Evening star., 1932-06-01
.STAR DRIVERS GET
/. e SAFETY AWARDS
Winners Complete $4,000
Miles Without Single
Accident.

Twenty-nine awards for safe driving
were MADE today to drivers of news
trucks and automobiles of The Evening
Star by the National Safety Council.
Eleven of the recipients were given
medals and certificates for the success
ful completion CT two years of driving
without an accident.
The number of awards to The Stars
drivers this year represents an increase
of II per cent over the number recelv-
ing these honors in 1881 Last year II
drivers completed $4,000 safe miles,
while the 20 drivers receiving the
awards today completed 6l0,3o0 miles
Presented by Moves.
Presentation of the medals and cita-
tions was made in The Star Building
by Frank B. Noyes president OF The
Evening Star Newspaper Co, who con-
graduated the drivers on their SpleEdio
record. which. he said. is all the more
outstanding when consideration is giveE
to the eXacting nature Of the news
paper delivery.
The best record for safe driving was
that Of Rufus NJ. Pobst, rural agent
who received a two-year award 1or
70 900 miles of safe driving. James W.
Thompson, another rural agent. with
record of $4,000 miles without
single accident, was next, and Fred A.
Straining, with $4,000 safe miles, was
third
Mrs. Melba Fuchs of The Stars med
ical clinic. who was the first woman
driver to receive the award Of the Ma
tional Safety Council last year. received
a two-year award today for completing
- 900 miles of safe driving.
Congratulations Read.
A telegram of congratulation ad-
dressed to Mr. Moves by w. H. Cameron,
managing director of the National
Safety Council was read to the recip-
tents of the awards and other Star
drivers by Fleming Newbold, business
manager of the newspaper.
The continued leadership Of The
Star in safe driving in washington and
in the newspaper industry is indeed
stimulating to the national safety
movement" Mr. Cameron telegraphed.
The National Safety Council is proud
of your 20 drivers who operated over
100000 miles in the past year without
single accident, and We are happy to
recognize their achievement with the
national safe driving emblem, the no
accident driver" award
1T is doubly gratifying to congratu-
late your ii drivers who have COM
pleted their second year of safe drlv-
ing and to present to them the first
two-year awards to be given in Wash
ington and the first to newspaper
drivers anywhere. BY doubling your
fleet, your no-accident mileage total
and cutting your accidents in half over
the previous year in the face Of cor
responding 10 per cent increase IN
motor vehicle deaths in the District
your drivers have again proved careful
driving will eliminate accidents.
Cites Splendid Example.
May their splendid example en-
courage every Washington motorist to
drive safely, thereby stopping the tragic
increase in vehicle accidents that last
year alone brought death to IS per-
sons in the National Capital"
William A. Van Duzer, District traf-
f1c director, was a guest at the presen-
tation ceremonies, and congratulated
the successful drivers.
Others receiving the two-year awards
and the safe miles they covered include:
Alfred G. A. Lyons. colored. $4,000
B. Porter $4,000: Be-ton F. Lewis,
colored, $4,000; Walter E. Thompson,
20. 400; Eugene v. Smith, 1880, and
Philip w. Briscoe, colored. 10000.
Those receiving one-year awards in
cluded: Vernon J. Padgett, $4,000 safe
miles: M. S. McCrink, 10000: Donald
Bowie, $4,000; Claude A. Thompson
SO 600; Leslie L. Thompson, $4,000:
Berry Payne, 10000; Samuel M. Jayroe
24,OO0; Roy Gray, colored, $4,000; Will
liam T. Roache, colored, $1,000; John
w. Beha. $4,000: Howard M Baggett
II 900; Charles G.. Prentiss, colored, IA
600; George w. Melfelt, $4,000; John c.
Tibbs, 10000; Carl E. Bean, 10000; H.
L. Patten. 11,000: James Lucas. COL
ored, $500, and Edwin H. West, 5000.