public service: Indianapolis News for its successful campaign to eliminate waste in city management and to reduce the tax levy.
beat reporting : W. C. Richards, D. D. Martin, J. S. Pooler, F. D. Webb and J. N. W. Sloan of Detroit Free Press for their account of the parade of the America Legion during the 1931 convention in Detroit.
correspondence : Charles G. Ross of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his article entitled, "The Country's Plight, What Can Be Done About It?", a discussion of economic situation of the United States
