Evening star., 1947-05-06
Gilmore and FoIIiard
Win Pulitzer Prizes
For Qualify Reporting
~ ,he Assce;c,ed pr.s.

AieefuataoHal aAalIS-one OF Jour-
nalism's highest awards--is EDDY
Gilmore. chief OF the Associated
Press Moscow Bureau, whose dis
patches ranged from Stain inter-
view to the human interest stories
Of Russias ordinary citizens.
Edward T. Folliard, veteran re-
porter Of the Washington Post, was
given the award FOR q ..distinRuished
example Of telegraphic reporting on
national affairs" for his series OF
articles on Coiuinbians, Inc.
Other awards announced yester-
day by Frank D. Fackenthal, acting
president Of Columbia University on
half OF the schools board Of trus-
tees, which annually presents the
prizes made possible BY 81, 500, ,000
gift from Joseph Pulitzer, one-time
publisher OF the New York World
and the st. Louis Post Dispatch
included awards In the fields OF
literature, music and art.
Special citations were made to
Columbia's graduate school Of Jour-
nalism and to the st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Baltimore Sun won the Pulit-
zer Gold Medal for "the most disin-
terested and meritorious public serv-
ice rendered by an American news
paper" during the past year.
No Play Award Given.
No prize was given for a play
The judges apparently felt that no
production in 1916 met the standard
OF an original American play per-
formed in New York, which shall
represent in marked fashion the
educational value and power OF the
stage"
Recommendations to the uniyers-
ity trustees for the prizes we're made
by an advisory board. and the
Journalism awards were judged this
year for the first time by 16 news
paper editors named by Wilbur
Forrest, former president of the
: American Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors, on the boards invitation.
The citation to Columbia's grad
uate school of journalism, in recog-
milton of the Tooth anniversary of
the birth Of Mr.. Pulitzer, and of the
30th anniversary of the prizes, ex-
pressed the boards gratitude to the
university and to the school for their
efforts to maintain and advance the
high standards governing these
awards"
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch,
which won the Pulitzer meritorious
public service prize In 1887 and l941,
was mentioned in a citation "for its
unserving adherence to the public
and professional ideals of its found
er and its constructive leadership In
the field OF American journalism"
Norton Series Honored.
The Baltimore Sun, whose staff
members previously had won six
prizes, received its award for series
of articles by Howard M. Norton
dealing with the administration of
unemployment compensation in
Maryland, resulting in convictions
and pleas Of guilty in criminal court
of 80 persons"
Other Pulitzer Prizes:
For distinguished novel pub
lished during the year by an Amer
lean author, preferably dealing with
American life"-Robert Penn War
rem. University of Minnesota pro-
fessor, for his "kll the Kings Men, :"
novel telling of Southern polit-'
1cal leaders rise to power. )
For distinguished example of
cartoonist's work published in an
American newspaper during the
year, Vaughn Shoemaker, Chicago
Daily News cartoonist, who was the
only individual winner this year to
have received a Pulitzer Prize pre-
viously. Mr.. Shoemaker's other
award was in 1888.
For an outstanding example of
news photography'-Arnold Hardy.
Georgia Tech student and amateur
photographer, whose dramatic pic
ture OF woman leaping to death in
the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta
last December was purchased and
distributed by the Associated Press.
For distinguished correspondence
during the year"-Brooks Atkinson
OF the New York Times, for a series
OF articles on Russia. Mr.. Atkinson,
formerly the Times Moscow corre-
spondent, has resumed his Job as
the newspapers drama critic.
Grimes Wins Award.
For distinguished editorial writ
ing during the year"-William H.
Grimes Of the Wall Street journal.
For distinguished example of a
reporters work"-Frederick Volt
man of the New York World -Tele-
gram for articles on THE Infiltra-
ton of Communism Into the United
States"
The American biography prize
To THE Autobiography of William
Allen White" published after the
death Of the Emporia CKans.) edi-
tor. A Columbia University spokes-
man said the $500 prize probably
would be presented to Mr.. Whites
widow. Mr. Whites newspaper, the
Emporia Gazette, won the 1923
Pulitzer Prize for editorials written
by him.
History prize-To James Phinney
Baxter III for his Scientists
Against Time"
Verse prize-To Robert Lowell for
his Lord Weary's Castle"
Music prize-To Charles Ives.
West Redding, Conn. for his Sym
phony No. 81 first performed in
New York last April.
The annual $500 scholarship for
an art student certified as the most
promising and deserving by the
National Academy of Design"-To
William H. Kummann, Glen Rock,
N. J.
Prizes Are $500 Each.
Trustees Of the university an
nounced that the journalism faculty
would select later the winners of
three travelling $500 scholarships
to 80 to three graduates of the
School of Journalism.
All Of the prizes to individuals
were for $500, and the gold medal
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