Evening star., 1949-04-15
Safety Council Award
To Star Cites Service
InAccident Prevention.

The Evening Star today received
. Public Interest Award from the
National Safety Council for excep-
tional service in accident preven-
ton during 1913.
The awards were made in Chi
caso to 80 newspapers and 48 radio
stations In recognition Of out
standing efforts OF continuing and
exceptional nature by public in
formation for the national safety
movement last year.
In o letter to the editor OF The
Star. President Ned H. Dearborn
of the safety council, said today:
"Heartiest congratulations on a
Job we'll done-and our sincere
hope that you will continue to sup
port safety so aggressively and
continuously this year that you
may be nominated for the 1949
award"
Largely Mansfleld's Activity.
He conveyed the deep apprecia-
ton Of the judges of the "excep-
tion4 service you have given
safety through your accident pre-
vention activities"
The Stars efforts to tell the
safety story to Washington is en-
bodied largely In the work OF re-
tired Police Inspector Dick Mans
field. who. as director of the news
papers school safety program. Wis
It's school children the year around
with lectures and drawings on
how to be careful.
His cartoon -chatter has been
sponsored by The Star since 1943.
and Inspector Mansfield has kept
himself constantly busy with civic
groups. Boy and Girl Scout troops
and parent teacher meetings.
= Inspector Mansfield. who is au-
thor of the Sunday Stars cartoon
feature, Those Were the Happy
Days." has been a student Of safe
ty for 23 years. 1t was as young
motorcycle policeman that he gave
his first safety lecture. after he
saw a small boy fatally injured by
an automobile.
Blackboard Characters.
Now his lectures are illustrated
with his own pen as he talks. For
the children, Inspector Mansfield
features the Parade Of the Safety
Circus" This includes Safety
sally, who is wire walker but
not a iay-walker: Sammy and
Terry. the dead end kids. whose
fate was a cemetery: COCO, the
safety clown. with his traffic light
nose, and the cowboy hero, Les B.
Careful.
Inspector Mansfield usually
winds his programs UP with fun
quiz, q series Of tricky questions
about traffic safety. Correct an
swers are rewarded with movie
tickets.
Parents of more than $4,000
children pledged their co-opera-
ton with Inspector Mansfield's
safety efforts last year. He him
self Travelled 10000 miles and
brought his safety message to
more than 100000 persons last
year. a" 49, /
A special safety education prof.
ect of The Star last summer was
q three-week series Of demonstra-
tions by a safety trained, wire
haired terrier. Knee-Hi, which in
terested crowds of children at
various city Fairgrounds and at
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
summer camp at Scotland, Nd,
Patrol Lealers See Show.
Inspector Mansfield joined
forces with the dog and its MASTER
George E. Brunson. in a safety
show at the camp for 200 school
safety-patrol leaders attending
q weeks training under sponsor
ship Of the American Automobile
Association. The dog pulled hitch
mixers of trucks and double riders
of bicycles and chased jaywalkers
in demonstrations intended to in
spire safety consciousness.
The Star also gave special pub
licity to child traffic accidents last
year in an effort to arouse public
awareness of the need for observ-
ance of safety rules.
Mr.. Dearborn said the awards
are not competitive. The public
information activities reviewed by
the judges, Mr.. Dearborn said. re-
veal q tremendous voluntary con-
tribution to the cause Of safety.
without this support, he added.
and In many cases active leader
shin. the voice of safety would be