•
Public Service: • The
Omaha World-Herald, "for its initiative and originality in planning a statewide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying war industries with necessary scrap material." •
Reporting: •
George Weller of the
Chicago Daily News for
"Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom", "his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life". : •
Correspondence: •
Hanson W. Baldwin of
The New York Times, "for his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific". •
Telegraphic Reporting (National): • No award •
Telegraphic Reporting (International): •
Ira Wolfert of the
North American Newspaper Alliance, "for his series of three articles on the
fifth battle of the Solomons". •
Editorial Writing: •
Forrest W. Seymour of the
Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), "for his editorials published during the calendar year 1942". •
Editorial Cartooning: •
Jay Norwood Darling of the
Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), for "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign". ==Letters, Drama and Music Awards==