Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1940 — Page 6
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TUESDAY, DEC. 3, 1940
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Martinsville Has [CHARLES W, HOLDER
rrested in Tavern Near Seymour for Crime In Tennessee.
' BROWNSTOWN, Ind. Dec. 3 (U. PB). — State Police Detective Ray-
mond Boll said today that Meral| §
McCoy, 23, of Lafollette, Tenn., had ~ ponfessed orally to him the slaying Of her mother, Mrs. Nannie Adams, last March because she thought she would inherit her mother’s $16 welfare checks. The Sheriff of Campbell Sey, Tenn. was expected to arrive t to take the girl to Lafollette to oy eharges of murder. Detective Boll said the girl told him that she and a male companion “had murdered her mother by putting a poison in her coffee. She said that at the time a doctor pro-
§ + nounced Mrs. Adams dead of pneu-
monia. Arrested in Tavern
The girl was arrested last Friday in a roadside inn near Seymour when the proprietor reported to police that she had been telling the story of the killing while intoxicated th the establishment. She was confined in the Seymour Jail and then moved to the county . Jail here. The girl had been visiting an aunt| near Jonesville in this area under the name of Maggie Adams. She said McCoy was the name of her father and the deceased first husband of her mother. Mrs. Adams second husband also is dead.
Hoped to Get Checks
The officer said the girl’s oral confession revealed that she and her companion planned the slaying in the hope that she, as the oldest child, would get the welfare checks. Meanwhile, Detective Boll said authorities were looking for her companion, but believed he was in Tennessee. He said the girl accused her companion of other murders in ‘Tennessee a system of getting his victims drunk, slugging them and placing their bodies on railroad tracks. A checkup with Tennessee authorities revealed that her companion had murdered Frank Romine in Campbell County in 1933, Detective Boll said. He was convicted of the criine and given a 10-year sen-
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Enrollment -for a second CAA pilot training course for Indianapolis youths not attending college has been set for Monday and Tuesday. The course, sponsored jointly by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and American Legion Pot 4, is open to youths who are residents of Indiana, betwéen the ages of 18 and 26 as of last July 1, and in good physical condition. Those wearing glasses will not be admitted. Approximately 100 will be selected for ground school instruction. Classes for white youths will be at Tech High School and ‘those for Negro youths at Crispus Attucks. Those qualfying will receive flight scholarships at the close of the ground school course. Enrollment is scheduled/from 10 a. m to 2 p. m. Monday and from
7:30 to 8:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Indiana World War Memorial Shrine Building. Applicants Ho use the Vermont St. entrance. Plans for the course “were announced by Henry E. Ostrom, chairman of the C. of C. aviation committee, and William R. Dexheimer, representing the Legion post. H. H.
tence in. 1938, of which he served 18 months.
Anderson, Tech principal, will have charge of enrollment.
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Chaplain Thinks Draftees Can Gain by Army Service
Chaplain Ralph Rogers, post chaplain at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, said today that he thought draftees
would be better men when they are mustered out than when they enter the Army. _ To help the men achieve this goal is the object of Chaplain Rogers’ ks which is conducting daily one-hour conferences five days a week for draftees. The course will
press upon the men that they may continue any studies they had undertaken before entering the Army and to assist them to secure needed books and materials. The chaplain is to regard his men as his parishoners and to minister to them as nearly as possible as if they were living at home. The religious schedule in the post is to include both Sunday and weekday worship for all faiths, fellow-
cover 13 weeks or a total of 65[ship and study groups as well as.the
urs. Thus, a spiritual foundation be laid on which the men may build when they go to their assigned units. Chaplain Rogers said he thought a permanent building dedicated entirely to religion was more conducive to spiritual growth and education than the improvised quarters used at Pt. Harrison and many other posts. If a man has attended a dance in- the service club on Sat-
‘furday night, although the room is
converted into a chapel next day, it does not have the same atmosphere of sanctity that it would have if used exclusively for religious purposes, the chaplain believes. The religious program being followed at Ft. Harrison is in line with suggestions sent out by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wiliam R. Arnold, chief of chaplains of the United States Army, It includes religious, pastoral, cultural and patriotic activities. The chaplains are asked to im-
kinds of church societies to which the men might belong as members of churches.
EXPRESS FIRM HEAD TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
of eight other corporations and companies, has committed suicide. Police said he left no notes. There had been no indication that he was depressed or in bad health. His wife told police that she did not
know why he killed himself. She bécame hysterical and policemen could not question her. Mitchell shot himself late yesterday in the living room of his apartment.
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AT ELIMINATING DISEASE AREAS
Dinner; Gains Reported in Battle.
By HARRY MORRISON Two boys walked into the Marion County Child Health Clinic iff]
Coleman Hospital basement one recent morning, One lad had a dirty face; the other was shining clean. They were among the 1300-odd Marion County children helped in the Clinic's first ‘year, which was celebrated last night at a dinner at
Riley Hospital.
Both of the youngsters were apprehensive about this visit to a kingdom of test tubes and an pperating table, where doctors did strange things with . “weird instruments. The only difference between them was: The lad with the dirty face was making his first visit to the clinic and the other already had one if the periodic six-month examinations.
Examination Shows Progross :
The clean-faced boy went in first. His examination was over quickly. He was as sound as a 4-H health winner, whereas six months before he had been undernourished and nervous. His tendency to inherit an 4llness contracted by both his parents was gone. The other youngster was with a younger sister and their baby brather. | ? “Golly, we gotta take our clothes off?” he asked. A sudden cry came from the other room, where the doctor had just vaccinated a youngster. “You're next,” the older brother told the baby, “then comes Mary after you. I'm last.” ‘Then came man-about-town talk about vaccinations, that most dreaded of the clinic’s work. The children can stand all but those “sticks,” as they call them.
Diets Are Outlined
“I've had mine.” ] “I've had one, too, It was for TB and — — ” “It tickles,” old. “What's she crying for, then?” asked baby sister.
said ‘another 5-year-
When they came out, the social workers who had them in tow, or their “parents,” who brought them there from foster homes, had diets. Each child had been tested for all
treatment, in a hospital if necessary, was outlined to have: them well on the road to health within six months, when the children return for a check-up. 5 Many of the children. are relief or charity cases. The Welfare Department feels a two-fold job is being done! The individual is given a real chance for health, and local points of poverty and disease in the city are being cleaned up.
Doctors Notice Change
The doctors, who work for a nomina] fee, and Mrs. Lucille Carlin, the nurse in charge, are unanimous in saying they can notice a change in the mental attitude of children as young as 3 and 4 after their second trip to the clinic. The children are less afraid, ask more questions and are more inclined to be interested in the world about them. At the dinner last night, it was necessary to go back almost two: years to review the clinic's history. A report by Ds. L. T. Meiks, Riley Hospital resident physician, who is chairman of the clinic operating committee, culminated the meeting.
Ill Health Problem
For years the County Welfare Department, the Children’s Bureau at the Indianapolis Orphan Home and the Juvenile Court have been fighting a battle against ill health and disease among orphans or children from poor families. About two years ago, Thomas L. Neal, director, and Mrs. Dora Robson of the Welfare Department, and Miss Meta Gruner of the Children’s Bureau, decided to find out how deep the problem was. They tested 75 They found no extraordinary ill health, but they did find things that, not checked could result in poverty and disease conditions that ‘could not be lesshed. That was enough for the social workers. They had $1.25 a week per child more than they used to pay for foster homes. They decided to found a clinic and fing.nce it on a pay-as-you-go basis. They enlisted the aid of doctors and hos-
pitals. : Facilities Donated Coleman donated two rooms in the
ities, Five doctors said they'd ba glad to work for nominal fess. They paid a nurse, Mrs. Carlin, and a secretary, Miss Frances Pickering. At first the progress was slow. In the early months after Nov. 1, 1939, only a few children came into the clinic. As the program gathered steam, the clinic began fo fill, The report last night made certain that the clinic, temporary for the first year, will be made permanent. ere were 1683 examinations of 1067 children, who ranged in age from babyhood to 16. A total of 3804 blood tests was made. : Not all the children are healthy now. But in many places where, a year ago disease, sickness and povyo had a foothold, there now are children on the road to healthy
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‘Deathless Month
' MARTINSVILLE, De¢. 2.—The “Artesian City” is living up to its health-rez .t advertisements. Dr. H. H. Dutton, City Health officer, announced today that there were no deaths in Martinsville during November. "He said this was the first deathfree month since 1919, when the city began keeping health records. The average monthly death rate is six. There only one death in edch- of the/three months, Sepber, 1925, and November, 1933
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Charles W. Holder was elected |
president of the Lawyers’ Association of Indianapolis yesterday at a luncheon meeting at the Canary Cottage.
Mr. Holder succeeds Davis “Har-
rison, who will become a member of the board of directors ex-officio.
.. Mr. Holder is vice president of
Sigma Delta Kappa, national legal fraternity, Other officers elected yesterday are Erle htlinger, vice president; John K. es, secretary: Charles C. Baker, treasurer, and William \T.
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