The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-07
Scronton,Po. News spoper Wins Award

New York, May 70CUP) -A Pennsylvania newspaper which spent 15 years Investigating judicial practices in the U. s. District Court, and small town newspaper editor in Mississippi held the nations top awards for journalism today.
 The Pulitzer Prize for 'the most disinterested and meritorious pub lie service rendered by an Amer ican newspaper during the year" was awarded to the Scranton, Pa, Times for its 15-year investiga- ton. of judicial prsctices in the United States District Court 'for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the district judge and indictment of many oth- CTS"
 The award, which consists of a gold medal valued at $500, was an- nounced by the trustees of the Co., lumbia University. Prodded Judiciary
 The editorial campaign of the Scranton Times was instrumental in forcing the resignation of former Federal Judge Albert w. Johnson of Lewisburg, Pa, after prodding the Department of Justice and the House Judiciary Committee into an investigation of his 20-year tenure of office. 2
 Holding Carter, editor and pulp fisher of the Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, Miss, was award- ed the Pulitzer Prize for diStin- guished editorial writing for a group of editorials published in 1945 Ion the subject of racial, re- ligious and economic intolerance as exemplified by the editorial Go for Broke published August 2, l945." -
 The expression go for broke, is Hawaiian-Japanese slang for shoot the works" which was the motto of Japanese-American soldiers in the Italian campaign.
 Carter, whose paper has a circula- ton of 6,8O2. won a Neiman Fel- lowship in 194O for his editorials on cotton and the Negro problem. Last year, he was given a Gug- IHgenheim Fellowship and at the pres- ent time he is writing 8 book on the establishment of the West Florida republic.
 Other Awards
 Other journalistic awards:
 Arnaldo Cortesi, of the New York Times, for distinguished cores pondence on the basis of the ter seness and clearness of his dispatch es from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Edward A. Harris, St. Louis Post Dispatch, for distinguished tele- graphic reporting as exemplified ir his articles on the tidewater oi situation which contributed to na- tion-wide opposition to the ap- pointment and confirmation of Ed win w .Pauley as Under-secretarJ of the Navy"
 Homer Bigart of the New Yorl Herald Tribune for telegraphic re. porting on international affairs ir his dispatches from the Pacific wal theater. l.
 William L. Laurence of the New York Times for his eyewitness ac. count of the atom bombing of Ma. gasaN and his subsequent article! on the development, production are significance of the atomic bomb. l Russell Has Best Cartoon | Bruce Russell of the Los Angelo! l Times for distinguished work as { cartoonist. The award was madl for his cartoon Time to Bridge thu l Gulch," showing the American Ea' gle and the Russian Bear facing each other across chasm.
 No award was made for new photography or for the best novel
 Russel Grouse and Howard Lind say were awarded the prize for thu best original play of the year State of the Union,' the story O a business executive who wants tn 1 nomination for the presidency. | The award for the most distin guished book of the year on tn history of the United States wa given Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr flor '"The Age of Jackson"
 I Linnie Marsh Wolfe's Son of tn iWilderness' drew the prize for tn best biography and "The Canticl in the Sun" by Leo Sowerby wa
 adjudged the best musical com position.
 All cash awards are for $5OO. ' L