled, "Ford Strikers Riot".
Letters and Drama Awards
Novel: In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow (Harcourt). Drama: No award given. History: Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 by Margaret Leech (Harper). Biography or Autobiography: Crusader in Crinoline by Forrest Wilson (Lippincott). Poetry: The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benet (Dodd, Mead).
References
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