Evening star., 1938-03-24
Star Safety Photos Win
Photographers and Reporter Awarded
Prize for Campaign to Cut Accidents.

Irving Lash, Evening Star reporter,
and four Evening Star photographers
were honored last night by the Com
mercial investment Trust Safety
Foundation for a series Of picture
strips published in The Star last
summer depicting automobile accident
hazards.
Elwood Baker, Randolph Routt,
John Mueller and Gus Chinn were
the photographers to share the honor,
consisting OF a cash award of $l00.
Earl N Heap, picture editor Of The
Star, accepted the award for the
group at dinner given by the
foundation in New York last night
Foundation awards for various safety
efforts through newspaper articles and
pictures totaled s2,500. with employees
of the newspapers being the sole
recipients.
Post Reporter Wins $3.50.
In the reporter class first prize of
$500 went to Jack Drury, Nashville
(Tenn) Banner; second prize of $3.50
to Howard Wentworth, Washington
Post. /. E. Kirkland, Kansas City
Kansas, and Harry B. Moses, Dallas
(Tex) Journal, were tied for third
and fourth places and received SIS
each.
The following received honorable
mention and $25 each: Richard Fowl
er, Kansas City tMo) Star; Lester H.
McCrea, Canton (Ohio) Repository;
John Montgomery, Memphis Com
mercial Appeal; Blair Moody, Detroit
News; Donald Short. New York Jour-
nal and American, and c. O. Skinner,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Editorial writers-E. w. Keever,
Dayton (Ohio) Herald. $500; H. A.
Van Dusen. Gary Ind) Post Tribune,
$3.50; w. A. Daugherty. Kansas City
Kansan, 500, and John M. Clark,
Washington Post, $50.
CartOonist Awards.
Cartoonists-C. D. Bachelor, New
York Daily News, $3.50; Jerry Costello,
Albany IN. " Knickerbocker News,
$50; George White, Tampa (F1a)
Tribune, SIS, and Keith Temple, New
Orleans Times Picayune, $50.
Photographers - Washington Star
group. 500; Ralph B. Jones, Atlanta
Journal, $75; James Crossley, Akron
(Ohio) Times Press, $50, and Harry
Goodwin, Washington Post, s25.
The grand award OF $4,000 went to
Paul 6. Hoffman, president Of the
Studebaker Corp Prizes were award
ed, the foundation announced. lin
recognition of nationally outstanding
activities and leadership in the field
of trsfic safety"
Mr.. Hoffman last night rejected the
award. urging that the sum be di-
vided between Norman Dimon, director
Of the foundation. and c. c. McGill.
assistant director, to whom he ac-
corded much of the credit for the inn
proved safety record Of 1887.
The idea for The Star strips, pub
lished during the latter part Of Au-
gust and the first few days of Septem-
ber, 1887, was conceived in the belief
it would be more effective means
of attracting the attention of motor
lists and pedestrians than by present.
ing the same subjects in stories.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton and the Metropolitan Police De-
partment co-operated to the fullest
extent in making it possible to gather
the material and take the pictures:
Before starting the series, which
consisted of 10 picture strips" de-
picting the principal causes Of acci-
dents in Washington. careful study
was made of casualty statistics over
q period of several years.
Pictures Praised Locally.
The pictures received favorable
reception here, being praised by trafic
officials, civic groups, and even being
made the subject of q church sermon.
At the suggestion Of the A. A. A.
matrices and glossy prints were made
of the series for distribution to other
papers throughout the country.
AS a result ~ other newspapers IN
IA States reproduced the pictures
either In their daily news columns or
in rotogravure sections, with The Star
and the A. A. A. given credit for the
pictures.
John w. Darr, principal trustee OF
c. I. T., in presenting the awards
last night, remarked on this wide cir
culation of The Star material and the
consequent influence 1t exerted
throughout the country.
The States in which the pictures
were reprinted were New York, Penn
sylvania, Texas, Idaho, West vir-
ginia, Iowa. Michigan, Maryland, In
diana, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, Con-
necticut and Virginia.
In commenting on the award to-
day Russell E. Singer. general man
ager Of the A. A. A., said:
TT should be . source of great
pride to Washingtonians that The
Evening Star has been awarded the