1943 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1943.

Journalism awards

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, "for his editorials published during the calendar year 1942".
Editorial Cartooning:
*Jay Norwood Darling of the Register and Tribune, for "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign".
Photography:
*Frank Noel of the Associated Press, for his photo entitled, "Water!", portraying a desperate sailor on a lifeboat fleeing from the Japanese invasion of Singapore.