Show heros award Is won by mechanic who flagged train with flashlight 11 1 ell 1 IM W 11 1 x V Z 1 J A 0 ar 4 DK Z 4 V t ralph W baker left receiving from mayor homer 0 dorsey doraey of 0 ohio the certificate awarded by the light for life ohio mechanic who flagged AN down au express train bringing it to a stop a tow seconds bo be toro fore it would havo have smashed into in an automobile which was stalled on the tracks has bas received the first 1938 certificate of merit awarded by the light for life foundation inc national safety organization the recipient ralph W bakers baker of forest ohio was waa handed the certificate by mayor homor 0 dorsey at a ceremony hold in tho the municipal building of findlay ohio a few miles from forest daker baker who to la 28 and his bla wife were driving home from A night basketball game approaching a railroad crossing they found that an automobile had failed to negotiate an IS S curvo curve near the crossing and had bad stall stalled od astride the trucks in the car were fire aye persons A fast flyer could bo be heard roaring toward the crossing baker grabbed hla his flashlight find and sped aped dow dawn the tracks signalling sign alling as aa he be ran the angliner angl ner eer aw w the tha beann baa slammed on tho the brakes and the train ground to a halt a few foot feet from the automobile in handing tho the to mr baker mayor dorsey said while the occupants of the car had time to get out thoy they were so dazed by this predicament that thoy they stood grouped nearby where they would have boon been injured by flying wreckage the groat great danger was that the express w alth I 1 th several hundred people aboard would be deral derailed led since the automobile was waa wedged in the tracks it la Is certain that but tor for mr bakers foresight la in having a light and hla his quick rims in using it there would have been a serious accident mayor dorsey praised the light tor for life Foun foundation dallon for its efforts to promote tho the cause of safety congratulating mr baker 0 on n winning one of the ten certificates given by the tha foundation each year yea r he expressed the hope hone that mr baker would also win the med medal al awarded by the foundation annually to one oo 00 of the ui winner |