Show Child Motor Deaths Reduced Over Half Most l of the Children Killa Kill Killed Were Vere a Those Attending Schools Where No Safety Education Was Being Taught Louisville Makes Progress in Protecting Lives S progress In the the the-J SENSATIONAL reduction ot of o the th number ot of childrens children's lives lost In automobile accidents have been accomplish cd ed cd by 1 b tho city of ot Louis Louisville Le ac- according cordine c-cordine cording to lo tho monthly Street Traffic Report of or tho National Automobile Chamber of ot Commerce The Tho child motor fatalities In that city cit were sixty-nine sixty per cent low low- lower lower er In 1926 1328 than in 1923 when n-hanm-hool n school safely safety effort efforts were organized or organ organ- lel an Tho The Louisville child motor fa fr fatality record for tor the th rut past pa t tour four yearn has declined All as a follow Year Total 1933 1923 23 1924 1321 14 11 1 1323 1935 S 8 1926 1 2 7 Safety education In hr the elemen elemen- elementary elementary tary public schools and the tho or- or organization or of Junior Safety Coun Coun- Councils Councils arc are stated to be b the chief aids In getting R these results December motor fatality fig tic ores urea ures for or cities having moro more population are seven per percent percent cEnt under December a a year ago and eleven per cent under Novem November ber The totals for tor tho the year In th the cities of this size record a close to four per Ier cent Increase over 1925 On the other hand pre pre- preliminary pre preliminary reports from front some ot of the tales elates Indicate that the tho grand total for tho the country may be b no nomore nomore nomore more than last year and perhaps hUV under MADE UE GUNS GAINS Boston Doston SL St Louis and Pitts burc burg have made mad the tho b bent be t records among the first ten cities clUes say Alvan Macauley director of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce commenting on ort on tho tha fig fig- figures figurer fig figure ures ure In the report Health department de- de department de department reports report for tor gl give vc a larger total than tor for 1925 but when these thee were sere classified showIng the accidents accident actually Ih the city the th record shows sho's an Im- Im Improvement improvement Im Improvement provement New Y York rk though the year ear wll- wll was a II bad one records a avery avery very ery marked Improvement ement In De- De December December De December cember compared with December r ra a year y ar ago aco and with November Xo The reason for this Is probablY to be ba b found In the activity ot of the school department the police department and the th New cw York Automobile Club la In the tho fall of lUG 1926 ILLES I Without minimizing tho the work that Is being done n in n many cities It Is worth worthwhile willie to point to the remarkable child welfare accomplishment In hr Louisville llIo where I progress has been maintained over overa a period of years year The statement of the II i Is outlined by F F I more Gil-more Gil- Gil Gilmore Gil I more Jr Manager of the Louis Loul- yule Safety Safely Council a as follows In the tho faU fall of ot 1923 safely lately edu cotlon cation was mado a R part of ot the curriculum In all of or the elemen demon elementary elementary tary Lary public pul schools and by the tho end nd of oC that year ear a Junior Safe Safe- Safety Safety ty Council was wae wa organized In hr one of ot those tho a schools This how however ever er was too late to havo have any ay effect upon the child for 1923 which w amounted to 21 23 chil children dren dNn of or school age are By Dy the tha first ot of 1924 1921 the th motorists motorist began to comment upon the thane change In the attitude of o the children when Ie crossing the th streets and asked Question What has been done don Of course coune the answer was Safe ty Education CUT nn TU TOLL TOLU In 1924 fourteen children of school age le were killed by automo automobiles biles n whilo In 1925 only eight lost their thelt lives liven live and In 1826 1 2 there ther have hae been 7 children of school age one One One point worth noting In this connection Is that a large per per- percentage per percentage of the children killed In 11 have havo been children who were attending the parochial schools where nothing was being done along the lines of oC safety el- el education ed education and ond where no Junior Sate SaCe Safety ty Councils existed Commencing In the fall of 1926 1026 the he parochial schools took hold or of this till work so o that we hop hope that our record for tor 1927 will show even en a larger reduction in inchild Inchild Inchild child fatalities SET SAFETY S FY RECORD We had a record for a 8 period or of S 6 of 11 months an and t ten n days without a single tingle child In inthe the public school system being I killed by an nn automobile and th total number of oC children enrolled In this system Is I something om over |