Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft.
- Honorable mention to the San Francisco Chronicle for "its part in settling the water front and warehouse strike in San Francisco, June 22 to Dec. 1, 1939". [1]
- Reporting:
- S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
- Correspondence:
- Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin.
- Honorable mention to Lloyd Lehrbas of the Associated Press for his dispatches from Warsaw, Bucharest, and Ankara. [1]
- Editorial Writing:
- Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year. [2]
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for "The 'Outstretched Hand'".
