Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall: Exposing Graft and the 1936 Pulitzer Prize
Jerry Harrington
Crusading Iowa Journalist Verne Marshall: Exposing Graft and the 1936 Pulitzer Prize
Jerry Harrington
On December 12, 1934, police raided a canning factory in Cedar Rapids, uncovering an illegal liquor and gambling set-up. Verne Marshall, tempestuous editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, sensed a bigger story and a wider network of corruption. His aggressive investigative reporting led to multiple resignations, nearly fifty indictments and the dramatic trial of the state s attorney general. These explosive exposes earned Verne Marshall and the paper the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. Author Jerry Harrington traces the legacy of Marshall s incendiary crusade across Iowa s political landscape.
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