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'Nobel Prize Winners at Anniversary Dinner: Sigrid Undset(Left), Nobel Prize winner in Literature for 1928; and Pearl Buck, winner of 1938, meet for a chat before the Nobel Anniversary Dinner held Dec. 10 in New York City, held by the common council for American Unity.  The Anniversary Dinner in the U.S. this year was given in lieu of the annual awards made in Oslo and Stockholm, but which were interrupted by the war.  Pearl Buck said that unless a "Miracle" occurs another war might develop after the present struggle to save freedom for the world.  There were 26 other Nobel Prize winners at the dinner.'

1. Pearl S. Buck at Anniversary Dinner

'An anniversary dinner for former winners of the Nobel Peace Prizes was held tonight under the auspices of the Common Council for American Unity.  Because of the war, no new prizes were awarded since the outbreak of Hostilities.  Here, at the dinner, are, (left to right): Sir Norman Angell, Peace Prize Winner in 1933; Pearl Buck, Literature Prize, 1938; and Arthur Holly Compton, Physics Prize, 1936.'

2. Pearl Buck--Nobel Dinner Held for Former Winners