The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-08
Walter WincheII
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NOTES OF 4 NEW YORK NEWS
 PAPERMAN
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NOTES OF 4 NEW YORK NEWS
 PAPERMAN
 Packer, the Mirrors editorial car- t0onist, drew the "best editorial cartoon of 1940," but the Pulitzer prize went to a competitor in Chi- cago. P acker's picture (showing a tot in Europe praying: "1f I should die before wake, etc.'D was pub- lished in the N. Y. Mirror on Sept. 9th, 1899 <. He was too soon, 1t appears. Had he drawn 1t in 1940 he might have won ... The Chi cago Times Jacob Burck published the identical picture on June 2nd, lo40-eight months later And won the Prize with 1t, plus $500 |. In Packers the praying child said: If I should die before I wake"-- which Jacob Burck, the prize-win- ner, used for his caption Of course, 1t could have been one of those coincidences, etc. Whether 1t is or not--Jacob Burck should either refuse the cash or turn 1t over to MT. Packer, who should use 1t to publish a brochure entitled: "Hearst Men Are Rarely Considered by Pulitzer Committees"
 It had been expected and so 1t was no surprise when Relgep won the prize for his pieces on union racketeers But Herald Tri- bune staffers believed Jay Racu- sin of that paper would at least win Favorable mention" for his scr- vice to the nation in ferreting out Herr Westrick, the Nazl agent, and
 his U. s. pals !. Westrick, as a result, was literally chased out of the U. s. Racusin's expose followed a tip which ran in Mir TOT pillar !. :. The Journal-Ameri- cans Sid Boehm and other Hearst reporters rated a salute for dig ging up the stuff that resulted in the conviction of Bund leaders in N. J. But like Mir. Packer the Journal-American boys are s'fzearst men,"
 There is this satisfaction for the sour grapes brigade This year the Pulitzer Committee gave no prize to "the best novel-although Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls" (the choice of book review CTS nearly everywhere was count ed out because 1t didn't have an American background"
 So what happened? Heheheh, ho- hoho, hahaha The Pulitzer people gave the best play prize to Bob Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night" the background of which is Finland!
 Who. Me? Dept: We don't recall who Said 1t first, but some column fists should stick this lesson in jour- nalisrn under their column now and then: "Thc test of @ good rewspaperman is one who ap- breaches his task with a bcllyachc and doesn't get his bellyache into fls story"
 Our Oh -My. Gawd- Dept! From Dixie Tighe's column in the Post: .It is cheering to know that even the famous have time for active compassion. Miss Virginia Faulkner and Mir. Collier Young were in a taxi the other night and listened to 6 long tale of sorrow from the driver. It fell not on deaf ears. Miss Faulkner directed the driver to Reuben's. where she purchased $25 worth of pate de foie gras and gave 1t to the driver"
 New York newspapermen obey the law which forbids any Press" shields on motor cars, although the rule sometimes makes things diffi- cult for working newspapermen. who must park their machines while covering a story ... But Ameri- can laws apparently mean nothing to the Nazis over here. The DNB crowd, for instance, in New York. They use huge Press" shields on their cars which they park In the most congested area in Rockefeller Center = and they haven't been fnolested by cops who permit then to park their machines for ten hours or longer.