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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Is Awarded Pulitzer
i
Prize lor Newspapers
|y the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 4.—The St.:
Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday won
—for the third time—the Pulitzer
prize for American newspapers.
The paper, which won the award
in 1937 and 1941, was selected as the
newspaper rendering the “most dis
tinguished and meritorious public
service" in the past year.
It was cited for its coverage of j
the mine disaster at Centralia, 111., j
and its substquent campaign which
led to “impressive reforms in mine!
safety laws and regulations."
Pulitzer prizes for 1948 also went
to “Tales of the South Pacific," a
novel by James A. Michener. and to
“A Streetcar Named Desire," a play
by Tennessee Williams.
The novel, based on Mr. Miche
ner's experiences in the Pacific dur
ing the war, was chosen as the most
distinguished fiction written in this
country in the past year.
Mr. Williams’ play, a Broadway
hit w'hich also won the New York
drama critics’ Circle prize, deals
with the degeneration of a neurotic
woman in New Orleans. It was
picked as the best original Ameri
can play.
Winners Receive $500.
The prizes were among 14 Pulitzer
awards announced by Dr. Frank D.
Fackenthal, acting president of Co
lumbia University.
Individual winners of prizes re
ceive $500 each. The winning news
paper receives a gold medal valued
at $500.
The awards were provided for in
the will of Joseph Pulitzer, former
publisher of the New York World
and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1948 winners in the field of letters: 1
Most distinguished book of history
of the United States—Bernard de
Voto, for his “'Across the Wide
Missouri.”
Most distinguished American biog- j
raphy— Margaret Clapp, for her
“Forgotten First Citizen: John
Bigelow.” The author, a native of
East Orange, N. J . was graduated
from Wellesley College in 1930 and
received her doctor of philosophy
degree from Columbia in 1946.
Most distinguished volume of verse j
—W. H. Auden, for his “Age of
Anxiety.”
Music Prize to Harvard Professor.
The prize for music was won by
Walter Piston, a native of Rockland,
Me., and professor of music at Har
vard University. He won the award
for his “Symphony No. 3.” per-i
formed for the first time by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra last
January.
In the journalism field:
Distinguished example of local re- !
porting—George E. Goodwin, staff
writer of the Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Goodwin. 30, won the prize
for his stories exposing vote frauds
in Telfair County, Ga , in the gen
eral election of November 5, 1946.
Distinguished reporting on na-1
tional affairs—awards won by Bert
Andrews, chief of the New’ York
Herald Tribune's Washington bu
reau since 1941, and Nat S. Finney
of the Minneapolis Tribune.
Mr. Andrews won the prize for a j
series of documented stories telling
how a State Department employe'
was dismissed after an FBI inves
tigation without being informed of
the nature of the chargee against
him.
The award to Mr. Finney was
made for his stories describing a
Truman administration plan to im
pose censorship on ordinary activ
ities of Federal civilian agencies in
peacetime.
Winners Include Paul W. Ward.
Distinguished example of report
ing of international affairs—Paul
W. Ward, 42, correspondent for the
Baltimore Sun, for a series of arti- j
cles on life in the Soviet Union.
Distinguished editorial writing
Virginius Dabney, 47, editor of the j
Richmond Times-Dispatch, for gen- j
eral editorial writing.
Distinguished example of a car
toonist's work—Ruben L iRube»
Goldberg, 64, of the New York Sun.
He won the prize for a cartoon
called “Peace Today.”
Outstanding example of news
photography—Frank Cushing, 32, of
the Boston Traveler, for his pho-j
tograph entitled “Boy Gunman and
Hostage."
The picture showed a 15-year-old
delinquent using another frightened !
boy as a shield while he exchanged j
shots with police in an alley.
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BERT ANDREWS. NAT S. FINNEY.. FAUL W. WARD.
R L. GOLDBERG. VIRGINIIS DABNEY. BERNARD DE VOTO.
These men won Pulitzer Prizes in their respective fields for
the year 1947. Mr. Andrews (New York Herald Tribune) and
Mr. Finney (Minneapolis Tribune) won the prizes for distin
guished examples of reporting on national affairs, published
in daily newspapers, and Mr. Ward (Baltimore Sun) for his re
porting on international affairs in a series of articles on life in
the Soviet Union. Mr. Goldberg (New York Sun) won the award
for a cartoon, "Peace Today,” and Mr. Dabney (Richmond Times
Dispatch) for editorial writing. Mr. De Voto’s "Across the Wide
Missouri,” was judged the most distinguished book on the
history of the United States. —AP Wirephotos.
Maryland Democrats
Renominate Sasscer
And 2 of 3 Others
By John V. Horner
Three of Maryland's four
Democratic House members, in
cluding Representative Sasscer
of the 5th district, won renomi
nation yesterday in primaries
which failed to arouse political
enthusiasm.
Only Representative Meade of the
turbulent 2d district was rejected
by his party. On the basis of nearly !
complete unofficial returns, the first-1
term Democrat was defeated by
State Senator William P. Bolton in
the Baltimore City-Baltimore Coun
ty contest.
F. Byrne Austin, Takoma Park
businessman and a party worker,
of long standing, won the Demo
cratic House nomination in the 6th
district after a hard fight with Will
Allen, labor-backed Bcthesda news
paperman.
In the State's closest race, Mr.
Austin eked out victory over Mr.
Allen by 297 votes, with four small
rural precincts unreported. He will
oppose Representative Beall of
Frostburg in November.
Beall and Miller I nopposed.
Mr. Beall and Representative Mil
ler of the 1st district, the only Re
publicans of the State's congres-!
sional delegation, were renominated
by their party without opposition.
In other voting yesterday town1
officials were elected by nine com- j
manities in Prince Georges County!
and 10 in Montgomery. The coun
ties also completed the makeup of
delegations to the State conventions
to be held later this month in Bal
timore.
Representative Sasscer was an
easy winner in the 5th district.
Complete, unofficial returns showed
he polled 16.104 votes to 4,946 for
George Sachse, Glen Burnie lawyer
and tobacco grower.
Weidemeyer Nominated.
The 5th district Republicans nom
inated C. Maurice Weidemeyer,
Washington and Annapolis attorney,
to oppose Mr. Sasscer in November.
On the basis of reports from all but
10 precincts, Mr. Weidemeyer, the
organization candidate, received
2.453 votes to 1,450 for Edwin A.
Glenn, Suitland taxicab operator,
and 324 for Frank E. Vanderhoof of
Suitland.
Principal interest in the primary
results locally centered in the close
contest for the 6th district House
nomination.
Mr. Allen, who registered as a
voter only a few months ago, car
ried Allegany and Washington
Counties by substantial margins. He
also far outdistanced Mr. Austin in
Frederick County, which was won
by a third candidate, Dawson J.
Horine of Myersville.
Mr. Austin's victory was scored on
the basis of his suport from Mont
gomery, which gave him 2.832 votes
against 1,948 for Mr. Allen. The
nominee also carried Garrett Coun
ty, but by a much smaler margin.
With 276 of 280 precincts counted,
the vote w'as:
Mr. Austin 3.814, Mr. Allen 3,517.
Mr. Horine 1,675 and Thomas
O'Connell of Forest Glen 484.
From a field of 12 candidates.
Montgomery County Democrats
chose the following State conven
tion delegation: Jerry T. Williams,
Laytonsville; Blaire Lee III, Mrs.
Camilla O. Bowman and William E.
Hewitt, Silver Spring; Robert Wade
Beall. Bethesda; Mrs. Ann H. Roach,
Chevy Chase, and Charles W.
Prettyman, Rockville.
Montgomery Elects Delegates.
The Montgomery Republicans,
also with 12 candidates, elected as
their delegates George W. Johnson
and Adolph E. Gude, jr„ Rockville;
J. Douglas Bradshaw, Takoma Park;
Paul M Caughlan and Emil B. El
kins, Silver Spring, and County
Commissioner Wesley I. Sauter,
Bethesda. With one precinct miss
ing, Mrs. Ruth Bliss. Takoma Park,
was leading Lilian W. Smith. Chevy
Chase, 817 to 800, for the seventh
delegate.
Democratic Representatives re
nominated with Mr. Sasscer are
Edward A. Garmatz in the 3d dis
trict, and George H. Fallon in the
4th.
First district Democrats nom
inated S. Scott Beck over former
State Senator Earl Bennett and two
other aspirants. Mr. Beck will
oppose Representative Miller in the
general election.
In 417 of the 2d district's 419 pre
cincts, Mr. Bolton led Representa
tive Meade 24,814 to 23,288.
Commencement Shift
For Truman Protested
By the Associated Press
BERKELEY, Calif.. May 4—Stu
dents yesterday protested changing
the University of California com
mencement date to accommodate
President Truman.
The date was changed from June
19 to June 12 so the President could
deliver the commencement address.
"What is the sense of having a
commencement in the middle of
final examinations?" asked one let
ter signed by 30 seniors and appear
ing in the Daily Californian, student
newspaper.
"We will graduate and then have
to come back to study.”
"It appears that our commence
ment is being turned into a political
track meet,” wrote Charles R. Mc
Donald, another protesting senior.
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2 Texas Towns Dig Out
After Tornado Kills 3,
Batters Wide Area
By th» Aisociotcd PrMt
McKINNEY, Tex., May 4.—Mc
Kinney and nearby Princeton began
to dig out of the debris today after
the two North Texas towns were hit
yesterday by a tornado that lulled
three, injured 53 and caused wide
spread damage.
The storm, lashing out of a
darkened, hail-swept sky, lengthened
the list of tornado casualities in six
States within a 48-hour period to
23 dead and more than 156 injured.
Storms hit Texas, Oklahoma, Mis
souri. Kentucky and West Virginia.
In Princeton, Earl Walker, chair
man of the Collin County Red Cross
Chapter, said “everybody pitched in
and helped us to get back on our
feet.”
Heavy Damage Reported.
The tornado battered the south
part of McKinney and traveled on
to Princeton, where heavy damage
was suffered.
The dead were identified as J. H.
Maynor, 35, who lived on a farm
near Princeton; Mrs. Yola Lowry,
78, McKinney, and Arthur Holmes,
whose age and address were not
immediately learned.
Mr. Maynor was struck by light
ning which accompanied the storm.
He was riding on a tractor in a
field near his farmhouse.
Both Mrs. Lowry and Arthur
Holmes, described as a child, were
hit by flying debris.
Telephone and power lines were
knocked out temporarily.
Two field kitchens were speeded
here to help feed hundreds of
homeless. One was sent here from
Fort Worth and the other, a Red
Cross mobile unit, from Oklahoma
City.
Half Million in Damage.
Mayor R. F. Newsome and Public
Works Director J. R. Bryan esti
mated that damage in McKinney
alone exceeded $500,000.
Hardest hit here were the Fannie
Finch elementary school, the Texas
Textile Cotton Mills, employing
hundreds, and the city hospital.
At the elementary school, Prin
cipal C. T. Eddins suffered the loss
of a finger when a door slammed
shut op it, but no other serious in
juries were reported there although
school was in session.
The roof of the three-story City
Hospital was lifted off, but Miss
Bertha Broch, superintendent, said
no one was injured.
Power was disrupted, however.
Nurses used flashlights and lanterns.
Most of the injured were taken
there and later transferred to a vet
erans' hospital nearby, which was
not damaged.
Briggs' Bank Theft Trial
Opens in Alexandria
Trial of David Briggs for the theft
of $27,000 from the Alexandria First
National Bank night depository last
June opened today before Judge
I William P. Woolls in Alexandria
i Corporation Court.
Defending Briggs Is Attorney John
M. Holzworth, who furnished in
i formation that led to Briggs’ arrest
i in Detroit and his indictment.
Briggs, 36, colored, has pleaded not
guilty.
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Rail Strike Is Likely,
Mediator Declares
After Futile Parleys
By th« Associated Press
CHICAGO, May 4.—A Nation
wide railroad strike, set to start
a week from today, appears like
ly, according to a Federal me
diator who has been striving
to head off the walkout of three
operating brotherhoods.
"It looks very much like there
might be a strike." Frank Douglass,
chairman of the National (Railway)
Mediation Board, declared yester
day. "The pictures does not look
good.”
His comment followed four days
of apparently unsuccessful meetings
with the unions and carriers. How
ever, he said the board planned
further sessions today in a final at
tempt to settle the wage dispute.
"Tuesday (today) might very well
be our last day in Chicago,” Mr.
Douglass told newsmen. "If the pic
ture doesn't change we may well
decide there is nothing more to do
here.”
Mr. Douglass said thL ‘‘White
House was being kept informed of
the progress of negotiations.” There
was no immediate word from Wash
ington on whether some Govern
ment action might be expected. Mr.
Douglass did not disclose who was
being kept advised at the White
House on the talks here.
There appears no further step for
the Government to take to head off
the strike by the carriers’ key
workers—about 190,000 engineers,
[firemen and switchmen — which
would cripple the country’s rail
service. The mediation board’s
last-minute attempt to avert the
threatened tieup is the final step
provided by present law. The dis
pute has been threshed out in all
procedure provided by the Railway
Labor Act.
The carriers, Mr. Douglas said,
are standing pat on the recommend
ation made by a presidential fact
finding board for a wage hike of
15cents an hour and changes in
•some working rules. The unions,
•he said, are insisting that the rail
roads negotiate on rules changes
not recommended by the board.
"Neither side has deviated from
the positions it had when we came
here last Thursday morning,” Mr.
Douglass said.
He said both sides recognized that
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granting the three unions a pay
raise beyond the 15 cents recom
mended by the board would mean
similar hikes to all other railroad
workers.
Eighteen other rail unions accept
ed the 15ti cents hourly raise last
fall. The engineers, firemen and|
switchmen had asked for a pay raise •
of 30 per cent, with a minimum1
boost of $3 a day.
The working rules, Mr. Douglass'
said, provided a possible basis for
settlement. Changes in some rules
would mean more money for some
workers. The rules govern methods
of calculating payment for specific
types of work. Mr. Douglass said
the unions might accept the wage
proposal if granted some rules
changes.
Alvanley Johnston, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, said in Cleveland that if
the carriers would agree to rule
changes “it would go a long way
toward settlement” of the dispute.
‘■The railroads have made no new
offer,” Mr. Johnston said. “We feel
our men should have more money,
but if we could get an agreement
on rule changes it would go a long
way toward a settlement.”
Marshall and Koo Exchange
Notes on $463,000,000 Aid
An exchange of notes between
Secretary of State Marshall and
Chinese Ambassador V. K. Welling
ton Koo. opening the way for an
immediate start on the $463,000,000
China aid program authorized by
Congress, was made public by the
State Department yesterday.
Dr. Koo's note pledged his gov
ernment's adherence to the "pur
poses and policies” set forth in the
foreign aid legislation. A detailed
agreement will be concluded later.
Among the questions left for
determination later were terms of
repayment for any reconstruction
assistance extended under the pro
gram. The note provided that,
when aid is extended in the form
of grants, Chinese currency will
be set aside for use of the United
States in defraying administrative
expenses of the program in China
and for other purposes to be agreed
upon later.
The China aid program will be
administered by Paul Hoffman,
economic co-dperation administra
tor, along with the European Re
covery Program.
H. C. Lilly, Top-Rated Jet Pilot,
Killed as Sky Streak Crashes
By the Associated Press
Howard C. Lilly, 30-year-old test
pilot, was killed yesterday at Muroc
Airbase. Calif., wdiile taking off in
the Douglas Sky Streak, a single
engine jet which
holds the world’s
speed recprd.
Word of his
death was re
ceived here *by
John Victory,
secretary of the
National Ad
visory Commit
tee for Aeronau
tics, the top
Government
agency for avia
tion research.
The Sky Streak
is being used to
study maneuver- Mr. Lilly,
ing problems at speeds above the
speed of sound. At sea level the
speed of sound is roughly 760 miles
per hour.
Mr. Victory said he was told the
plane rolled over and crashed as it
was taking off on one of a series of
tests flights by Mr. Lilly. He had
been flying the No. 2 Sky Streak
since November.
Mr. Lilly was rated the NACR's
top jet test pilot. He flew a surplus
Bellairacobra fighter in the National
Air Races at Cleveland in 1946. Ha
then was stationed at NACA's air
craft propulsion ' laboratory, near
Cleveland.
Mr. Lilly was unmarried. Hla
parents live at Beckley, W. Va.
Flying the first of the two Sky
Streak models last August, Lt. Col.
Marion E. Carl of the Marine Corps
put the world's speed record at 650
miles an hour.
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