Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...type of accolade, which radio piously hopes will rank with journalism's Pulitzer Prizes and cinema's Oscars, was awarded for the first time last week. The trophies were four bronze medallions, each the size of a hockey puck. Their name: the George Foster Peabody Award "for conspicuous service in radio broadcasting." Selected for the first honors were: CBS (among chains), Cincinnati's 50,000-watt WLW (among big stations), Cleveland's 5,000-watt WGAR (among middle-sized stations), Columbia, null 250-watt KFRU (among small...
Significant clause in the present $15,000 offer: "Since experiments by Dunninger and others have proved telepathy to an acceptable degree, demonstrations of this nature are not eligible for the award...
...hand to award the prizes was full-blown Eleanor Holm Rose, perennial backstroke champion from 1928 to 1936. Said she: "It seems funny...
...13th round they had their answer. Dazed, dead-armed, after paralyzing rights to the jaw had floored him a third and a fourth time, the challenger suddenly turned his back on the champion, staggered over to the ropes. Louis, perplexed, stood stock-still, calmly watched the referee award him the fight on a technical knockout...
Marian Anderson, 33, patrician Negro contralto, daughter of a onetime washerwoman, won the $10,000 Philadelphia Award (founded in 1921 by the late Edward W. Bok), given annually to the person who does most for the community. Contralto Anderson promised the money to "poor, unfortunate, very talented people...