Overseas Press Club

Awards Ceremony

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Awards ceremony. The unidentified host gives three awards:

1. for coverage of the war zone in Europe: Leland Stowe, Chicago Daily News for his reporting on the fifth column activities in Norway

2. for coverage of the war in China, which threatens to merge with the rest of the second World War: Hallett Abend, of the New York Times

3. for reporting of the war over the radio: Edward Murrow of CBS. Paul White, of CBS, accepts the award on his behalf and makes a very short speech.

William H. Ingram then comes to the stage and delivers a speech.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 69092
Municipal archives id: LT364

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