The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-06
Gilmore Awarded
Coveted Pulitzer Prize
oEoDAfY, MAY 6, 1947

NEW YORK, May 5. - R. -
yddy Gilmore, Associated Press
,orejan correspondent VINO is CHEZ
~ the Moscow bureau, won one
# the eignl annual Pulitzer Jour.
oslism prizes announced today -
tba award tor distinguished lele.
.raphic reporting in international
affairs.
The gold medal Tor tine most
asinterested and meritorious pub.
I;c service rendered by an Ameri-
esn newspaper during 1916 went
N the Baltimore sun Tor a series
Il a~ticles by Howard M. Norton
.eslire with the administration OF
snemployment compensation.
-Four awards were made IN the
seld of literature ana n IN
,aisic. No prize was given TOR a
.I.v the judges apparently feel
rs that no production last year
NJ, the criterion OF an Original
arerican play, performed IN New
Tnrk. which shall represent in
n,rked fashion the educational
s.lue ana power OF the stage"
The prize tor "a distinguished
,ovel published during the year
~ an American author, pre1era-
Nv dealing with American lite,"
',snt 10 All The klng's Men,"
sritten by Robert Penn Warren,
'nrofessor at the University OF
,f1nesota. The novel tells of the
go 10 power of a Southern politi-
al leader.
vaughn Shoemaker, Chicago
nsily News cartoonist, won tn e
ward for a distinguished ex-
.mnle of a cartoonist's work pub
'.hed in an American newspaper
during the year
" was the only individual win
rer this year to have received a
glitter prize previously; his
.,ner award was in 1888.
S1oemaker's winning cartoon,
,;.Ied Still Racing His Shadow"
tenicted a workman labeled new
Wase Demands racing furiously
nd pursued W a shadow called
.rost Of Living" The a a + d
.nscified that the whole body of
va artists work in the year was
Considered.
Tae prize for AN outstanding
.vsruIe of news photography
sant to Arnold Hardy, Georgia
Torn student and amateu rprotog.
amer whose dramatic picture OF
woman leap1ng to death in tie
w,recoff hotel fire in Atlanta last
Dscenber was purchased ald dis
r,1ted by the Associated Press
The awards were announced by
la1c President Frank D. Fack'
s,al OF Columbia university on
.,-at OF The institutions board of
r,:.ees. Other journalism prizes
ucluded:
For distinguished correspond
ere during the year Brooks
H..son of the New York Times,
~ > series of articles on Russia.
...nson. formerly the Times
Moscow correspondent, has re-
umed his job as the p aper S
drama critic. j.
For a distinguished example OF
.e~legraphic reporting on national
,Aairs' Edward T. Pollard OF
he Washington Post for a series
Of articles on Columbians, Inc.
For distinguished editorial
writing during the year d946)'-
william H. Grimes of the Wall
Street Journal. .
For a distinguished example OF
a reporters work" Frederick
WoItman of the New York World
Telegram for articles on "The
utilization Of Communism Into
the United States"
The advisory board, which made
me recommendations to the
university trustees for the prizes,
also awarded a special citation to
Colunbia's Graduate School OF
| journalism and the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, whose former publisher,
| Joseph Pulitzer, was donor Of the
prizes,
TIE citation, in recognition OF
tie Tooth anniversary of the birth
d Pulitzer, which occurred
month, and of the Both anniver-
rary Of the prizes, expressed the
boards gratitude to the urlver-
llty and to the school for their