| Year | Name(s) | Publication | Rationale |
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| 1929 | Paul Scott Mowrer | Chicago Daily News | "for his coverage of international affairs including theFranco-British Naval Pact andGermany's campaign for revision of theDawes Plan." |
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| 1930 | Leland Stowe | New York Herald Tribune | "for the series of articles covering conferences on reparations and the establishment of theinternational bank." |
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| 1931 | H. R. Knickerbocker | New York Post | "for a series of articles on the practical operation of theFive Year Plan in Russia." |
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| 1932 | Walter Duranty | The New York Times | "for his series of dispatches on Russia specifically the working out of theFive Year Plan." |
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| Charlie Ross | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | "for his article entitled, 'The Country's Plight—What Can Be Done about It?,' a discussion ofeconomic situation of the United States." |
| 1933 | Edgar Ansel Mowrer | Chicago Daily News | "for his day-by-day coverage and interpretation of the series of German political crises in 1932, beginning with thepresidential election and the struggle ofAdolf Hitler for public office." |
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| 1934 | Frederick T. Birchall | The New York Times | "for his correspondence from Europe." |
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| 1935 | Arthur Krock | The New York Times | "for his Washington dispatches." |
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| 1936 | Wilfred Barber | Chicago Tribune | "for his reports of thewar in Ethiopia."[a] |
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| 1937 | Anne O'Hare McCormick | The New York Times | "for her dispatches and feature articles from Europe in 1936." |
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| 1938 | Arthur Krock | The New York Times | "for his exclusive authorized interview with thePresident of the United States on February 27, 1937." |
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| 1939 | Louis P. Lochner | Associated Press | "for his dispatches fromBerlin." |
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| 1940 | Otto D. Tolischus | The New York Times | "for his dispatches fromBerlin." |
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| 1941 | Group award | "In place of an individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that a bronze plaque or scroll be designed and executed to recognize and symbolize the public services and the individual achievements of American news reporters in the war zones ofEurope,Asia andAfrica from the beginning of thepresent war." |
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| 1942 | Carlos P. Romulo | Philippines Herald | "for his observations and forecasts ofFar Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers fromHong Kong toBatavia." |
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| 1943 | Hanson W. Baldwin | The New York Times | "for his report of hiswartime tour of the Southwest Pacific." |
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| 1944 | Ernie Pyle | Scripps-Howard Newspapers | "for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1943." |
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| 1945 | Hal Boyle | Associated Press | "for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944." |
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| 1946 | Arnaldo Cortesi | The New York Times | "for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports fromBuenos Aires, Argentina." |
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| 1947 | Brooks Atkinson | The New York Times | "for distinguished correspondence during 1946, as exemplified by his series of articles on Russia." |
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