September 12, 2025 • 34 mins
Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis
When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com
Become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rory, Patreon supporter since October 2020.
Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
Give us a call at 208-991-4783
Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis
When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com
Become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rory, Patreon supporter since October 2020.
Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
Give us a call at 208-991-4783
Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
going to bring you this week's episode of Yours Truly
Johnny Doller.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
But first I want to encourage you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your
favorite podcast software. Our listener support and appreciation campaign continues,
and you can become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters
for as little as two dollars per month at Patreon
dot Great Detectives dot net. And I want to welcome
(01:06):
our latest patriots. Welcome to eight Treon suppers in fourteen
cents or more per month, and welcome to Susey Patreon
supporter at the Shamus level of four dollars or more
per month. Thank you both so much for your support,
and again, you can become one of our Patreon supporters
at Patreon dot Great Detectives dot net. Now. From May
(01:29):
twenty fifth, nineteen fifty eight, here is the Midnight Sun.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Matter from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. This
is Bill Chadwick, Shorty, Honey Bell, Harry Things in Seattle.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Not bad, Johnny, not bad? You tell me have you
ever fallen to the spell of the Yukon?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
What are you trying to do? Sell me some mining stock?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
No, but there's a mine I'd like to have you
take a look.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
At hop in the Yukon.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well actually gets across the border and Alaska. It's a
gold mine, a big one, sitting on top of a
rich vein. Why don't you fly on out here? Let
me tell you about it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Why not? Shall I bring my own pig and shovel? No, no, Johnny,
just be sure you bring your gun. While Bailey in
the Exciting Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed
Expense accoud America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Yours Truly Johnny
(02:30):
Dollar expense accounts of vented by a special investigator Johnny
Dollar to the Northwest Surety Company, Seattle, Washington office. Following
(02:51):
has an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of
the Midnight Sun matter. I don't one one hundred and
sixty four to thirty five transportation of New York then
a main liner through Chicago to Seattle. The pilot gave
us a beautiful view of Mound, Rainier and Puget Sound
before we sat down and at four pm. I was
in Bill Chadwick's office at Second Avenue in Yesler Way.
(03:14):
I'm glad to see you, Johnny. It's been a long time. Hi. Yeah,
you sit out? Okay? How how was that crack over
the phone about bringing along a gun? Hell, the men
who moil for gold are a pretty tough bunch, Johnny.
And sometimes it even goes for the management of a
big mining operation like what, for instance, like Universal Consolidated
Mining Corporation. Where's that it's north and east of Fairbanks, Alaska. Yes,
(03:36):
even north of fort Yukon. That means above the Arctic Circle.
And what's happened up there? The whole thing sits at
the foot of a big glacier. Oh, no problem, until recently, now,
through some freak of nature, that glacier is changing its course.
No killing, And from the look of things, maybe a
couple of months, maybe a couple of years, or even
ten years. Anyhow, they seem to think that glacier is
going to sweep down over the mines, the town, everything
(03:58):
I see, in which case our company would have to
pay for the whole loss and all coverage policy. Yeah,
and it's occurred to me, Johnny. Suppose they've suddenly run
out of that rich vein they found up there. You
mean it's somehow they deliberately cause that glacier to destroy
the whole operation. It's a possibility, isn't it. Well, pretty
far fretch one. If you asked me change the course
(04:20):
of a glacier a few sticks of dynamite, carefully, please
come off it. Bill, did you ever see a glacier? Well,
why should one that's been following the same path for
thousands of years suddenly decide the head for a few
million dollars worth of well insured property? He look? Go
up there and take a look, will you? Okay, how
do I get there? One of the company's planes is
taking off from here tomorrow morning. They have their own airplanes.
(04:41):
Oh sure, a lot of big two engine speedcraft transports.
How else do you think they get men and supplies
up there? Anyway? You can go along with it? Okay, okay,
why not? Who knows? Maybe I'll strike it rich come
back a loader with nuggets. I am two thirty one
(05:03):
bucks even for my romical Benjamin Franklin and a night
on the town the following morning. Well, I suppose I
should have wondered why a big cargo plane should take
off from a tiny airport far out of the town
with only the pilot and me on board. Yep, I
should have wondered at two of your truly, Johnny Dollar
(05:38):
in a moment.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Our flag now numbers fifty stars, and behind each star
there stands yet another flag, representing one of the fifty states.
Louisiana's state flag displays a pelican feeding its young. The
pelican is represented as she has been from time immemorial,
standing in her nest in the of tearing at her
(06:00):
breast and feeding her young with the blood from this
self inflicted wound, a symbol of loyal devotion to her family.
The state motto Union, Justice and Confidence isn't scrolled beneath
this scene. Louisiana's state flag, the flag of the eighteenth
state to enter the Union, was adopted on July first,
(06:22):
nineteen hundred and twelve.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Now Act two of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and the
midnight Sun matter. Within a few minutes after I met
him at the airport far east to town. The next morning,
Cliff Murray had the big twin engine speedcraft airborne, and
(06:44):
we were heading north to Alaska. And in case you're
interested dollar, You're the cool pilot on this run. Poh,
are you kidding? The only things I've stayed around the
sky since the war have been piper cubs, small toosh
you know, I think when you get onto them, these
babies are not only just as easy to fly, it's safer. Yeah,
I want to take over for a while, Well maybe later, Andy,
how come you didn't take this big ship off at
(07:06):
this sad or to come inter national airport because of
the cargo we have on board. Also, it was quicker
and easier to get clearance. We're trying to make time
on this trip. Boys up to the mine are pretty
worried punch these days. Oh why Now does a big
glacier on one side of the property flows down to
make the Kanakai River when it gets warm enough a
couple of months in the year to melt. That's so
not There've been a couple of big ice quakes this spring,
(07:28):
just like earthquakes, only its ice. Now that glacier is
heading for the property, No kidding, that's going to wipe
out the airport everything, unless they can do something about it,
like what to hurt the course of a glacier. The
engineers up there say they can do it. We've got
the stuff for them right here, this cargo we're tooting.
What do you mean thought, didn't you know?
Speaker 5 (07:48):
No? What?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Well, we got enough TNT aboard to move a dozen glaciers, ye,
speaking of sitting on a potter keke and this one
had wings. Yes, But then after the first shock and
realization wore off.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
Well.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I even took up Cliffy on his offer to handle
controls for a while, and he was right. A big
plane behaved like a dog by the time he reached
anchorage to pick up mailand food, where I was all
set to make the landing myself. However, with a cargo
of TNT aboard, I was perfectly content to let cliffs
center down. What you did, beautiful. Then within the hour
we hitded north again, overs over the wildest country I've
(08:24):
ever seen, beautiful owd Johnny in its own way. And
I never realized there were so many lakes and streams
up in this country, Cliff Most of them are loaded
with fish too. Oh sirs up, Oh what is it?
I said? The greatest fishing in this man's world is
right down there. Blowes. Oh watch your language, brother, I
don't able to stab on a chute and leave you
(08:45):
to make the rest of the trip along. Fisherman. Huh, yeah,
you aren't kidding. One of my favorite spots, right, Hey,
what's the merry? I think just a little twitch in
my side my belly. Doc said was appendicid this last time,
but he didn't want to operate. Miss Holy Babe. That
was a shock. One clip. Anything I can do. No,
(09:05):
it's going now, I sure, hope, so sure, sure, just
came on kind of sudden. So hey, it's time to
call lads. It the mind to be ready for us.
How big is the airport up there? Eleven thousand foot?
Speaker 6 (09:21):
Right me?
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Really sure? It's the only way to get stuff in
for mines one hundred miles around speed draft two three
one calling consolidated. Go ahead, please, with somebody on duty
there at all times. Twenty four hours, go ahead or
over Fairbanks on the hour, Charlie roder Cliff over Fairbanks
and fourteen and roll out the carpet. We'll sit down
(09:44):
between fourteen forty five and fifty.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Roder Cliff will be ready for you.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
And that's that. And that's an hour. Johnny, we quick, Johnny,
Johnny take over, shar Cliff I've been as bad before. Alsten,
no us no, no matter what happens, take it, take
it easy. I'll tell you exactly what do you can
(10:12):
do it? Johnny? You can do it now. Listen act
three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar in a moment.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
We live in a world of symbols and signs, abbreviations
and slogans. What do they mean to us? Well, of
course that depends. Take the flag of the United States,
for example. There's a symbol that is respected throughout the
world and cherished by citizens of the United States. But
there's a reason for it. It stands for the power
and the glory, the fairness and progress of the United States,
(10:52):
based on long years of historic tradition. The Medal of
Honor is another symbol, a symbol of the highest sort,
based on historic truths and traditions, and won by gallant
action above and beyond the call of duty. How did
it all get started? Just listen to this. Before the
Civil War, there were no permanent awards given to the
(11:13):
men of the armed forces of the United States for
doing their jobs. No, not even when the job was
beyond the call of duty. Fighting men did what they
could because it had to be done. In eighteen sixty two,
less than two dozen Union Army enlisted men, who became
known as the Mitchell Readers, volunteered to make a secret
penetration deep into enemy territory, steal an express train right
(11:36):
out of the Confederate camp and run it up north,
tearing up tracks, burning bridges, and cutting wires on the
way in order to disrupt enemy communications. Only moments before
reaching their own lines again, with the mission accomplished, the
train ran out of fuel. The men tried to escape,
but were captured and thrown into prison. Most of them
were executed as spies, the others expecting the same fate.
(12:00):
The brave and dangerous attempt to escape. Six of them
were recaptured and later exchanged for Confederate prisoners. When they
reported to Washington, d C. They were awarded the first
medals of honor ever given to American soldiers. In their
gallant and intrepid actions to do everything possible to fight,
to win, and when captured, to escape and fight again,
(12:23):
they maintained an established code of conduct for American fighting
men everywhere. What the Metro Raiders did is symbolic of
what keeps America a great nation. Now is a good
time to examine your own code of conduct, and.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Now act three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar and the
Midnight Sun matter. The rest of this report will have
to count you from the records of the airport. They're
at Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation, far above the Arctic Circle.
(13:00):
The big cargo plane a lot it with TNT the
pilot cripple with pain. I was a little too busy
to make notes, discriver any fancy dialogue. Here then, is
the story as recorded at the tower of the airport.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
The time is to thirty five.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Well, I goes the boss is playing to pick up
his dog in pad Banks. Charlie, Hey, Paul and Cliff
about doo was two three one, and you said he'd
sit down at the speak grab chew three one?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Probably consolidated?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Is that Cliff speak gram chewtrey one?
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Probably consolidated.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
It doesn't sound like him, Hello, Cliff, he'll live to
Johnny Dollar Dollar, Yeah, yeah, it's just a passenger. Go ahead,
Johnny Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Is look to take over for him. He's sick, cripple.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Give me whatever it starts I need, right you sure
you can make it, Johnny.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Charlie Johnny, Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Go ahead, Cliff, Johnny could make it.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Well, what about that that cargo that TNE you can
you dump it?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I can't dump it. Johnny can't leave the control.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Okay then Johnny, well we'll give you all the help
we can from here.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Thanks, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Have you passed the Snake River marker in about two minutes?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I think?
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Okay? Now just remember your leftdown is on a heading
of zero three five degrees from that marker.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Zero three five degrees from the Snake River marker.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Roger And well, now just take it easy, Johnny, and
we'll get you down here.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Okay, Thanks, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
All it looks like we may have a problem on it.
And listen if Cliff says dollar can bring it Downny Ken,
just you take it easy when you talk with.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Him, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
If you got an engineer down there, yeah yeah, sure,
Johnny stand by, take it fall Johnny. This is Paul Foster.
Go ahead.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
Oh we're having some trouble getting our landing here. Now
I'm I'm gonna make some steep banks.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
And try to get it done my centrifical force.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah good, you you might get the ground through to
stand Why though, because if we can't get the gear
down that way, I guess we'll have to make a belly.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Landing gear up.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Okay, Johnny, I got that. How much fuel have you
got on board about it? About? Johnny? This is Charlie again.
Now list easy? Oh yeah, Johnny, I saw you make
your pass. It appears the landing gear door is partially open,
which may indicate it's jammed. Any guess uh? Paul again, Johnny.
(15:31):
The only thing I can think of is try to
snap the gear up by a shot pull up to
give it to centrifugal force.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I've tried to have Paul resump the negative.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
All right, Then, before we consider you coming in for
a belly landing with all our TN t aboard, I'd
like to use up some of that fuel. Maybe some
of our brains down here can think of something that'll
help you out.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Okay, Okay, we'll go ahead with the regular procedures and
whatever where else we can think of it. Then we'll
give you another call.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Okay, Johnny. Time two forty one, Johnny, Johnny, this is
Paul again. Have you tried to shear the lock pin
on that landing gear? Go ahead?
Speaker 7 (16:16):
Negative? No, we haven't tried that yet. We want to
make sure the doors were not jammed.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Partially closed and rams making it possible to get all
the gear up again. You know, if we do have
to make a belly landing.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Yeah, okay, Johnny, have you got full hydraulic pressure?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Yeah, it's been affirmative.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Okay. Now the crew chief is not up here at
the moment, but I'll ask him to come up and
he can discuss it with you. Right Johnny. If it
does become necessary to make a belly landing because of
the setup they hit for handling accidents, you might be
better off to do it at Fairbanks if you thought
about that.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I talk and Cliff here.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
He doesn't think they'd want us to try it with
this TNT.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
We've got a board.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Well, we're ready to um and see. Meanwhile, if anybody
comes up with any idea, I we'll pass it on
to you right away. Okay, I'll get again check it
a Okay, the time is two fifty Johnny. Don Wilkins,
(17:20):
our chief engineer would like to talk to you. I'll
put him on the horn, Johnny, is Don Welkin. Have
you tried the landing gear handle up and down quite
a few times to see if it extends any further
at any time.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
You mean it several times?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Well, I think I'd tried as many times as possible, Johnny.
There could be something binding that may break loose. Now
there's something on it there when it comes off the
gear door latches all right, so it isn't the latch.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I'll try it a few more times. The time is three.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
O'clock exactly, Johnny, this is Paul. How's your feel a
situation stocking up? Now?
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (18:05):
We have about nine Well for your information, Fairbanks have
advised that they can't take your airplane there because they're
jammed up and couldn't clear the field in time.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Okay, doesn't look like we've like we'd have enough games
going there anyway.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Johnny, this is Don Wilkins again. If you feathered the
number two engines and then just as you unfeathered slammed
the gear handled down, well, maybe the additional torsion that
you get may free to gear.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Okay, Don, we've already tried that.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
We came up negative night.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
I think we're stuck with that belly landing.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Johnny, this is Paul. We'll get everything ready for you.
Are you be far in this vicinity, you know under
visual flight rules. Yeah, affirmative, Johnny. There's one more thing
we'd like to have you try, and that is completely
unload your hydraulic system and then try freefalling your landing gear.
Did you get that?
Speaker 7 (18:59):
I did that twice? Gone, no luck with it's.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Run again, all right, Johnny. Fine, The time is three
twenty eight. Johnny. We're going ahead with preparations for a
belly landing down here. I see you buzz the field
a couple of times, so you know how much room
you've got.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
You think it looks like much from up here.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Now listen, We're gonna foam the runway for you. You
hear me, put foam on it. We're doing it now,
and that'll kill some of the friction, and if we
can get enough fun it'll help against fire if you
have any trouble.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I'm the wind down there.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
It's south about three miles an hour. Just light braize, well,
I want to dog keep.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
This thing slides off to one side of the other, right,
I don't want to run down any of the other
airplanes I can see down there.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
How if we can help it, Okay, Johnny, take a
run directly over the runway and get the feel of it.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
We'll do.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
The time is three thirty one, Johnny. We didn't want
to see him in the position here of telling you
all your business, but I guess we've got to try
everything anyone can think of. You go ahead on this gear,
handled business up and down. Throw it in the up position,
just leave it there for a second, and then slam
(20:11):
it down and leave it down for old, say thirty
seconds after you put it down. You get that, Okay,
we'll do that. We hate to be giving you all
this intelligence all the time, but if anybody gets an idea,
we pass it on to you for what it's worth.
But you've got to be the judge.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
We're glad you fill it. You're with us.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
The time is three forty six, Johnny. How's your fuel? Now?
Speaker 2 (20:39):
I wouldn't bang it a much longer.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
All right. They're laying form on the runway like crazy,
but that poem is only going to last about twenty
five minutes now, assuming they started laying the form at thirty,
you should land not later than fifty five.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Yes, well, okay, you give us a word.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
When it's completed.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
We're going to make one little pass and take a
good look at everything. They will give it in laying.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Okay, Roger, I got your remarks. The time is three
fifty one. Hi, Johnny, I just wondered how you are
and how things look for you.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Okay, you got a doctor.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Stady bye and take your a cliff.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Sure, sure everything's ready for you. One comment listen, do
not repeat, Do not feather the engines when you send out. Okay, Johnny, Okay,
we're all said time.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
We're gonna make a practice prayers over the field prior
to the flying landing.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Okay, Johnny, I won't be talking to you anymore. Paul
will take over on your approach and get you down.
We're all set for you when you arrive. Good luck. Yeah, okay.
The time is three fifty four, one minute forty eight
(22:06):
seconds later, we made a wheels up landing. Cliff the
company doctor tells me has happened. Deck to me was
a complete success, A hard bitten bunch of miners that
you say, listen, those boys up and then lonely out
posted a sawt of the earth. And as we're trying
(22:28):
to pull something on your insurance company, Well you should
have seen how just one good load of TNT put
that glacier back in its course. Yes, sir, I hope
the vein of gold never runs out for those boys.
Expensive come total, including gifts for the lads who really
brought that plane down six hundred dollars even yours, truly, Johnny.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
Dwar Our star will return in just a moment. Our
flag now numbers fifty stars, and behind each star there
(23:08):
stands yet another flag representing one of the fifty states.
Oregon State flag depicts the transition from British colonial rule
to entry into the United States of America. This is
symbolized by the departure of a British man of war
and the arrival of an American merchant ship. Oregon is
one of a few states whose banner has a different
(23:30):
design on each side. On the reverse side is the
Oregon Beaver, symbol of the fur trade which opened the
Great Northwest, and a symbol which gave Oregon its nickname
of the Beaver State. Oregon State flag, the flag of
the thirty third state to enter the Union, was adopted
on February twenty sixth, nineteen twenty five. Now here's our
(23:53):
star to tell you about next week's story. Next week,
well maybe when they hear it. A lot of wivesn't
gonna like me too much, But well, join us, won't you?
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey, originates in
Hollywood and is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who
also wrote today's story. Heard in our cast were Gene Tatum,
Frank Nelson, Russell Porson, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartel, and Porus Lewis.
Be sure to join us next week, same time in
station for another exciting story of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
(24:31):
This is Roy Rowan speaking. This is the United States
(25:02):
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Welcome back. A very different, yet still entertaining story. As
we said, it's really something completely unique from anything else
we played. And it has to be said that despite
all the challenges that Johnstone faced in terms of budgets,
in terms of the changing media landscape of the late
(26:45):
nineteen fifties, he didn't give up. He really put together
an innovative, in tense way to tell a story. John
Abbott's book That Who Is Johnny Dollar Matter has some
interesting notes on this episode. This was based on a
real life event that happened on October thirty first, nineteen
(27:08):
fifty seven with the flight one on one United Flight
one oh one, so again another example of Johnstone borrowing
from the headlines. He also notes that Johnstone wrote a
dramatization of that event for a pilot convention and Jimmy
(27:29):
Stewart actually performed it. I wish there was a recording
of that. All right, Well, listener comments and feedback, and
we have a few comments on the Carson Arson matter,
and we start with Brains Benton, who rides, well, how
disappointing in Arson case. And Johnny did not eat any
kerosene bread I know, I mean he had to would
(27:52):
be crestfallen when he was told by the fire inspector
that kerosene wasn't involved because he even had a market there,
and you know, sure they could find some untens bread
probably and he'd be in business, but did not work out.
Then we have a comment from Alan at green Archer Comics,
(28:14):
who and these are from Instagram. I think you might
be wrong about Carson's business plan, and if I'm correct,
it's actually pretty smart. It sounded like he was putting
them out in new developments what we might think of
as suburbs today. If so, then he likely would have
been the closest thing to a grocery store around for
(28:36):
all of those commuters who just purchased new houses. A
fair point, and someone made a made an even bigger point.
I guess in the same vein over on YouTube listener rits,
I have to make one correction. You said no one
would have built a grocery store out in the middle
of nowhere. That's not convenient for anyone. That's exactly how
(28:59):
Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, built the largest restail
store in the world. Sam Walton had one philosophy that's
taught in every business school, go where they ate. He
was referring to stores like Ben Franklin, Sears and later Keymart.
By doing this, states would give Sam Walton tax breaks
(29:21):
and they would build the road infrastructure he needed to
support customer traffic from surrounding communities and small towns. Okay, folks,
what can I say, don't get your business advice from
podcasts at Ley's not from this podcast because okay, so
except for Sam Walton, nobody would do that, and that
(29:45):
does I guess. Mister Carson was like a Shakespeare quoting
New England, Sam Walton, I wonder if if you had
a modern Johnny Dollar world, you know, set in the
same world, but you know, decades later in the twenty
first century, if in that world you would have Carsons
(30:09):
instead of Walmart, I'm sorry, not Carson's Cash and Save,
and then saysoff Rise. After listening to your closing comments,
I did a duck duck go search for Super Chicken quotes.
I wanted to see what other wisdom he could impart. Well,
there aren't many that will be on that same level
(30:33):
of profundity. As you knew the job was dangerous when
you took it. But if I get people looking for
super Chicken and remembering Superchicken, that's definitely a good deal.
Julie emails in so grateful that I'm not the only
one who's forgotten the Super Chicken theme song, as I
(30:54):
lovingly pat my Superchicken doll. Though I think that Johnny,
when he said the case was messy, was referring to
the emotional messiness of the step daughter burning down her
stepfather's dream stores and his happiness that she was caught
and would be punished. It seems Johnny found that distasteful.
It's always thanks for keeping these shows on the air. Well,
(31:14):
thanks so much, Julie. I still think there are messier
cases that Johnny gets. Recently, I thought the Eastern Western
Matter was probably a bit more emotionally messy and distasteful,
but I guess to each their own. Now I will
(31:34):
say that I first saw Super Chick, and obviously it
came out originally before I was born, so I was
not in the original audience. But I actually saw it
for the first time on a VHS tape rented for
forty nine cents forty nine cent rentals back in the nineties.
(31:59):
That was that, and then I did cease it in
reruns a few times. And then James says thanks as always,
Adam and left another comment for the algorithm. Well, I
truly appreciate it. Thank you so much. Appreciate all the
comments on that episode. Now it is time to thank
(32:20):
our Patreon supporter of the day. Thank you to Rory,
Patreon supporter since October twenty twenty, currently supporting the podcast
at the Detective Sergeant level of seven dollars and fourteen
cents or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Rory,
and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying
the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software,
(32:43):
And if you're enjoying the podcast on YouTube, be sure
to video subscribe to the channel and mark the notification bell.
We will be back next Friday with another episode of
Yours Truly Johnny Doller. But join us back here tomorrow
for the great adventurers of old time radio and Quokin
(33:03):
dagger ware.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Better head bag before we run into trouble.
Speaker 5 (33:07):
O'sund Hey Harry, Harry, Look look the brush it's being
yanked away.
Speaker 9 (33:10):
Yeah, yeah, I see it. Look those natives they're putting
up the white Marcus.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Stripes, the safety land panels out it.
Speaker 9 (33:17):
Gee, just like seeing something pumped before your eyes. Let's go.
Speaker 5 (33:23):
And landing strip came out of nowhere, just all of
a sudden, there it was. The plane bumped the ground
and rolled in. But we kept the motors still running
in case of a jab trick, and we sat there
and waited for whatever was going to happen next. Harry, Harry, look, look,
look something or somebody's coming out of that clump of
bamboo at the end of the field.
Speaker 9 (33:44):
Yeah, hip your hand on your gun. I'll make a
quick getaway if I half chick check Harry, Harry, natives. Yeah,
but are they friendly spears? Hey there, arm, let's get
out of here. Yeah, hey, wait a minute, it's a wait.
Woman with them.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime.
Send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net,
follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us
out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash Great Detectives From Boise, Idaho.
(34:23):
This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
going to bring you this week's episode of Yours Truly
Johnny Doller.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
But first I want to encourage you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your
favorite podcast software. Our listener support and appreciation campaign continues,
and you can become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters
for as little as two dollars per month at Patreon
dot Great Detectives dot net. And I want to welcome
(01:06):
our latest patriots. Welcome to eight Treon suppers in fourteen
cents or more per month, and welcome to Susey Patreon
supporter at the Shamus level of four dollars or more
per month. Thank you both so much for your support,
and again, you can become one of our Patreon supporters
at Patreon dot Great Detectives dot net. Now. From May
(01:29):
twenty fifth, nineteen fifty eight, here is the Midnight Sun.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Matter from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. This
is Bill Chadwick, Shorty, Honey Bell, Harry Things in Seattle.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Not bad, Johnny, not bad? You tell me have you
ever fallen to the spell of the Yukon?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
What are you trying to do? Sell me some mining stock?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
No, but there's a mine I'd like to have you
take a look.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
At hop in the Yukon.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well actually gets across the border and Alaska. It's a
gold mine, a big one, sitting on top of a
rich vein. Why don't you fly on out here? Let
me tell you about it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Why not? Shall I bring my own pig and shovel? No, no, Johnny,
just be sure you bring your gun. While Bailey in
the Exciting Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed
Expense accoud America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Yours Truly Johnny
(02:30):
Dollar expense accounts of vented by a special investigator Johnny
Dollar to the Northwest Surety Company, Seattle, Washington office. Following
(02:51):
has an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of
the Midnight Sun matter. I don't one one hundred and
sixty four to thirty five transportation of New York then
a main liner through Chicago to Seattle. The pilot gave
us a beautiful view of Mound, Rainier and Puget Sound
before we sat down and at four pm. I was
in Bill Chadwick's office at Second Avenue in Yesler Way.
(03:14):
I'm glad to see you, Johnny. It's been a long time. Hi. Yeah,
you sit out? Okay? How how was that crack over
the phone about bringing along a gun? Hell, the men
who moil for gold are a pretty tough bunch, Johnny.
And sometimes it even goes for the management of a
big mining operation like what, for instance, like Universal Consolidated
Mining Corporation. Where's that it's north and east of Fairbanks, Alaska. Yes,
(03:36):
even north of fort Yukon. That means above the Arctic Circle.
And what's happened up there? The whole thing sits at
the foot of a big glacier. Oh, no problem, until recently, now,
through some freak of nature, that glacier is changing its course.
No killing, And from the look of things, maybe a
couple of months, maybe a couple of years, or even
ten years. Anyhow, they seem to think that glacier is
going to sweep down over the mines, the town, everything
(03:58):
I see, in which case our company would have to
pay for the whole loss and all coverage policy. Yeah,
and it's occurred to me, Johnny. Suppose they've suddenly run
out of that rich vein they found up there. You
mean it's somehow they deliberately cause that glacier to destroy
the whole operation. It's a possibility, isn't it. Well, pretty
far fretch one. If you asked me change the course
(04:20):
of a glacier a few sticks of dynamite, carefully, please
come off it. Bill, did you ever see a glacier? Well,
why should one that's been following the same path for
thousands of years suddenly decide the head for a few
million dollars worth of well insured property? He look? Go
up there and take a look, will you? Okay, how
do I get there? One of the company's planes is
taking off from here tomorrow morning. They have their own airplanes.
(04:41):
Oh sure, a lot of big two engine speedcraft transports.
How else do you think they get men and supplies
up there? Anyway? You can go along with it? Okay, okay,
why not? Who knows? Maybe I'll strike it rich come
back a loader with nuggets. I am two thirty one
(05:03):
bucks even for my romical Benjamin Franklin and a night
on the town the following morning. Well, I suppose I
should have wondered why a big cargo plane should take
off from a tiny airport far out of the town
with only the pilot and me on board. Yep, I
should have wondered at two of your truly, Johnny Dollar
(05:38):
in a moment.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Our flag now numbers fifty stars, and behind each star
there stands yet another flag, representing one of the fifty states.
Louisiana's state flag displays a pelican feeding its young. The
pelican is represented as she has been from time immemorial,
standing in her nest in the of tearing at her
(06:00):
breast and feeding her young with the blood from this
self inflicted wound, a symbol of loyal devotion to her family.
The state motto Union, Justice and Confidence isn't scrolled beneath
this scene. Louisiana's state flag, the flag of the eighteenth
state to enter the Union, was adopted on July first,
(06:22):
nineteen hundred and twelve.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Now Act two of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and the
midnight Sun matter. Within a few minutes after I met
him at the airport far east to town. The next morning,
Cliff Murray had the big twin engine speedcraft airborne, and
(06:44):
we were heading north to Alaska. And in case you're
interested dollar, You're the cool pilot on this run. Poh,
are you kidding? The only things I've stayed around the
sky since the war have been piper cubs, small toosh
you know, I think when you get onto them, these
babies are not only just as easy to fly, it's safer. Yeah,
I want to take over for a while, Well maybe later, Andy,
how come you didn't take this big ship off at
(07:06):
this sad or to come inter national airport because of
the cargo we have on board. Also, it was quicker
and easier to get clearance. We're trying to make time
on this trip. Boys up to the mine are pretty
worried punch these days. Oh why Now does a big
glacier on one side of the property flows down to
make the Kanakai River when it gets warm enough a
couple of months in the year to melt. That's so
not There've been a couple of big ice quakes this spring,
(07:28):
just like earthquakes, only its ice. Now that glacier is
heading for the property, No kidding, that's going to wipe
out the airport everything, unless they can do something about it,
like what to hurt the course of a glacier. The
engineers up there say they can do it. We've got
the stuff for them right here, this cargo we're tooting.
What do you mean thought, didn't you know?
Speaker 5 (07:48):
No? What?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Well, we got enough TNT aboard to move a dozen glaciers, ye,
speaking of sitting on a potter keke and this one
had wings. Yes, But then after the first shock and
realization wore off.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
Well.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I even took up Cliffy on his offer to handle
controls for a while, and he was right. A big
plane behaved like a dog by the time he reached
anchorage to pick up mailand food, where I was all
set to make the landing myself. However, with a cargo
of TNT aboard, I was perfectly content to let cliffs
center down. What you did, beautiful. Then within the hour
we hitded north again, overs over the wildest country I've
(08:24):
ever seen, beautiful owd Johnny in its own way. And
I never realized there were so many lakes and streams
up in this country, Cliff Most of them are loaded
with fish too. Oh sirs up, Oh what is it?
I said? The greatest fishing in this man's world is
right down there. Blowes. Oh watch your language, brother, I
don't able to stab on a chute and leave you
(08:45):
to make the rest of the trip along. Fisherman. Huh, yeah,
you aren't kidding. One of my favorite spots, right, Hey,
what's the merry? I think just a little twitch in
my side my belly. Doc said was appendicid this last time,
but he didn't want to operate. Miss Holy Babe. That
was a shock. One clip. Anything I can do. No,
(09:05):
it's going now, I sure, hope, so sure, sure, just
came on kind of sudden. So hey, it's time to
call lads. It the mind to be ready for us.
How big is the airport up there? Eleven thousand foot?
Speaker 6 (09:21):
Right me?
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Really sure? It's the only way to get stuff in
for mines one hundred miles around speed draft two three
one calling consolidated. Go ahead, please, with somebody on duty
there at all times. Twenty four hours, go ahead or
over Fairbanks on the hour, Charlie roder Cliff over Fairbanks
and fourteen and roll out the carpet. We'll sit down
(09:44):
between fourteen forty five and fifty.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Roder Cliff will be ready for you.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
And that's that. And that's an hour. Johnny, we quick, Johnny,
Johnny take over, shar Cliff I've been as bad before. Alsten,
no us no, no matter what happens, take it, take
it easy. I'll tell you exactly what do you can
(10:12):
do it? Johnny? You can do it now. Listen act
three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar in a moment.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
We live in a world of symbols and signs, abbreviations
and slogans. What do they mean to us? Well, of
course that depends. Take the flag of the United States,
for example. There's a symbol that is respected throughout the
world and cherished by citizens of the United States. But
there's a reason for it. It stands for the power
and the glory, the fairness and progress of the United States,
(10:52):
based on long years of historic tradition. The Medal of
Honor is another symbol, a symbol of the highest sort,
based on historic truths and traditions, and won by gallant
action above and beyond the call of duty. How did
it all get started? Just listen to this. Before the
Civil War, there were no permanent awards given to the
(11:13):
men of the armed forces of the United States for
doing their jobs. No, not even when the job was
beyond the call of duty. Fighting men did what they
could because it had to be done. In eighteen sixty two,
less than two dozen Union Army enlisted men, who became
known as the Mitchell Readers, volunteered to make a secret
penetration deep into enemy territory, steal an express train right
(11:36):
out of the Confederate camp and run it up north,
tearing up tracks, burning bridges, and cutting wires on the
way in order to disrupt enemy communications. Only moments before
reaching their own lines again, with the mission accomplished, the
train ran out of fuel. The men tried to escape,
but were captured and thrown into prison. Most of them
were executed as spies, the others expecting the same fate.
(12:00):
The brave and dangerous attempt to escape. Six of them
were recaptured and later exchanged for Confederate prisoners. When they
reported to Washington, d C. They were awarded the first
medals of honor ever given to American soldiers. In their
gallant and intrepid actions to do everything possible to fight,
to win, and when captured, to escape and fight again,
(12:23):
they maintained an established code of conduct for American fighting
men everywhere. What the Metro Raiders did is symbolic of
what keeps America a great nation. Now is a good
time to examine your own code of conduct, and.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Now act three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar and the
Midnight Sun matter. The rest of this report will have
to count you from the records of the airport. They're
at Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation, far above the Arctic Circle.
(13:00):
The big cargo plane a lot it with TNT the
pilot cripple with pain. I was a little too busy
to make notes, discriver any fancy dialogue. Here then, is
the story as recorded at the tower of the airport.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
The time is to thirty five.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Well, I goes the boss is playing to pick up
his dog in pad Banks. Charlie, Hey, Paul and Cliff
about doo was two three one, and you said he'd
sit down at the speak grab chew three one?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Probably consolidated?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Is that Cliff speak gram chewtrey one?
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Probably consolidated.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
It doesn't sound like him, Hello, Cliff, he'll live to
Johnny Dollar Dollar, Yeah, yeah, it's just a passenger. Go ahead,
Johnny Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Is look to take over for him. He's sick, cripple.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Give me whatever it starts I need, right you sure
you can make it, Johnny.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Charlie Johnny, Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Go ahead, Cliff, Johnny could make it.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Well, what about that that cargo that TNE you can
you dump it?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I can't dump it. Johnny can't leave the control.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Okay then Johnny, well we'll give you all the help
we can from here.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Thanks, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Have you passed the Snake River marker in about two minutes?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I think?
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Okay? Now just remember your leftdown is on a heading
of zero three five degrees from that marker.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Zero three five degrees from the Snake River marker.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Roger And well, now just take it easy, Johnny, and
we'll get you down here.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Okay, Thanks, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
All it looks like we may have a problem on it.
And listen if Cliff says dollar can bring it Downny Ken,
just you take it easy when you talk with.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Him, Charlie.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
If you got an engineer down there, yeah yeah, sure,
Johnny stand by, take it fall Johnny. This is Paul Foster.
Go ahead.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
Oh we're having some trouble getting our landing here. Now
I'm I'm gonna make some steep banks.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
And try to get it done my centrifical force.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah good, you you might get the ground through to
stand Why though, because if we can't get the gear
down that way, I guess we'll have to make a belly.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Landing gear up.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Okay, Johnny, I got that. How much fuel have you
got on board about it? About? Johnny? This is Charlie again.
Now list easy? Oh yeah, Johnny, I saw you make
your pass. It appears the landing gear door is partially open,
which may indicate it's jammed. Any guess uh? Paul again, Johnny.
(15:31):
The only thing I can think of is try to
snap the gear up by a shot pull up to
give it to centrifugal force.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I've tried to have Paul resump the negative.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
All right, Then, before we consider you coming in for
a belly landing with all our TN t aboard, I'd
like to use up some of that fuel. Maybe some
of our brains down here can think of something that'll
help you out.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Okay, Okay, we'll go ahead with the regular procedures and
whatever where else we can think of it. Then we'll
give you another call.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Okay, Johnny. Time two forty one, Johnny, Johnny, this is
Paul again. Have you tried to shear the lock pin
on that landing gear? Go ahead?
Speaker 7 (16:16):
Negative? No, we haven't tried that yet. We want to
make sure the doors were not jammed.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Partially closed and rams making it possible to get all
the gear up again. You know, if we do have
to make a belly landing.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Yeah, okay, Johnny, have you got full hydraulic pressure?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Yeah, it's been affirmative.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Okay. Now the crew chief is not up here at
the moment, but I'll ask him to come up and
he can discuss it with you. Right Johnny. If it
does become necessary to make a belly landing because of
the setup they hit for handling accidents, you might be
better off to do it at Fairbanks if you thought
about that.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I talk and Cliff here.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
He doesn't think they'd want us to try it with
this TNT.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
We've got a board.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Well, we're ready to um and see. Meanwhile, if anybody
comes up with any idea, I we'll pass it on
to you right away. Okay, I'll get again check it
a Okay, the time is two fifty Johnny. Don Wilkins,
(17:20):
our chief engineer would like to talk to you. I'll
put him on the horn, Johnny, is Don Welkin. Have
you tried the landing gear handle up and down quite
a few times to see if it extends any further
at any time.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
You mean it several times?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Well, I think I'd tried as many times as possible, Johnny.
There could be something binding that may break loose. Now
there's something on it there when it comes off the
gear door latches all right, so it isn't the latch.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I'll try it a few more times. The time is three.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
O'clock exactly, Johnny, this is Paul. How's your feel a
situation stocking up? Now?
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (18:05):
We have about nine Well for your information, Fairbanks have
advised that they can't take your airplane there because they're
jammed up and couldn't clear the field in time.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Okay, doesn't look like we've like we'd have enough games
going there anyway.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Johnny, this is Don Wilkins again. If you feathered the
number two engines and then just as you unfeathered slammed
the gear handled down, well, maybe the additional torsion that
you get may free to gear.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Okay, Don, we've already tried that.
Speaker 7 (18:36):
We came up negative night.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
I think we're stuck with that belly landing.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Johnny, this is Paul. We'll get everything ready for you.
Are you be far in this vicinity, you know under
visual flight rules. Yeah, affirmative, Johnny. There's one more thing
we'd like to have you try, and that is completely
unload your hydraulic system and then try freefalling your landing gear.
Did you get that?
Speaker 7 (18:59):
I did that twice? Gone, no luck with it's.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Run again, all right, Johnny. Fine, The time is three
twenty eight. Johnny. We're going ahead with preparations for a
belly landing down here. I see you buzz the field
a couple of times, so you know how much room
you've got.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
You think it looks like much from up here.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Now listen, We're gonna foam the runway for you. You
hear me, put foam on it. We're doing it now,
and that'll kill some of the friction, and if we
can get enough fun it'll help against fire if you
have any trouble.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I'm the wind down there.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
It's south about three miles an hour. Just light braize, well,
I want to dog keep.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
This thing slides off to one side of the other, right,
I don't want to run down any of the other
airplanes I can see down there.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
How if we can help it, Okay, Johnny, take a
run directly over the runway and get the feel of it.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
We'll do.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
The time is three thirty one, Johnny. We didn't want
to see him in the position here of telling you
all your business, but I guess we've got to try
everything anyone can think of. You go ahead on this gear,
handled business up and down. Throw it in the up position,
just leave it there for a second, and then slam
(20:11):
it down and leave it down for old, say thirty
seconds after you put it down. You get that, Okay,
we'll do that. We hate to be giving you all
this intelligence all the time, but if anybody gets an idea,
we pass it on to you for what it's worth.
But you've got to be the judge.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
We're glad you fill it. You're with us.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
The time is three forty six, Johnny. How's your fuel? Now?
Speaker 2 (20:39):
I wouldn't bang it a much longer.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
All right. They're laying form on the runway like crazy,
but that poem is only going to last about twenty
five minutes now, assuming they started laying the form at thirty,
you should land not later than fifty five.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Yes, well, okay, you give us a word.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
When it's completed.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
We're going to make one little pass and take a
good look at everything. They will give it in laying.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Okay, Roger, I got your remarks. The time is three
fifty one. Hi, Johnny, I just wondered how you are
and how things look for you.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Okay, you got a doctor.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Stady bye and take your a cliff.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Sure, sure everything's ready for you. One comment listen, do
not repeat, Do not feather the engines when you send out. Okay, Johnny, Okay,
we're all said time.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
We're gonna make a practice prayers over the field prior
to the flying landing.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Okay, Johnny, I won't be talking to you anymore. Paul
will take over on your approach and get you down.
We're all set for you when you arrive. Good luck. Yeah, okay.
The time is three fifty four, one minute forty eight
(22:06):
seconds later, we made a wheels up landing. Cliff the
company doctor tells me has happened. Deck to me was
a complete success, A hard bitten bunch of miners that
you say, listen, those boys up and then lonely out
posted a sawt of the earth. And as we're trying
(22:28):
to pull something on your insurance company, Well you should
have seen how just one good load of TNT put
that glacier back in its course. Yes, sir, I hope
the vein of gold never runs out for those boys.
Expensive come total, including gifts for the lads who really
brought that plane down six hundred dollars even yours, truly, Johnny.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
Dwar Our star will return in just a moment. Our
flag now numbers fifty stars, and behind each star there
(23:08):
stands yet another flag representing one of the fifty states.
Oregon State flag depicts the transition from British colonial rule
to entry into the United States of America. This is
symbolized by the departure of a British man of war
and the arrival of an American merchant ship. Oregon is
one of a few states whose banner has a different
(23:30):
design on each side. On the reverse side is the
Oregon Beaver, symbol of the fur trade which opened the
Great Northwest, and a symbol which gave Oregon its nickname
of the Beaver State. Oregon State flag, the flag of
the thirty third state to enter the Union, was adopted
on February twenty sixth, nineteen twenty five. Now here's our
(23:53):
star to tell you about next week's story. Next week,
well maybe when they hear it. A lot of wivesn't
gonna like me too much, But well, join us, won't you?
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey, originates in
Hollywood and is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who
also wrote today's story. Heard in our cast were Gene Tatum,
Frank Nelson, Russell Porson, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartel, and Porus Lewis.
Be sure to join us next week, same time in
station for another exciting story of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
(24:31):
This is Roy Rowan speaking. This is the United States
(25:02):
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Welcome back. A very different, yet still entertaining story. As
we said, it's really something completely unique from anything else
we played. And it has to be said that despite
all the challenges that Johnstone faced in terms of budgets,
in terms of the changing media landscape of the late
(26:45):
nineteen fifties, he didn't give up. He really put together
an innovative, in tense way to tell a story. John
Abbott's book That Who Is Johnny Dollar Matter has some
interesting notes on this episode. This was based on a
real life event that happened on October thirty first, nineteen
(27:08):
fifty seven with the flight one on one United Flight
one oh one, so again another example of Johnstone borrowing
from the headlines. He also notes that Johnstone wrote a
dramatization of that event for a pilot convention and Jimmy
(27:29):
Stewart actually performed it. I wish there was a recording
of that. All right, Well, listener comments and feedback, and
we have a few comments on the Carson Arson matter,
and we start with Brains Benton, who rides, well, how
disappointing in Arson case. And Johnny did not eat any
kerosene bread I know, I mean he had to would
(27:52):
be crestfallen when he was told by the fire inspector
that kerosene wasn't involved because he even had a market there,
and you know, sure they could find some untens bread
probably and he'd be in business, but did not work out.
Then we have a comment from Alan at green Archer Comics,
(28:14):
who and these are from Instagram. I think you might
be wrong about Carson's business plan, and if I'm correct,
it's actually pretty smart. It sounded like he was putting
them out in new developments what we might think of
as suburbs today. If so, then he likely would have
been the closest thing to a grocery store around for
(28:36):
all of those commuters who just purchased new houses. A
fair point, and someone made a made an even bigger point.
I guess in the same vein over on YouTube listener rits,
I have to make one correction. You said no one
would have built a grocery store out in the middle
of nowhere. That's not convenient for anyone. That's exactly how
(28:59):
Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, built the largest restail
store in the world. Sam Walton had one philosophy that's
taught in every business school, go where they ate. He
was referring to stores like Ben Franklin, Sears and later Keymart.
By doing this, states would give Sam Walton tax breaks
(29:21):
and they would build the road infrastructure he needed to
support customer traffic from surrounding communities and small towns. Okay, folks,
what can I say, don't get your business advice from
podcasts at Ley's not from this podcast because okay, so
except for Sam Walton, nobody would do that, and that
(29:45):
does I guess. Mister Carson was like a Shakespeare quoting
New England, Sam Walton, I wonder if if you had
a modern Johnny Dollar world, you know, set in the
same world, but you know, decades later in the twenty
first century, if in that world you would have Carsons
(30:09):
instead of Walmart, I'm sorry, not Carson's Cash and Save,
and then saysoff Rise. After listening to your closing comments,
I did a duck duck go search for Super Chicken quotes.
I wanted to see what other wisdom he could impart. Well,
there aren't many that will be on that same level
(30:33):
of profundity. As you knew the job was dangerous when
you took it. But if I get people looking for
super Chicken and remembering Superchicken, that's definitely a good deal.
Julie emails in so grateful that I'm not the only
one who's forgotten the Super Chicken theme song, as I
(30:54):
lovingly pat my Superchicken doll. Though I think that Johnny,
when he said the case was messy, was referring to
the emotional messiness of the step daughter burning down her
stepfather's dream stores and his happiness that she was caught
and would be punished. It seems Johnny found that distasteful.
It's always thanks for keeping these shows on the air. Well,
(31:14):
thanks so much, Julie. I still think there are messier
cases that Johnny gets. Recently, I thought the Eastern Western
Matter was probably a bit more emotionally messy and distasteful,
but I guess to each their own. Now I will
(31:34):
say that I first saw Super Chick, and obviously it
came out originally before I was born, so I was
not in the original audience. But I actually saw it
for the first time on a VHS tape rented for
forty nine cents forty nine cent rentals back in the nineties.
(31:59):
That was that, and then I did cease it in
reruns a few times. And then James says thanks as always,
Adam and left another comment for the algorithm. Well, I
truly appreciate it. Thank you so much. Appreciate all the
comments on that episode. Now it is time to thank
(32:20):
our Patreon supporter of the day. Thank you to Rory,
Patreon supporter since October twenty twenty, currently supporting the podcast
at the Detective Sergeant level of seven dollars and fourteen
cents or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Rory,
and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying
the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software,
(32:43):
And if you're enjoying the podcast on YouTube, be sure
to video subscribe to the channel and mark the notification bell.
We will be back next Friday with another episode of
Yours Truly Johnny Doller. But join us back here tomorrow
for the great adventurers of old time radio and Quokin
(33:03):
dagger ware.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Better head bag before we run into trouble.
Speaker 5 (33:07):
O'sund Hey Harry, Harry, Look look the brush it's being
yanked away.
Speaker 9 (33:10):
Yeah, yeah, I see it. Look those natives they're putting
up the white Marcus.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Stripes, the safety land panels out it.
Speaker 9 (33:17):
Gee, just like seeing something pumped before your eyes. Let's go.
Speaker 5 (33:23):
And landing strip came out of nowhere, just all of
a sudden, there it was. The plane bumped the ground
and rolled in. But we kept the motors still running
in case of a jab trick, and we sat there
and waited for whatever was going to happen next. Harry, Harry, look, look,
look something or somebody's coming out of that clump of
bamboo at the end of the field.
Speaker 9 (33:44):
Yeah, hip your hand on your gun. I'll make a
quick getaway if I half chick check Harry, Harry, natives. Yeah,
but are they friendly spears? Hey there, arm, let's get
out of here. Yeah, hey, wait a minute, it's a wait.
Woman with them.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime.
Send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net,
follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us
out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash Great Detectives From Boise, Idaho.
(34:23):
This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.