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.[1][2]
- 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.[3]
- 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".