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February 19, 2023 26 mins
The exploits of Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman who, by wearing bullet-proof blue chain mail, transformed himself into the mysterious Blue Beetle, a daring crusader for justice.

The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas. The character made his first appearance in August of 1939 in the comic book Mystery Men #1, published by Fox Features Syndicate.

The Blue Beetle radio serial aired from 05-15-40 to 09-13-40 as a CBS 30 minutes, syndicated series. Actor Frank Lovejoy provided the voice of the Blue Beetle for the first thirteen episodes. Later episodes were uncredited.

After his father was killed by a gangster's bullet, young Dan Garrett joined the New York Police Department, but soon tired of the slow pace and red tape of police work.

With the help of his friend and mentor, pharmacist and drug-store proprietor Dr. Franz, Dan acquired a costume of bullet-proof chain-mail-like cellulose material, and began a second life, fighting crime as The Blue Beetle.

His calling card was a small beetle-shaped marker that he left in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. For this purpose he also used a "Beetle Signal" flashlight. The Blue Beetle's reputation was not his only weapon -- he carried a revolver in a blue holster on his belt, and was sometimes shown wearing a multi-pouched belt after the style set by Batman. Also in the Batman vein, the Blue Beetle had a "BeetleMobile" car and a "BeetleBird" airplane. In at least one radio adventure, he carries something called a "magic ray machine". The ray machine was a sort of super-scientific cutting device.

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(00:13):
The Blue People, weeping down uponthe underworld. A smashed Ganglin Come,
the mysterious all powerful character who isa problem to the police but a crustader
fall off in reality. Dan Garret, a rookiep a cold loved by everyone,

(00:36):
but suspected by none of beings theBlue Beetles. As the Blue People,
he hides behind the framed mask anda suit of impenetrable blue chain.
Harbor flexible ass but stroll, loveand steal. Today's episode of The Fox

(01:04):
features the Blue Beetles is entitled TwoRackets in One. Like all rackets,
the trucking racket and the poultry racketsare made possible by the connivance of dishonest
politicians with underworld crooks. At present, York City is faced with two wars,
a trucking war and a poultry war. Tribute is levied against all out

(01:27):
of town trucking concerns who wished todeliver goods in York City by a group
of racketeers calling themselves the Modern TruckersProtective Associations. Also, all trucking concerns
are worn, particularly against calling poultrytoo or from certain poultry dealers who are

(01:48):
not members of the Metropolitan Poultry DealersProtective Association. Another racket. As our
story opened, Dan Garrett, whois really the blue Beetle, is cruising
around with Off and Mike Mannigan andthe police. I hate driving along under
the elevator, and tell me true, you can't tell when some skiddery female
decides to cross against the light.Not much room the squerve and though thel

(02:12):
killers don't give an inch when youhit him. Hey, look at the
truck ahead. Oh oh four,I want to smash up and pack the
god day. We'll let on aheadand see if anybody's hurt, right,
Mike, I'll be right with him. Back tid back, Let's have a
rook. Who's that lion there?That the driver of the cacky turned out

(02:35):
to avoid hitting a pedestrian and gottedthem shirts? Oh oh, he isn't
pretty bad shape? Some of yourfour city hospital really, Amberley, tell
me it sap. I'll go onto Sunday's a phone in my store.
I don't cry. I ever tofind out, Mike. Well, the
driver hit turned his truck to avoidhitting the pedestrian and lost control, I
guess, and his truck turned overon him. Oh, the poor devil.

(02:59):
He gotta sigh them thinking that clucksalong to the inner city of tucking
company. Yeah, and one ofthe trucking companies who refused to join the
MC today. Yeah, that's right. What's became of the pedestrians where they
don't know many of you people?See the person who's stupidity and haste closed
this accident day? Yeah, Isaw him. He was standing along the
corner for some time, and whenhe saw that stuck coming, he started

(03:19):
running across the street. He stoppedsuddenly, and when he saw the fuck
crushing, when you run away?Which when did he run across the street
the way he started on the oppositedirection? Where what do you think,
Dannie? This direct was a plannedand I think I know who planned?
And following cards boarding two and boardingseven forty seven, that's Rannie wunder one

(03:53):
seven forty seven, go to onethree two seven night stree fire in the
garage. Come on, Danny,let's step out at forty two seven.

(04:16):
Look as if the running Tucker's protectedassociation with up the fluff this time and
light ranning. That garage is wherethe InterCity's trucking company parked its trucks.
Calling car forty seven cauling car fortyseven Gold to the third and finn seat.

(04:43):
There's been an accident given a guystanding, oh boy, this is
our busy day. And then neversaw anything like it. This car win
zixag from one side of the streetto the other like the driver was drunk,

(05:05):
and then it came right up onthe sidewalk and crashed into the store.
Here. What's called in the crash? Well, I I really don't
know, officer, or did yourfirst notice him? Up the street of
pieces? Nick Martin is his coffeepot. He was eating a mess of
mushrooms and mushrooms in a coffee potlunchroom. Yeah, yeah, I thought
it was funny. Nick. Don'tserve arsenal mushrooms. The next thing to

(05:26):
know this lamb. Yeah yeah.This guy says to Nick, Nick,
you know how to cook mushrooms,And Nick says, I cook them special
for you, mister goodman, everyTuesday. I make special for you myself,
these mushrooms. And this guy issays, shu, there ain't no
toadstools among them. You know,toadstools as poison, so I've heard,
yeah, yeah. And then whenI came out, this guy was getting

(05:48):
in this car and like I said, pulled out in front of me.
Said no, look at them thepoor devil is said yes, Mike,
this looks like a case of murder. Danny, you've you've had a busy

(06:14):
in have that in an interesting one? Head? What did you find out
that the hospitals they performed an autopsyon Goodman and found evidence of food poison?
Who was he? He was outof the S and M Poetry Company.
That's one of the companies who've beenfighting the post the record, isn't
it. That's right? And wheredoes Nick Paton as the Rispard man come
into the picture? Now? Whatmotive would he have for clubbing the death

(06:35):
of one of his customers. That'swhat the Blue Leegle is going to find
out tonight. Nick brother Julia holdswith the wealthy importer of fancy grows stating
food stuff. He have a sortof a good ranch out beyond the city
limit. What's that new boy,Collie? I don't know that. I'll
see. Just at the moment youmade a steak, read all ayes he

(06:58):
I thank you? Hey? What'sthe paper? Say Danny Banker Williamson,
president of the Drovers and provision dealer'sbank was killed by a bomb which blew
up his car when he stepped onthe starter nine nine. And he was
one of our finest citizens and ona straightforward businessman. Now, who could
have wanted him out of the way? I don't know, but Julio Martinez

(07:23):
Nick's brother. He's one of thedirectors of the bank, and he may
know, what are you going todo? The blue beetle is going to
ask mister Giulio Martinez a few questionsand waste no time about it. Along,
duck, don't wait up for me, and don't worry. The blue
beetle may be out till dawn.D got one and your antiality be kids

(08:05):
like to be rich mandpts. He'sgot good. No, he's not your
boy. That down tomorrow you willbegin to make much money with you kids

(08:26):
like that? What could she do? And shed me? Rich man?
Who will not do? What doyou all want that? A rich man's
wife? Oh me? I'd liketo make all the Roman sellers that he's
fun. Conca will have much fun, but not the rich man one for

(08:50):
the country. Your hand tone,Mago Peda, I like for him to
do freak. He's a lot ofyour green brother and now my friends,
we would are you my brother inneed? Yes? Me chili from colony
and these specialty must room ballastinet.What is he sounds? The blue people

(09:16):
signatures? He must be his here? And what may I ask if he
caused for your visit to meet bluePetoo? This is not the musquerade party
he's are my friends and bird hugsand murderers? Who makes range accusations?
Musquade and annoying ones are greatly outnumbersare a night in blue armber dey pot

(09:39):
They thought I before? Are youwhat he thought? I call the police?
Police are already on their way here. Don't make anybody sure? Why
had everybody? We are respectable citizens. We do not hear the police?
Why have you called them? Mysider to pick up the murderers of banker

(10:01):
Williamson, poisoner of Samuel Goodman,the rotten gang of recordering crook. I
remember bringing my ship come down Pedroand Julio, Nick, would you have
a shutter? I'm allergic knife forby the runaway Julio. I want you
with my young guest for the plumbgood work. Blue sit on him and

(10:30):
put cock in his my I havehis chance in your course, he said
over that, being there and hardyBlue Beetle up by his feet, then
tie the end of the lot.I had to be post on the stairways.
Samuel doth Mylaria cheers, good one. Oh, I will by you
an one call. Everybody will goalbody back way, take the cars and

(11:01):
go to my up. I willjoin you there as soon as I have
done away with the Blue Speakers.What would you do with him? Let
him hang by his feet from therafts until the police arrived. For a
long time they have wished to capturethe Blue beat by Coreo Martine make them
plesant of the Blue Beaker. Whatwill happen when the police arrive? Will

(11:39):
they capture the Blue Beetles or willhe free himself and escape to pick up
the trail of Julio Martineauz and hisgacketeers. These questions will be answered in
the next episode of The Blue Beetles. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box

(12:30):
feature appearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazineand The Blue Beetle Magazine. The Blue
Beetle is on the air white aweek on this same station, can self
the broadcast schedule in your local newspaper, and don't forget to listen in do
the Blue Beetle the Blue Beagles beatingdown upon the underworld as Max Gangling,

(13:37):
un mysterious all powerful character who isa problem to the police, or a
blue paper all off in reality,Damn Garret, I would get the phone
go by everyone that's suspected by noneof being Blue Beagle as the blue piggle
behind behind the frame of mask andthe suite of intelligible blue saying armor,

(14:01):
Let's go. Today's episode of theFox feature The Blue Beetles is the second

(14:28):
part of historian title two Rackets inone. In the first episode, several
trucks belonging to the Inner City TruckingCompany have been wrecked or damaged by fire.
The head of the independent Sonn PoultryCompany has been killed in an accident
after eating some poisoned mushrooms you knowwrestled owned by Nick Martinez, and both

(14:50):
the Inner City Trucking Company and theS and M Polty Company have refused to
join or pay tribute to so calledprotective associations. It's Dan Garrett believes are
operated by Julio Martinez, wealthy brotherof Nick. Also on the same day,
J. L. Williamson, presidentof the Drovers and Provision Dealer's Bank,

(15:13):
of which Julio Martinez is a director, has been killed by a bomb
attached to the starter of his motorcar. As the episode ended, the
Blue Beetle, who interrupted a gayparty at Julio Martinez's home in the hope
of bluffing some compromising admission out ofhim, is involved in a fight with
Julio's filings. As he is chasingJulio, he is tipped up by a

(15:37):
lariat in the hands of Mexican Peace. The crooks, before fleeing, gag
and bind him and string him upby the feet from a large course beam
as the sound of police sirens stayedin the box. Gaian fight. Now

(16:00):
I can just double look like bringmy hands. My hands are free,
not a double grabbed the loom,got it and open up. F the
law. We're not drinking. Thedoorman again, they're not drinking in any

(16:22):
man's doors, asked him. Consideringquestions, say he ain't here to make
an arrest. We just here thequestion Jill nel Marknez and marchonat or whatever
his naver is. The man withthe man. My god can't be on
the lever. Maybe he's a crook, and what's that? Then he's a
failer and he don't corse talking andyou know one generalist, you know the

(16:45):
comfy kids canting an aliens. You'llkid composish now here that maybe your mother's
that's kicking. So I don't justlave the door. Maybe if they looked,
and maybe you would like I getin a shin ver see just what
I called had a shut up?Anyway? I hit me too, be

(17:07):
accarding their regulations. It looked likethere's a whole I am from the bed.
Maybe Martin is all I'm certain thathis ghost is hidden his body everywhere?
All right, where are we doingall? And then they brought doctor
headquarters gone? Now? Maybe thekeeper send us out here again in the
morning. Gosh, that was close. Lucky that Dean was wide and managin

(17:30):
know two would have spotted my bluebag, honor how to get down the
nickel little search among Julio's private papers. He didn't take them with him.
The blue Beetle's going to put JulioMartine in his gang behind bars, isn't

(17:55):
Daddy? You had it? Nowa squeak. Last night you asked that
I got what I went after.Look the list? I found it among
them burning papers in Julio's fireplace.And what is it? The letter from
J. L. Williamson, presidentof the Drovers and Provision they Lived Bank,
to Julio Martinez, incriminating. Verypart of the letters burned away,
but enough left. I'll listen.I have received proof you are secret power

(18:23):
protective associations, inasmuch several lives snuffedout. Terrorists look upon you as murderer.
Unless you resign the lectorship Bank,I shall turn evidence over to That's

(18:45):
all except the signature you had.The goods on martineis apparent. Bay.
Yes, and this letter will helpthe hangs in your Martinez. But first
you'll have to catch your man.Didn't you say you heard him tell his
name to meet him about his yacht? Mat Right? Well, what are
you going to do? Blue Beetleis going to come and there the fastest
plane you can find and scour theteacoats. Well, it's along, Doc,

(19:07):
Blue Beetle is going to fly high, fast and truth. Tomorrow at
this time the tucking and poultry racketswill be smashed. What's there whether they

(19:30):
Joe gout and the family. Army'sgonna test on little floum tite this parting.
You know, there's one of thebombers over there at all boy's running
out of the higher if he winsthe goal. Hey hey, look there's
no one there's driving out to theplane. Be that long flung groats to
there. Yeah that's an abom let'sbe whole there out looks like that mysterious

(19:51):
guy. He was always wearing bluek Harmer and a mysterious plan of blue
beetle. Yeah, that's it.Come on, we gotta be up.
He's gonna climbing of the ca hedetecting down the field and there he goes
into the air, the whole field. He put the cold down. Everyone

(20:18):
and his books for the army catchesup with him. Works to be money
important. Says that when the Bluepeople to fight, the United States Army
has the three live bombs on thebomb right, because I plain, why
yacht beauty peful? I don't evenwear dances. Beautiful she is beautiful.

(20:48):
I like man, the one yachtI think the peak of laughing man,
the one did ya? How doyou like with you? Is my power?
We were the custling he on mymoney justin what do you needs much
work to be done, money tobe displayed? To be sure in mouth
movie close dominantly, you mean theblue beetle. Blue Beetle is now in

(21:11):
the hands of the police. Theywere not believing. I have described written
evidence. There is human evidence thatmust be described. You are a ruthless
man, conceip love, ruthless manin your capital who is playing off press
moving fast this m it's army plans. Uh, here's no concerning about.

(21:41):
Tell Manuel to head out the seatand tell a spark to get in touch
with Robbie a show a wireless andfree park. What you all to playing?
Coming down? He's coming close toyou can fight my bullion into getting

(22:04):
my scurried up bust. Hello,Hello, I claimed it's the blue beetle.
He hum with my compliments. Thatsalute from being my shoe lock with
front Uh Federal is one good shot. Huh miss out. Brue Beetle does

(22:32):
not like our salute. He justfly away. Maybe no, you will
mind his own business. But lookhe's coming back. Oh well, if
he wishes more salutes, we givehim country. But maybe you both I
don't like bullet you go below countI do not want you to be here.

(22:56):
You're like, go down scared.I understand Julio and some of his

(23:26):
men were killed when he bombed Danny. Yes, but consider and Julio's brother
Nick were rescued by the Coastguard.What about the bomber. I managed to
lander safely on Randall's beach. She'llbe all right with a little going over,
Zucky. Uncle Sam's men didn't getyou, as it was. As
soon as I beat the plane,I dived in again and swam mostly under
water to Ella's point. I waitedthere until dark, then slipped through the

(23:49):
police lines which were spread out tocapture the Blue Beetle well Danny. According
to the newspapers, Nick confessed hispart in the racket so incriminated several politicians
who were bribed by his brother Julioto prevent action by the police against Julio's
fate protective associate. As fine butwent for crooked politicians. These business rackets

(24:14):
couldn't flourish as they do well.They don't last long after the Blue Beetle
starts nippings. Blue Beetle will continuethe nip as long as there are crooks
praying on honest business men, andso two rackets were smashed by the Blue

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Beetle with one bomb. The lessonof this story is that the rackets in
this country are being rapidly eliminated byaroused citizens and the agencies of law and
order. What new adventures await theBlue Beetle. It is one man crusade
against crime and the underworld. Canhe continue to outwit the forces of evil?

(25:03):
These questions will be answered in thenext adventure of the Blue Beetle.

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The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted boxfeature appearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and
The Blue Beetle Magazine. The BlueBeetle is on the air twice a week
on this same station. Can solvethe broadcast schedule in your local newspapers,
and don't forget the listening girl BlueBeagle to want to
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