The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
CrUCSON, ARZONA)--A N2WJSPAPE. t'AN WHO WENT FROM SOFTS W ZITING TO WIN A PULITZER IN 1341 FOR AN EXPOSURE OF LABOR UNION RACKETEERING, WESTBROOK PEGLER, DIED TODAY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. HE WAS 74 (CORRECT) YEARS OLD. THE NATURE OF HIS ILLNESS HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED. HE HAD ENTERED THE HOSPITAL TWO WEEKS AGO. PEGLER HAD BEEN LIVING IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA SINCE 1D42- WRITING OPINION COLUMNS FOR THE HEARST SYNDICATE AND CONTRIBUTING FREE LANCE ARTICLES. BUT HE PARTED COi'PANY WITH HEARST IN 1-"2 BECAUSE OF WHAT WERE TERMED IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES ON VITAL MATTERS.