November 8, 2025 • 26 mins
Nick Carter, Master Detective was a radio crime drama based on tales of the fictional private detective Nick Carter, first seen in 1886, from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Lon Clark played Nick Carter and Charlotte Manson played his assistant, Patsy Bowen. Nick Carter ran from 1943 to 1955.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Postwar Old Dutch Cleanser, famous for chasing dirt, presents Nick Carter,
famous for chasing crime. Every week at this time, two
great names are joined as new post war Old Dutch
Cleanser brings you one of the most resourceful and daring
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characters in all detective fictions, Nick Carter, Master Detectives, Paty.
I'm going to make a date.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
For you, well, now, a date with room Nick.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The young boy you met this morning. Oh but why,
I want you to find out why he wouldn't take
a tip for delivering a letter to the wrong house.
That's why. And now the case of the professional beggar.
Today's adventure starring Lawn Clark as Nick Carter, drought to
you by New post War Old Dutch Cleanser. At nine
(01:01):
fifteen this morning, Patsy bowl and rushes down the street
for the old brown stone mansion on the corner of
Siftem four. She clutches her hat in first and starts
off the front steps, blindly colliding with a young boy
who has just come running from the opposite direction. Oh sorry, sorry, Lee,
Are you going in this house?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I work here here, lady, take this way. You st
as this letter here take it. What in the world
you take this letter? Pleases for this house?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Sure, but what's your hurry?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I gotta be going.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hey, wait a minute, I'll give you a tips.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I'm gonna wait for anything.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Oh, for the love of Hey, this isn't for us.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
This let us to the house next door.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Monny.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Hey, oh, well, at least to give me an excuse
for being late.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh, good morning, past.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Sorry I'm late, Nick, I'd have been almost on time
if I hadn't had a collision when I was coming
in a collision. Yeah, I ran smack into a boy
on the steps. He was trying to deliver this letter.
But it's not for us.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, it was a four.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It belongs next door, dressed to Wolter van Dyke. Golly,
that boy was scared. He just saved the letter into
my hand and tore off, as if the wolves were
after him.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
The wolves are going to be after us if we
don't settle down to work. It's supposed to take that
letter next door and then get busy with your type, right, huh?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
You know, Nick, he was such a nice looking boy.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I'd really like to know what frightened him.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Comparison to profile photographs of the missing man and the person
who claims to be him reveals the claimant as an imposter,
not especially the upper heeling to the right.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Here, Oh, sergeant, am I glad to see you. Nick's
getting to be the worst slave driver.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I had to see him, Maddie. But we're awfully busy.
Well that's okay, you folks, go ahead and work. I'd
just like to sit here a while. What's the matter, Sergeant,
I just came from a sting. Think of the case, Patsy,
and it's depressed me. You go ahead with your dictation. Nick.
Why Maddy, I've never seen you down on the moth before?
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Or is it an act? What fine? Nick?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What a thing to say?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Maybe, but I know, Maddy. He's used tricks to get
me interested in cases before. Oh not this time, Nick.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Look, Nick, we can't let an old friend now. We've
got to cheer him off.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
No, honestly, Patsy, I I'd rather not talk.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Jarge and Madison.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Now you tell Papa Nick your trouble. Go ahead. Maddy
had to listen. Well, you knew Billy Davis, the assistant DA.
Actually I thought, oh, one of the best. He was
murdered this morning. What yeah? At nine o'clock this morning.
How he was walking down Holland Street the Black Sea.
Dan drove by and he got thirteen machine gun slugs drawing. Ohkee,
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that's terrible. Any idea who killed him? Now? It was
revenge most likely, but a dozen rats hated Davis. Could
be anyone? Any witnesses or a few people saw the
killing from the windows, Yeah, but not one of them
can give us any description of anybody. What a break?
There was only one other witness who could possibly identify
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the killer, or is that you know? No, we can't
locate him, Nick. All we know is that it was
a boy, a messenger boy. He saw the murder and
scooted off in a panic, A messenger boy. Yes, Patsy
was kring a letter.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
A letter we'll get in the blue envelope.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, the on blokee was blue. And that's it. Nick.
Now look for the love of heaven, Nick, if you've
got anything, spill it, Maddie. You say the murder was
at nine o'clock, Yeah, on Holland Street right fast. Running
would take a boy from Holland Street to this house
in just about fifteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, And that's why he was so frightened me.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Hey, wait a minute, what is all this? Come on, maddie,
I'll help you find who killed David Good, and we'll
start with a visit to mister van Dyke next door. Oh,
mister van Dyke, as you wund out of it. No,
I'm your neighbor, Nick Carter. Of course, mister Carter is
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so nice to see you. This is my secretary, Miss Boone,
mister Vandy, and this is Sergeant Mathison of the homicide squad. Well,
this is quite an honor, mister Carter. I wondered how
long I was going to live next door to a
celebrity without getting acquainted. Mister van Dyke, I want to
ask a favor of you. Yes, did you receive a
letter this morning in a blue envelope? Yes, mister Carter,
your secretary delivered it to me. Will you tell me
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who sent it? Please? Why? I don't know it was
from a stranger. You don't know, no, but it's an
extremely touching letter. But I don't know the man who
sent it. While we're trying to locate the boy who
delivered it, I'm afraid I don't know him either. Well
may we see the letter? Why?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yes, certainly I have it right here. Say you are.
Thank you, dear mister van Dyke. It's a bitter blow
to my pride to be forced to make this appeal
to you. I do so only because I'm connected with
your family or your second cousin, Emily Gray. Because I'm
sadly in need of food and clothing, won as I
suffered as a bone. Sad case, isn't it. Yeah, very signed,
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Major Hector down and the address Nick, Yeah, forty four
Poultry Square. Hey, that's a tough neighborhood. Yes, it's quite sad.
Quite said. Well, thank you, mister van Dyke. You've helped
a lot. I don't quite know what I've done for,
mister Carter, but you're more than welcome. I'm sure. Thank you.
Come on, Maddy, we had work to do right with you.
So long, mister van Dyke. Goodbye. Do drop in the game,
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mister c Thank you. So, Maddy, there's our lead, Major
Hector down, forty four Poultry Square. Yeah, it's a lead,
all right. I suppose you get a dragnet going to
pick up every crook. I might possibly hate Billy Davis
enough to kill him. I'll do that in the meantime,
I'll hustle down to Major Dowd and see whether I
can locate the boy who delivered this letter. Right, Nick,
there's a twenty to one chance he's your key witness, Ready, Rodney, Yes, sir,
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eh mister Hulling's last Scrollan. It is a bit a
blow to my pride to be faced to make this
appeal to you full stop, Capita. I do so only
because I am connected with your family through now one
moment's run now Yes, advancing Who's who? Do refresh my memory?
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H h uh Hollingsworth. Yes, we will continue, Runny, connected
with your family through your great aunt Comma, Sarah clean Comma.
And because I am sadly in need. That idiot wants
your pen, your bloody a page flea Major, you're lazy,
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Kenny sympion and you're hurting me. Make starting at all, David,
write a few letters and a level that you're writing. Boys,
Do you expect me to write them myself? You know
your handwriting is much more genteel. And I'm sorry I
made the plot. Major. I'm kind of nervous. That's what
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I saw this morning. It scared me. What I just say,
I'm withering ass. I saw him to slay d the
hoodlum who pretends to laud it over this neighborhood, a
man called gas Flad. I saw him kill somebody. What
when I was taking a letter to mister van Dyke,
I saw at Slagh drive up the street in the
car and kill a man, or if a man a
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care I don't know. You're sure you saw this slade
kill him? Yes, measure, I'm positive. M I mean yes,
rub me, My dear dear boy. You know that I
have only your best interested, don't you well? I yes,
Now you must listen to me carefully. Yes, you're in
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great danger, dear boy. We must protect you. Believe everything
to me. You wrot me. Yours not the reason why
you'res what to do and for my honor. Yes, you
must scuttle down to the basement of this house at once,
the statesman. Yes, go at once and remain in hiding
there and like come for me right on. No arguments,
my boy, or pay your commander now go all right? Ma,
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Now slave speaking hahah, mister slave, this is a neighbor
of yours. Major doubt, the major hem. I kind of
thought i'd be hearing from you. I've just perceived a
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thurtling piece of information. The boy told you. Huh, yes,
Rodney told me. Oh that's too bad, too bad for yourself. Yes,
I think of your wise. You'll come to my quarters
at once. We have business to discuss your fifty and
my pocket. All right, major, let's get the steel going.
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I know this is wide open on a stand. You
know all about me. I know all about you and
your phony letter racket. The kid saw me this morning.
Hey did that? Where is he in a safe place? Oh?
He got him hidden? Man, that's a layer. I must
look out for his welfare. Okay. How much you want
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for him? Well? Come on, how much for the boy?
You I ain't worried about. You're rolling up the scare.
You'll keep your mouth shut? Yes, yes, that's your broken
scarce sense, and of what kids had. I gotta close
his mouth myself, mister Sade. How much you want for
the boy? You asking me to deliver a rod nay
over to you my own flesh and block. Don't kill
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me that may jay. You got that kid out an
orphan asylum. He's no kin to you, o it? Even so? Slave?
How much I couldn't possibly look at it. Hey, maybe
that's the kid. Now, I'll wait in the bedroom when
you figure out your price. And I yes, one moment,
Major Dowd, why my name is Nick Carter, Nick Cottor
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mind if I come in? Why? No, not at all?
Thank you, Doud. I need your help, my help with
the kata. Yes, I want to know who delivers your letters.
I don't think I understand. Luck down, I know you're
a professional beggar and let Your specialty is letter supposedly
sent by a poor but worthy gentleman, usually written to
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rich but not overly intelligent suckers. How dare you you
send those letters by messenger to avoid arrest for illegal
use of the mails? Your messenger is a young boy? Who? Oh,
I see he lives here with you. That's the pots
I live alone. Oh do you make model airplanes? Major?
You were a junior science windbreaker sneakers in the baseball cap?
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Well had you out? I want that for I don't.
He's a sole and vital witness and a murder case.
We need his evidence or important than that, I think
is life's in danger. I don't know what you mean. Huh,
This is what I mean. This boy saw the man
who killed Billy Davids. It's very likely the killer saw
him and then he rat who would cut down an
assistant DA with a machine gun wouldn't hesitate to murder
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a boy. It's the corta. You must wear it. I
can't tell you. You mean you won't. I don't know.
You're lying down. It's the cot you care and you're
lying ye. Wait a minute, Hey, it's just possible if
someone got here before I did. I think find come
out of there you? Oh, I see. It was the thing,
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the way your eyes kept watching this bedroom door. I
thought there might be someone in here. Oh, I see.
The only thing worrying you was this money on the bed.
Huh money You usually leave a thousand dollars lying around
like this? Why here, let's get back to business, dud.
Where's the boy but the corta. I'll trouble you to
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hand that money over to me and get houses here.
And I know nothing about this boy you speak of,
and I know you're lying. Your touching story of his
dangers is most pacific. I'm afraid I'm in no position
to prevent the this of a boy I know nothing about.
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Nick turns and leaves the apartment. Major Dowd watches him
with quick, cunning eyes, one thousand dollars firmly grasped in
his hands. We'll see what happens in just a moment.
Now back to the case of the professional beggar. Today's
adventure with Nick Carter rock to you by new post
war old Dutch cleanser. Outside the tournament in which Major
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Dowd lives, Nick sprints across the street to a candy store,
dashes into a telephone booth, and hastily dials a number,
his eyes watching the tournament house entrance through the window.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Nick cart how while Nick Carter is office Patty Bonne
speaking Patty, this is Nick. Oh any lock?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Not yet? I look, Patty, I want you to come
down to Poultry Square right away, of course, Nick, what's up?
Major Dad's got that boy hidden somewhere down here. I've
got to stick to this place until I locate him.
And since you're the only one who's seen the boy,
I'll need you to identify him for me.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
You're over here, coming, Well.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Nick, Major's still inside. How about the boy? No boy?
If any description has been through that door since I've
been here, he should The boy lives with him? Positive
now we've better work fast, Petsy. Yes, Dad's been warned.
I think he's trying to use the boy for his
own advantage. Well like blackmailver Athol exactly. So he's got
to be located at once. You have a plan. Yeah,
I'm going to phone Major Dud and get him out
of the house, and you and I go in and
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look for the boy. Well, if he's in there, we'll
take him with us. If he isn't, well we wait
for him. There's a phone in the candy store here.
I'll call him from there. You keep an eye on
the door.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yeah, this is Meja Dowd speaking Mada Dad.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
This is Water van Dyke wa poof Yes, Heartler that
you should call sir. I was impressed by your letter. Major.
I should hate to think that a relation of cousin
Emily was in need. That's very kind of you, sir.
Can you come to my house immediately? I have a
check for you. Why, mister van Dyke, this is too
kind to kind Sir. I should be delighted to renew
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my acquaintance with dear Emily's favorite cousin, but it would
be difficult for me to come immediately. I have some
business at hand. Well, it's a rather large check major,
and I'm leaving town within the r I want to
make sure you have no trouble catching it.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
She's most generous, sir, most generous.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Yes, my business can wait an hour or so. I
shall call on you immediately. No sign of the major yet, Nick,
Give him time, Give him time, Petty. It's only a
few minutes since I called him o cave. But I
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wonder what's keeping him off hand. I'd say he was
putting on his best clothes for the big touch. Big.
Look that big car's been a boot right in front
of the door, cutting off our line of the site. Well,
like to move sick.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Look who's getting out, Scott.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
It's water van Dyke and he's going into the house
going to see. Don't confounded. Oh he'll blow your plan
higher than a tight. Yes, I'm afraid you're right, Petty. Well,
all we can do now is sit tight and see
what happens. Let me see sat bowler stick all you
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know that and consn that boy. I might have polished
me both better foot they'll do well. I should have
a thrower for my button and Joel, now look at
that day, surely not cut her I'm persitive. I'm putting
off the face Harry coming, Major Hector Dowt. I am
made it down, sir, but I'm afraid you have the
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advantage of me. I received your letter this morning. I'm
Walter van Dyke. That's the most touching letter you sent me.
It bothered me all day. Oh, I decided to come
down to see you, sir, Mister van Dyke. There was
no deed debate the trip. When I spoke to you
on the phone less than a quarter of an hour ago,
I'd sack to me on the phone. You called me,
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didn't you. I never called you, Major Dowd. You'll never
get one. No, I say, I'm afraid i've been jilt.
Will you excuse me as a Van Dyke Stop Major Dowd,
so I beg you some of the time. I've just
had some shocking information. I must leave at once, mister
van dys at once.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
He's mister Van Dyke's coming out of the house and
Dowd's right behind him. Oh, he's onto your trick.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Oh naturally.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But the Major's not getting into the car with Van Dyke.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
He looks worried and he's moving fast. That could mean
trouble for the boy. What are we going to do?
I think I better follow the major? What about me?
You go up to the Major's apartment, second floor, rader,
see whether you can find the boy. Either you will
find him or Major dog will lead me to him.
We got to be quick about a petty In another hour,
the boy may be pets.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Anybody home?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Who Sonny?
Speaker 1 (19:01):
You in here? Maybe he's out delivering more letters. I
better quite a surprise. Huh. I'm looking at a major
and I find you. You're patchy Bowen. Huh, you're yes late,
I know you. I've been hanging around the bank alley
waiting for the kid to show up, and I decided
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to come upstairs. Do you mean the boy saw me?
Not go off? Davis? Yeah. You know, one trouble with
a killing is you're never finished. First, I got to
take care of the kid. Are you your Conna's girl?
See that means your trouble of me? The major squeal
of Connor?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Why I think you?
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Mister? I think you better take a walk with me better.
That is a nice quiet facement in this building. You
and me will go down and have a talk. Between us.
We'll figure out how I'm going to get rid of
the Major, the boy and you. His heavy hand fastened
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on Patsy's arm like a vice, gas Blade leads the
girl down towards the cellar, where, unknown to him, Rodney
is hiding. We'll see what happens in just a moment.
Now for the conclusion of the case of the professional beggar.
Today's adventure with Nick Carter, drought to you by new
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post war old Dutch cleanser. Five minutes after Major Doubt
leaves his apartment, he arrives in front of a tenement
door across Poultry Square and knocks energetically. Mister swathe, mister up.
This is Major Dowd. There's been an unexpected crisis. A
well known detective is got into the scene. If we
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an complete this is miss me gunn at once. Major
all right, a well known detective everywhere just ended the scene.
Where's the boy? Dowd? A slave? That wouldn't be gas Blade,
would it? Why that thousand dollars for you? Didn't he
you were going to sell him? The witness bad, I thought, Kessies,
I wanted to extu where's the boy? I don't know
what you're referring to. Me. I think you're going to
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know very soon. Major. Let's go back to your apartment
and see whether we can refresh your memory. Well, ain't
this nice and cozy? Miss boyn We marched down into
the basement, and who do we run smack in it?
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But little Rodney. Now look, mister Flake, Oh we got
my problem all sove huh, you haven't got the Major.
That old gimpster O keep he's too scared to do
an he's talking. They don't stay scared long. I'll get
him before he gets his knife back. After I've taken
carry you. Let's okay, let's get it over with. Well, please,
mister Clay, please don't kill us, missus Slake, not turn around,
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look missus Slake. Oh brother, if I don't get your ten,
it's the Major looking for Rodney and it's just my
lucky day. Now I get all three of you. Come
right in, Major, Great, I found your little friend of Rodney. Major. No,
we're not not slight there, stop flailing gas. You just
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cut a plug in your hands, did find me? Yes, Petsy,
thanks to your cleveringess, Nick. This is Rodney. Are you
mister Carter? Hell? Hello? Rodney said they gave us a
lot of trouble today. I'm sorry. All he wanted to
do was tip you for delivering the wrong letter to
the right address. It was a lucky break for you,
but a bad one for our friend Slade, as he'll
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soon find out. Well, Nick, it turned out to be
a nice day after all.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
You're blues all gone out?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I sure why not? We got gas Plate on the
murder rep. We got down on the charge of Flord,
and we also got the kid away from him. Yes, Maddy,
he'll go into the Downtown boys Club. He'll be all
right there, he sure will. Hey, but look, Nick, you
said Dad refused to tell you where he had Rodney hidden.
That's right, all right? Then, howld emblazes? Did you trail
Patsy right to the basement? Why bowed the trailer I
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left for him? Yes? A trail of what trail of lipstick? Maddie?
Now wait a minute, what are you giving me?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's a fax sergeant. When gas Lade said he was
going to take me down to the cellar with him,
I got my lipstick out of my bag. Yes, and
whenever I could, I made a mark on the wall
with it.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Well, now, how comes Slade? Let you do that. Oh
he didn't.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
I refused to go along with him willingly, so he
had dragged me and I kept struggling and swinging.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
My arms around and making a mark on the wall
or the minister with each swing. Aunt, Betsy, that's is Nick.
But Nick, how did you know it was Patsy's lipstick?
And how did you know it was a trail you
were supposed to follow? Well, Maddy, I'll tell you. The
first mark was in the apartment living room, just inside
the door, and I knew I hadn't seen it when
I was there a short time before, so it seemed
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logical to think it meant something. So I followed it
and it did. Patsy, I sure, I am proud of you.
That's what I call fairs. Why thank you, Sergeant. Yes, Marie,
I just followed the line of red lipstick and caught
up with a killer. And whilst Slade follows a line
that leads to the electric chair, he can remember that
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red stands for danger. Nick, what sort of adventure does
new post war old Dutch cleanser had for us next week? Well,
Mike had started when a man was murdered back in
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the year eighteen fifteen and.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
It ended when his great great granddaughter was killed in
the same room, with every door and window locked on
the inside.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Of course, we had plenty of poos, but they all
seem to prove that the murderer was an Indian chief
or an Indian chief. Huh uh huh. But it made
things a little.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Difficult, Mike, because it's she had been dead a hundred
and sixty years.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Look how waiting listen? But what do you call this adventure? Nick?
I call it the Case of the Red Arrow. Nick.
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Carter Master Detective is presented each week at this time
by the Cutter heat Packing Company. It is produced and
directed by Jack McGregor and is copyrighted by Street and
Smith Publications, Incorporated. Charlotte Manson is featured as Patsy ed
Latimer plays Matty. Today's script was written by Alfred Bester.
Original music is played by Henry Silverns. This program is
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fictional and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead
is purely coincidental. This is Michael Fitzmorris saying when minutes counts,
use new post war Dutch twinser m This is the
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mutual Bob
Postwar Old Dutch Cleanser, famous for chasing dirt, presents Nick Carter,
famous for chasing crime. Every week at this time, two
great names are joined as new post war Old Dutch
Cleanser brings you one of the most resourceful and daring
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characters in all detective fictions, Nick Carter, Master Detectives, Paty.
I'm going to make a date.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
For you, well, now, a date with room Nick.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The young boy you met this morning. Oh but why,
I want you to find out why he wouldn't take
a tip for delivering a letter to the wrong house.
That's why. And now the case of the professional beggar.
Today's adventure starring Lawn Clark as Nick Carter, drought to
you by New post War Old Dutch Cleanser. At nine
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fifteen this morning, Patsy bowl and rushes down the street
for the old brown stone mansion on the corner of
Siftem four. She clutches her hat in first and starts
off the front steps, blindly colliding with a young boy
who has just come running from the opposite direction. Oh sorry, sorry, Lee,
Are you going in this house?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I work here here, lady, take this way. You st
as this letter here take it. What in the world
you take this letter? Pleases for this house?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Sure, but what's your hurry?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I gotta be going.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hey, wait a minute, I'll give you a tips.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I'm gonna wait for anything.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Oh, for the love of Hey, this isn't for us.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
This let us to the house next door.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Monny.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Hey, oh, well, at least to give me an excuse
for being late.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh, good morning, past.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Sorry I'm late, Nick, I'd have been almost on time
if I hadn't had a collision when I was coming
in a collision. Yeah, I ran smack into a boy
on the steps. He was trying to deliver this letter.
But it's not for us.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Well, it was a four.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It belongs next door, dressed to Wolter van Dyke. Golly,
that boy was scared. He just saved the letter into
my hand and tore off, as if the wolves were
after him.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
The wolves are going to be after us if we
don't settle down to work. It's supposed to take that
letter next door and then get busy with your type, right, huh?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
You know, Nick, he was such a nice looking boy.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
I'd really like to know what frightened him.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Comparison to profile photographs of the missing man and the person
who claims to be him reveals the claimant as an imposter,
not especially the upper heeling to the right.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Here, Oh, sergeant, am I glad to see you. Nick's
getting to be the worst slave driver.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I had to see him, Maddie. But we're awfully busy.
Well that's okay, you folks, go ahead and work. I'd
just like to sit here a while. What's the matter, Sergeant,
I just came from a sting. Think of the case, Patsy,
and it's depressed me. You go ahead with your dictation. Nick.
Why Maddy, I've never seen you down on the moth before?
(03:08):
Or is it an act? What fine? Nick?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
What a thing to say?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Maybe, but I know, Maddy. He's used tricks to get
me interested in cases before. Oh not this time, Nick.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Look, Nick, we can't let an old friend now. We've
got to cheer him off.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
No, honestly, Patsy, I I'd rather not talk.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Jarge and Madison.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Now you tell Papa Nick your trouble. Go ahead. Maddy
had to listen. Well, you knew Billy Davis, the assistant DA.
Actually I thought, oh, one of the best. He was
murdered this morning. What yeah? At nine o'clock this morning.
How he was walking down Holland Street the Black Sea.
Dan drove by and he got thirteen machine gun slugs drawing. Ohkee,
(03:45):
that's terrible. Any idea who killed him? Now? It was
revenge most likely, but a dozen rats hated Davis. Could
be anyone? Any witnesses or a few people saw the
killing from the windows, Yeah, but not one of them
can give us any description of anybody. What a break?
There was only one other witness who could possibly identify
(04:05):
the killer, or is that you know? No, we can't
locate him, Nick. All we know is that it was
a boy, a messenger boy. He saw the murder and
scooted off in a panic, A messenger boy. Yes, Patsy
was kring a letter.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
A letter we'll get in the blue envelope.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, the on blokee was blue. And that's it. Nick.
Now look for the love of heaven, Nick, if you've
got anything, spill it, Maddie. You say the murder was
at nine o'clock, Yeah, on Holland Street right fast. Running
would take a boy from Holland Street to this house
in just about fifteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, And that's why he was so frightened me.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Hey, wait a minute, what is all this? Come on, maddie,
I'll help you find who killed David Good, and we'll
start with a visit to mister van Dyke next door. Oh,
mister van Dyke, as you wund out of it. No,
I'm your neighbor, Nick Carter. Of course, mister Carter is
(05:03):
so nice to see you. This is my secretary, Miss Boone,
mister Vandy, and this is Sergeant Mathison of the homicide squad. Well,
this is quite an honor, mister Carter. I wondered how
long I was going to live next door to a
celebrity without getting acquainted. Mister van Dyke, I want to
ask a favor of you. Yes, did you receive a
letter this morning in a blue envelope? Yes, mister Carter,
your secretary delivered it to me. Will you tell me
(05:25):
who sent it? Please? Why? I don't know it was
from a stranger. You don't know, no, but it's an
extremely touching letter. But I don't know the man who
sent it. While we're trying to locate the boy who
delivered it, I'm afraid I don't know him either. Well
may we see the letter? Why?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yes, certainly I have it right here. Say you are.
Thank you, dear mister van Dyke. It's a bitter blow
to my pride to be forced to make this appeal
to you. I do so only because I'm connected with
your family or your second cousin, Emily Gray. Because I'm
sadly in need of food and clothing, won as I
suffered as a bone. Sad case, isn't it. Yeah, very signed,
(06:02):
Major Hector down and the address Nick, Yeah, forty four
Poultry Square. Hey, that's a tough neighborhood. Yes, it's quite sad.
Quite said. Well, thank you, mister van Dyke. You've helped
a lot. I don't quite know what I've done for,
mister Carter, but you're more than welcome. I'm sure. Thank you.
Come on, Maddy, we had work to do right with you.
So long, mister van Dyke. Goodbye. Do drop in the game,
(06:23):
mister c Thank you. So, Maddy, there's our lead, Major
Hector down, forty four Poultry Square. Yeah, it's a lead,
all right. I suppose you get a dragnet going to
pick up every crook. I might possibly hate Billy Davis
enough to kill him. I'll do that in the meantime,
I'll hustle down to Major Dowd and see whether I
can locate the boy who delivered this letter. Right, Nick,
there's a twenty to one chance he's your key witness, Ready, Rodney, Yes, sir,
(06:56):
eh mister Hulling's last Scrollan. It is a bit a
blow to my pride to be faced to make this
appeal to you full stop, Capita. I do so only
because I am connected with your family through now one
moment's run now Yes, advancing Who's who? Do refresh my memory?
(07:18):
H h uh Hollingsworth. Yes, we will continue, Runny, connected
with your family through your great aunt Comma, Sarah clean Comma.
And because I am sadly in need. That idiot wants
your pen, your bloody a page flea Major, you're lazy,
(07:39):
Kenny sympion and you're hurting me. Make starting at all, David,
write a few letters and a level that you're writing. Boys,
Do you expect me to write them myself? You know
your handwriting is much more genteel. And I'm sorry I
made the plot. Major. I'm kind of nervous. That's what
(08:02):
I saw this morning. It scared me. What I just say,
I'm withering ass. I saw him to slay d the
hoodlum who pretends to laud it over this neighborhood, a
man called gas Flad. I saw him kill somebody. What
when I was taking a letter to mister van Dyke,
I saw at Slagh drive up the street in the
car and kill a man, or if a man a
(08:23):
care I don't know. You're sure you saw this slade
kill him? Yes, measure, I'm positive. M I mean yes,
rub me, My dear dear boy. You know that I
have only your best interested, don't you well? I yes,
Now you must listen to me carefully. Yes, you're in
(08:43):
great danger, dear boy. We must protect you. Believe everything
to me. You wrot me. Yours not the reason why
you'res what to do and for my honor. Yes, you
must scuttle down to the basement of this house at once,
the statesman. Yes, go at once and remain in hiding
there and like come for me right on. No arguments,
my boy, or pay your commander now go all right? Ma,
(09:12):
Now slave speaking hahah, mister slave, this is a neighbor
of yours. Major doubt, the major hem. I kind of
thought i'd be hearing from you. I've just perceived a
(09:35):
thurtling piece of information. The boy told you. Huh, yes,
Rodney told me. Oh that's too bad, too bad for yourself. Yes,
I think of your wise. You'll come to my quarters
at once. We have business to discuss your fifty and
my pocket. All right, major, let's get the steel going.
(10:06):
I know this is wide open on a stand. You
know all about me. I know all about you and
your phony letter racket. The kid saw me this morning.
Hey did that? Where is he in a safe place? Oh?
He got him hidden? Man, that's a layer. I must
look out for his welfare. Okay. How much you want
(10:26):
for him? Well? Come on, how much for the boy?
You I ain't worried about. You're rolling up the scare.
You'll keep your mouth shut? Yes, yes, that's your broken
scarce sense, and of what kids had. I gotta close
his mouth myself, mister Sade. How much you want for
the boy? You asking me to deliver a rod nay
over to you my own flesh and block. Don't kill
(10:48):
me that may jay. You got that kid out an
orphan asylum. He's no kin to you, o it? Even so? Slave?
How much I couldn't possibly look at it. Hey, maybe
that's the kid. Now, I'll wait in the bedroom when
you figure out your price. And I yes, one moment,
Major Dowd, why my name is Nick Carter, Nick Cottor
(11:11):
mind if I come in? Why? No, not at all?
Thank you, Doud. I need your help, my help with
the kata. Yes, I want to know who delivers your letters.
I don't think I understand. Luck down, I know you're
a professional beggar and let Your specialty is letter supposedly
sent by a poor but worthy gentleman, usually written to
(11:31):
rich but not overly intelligent suckers. How dare you you
send those letters by messenger to avoid arrest for illegal
use of the mails? Your messenger is a young boy? Who? Oh,
I see he lives here with you. That's the pots
I live alone. Oh do you make model airplanes? Major?
You were a junior science windbreaker sneakers in the baseball cap?
(11:52):
Well had you out? I want that for I don't.
He's a sole and vital witness and a murder case.
We need his evidence or important than that, I think
is life's in danger. I don't know what you mean. Huh,
This is what I mean. This boy saw the man
who killed Billy Davids. It's very likely the killer saw
him and then he rat who would cut down an
assistant DA with a machine gun wouldn't hesitate to murder
(12:13):
a boy. It's the corta. You must wear it. I
can't tell you. You mean you won't. I don't know.
You're lying down. It's the cot you care and you're
lying ye. Wait a minute, Hey, it's just possible if
someone got here before I did. I think find come
out of there you? Oh, I see. It was the thing,
(12:34):
the way your eyes kept watching this bedroom door. I
thought there might be someone in here. Oh, I see.
The only thing worrying you was this money on the bed.
Huh money You usually leave a thousand dollars lying around
like this? Why here, let's get back to business, dud.
Where's the boy but the corta. I'll trouble you to
(12:55):
hand that money over to me and get houses here.
And I know nothing about this boy you speak of,
and I know you're lying. Your touching story of his
dangers is most pacific. I'm afraid I'm in no position
to prevent the this of a boy I know nothing about.
(13:16):
Nick turns and leaves the apartment. Major Dowd watches him
with quick, cunning eyes, one thousand dollars firmly grasped in
his hands. We'll see what happens in just a moment.
Now back to the case of the professional beggar. Today's
adventure with Nick Carter rock to you by new post
war old Dutch cleanser. Outside the tournament in which Major
(13:36):
Dowd lives, Nick sprints across the street to a candy store,
dashes into a telephone booth, and hastily dials a number,
his eyes watching the tournament house entrance through the window.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Nick cart how while Nick Carter is office Patty Bonne
speaking Patty, this is Nick. Oh any lock?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Not yet? I look, Patty, I want you to come
down to Poultry Square right away, of course, Nick, what's up?
Major Dad's got that boy hidden somewhere down here. I've
got to stick to this place until I locate him.
And since you're the only one who's seen the boy,
I'll need you to identify him for me.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
You're over here, coming, Well.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Nick, Major's still inside. How about the boy? No boy?
If any description has been through that door since I've
been here, he should The boy lives with him? Positive
now we've better work fast, Petsy. Yes, Dad's been warned.
I think he's trying to use the boy for his
own advantage. Well like blackmailver Athol exactly. So he's got
to be located at once. You have a plan. Yeah,
I'm going to phone Major Dud and get him out
of the house, and you and I go in and
(14:54):
look for the boy. Well, if he's in there, we'll
take him with us. If he isn't, well we wait
for him. There's a phone in the candy store here.
I'll call him from there. You keep an eye on
the door.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yeah, this is Meja Dowd speaking Mada Dad.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
This is Water van Dyke wa poof Yes, Heartler that
you should call sir. I was impressed by your letter. Major.
I should hate to think that a relation of cousin
Emily was in need. That's very kind of you, sir.
Can you come to my house immediately? I have a
check for you. Why, mister van Dyke, this is too
kind to kind Sir. I should be delighted to renew
(15:46):
my acquaintance with dear Emily's favorite cousin, but it would
be difficult for me to come immediately. I have some
business at hand. Well, it's a rather large check major,
and I'm leaving town within the r I want to
make sure you have no trouble catching it.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
She's most generous, sir, most generous.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Yes, my business can wait an hour or so. I
shall call on you immediately. No sign of the major yet, Nick,
Give him time, Give him time, Petty. It's only a
few minutes since I called him o cave. But I
(16:23):
wonder what's keeping him off hand. I'd say he was
putting on his best clothes for the big touch. Big.
Look that big car's been a boot right in front
of the door, cutting off our line of the site. Well,
like to move sick.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Look who's getting out, Scott.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
It's water van Dyke and he's going into the house
going to see. Don't confounded. Oh he'll blow your plan
higher than a tight. Yes, I'm afraid you're right, Petty. Well,
all we can do now is sit tight and see
what happens. Let me see sat bowler stick all you
(17:07):
know that and consn that boy. I might have polished
me both better foot they'll do well. I should have
a thrower for my button and Joel, now look at
that day, surely not cut her I'm persitive. I'm putting
off the face Harry coming, Major Hector Dowt. I am
made it down, sir, but I'm afraid you have the
(17:28):
advantage of me. I received your letter this morning. I'm
Walter van Dyke. That's the most touching letter you sent me.
It bothered me all day. Oh, I decided to come
down to see you, sir, Mister van Dyke. There was
no deed debate the trip. When I spoke to you
on the phone less than a quarter of an hour ago,
I'd sack to me on the phone. You called me,
(17:50):
didn't you. I never called you, Major Dowd. You'll never
get one. No, I say, I'm afraid i've been jilt.
Will you excuse me as a Van Dyke Stop Major Dowd,
so I beg you some of the time. I've just
had some shocking information. I must leave at once, mister
van dys at once.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
He's mister Van Dyke's coming out of the house and
Dowd's right behind him. Oh, he's onto your trick.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Oh naturally.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But the Major's not getting into the car with Van Dyke.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
He looks worried and he's moving fast. That could mean
trouble for the boy. What are we going to do?
I think I better follow the major? What about me?
You go up to the Major's apartment, second floor, rader,
see whether you can find the boy. Either you will
find him or Major dog will lead me to him.
We got to be quick about a petty In another hour,
the boy may be pets.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Anybody home?
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Who Sonny?
Speaker 1 (19:01):
You in here? Maybe he's out delivering more letters. I
better quite a surprise. Huh. I'm looking at a major
and I find you. You're patchy Bowen. Huh, you're yes late,
I know you. I've been hanging around the bank alley
waiting for the kid to show up, and I decided
(19:22):
to come upstairs. Do you mean the boy saw me?
Not go off? Davis? Yeah. You know, one trouble with
a killing is you're never finished. First, I got to
take care of the kid. Are you your Conna's girl?
See that means your trouble of me? The major squeal
of Connor?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Why I think you?
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Mister? I think you better take a walk with me better.
That is a nice quiet facement in this building. You
and me will go down and have a talk. Between us.
We'll figure out how I'm going to get rid of
the Major, the boy and you. His heavy hand fastened
(20:05):
on Patsy's arm like a vice, gas Blade leads the
girl down towards the cellar, where, unknown to him, Rodney
is hiding. We'll see what happens in just a moment.
Now for the conclusion of the case of the professional beggar.
Today's adventure with Nick Carter, drought to you by new
(20:26):
post war old Dutch cleanser. Five minutes after Major Doubt
leaves his apartment, he arrives in front of a tenement
door across Poultry Square and knocks energetically. Mister swathe, mister up.
This is Major Dowd. There's been an unexpected crisis. A
well known detective is got into the scene. If we
(20:47):
an complete this is miss me gunn at once. Major
all right, a well known detective everywhere just ended the scene.
Where's the boy? Dowd? A slave? That wouldn't be gas Blade,
would it? Why that thousand dollars for you? Didn't he
you were going to sell him? The witness bad, I thought, Kessies,
I wanted to extu where's the boy? I don't know
what you're referring to. Me. I think you're going to
(21:07):
know very soon. Major. Let's go back to your apartment
and see whether we can refresh your memory. Well, ain't
this nice and cozy? Miss boyn We marched down into
the basement, and who do we run smack in it?
(21:29):
But little Rodney. Now look, mister Flake, Oh we got
my problem all sove huh, you haven't got the Major.
That old gimpster O keep he's too scared to do
an he's talking. They don't stay scared long. I'll get
him before he gets his knife back. After I've taken
carry you. Let's okay, let's get it over with. Well, please,
mister Clay, please don't kill us, missus Slake, not turn around,
(21:50):
look missus Slake. Oh brother, if I don't get your ten,
it's the Major looking for Rodney and it's just my
lucky day. Now I get all three of you. Come
right in, Major, Great, I found your little friend of Rodney. Major. No,
we're not not slight there, stop flailing gas. You just
(22:12):
cut a plug in your hands, did find me? Yes, Petsy,
thanks to your cleveringess, Nick. This is Rodney. Are you
mister Carter? Hell? Hello? Rodney said they gave us a
lot of trouble today. I'm sorry. All he wanted to
do was tip you for delivering the wrong letter to
the right address. It was a lucky break for you,
but a bad one for our friend Slade, as he'll
(22:34):
soon find out. Well, Nick, it turned out to be
a nice day after all.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
You're blues all gone out?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I sure why not? We got gas Plate on the
murder rep. We got down on the charge of Flord,
and we also got the kid away from him. Yes, Maddy,
he'll go into the Downtown boys Club. He'll be all
right there, he sure will. Hey, but look, Nick, you
said Dad refused to tell you where he had Rodney hidden.
That's right, all right? Then, howld emblazes? Did you trail
Patsy right to the basement? Why bowed the trailer I
(23:13):
left for him? Yes? A trail of what trail of lipstick? Maddie?
Now wait a minute, what are you giving me?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's a fax sergeant. When gas Lade said he was
going to take me down to the cellar with him,
I got my lipstick out of my bag. Yes, and
whenever I could, I made a mark on the wall
with it.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Well, now, how comes Slade? Let you do that. Oh
he didn't.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
I refused to go along with him willingly, so he
had dragged me and I kept struggling and swinging.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
My arms around and making a mark on the wall
or the minister with each swing. Aunt, Betsy, that's is Nick.
But Nick, how did you know it was Patsy's lipstick?
And how did you know it was a trail you
were supposed to follow? Well, Maddy, I'll tell you. The
first mark was in the apartment living room, just inside
the door, and I knew I hadn't seen it when
I was there a short time before, so it seemed
(24:01):
logical to think it meant something. So I followed it
and it did. Patsy, I sure, I am proud of you.
That's what I call fairs. Why thank you, Sergeant. Yes, Marie,
I just followed the line of red lipstick and caught
up with a killer. And whilst Slade follows a line
that leads to the electric chair, he can remember that
(24:22):
red stands for danger. Nick, what sort of adventure does
new post war old Dutch cleanser had for us next week? Well,
Mike had started when a man was murdered back in
(24:42):
the year eighteen fifteen and.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
It ended when his great great granddaughter was killed in
the same room, with every door and window locked on
the inside.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Of course, we had plenty of poos, but they all
seem to prove that the murderer was an Indian chief
or an Indian chief. Huh uh huh. But it made
things a little.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Difficult, Mike, because it's she had been dead a hundred
and sixty years.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Look how waiting listen? But what do you call this adventure? Nick?
I call it the Case of the Red Arrow. Nick.
(25:25):
Carter Master Detective is presented each week at this time
by the Cutter heat Packing Company. It is produced and
directed by Jack McGregor and is copyrighted by Street and
Smith Publications, Incorporated. Charlotte Manson is featured as Patsy ed
Latimer plays Matty. Today's script was written by Alfred Bester.
Original music is played by Henry Silverns. This program is
(25:47):
fictional and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead
is purely coincidental. This is Michael Fitzmorris saying when minutes counts,
use new post war Dutch twinser m This is the
(26:09):
mutual Bob
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