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6 THE SUNDAY PRESS Binghamton, N. Dec. 23, 1951 Veterans' Affairs By H1LTOV M. LeCOUVER Publicity Chairman, Sixth District, The American Legion 751 veterans at a face value of $238,807,562. The VA has had to make good $1,356,719 in "bad" loans.

fckiJ Aathor "nvtnf Wonderful CrlnuT He had a system. He'd get them to make a will in his favor and he'd make a will in their favor. And, somehow, he'd get them to turn over to him bonds, jewels and cash. from Oim Records of TERRY McSII ILLUSTRATION BT MARSHALL Sunday Press Crossword Puzzle Veterans, Seek Increased Pension Blind and helpless veterans who may be entitled to the new increased pension rate of $120 per month when they need tie regular aid and attendance of "another person will have to apply by letter to receive it. The Veterans Administration has ruled that there will be no automatic review of cases to determine whether disabled non-service-connected veterans qualify for the Increases from the fixed rates of $60 and $72 per month.

The new rates result from Public Law 149, 82d Congress (passed over presidential veto), and which became effective Nov. 1, 1951, for claims prior to that date. I Claims filed after Nov. 1 will become effective, if increase is granted, as of the date of filing. Tension is payable to war veterans, subject to certain limitations, who become permanently and totally disabled from causes not due to service.

The basic rate is $60 which Is increased to $72 after 10 years of continuous receipt or when the veteran is being hospitalized or furnished domiciliary care by the Veterans Administration. conical trunk 89 Lounges 91 Peeled 93 Fillet worn around hair 95 Shore birds 97 Fall in drops 98 Genus of mollusks (var.) 99 Therefore 100 Simpletons 101 Sharpen as razor 103 Piles 105 The southwest wind 106 One who heaps up (pl.) 107 Destructive sugar cane disease 108 Less pleasant III Fodder storage bin (pl.) 113 Unruly outbreaks 1 17 Long-legged trd (pi.) 1 19 Roman goddess of growing vegetation 121 A direction 124 Syllable of scale 125 To cut, after snick 127 Close securely 129 Roman emperor 132 Mineral spring 134 To brook 136 A drinking bout 139 Tracks 141 Body of water 143 Instrument for braying 144 Rugged crest of mountain rang 145 Subsequently 146 Measure of capacity 148 Borders 150 Wooden shoe 152 Prominent golfer 153 Requires 155 Stream obstructions 157 Resident of ancient Media. 159 In addition 163 Game like napoleon 164 Narrow inlet 165 Animal's foot 167 Beast of burden 169 The linden 173 Syllable of seal to Last Sunday's Puzzle) Veteran1 Discharge Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of the discharge of members of the armed forces. If lost, it cannot be duplicated. Facilities are maintained in the County Court House for the recording of this important document.

There is no charge for it. But there is a small charge when you desire or need a copy. For any benefit from state or Federal Government, the discharge is required. Some veterans have thought that placing it in a safe place was sufficient to serve the needs of the veteran or his family. If the veteran dies and the family does not know the location of the discharge, it is quite a job for the family to prove the deceased was a veteran.

Thus an appeal is made to see that your discharge is recorded with the county clerk of your county. Old Soldiers Good Loan Risks The VA multi-million dollar loan and guarantee program recently hit the $16,000,000 mark and statistics again prove that the old soldier is a gilt-edged security risk. The VA has approved home, farm and business loans of for 2,751,087 veterans with the VA responsible for $8,275,909,389. Defaulted loans have amounted to $23,000,000. Farm loans were granted to 160 Baseball position (abbr.) 161 Compass point 162 Girl's nam 163 Self-esteem 165 New Zealand nativ fort 166 Fur neck-piece 168 Tamarisk salt tree of India 170 To abound 171 Was III 172 Perfomers on stage 174 Epic poem by Homer 175 Makes mistake 176 Billiard shot 177 Part of egg (pl.) 178 Loans VERTICAL I Conduct 56 To endow violating the 58 FKs 60 Card gam 61 Rising step 63 Eastern university 65 At no tim 67 Female relative 69 Anglo-Saxon slave 71 River of Poland 73 Poisonous Philippine tre 75 Blow-gun missiles 79 A vestige 81 Spends tme In idleness 83 Ate 85 Symbol for gold 87 Genus of plants with law 2 Four-bagger 3 Turkish officer 4 To nullify 5 Sea cucumber 6 To snip off 7 Femim'ne name 8 Old Russian coin 9 Syllable of scale 10 Resounding 1 1 Compass point 12 Pacific Island aroid 13 Astray 14 English surgeon 15 High card 16 Thing in law 17 Prefix: half 18 First in excellence 19 American capitalist 20 In certain age group 33, Roman bronze 35 German city 38 Ventilates 40 Manner of running 41 Employs 43 Nothing 44 Across 46 A specimen 47 Lank 48 Angled for certain fish 50 Game of chance 52 Give an account of 53 Seasons 54 Negotiate (Answer CHAlRT Si i 111 1 UES 5 WU A Oil HjA I aTTu p.

TF 52 0. I pTe a TZkT 9 a 13 IT ATE ffi39jE alslN Is. Tff ERE sYjs" 3 IIjlD 3 LjLLL a 3 i aE i was a model prisoner. An "Angel of Mercy," according to one patient in the prison hospital. Suddenly, in 1930, he hit the headlines again.

Perhaps some cellmate in prison had told him of the ancient "Spanish prisoner" hoax. Or perhaps Watson had known about it and brooded over its possibilities during his years in prison. Or, perhaps he thought it up all by himself. Or maybe he was telling the truth! Anyway, In 1930 a Hollywood scenario writer, Wycliffe A. Hill, filed a suit against this model prisoner.

Just how the contact between Wycliffe A. Hill and James P. Watson was made, no one knows. Perhaps one of those patients in the prison hospital for whose release the "Angel of Mercy" worked so tirelessly spread the word. At any rate, Hill told his story of having spent "the five best years of his life" braving the chilling winds and scorching heat of Southern California, in search of the fortune in Liberty Bonds and cash which James P.

Watson had received from his many wives. The money, Watson told Hill, was buried in tightly sealed Mason fruit jars, and therefore should be as good as new. His Sentiment IS' ice, Indeed The search for the buried treasure had begun in 1925. Hill, hearing of it, had visited Watson at San Quentin. He was told, according to his claim, that he was to receive 25 per cent of whatever he found.

What was to become of the remaining 75 per cent? Watson explained that he wished to restore it to the heirs of the woman he had murdered. A very nice sentiment, and certainly in character with the "Angel of Mercy!" But the buried treasure didn't turn up, and Hill sued. He was, he said, going to ask the district attorney to "make Watson tell where the treasure was hidden." How, Hill didn't say. As far as anyone knows, Hill Test Your HORIZONTAL I To rtelt 82 Mountain musically 6 Davie that holds fast (pl.) 12 Rob reaching to anlcUt 17 Quarral 21 Man's nam 22 Dapandi 23 Cloth worn by priasts 24 Irish-Gaalie 25 Effigy 26 Cereal gram 27 Exclamation of disgust 28 Gats up 29 Minute object 30 Pronoun 31 News agency (abbr.) 32 Small glass bottle 34 Kiln (var.) 35 A bitter cynic 36 Teutonic deity 37 Chines pagoda 39 Sound mad by hors 42 Spanish title 45 Bitter vetch 46 Pertaining to eld age 49 Slow-moving craatur 51 Strearh 53 At it stands (mus.) 55 Avarice 57 Short for certain type of plane (pl.) 59 Mates flat 62 Armed fore 64 Drawing room 66 Roclry Mountain range 68 Popular ascription 70 Genus of goose barnacles 72 Stair post 74 Sober 76 Therefor 77 Whil. 78 Of greater hight 80 Satan nymph 84 Falling moisture 86 Guided 88 Royal 90 Any sacred writing 92 A noma in Greece 94 Barber's implement 96 Volcano 97 A cessation of being (pl.

102 Biblical liturgical sign 104 British warship captured' by John Paul Jones 109 Cross 110 Ducklil birds 1 12 Shrewder 114 To poll.t 115 Prefix: not 116 Exists 118 Alps 120 Killed 122 A shepherdess in Vir-gil's Eclogues 123 Helmsmen 126 Apportions 128 Piece of silverware 130 Paper measure 131 Kind of cloth (pl.) 133 Opening in skin (pl.) 135 To scatter 137 Bias. Victor Hugo drama 138 Slumbered 140 Chairs 142 Secures w5th leather strips 144 Entire 147 Rips 149 Fruit of blackthorn (pl.) 151 Stockings 152 Symbol for tin IS4 Predatory Incursions 156 Objective 158 Madam (eontr.) was never recompensed for those five best years of his life. TIME out to change decades because it was 1939 when James Watson appeared in print again. Let's spend the time considering the possibilities. According to his confession, "Bluebeard" married at least 25 women, and murdered at least 16.

None of them appeared to have been close to poverty. They had property, bank accounts, jewelry, Liberty Bonds. They died leaving wills in Watson's favor, or their money vanished with them. Yet Watson lived modestly, spending little on himself and nothing on his "wives." What Became Of the Money? All right, what did become of the money? Was it buried in the sand, somewhere in the desert? Was it hidden at Coyote Wells, near El Centro, where the body of Nina Lee Deloney was found? Is it in a safety deposit box in some big city bank, under some other name? Or, did one of Watson's "wives" outsmart him, and get the money? All of these are guesses, natv urally. But Watson did marry at least 25 women, and none of them were poor.

At the time of Wycliffe Hill's suit, one reporter placed the figure -as "over $100,000." Another guessed "$87,000." Unless it's been spent it must be somewhere. WE PICK up the story nine years later. It may be that during those nine years the gentle, mild-mannered James P. Watson smiled to himself at times, thinking of the hoax he had put over on the Hollywood screen writer. Or it may be that he worried Horse Sense correct solution to each The last problem counts Of P'RlAlM lAlVlElR) li Hi Bill IjE RN ESTLT iMHjo'Njs' IfE BH 0 HOE TPS aVTE Rji Jm? A Jtjf ATnITc Tp BITE 3j P3tl TaPR'ew a rTd fePlii 1 3 Eajj 1 PiJ-E -E 1 aT i EEjjcjR a bMl a I xjE i a Tfiao i ip a BOB I rTaN 0 RT Sj I HJC 1J2 LITE sjc" a ffi oj3L nip sbt bQ'' or i.T ail in A I 3l3 MAT 3 pBONt 8f SS I a 0 I 0 I 8 8 1 3kl llf3 1 All spill ast" hTbTIt'IE lHlll.1 0 TTtTE 3 Cb 8' 3 It 1a It 1e1 si ab1eiF IsIciaih I si Ejwl Elpfrg HOW do you picture a Don Juan? If you're like a ma jority of women, you see him as tall, dark and handsome, with flashing eyes and a fascinating personality.

Something like the late John Barrymore In his prime. Am I right? Okay. Now, here's the description, fiven by a famous psychiatrist and alienist. Dr. Edward Huntington Williams, of James P.

(Bluebeard) Watson, at the time of Watson's arrest: "A medium sized, mild spoken man of about forty-two years of age, quiet and somewhat deferential In his attitude towards others. He is not cringing or servile, but rather gives the impression of possessing a humble and respectful attitude." Watson had just confessed to marrying 25 times, mostly biga-mously, and murdering 16 of his wives. See what I mean about Don Juans? Bluebird? Better Than 'Bluebeard' Watson himself said: "In the ordinary things of life, I am tenderhearted and easily moved to tears at the sight of sadness or distress, and am ever ready to help relieve such conditions." Maybe it should have been Bluebird, not Bluebeard Watson! But curiously enough, from all that is known of this strange little man, he was telling the truth. During his Ion years In San Quentin prison, where he died in 1939, he was a nurse in the tubercular ward of the prison hospital. There he was known for kindness and gentleness.

At the same time while in prison, he put over one of the most incredible hidden treasure hoaxes (if it was a hoax) of all timesl THE woman for whose murder James Watson was sentenced to life in prison at San Quentin, where he died after 19 years, was one Nina Lee Deloney. He was surprisingly cooperative with the police, and pleaded guilty to first degree murder. Terhaps he knew his luck had run out. Or maybe he was just tired. Let's first take a quick look Into his past.

James P. Watson was born in a small mid-west town. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to be exact. There was nothing in his background to indicate a future criminal career. He worked on farms, and fot his education out of books.

At the time of his first marriage he was 17, and his bride was 16. But He married her under the name of Joseph Gillam. And it was not long before they were divorced. Our Don Juan took to traveling. He worked in Chicago as a bookkeeper and salesman, and was successful in oratorical contests.

He traveled throughout, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado as a salesman. Maybe it is true what they used to say about travelling salesmen. There seem to have been no farmers' daughters in the list of Watson's bigamously married wives, but during one phase of his career he as married to four women at one and the same time in Tacoma, Wash. not one of them had even the slightest shadow of suspicion! Found It Pays To Advertise Like all good salesmen, he believed in advertising, As, consider this: "A gentleman, neat appear iioiisi: (Test on this page) I. Pullet.

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6 (a Pacify-Placate; (b) College-Educate; (c) Dry food-Deslcate; (d) Difficult-Compllcate; () Remove ink-Eradicate. about what had become of the buried treasure. He continued to go about his daily tasks dutifully and cheerfully. Then in the fall of 1939, when he was just past 60, he became ill. He was taken to the prison hospital where he himself had worked for so many long years.

On Oct. 16, 1939, James P. Watson died of pneumonia in the hospital at San Quentin, where he had been a prisoner for 19 years. Once More Story Goes On Again; this should be the end of the story. Again, it is not.

After his death, a long envelope, splatted with gobs of red sealing wax, was delivered to Warden Court Smith, by the prison doctor, L. L. Stanley. The warden tore ft open, and found a letter revealing that Watson had hidden a strong-box in his cellroom. Reporters speculated like mad.

They visioned a fortune in cash and gems spilling out of that box. Or at least a clue to the secret hiding place of the at least $87,000 that "Bluebeard" Watson stole from his many wives, and cached somewhere, probably in California. The warden, the prison doctor and the clerk of the prison opened the box and examined its contents briefly. It told nothing. Perhaps, somewhere the mischievous spirit of James P.

Watson smiled, slyly perhaps. Or, perhaps bitterly. OW, you tell me, how did this self-effacing, gentle, and not too handsome little man manage to get so many women to marry him? Obviously, he was no flashing, dashing seducer. Yet. to quote the detective, Nick Harris: "No man could remember the first names of so many women he had married.

Therefore Watson hit on the happy expedient of calling all of them 'dearie'." How did he get the women he married to trust him to the extent of making wills in his favor, and turning over their bonds, jewelry, bank accounts, to him? What Purpose To the Hoax? And why did he bother? He spent very little on himself. If it was just a fortune he wanted, he certainly could have made it honestly. Or if not honestly at least, without mass murders. What was the purpose of the Wycliffe Hill hoax? Why was "Bluebeard" so contented and happy during his 19 years in prison? Where is the money? The secret of James P. Watson is just one of those secrets that will never be known now.

Geese Injured On'Mclal 'Pond' East Gulf. W. Va. A flock of Canada geese made an unhappy landing on a sheet metal roof while they were flying at nigh over a coal mining camp near here. Six1 of the floundering honkers were injured, one so badly that he was cared for by state conservation authorities before he was liberated on a lake two days later.

The conservation officers said the geese apparently mistook the floodlighted roof for a pond. Rivers Clianpins Counts Rivers in Assam. India, are changing their courses because of the silting-up caused by last year's great earthquake, which altered the contours of the land in many places. Not no Small Now New York City's first potal force, in 1827, consisted of only eight clerks and six letter carriers, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. ing, of courteous disposition, well connected in a business way, has quite a little property and is well connected with several corporations.

Has a nice bank account as well as a considerable roll of government bonds. Would be pleased to correspond with refined young lady or widow. Object matrimony. This advertisement Is in good faith. All answers will be treated with respect." He changed his name from time to time no one knows how many times.

"Joseph Gillam" got Into trouble in a shady business deal, and became "Laurence Harris." Later he was indicted for using the mails to defraud, and fled to Canada. There he became James P. Watson. YOU men who have trouble with ONE wife probably wonder how our Bluebeard kept FOUR from being suspicious of his away-from-home activities. He had a system.

He posed as a United States Secret Service Operative thus not only accounting for absences away from home, but making it certain that the. Little Woman would not call up the office. Besides, the mortality rate was high among his brides and there too, he. had a system. He would get each wife to make a will in his favor, and he would make one in her favor.

He would then get her to sign her name at the bottom of a sheet of bond paper. Eventually, her relatives would receive a letter, typewritten above her signature, telling of "the lovely trip we are going to make to South America." Suspicious Wife Hired Detective Eventually though, one of the wives, nee Katharine Wombaek-er, did become suspicious. It wasn't just his long absences from home, but the important fact that he was turning most of her money Into Liberty Bonds in his own name. Katharine though it over, and then hired Nick Harris, the Los Angeles detective, to investigate. And then it wasn't long before "Watson" was leading the police to the grave of Nina Lee Deloney, at Coyote Wells, on the Desert near El Centra, Cal.

It was his own confession that convicted him because, until the battered remains of Nina were unearthed, there Vas no proof that he had murdered anybody. Among other things, he confessed to marrying: we might as well skip the names. Also, the names of the women he confessed to having murdered. But a few things in his confession are worthy of notice. DESCRIBED calmly, and vit his customary gentle ness the murder of Eliza beth Prior, near Spokane, Washington.

"I struck her several times until I was certain she was dead. 1 used a hammer, I believe." He went on tell how he had buried the body in a hole left by a tree stump. This and his other crimes, he explained to District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, of Los Angeles County, were the result of a "peculiar impelling force." He went into details: "I would wrestle with myself. I woilld say You Must Not' and then say 'You Seemed like there were two forces fighting me." He added: "I tell you Mr. Woolwine, I know I must not be let out!" Story Should End, Doesn't The story of James P.

Watson should end here. He went to San Quentin, and bis chances of ever being freed were nil. That was in 1920. For 10 years, he By DR. GEORGE W.

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(a) Which Kate helps soothe or pacify? Which Kate Is linked with college? Which Kate dries up food for later use? id) Which Kate makes things mora difficult? (e) Which Kate helps remove ink spots or stains? Score yourself as follows: 0-2, poor; 3-6, average; 7-8, superior; 9-10. very superior. (Answer to test on this page).