17th Scripps National Spelling Bee
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The 17th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1941. This was the first year that Scripps-Howard (now E.W. Scripps Company) hosted the event. The winner was Louis Edward Sissman, correctly spelling the word initials.