Pulitzer prizes awarded to Wouk and Kramm for fiction and drama
The 1952 Pulitzer for fiction goes to Herman Wouk for The Caine Mutiny about life aboard a U S Navy destroyer minelayer. Joseph Kramm wins for drama with The Shrike starring Jose Ferrer, while St Louis Post Dispatch and Kansas City Star receive journalism citations for public service and flood coverage respectively.
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New York
Herman Wouk
Pacific
Joseph Kramm
Jose Ferrer
Columbia University
Grayson Kirk
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kansas City Star
Kansas
Missouri
Oscar Handtin
United States
Merle J. Pusey
Charles Evans
Quay Wall Contract Approved by Harbor Board
Johnson Western Constructors awarded a $667,408 contract by the Board of Harbor Commissioners for a quay wall at Berth 201 Pier A. The board also authorized bids for two car stakeouts to empty bulk loaded railroad cars.
Nunan Refuses to Reveal Source of Investment Cash
Washington May 5. Joseph D Nunan Jr sworn under oath that he accepted no outside fees while Internal Revenue Commissioner but declined to name any source of investment cash. The testimony raised questions about potential conflicts and the need for clarity on private funding behind his ventures.
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Nunan
Washington
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue
Pay Day Loan Plan Offered by Aetna Finance Co
Working people may borrow 50 dollars cash at once on salary with a 30 day plan costing 1.25 if repaid in 20 days. Amounts up to 500 or more available on salary, auto, or furniture. Office at 142 American Avenue. J Boecker is manager. Also notes tax official Nunan testifying before House Ways and Means on tax scandals, King scolding, and Byrnes remarks about trial rights.
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Aetna Finance Co
American Avenue
Mney
Aetna
J. Boecker
Nunan
House
Waya and Means
Cecil R. King
D-Cal
Congressional
King
Applebaum
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Wake Island
Louis la Coss
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fred L. Packer
New York Mirror
John Robinson
Don Altang
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Johnny Bright
J. Edward Malone
D.C
E. Broadway
E. Malone
Votaty
Can Roth
Tesmo
Speed Queen
Westinghouse
Detroit
Pak Sip
Atlantic
Liberal
Green
Long Beach
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