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...Reporter Talcott Powell; a series on the real estate bond racket by Reporters Joseph Lilly & Fred Woltman; an expose of the lottery schemes of the Eagles and Moose lodges which led to Federal prosecution (TIME. Aug. 29 et seq.) by Reporter Winston Murrill; urging New York City voters to write-in the name of upstanding Joseph V. McKee for Mayor, after Tammany had rejected his candidacy. The McKee campaign resulted in 242,026 write-in votes. It was directed personally by Publisher Howard and Editor Lee Wood. Other Pulitzer prizes announced last week: Best Foreign Correspondence - to Edgar Ansel Mowrer...