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Speaker 1 (00:11):
The Blue Beetles.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Weeping down upon the underworld this mass gangling come the mysterious,
all powerful character who is a problem to the police
or a good sailer for law In reality, Dan Garrett,
a rookie of cold love by everyone.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
What's suspected by none the beings.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The Blue Beetle and the Blue Beetles.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
He hides behind the sprain of masks and a suit
of impenetrable blue chain armor, flexible assil what stronger than steel?
(01:06):
Today's episode of the Fox feature The Blue Beetle is
entitled The Underworld Goes Underground. Rival construction companies submitted low
bids for digging a tunnel under Eastern Valley River from
York City to Paradise Islands. The Dunlap Construction Company was
awarded the contract. Many citizens and some of the newspapers
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believe young Reginald Dunlap's engagement to the daughter of Commissioner
of Public Works Morrison was the main reason he got
the contract for his company. Since work started on the tunnel,
more than the average number of.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Accidents have occurred in the workings.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Strong pressure has been brought to bear on Commissioner Morrison
by politicians and newspapers to cancel Dunlap's contract and give
it to the Jenkins Company. During previous and less honest administrations,
the Jenkins Company had a virtual monopoly on all city
construction work. As our story opens, p Troman Dan Garrett,
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who is really the Blue Beetle, is discussing the matter
with his friend and confidence doctor Franz. I'm convinced, Doc
that there's dirty work going on with the tunnel. For
what makes you so certain the past record of the
Dunlap Company. For one thing, Before this tunnel job, they
enjoyed the reputation of having fewer casualties on their jobs
than any other construction company in the country.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
If this isn't any difficult and hazardous job.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
It is, But the Dunlap people have had other jobs
just as hazard is.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
That's true.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
I went to college with young Dunlap, and I know
he's a capable fellow. When the old man died recently,
Reggie took over the business.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
He's done a good job with it so far.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
But what's causing all these accidents and so many men
getting the ben I don't know, but I'll betcumb group
is trying to undermine Reggie.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Particular situation for the commissioners.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I can see it is. He wants to favor his
prospective son in law, yet he can't disregard the dangerous
city situation that exists. Excuse me, Denie, there's someone out
front of the stool. Yeah, Tony me Hello, Mike Hello,
come on back in the laboratory.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Easy, Hello, Mike, Hello, Daddy. I was looking for you there.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
There's Trump all over at the mid City Tunnel and
we've been assigned to investigate.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Okay, I'll be right with you. Anybody hurt Minnigan?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, I think mister Dunlop is surf was hurt. Reggie Dunlap,
I think so. Come on, Mike ready, a friend of
mine belong to doc.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
See you later.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
You're looking for someone officer, Yes, mister Reginald Dunlop, my
name is Stanley, and the Knight's Upernhannah. The Dunlappers in
the air lock being decompressed, and I see him.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
I'm pray not out at the moment. What happened there?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
The nun lamp was down in the tunnel, inspecting the work,
not worried that it's Beyonce. Miss Morrison has been Trump
from a horse while riding in the city park. I
needed to rush the service here without spending enough time
in the decompression cham. He got a severe attack.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Of the vends.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I'd like to see him. I'm a personal friend
of Hisen and a half hour. Perhaps he's back of
a decompression chamber.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I see. Was miss Morrison hurt by the fall? Broke
an arm?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I believe he's a city hospital. Oh thanks, mister Stanley.
I'll take a run over there and drop back here
in half an hour. He rush doing, Donny, drive me
over to the city hospital, Mike. Miss Morrison's been injured.
Can't see dune lap for half an hour. He's being
treated for the ben oh sands is and that's what
them tunnel.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Workers get handed? Yes, well, what causes it, Danny?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Well, in order to keep the rock and mud from
falling in and crushing the tunnel workers or stand mugs
and their clothes, compressed air has to be forced into
the tunnel until the air pressure against the sides and
roof of the tunnel is as great as the pressure
of the.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
River bed and water above the tunnel.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah, and I can understand dot. But pressure may vary
from forty to sixty pounds to the square and show
that must be tough on those sand hogs. It is
normal l Atmospheric pressure at sea level is only fifteen
pounds this square inch, and that's what the human body's
accustomed to go on. When the men go on the job,
they spend a certain amount of time in the compression chamber.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Called an airlock.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
While in the airlock, the air pressure is gradually increased
to a point where it equals the pressure in the tunnel.
The men are then able to pass directly into the tunnel.
They share a change of conditions of huh, that's right.
But what about when they come out, Well, that takes longer.
If the men aren't properly decompressed before they come out
into normal air pressure, paralysis and even death may result. Well,
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here we are at the hospital, Nannie, go.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Ahead, wait for me, Mike. I'll only be a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Okay, But if you see any weird looking nurses, just
tell them that fight Madigan has the cat of his own.
You'll find miss Morrison in that room right there.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Thank you, nurse, come in, Yes, oh, what is it?
There's something happened to me?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
The done loud don't worry, miss Morrison. Nothing serious has happened.
I happened to be an old college mate of Reggie
and I heard you were here. I wanted to ask
you a few questions about your accident.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Will you help me?
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Of course I will. I'll do everything I can to
help Reggie.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Now tell me what happened to you.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
But I was riding along the bridle path in City
Park when suddenly a man dashed out from behind some bushes,
waving his hands and shouting, my horse shot and started
to run away. I stepped off my saddle and fell.
That's all I know until I came too here in
the hospital the broken arm.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Well, now tell me, do you often take that same
ride and at the same time?
Speaker 5 (06:39):
For you almost every day of the weather is clear?
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Why?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Oh nothing.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Well, I've got to hurry back and see Reggie. Miss Morrison. Now,
don't you worry anymore. Just take it easy and let
that arm of your set. I'm going to find the
answer to these mysterious accidents. Well, Danny, what are you
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going to do with those old clothes? Put them on
over my blue beetle chain armor.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Going to a party.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Disguised is a disguised now, Doc, you see before you
patrolman Van Garrett alias the Blue Beetle alias a sand
pArg in the mid City tunnel job. Aren't you afraid
you'd be discovered? I have to take that chance. What
did you learn today?
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Not many things, Doc.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I learned from Reggie when I could talk with him,
that he's not altogether satisfied with this new nighttime superintendent.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
He had you mean Stanley.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Stanley's an experienced man, isn't he Yes?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And he came recommended by a friend of miss Morrison.
What about Miss Morrison's accident? I think that was planned
with a hope that Reggie would come rushing up out
of the tunnel as soon as he got the news
and be incapacitated by an attack of the bin.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yes, well, what are you going to do?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Go to work as a sand harder? Keep my ears
and eyes open? But your identity?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Does Devila know your He asked me to help him
solve this case.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I told him it might prove embarrassing for his future
father in law if word got around that a member
of the city police force was working as a special
investigator for the Dunlap company. So I told him I
was very close to the blue Beetle, and I was
sure I could persuade him to take the case.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Betty and generous Reggie got me a Union card and.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Note the Stanley and to start work tonight. Anything you need, Denny,
this is going to be dangerous for it, and like
a shot of your secret two X formula may prove
useful if.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
By getting any trouble underground, you shall have it. Anything
else not tonight? Well, so long, Doc, the blue beetle will.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Crawl underground tonight instead of fly, but his nippers will.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Be just as sharp.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
You're new on this job, agent, Yeah, you want to
Stanley's man. I always hired by mister Dunlamp. Oh what
differences that make?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Plenty?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
The men Stanley's hide around for no good, had trouble makers.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I've worked with some of them before. They're always brought
in when somebody wants to slow for job. There's nothing
more than gangsters who hired you, young Dunlamps sold man?
What about all these accidents, blowouts, cave ins? Alright, look up,
trouble ahead. Don't let him get you into a fight.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
They'll chill you. Let him try it. He's a spy
and you guys aspires a minute.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yeah, let's get him over this, yeah, Burt tu Yeah,
let's get a blow.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Hey you what's your name? Flood?
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Do you?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Oh? Yeah, well Flood? Do you like spoil? How do
you like that?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
I won't?
Speaker 7 (09:48):
Oh yeah that would be How do you like competato? Guys, go,
he's gonna blue steel hood in his head. The blow
Beetles brought.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
The blue Beetle and he's going to burn you with
his magic.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Race hair and divorce. And boy is this man in
the strange mask? It's the blue Beetles.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Beetles who sent you here?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Blue beetle fliers wherever crime and Crook's congregates.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, no cook's hair.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He was snooping around his bike there boys, hard yeah,
go off to the office, get your money. Take this
blue beat over here. Now listen, mister Stanley. Know you
had the compression chamber there, you told Blue Beetle. But
let me see your masquerading face around here again. I
have a feeling you and I will meet again, mister Stanley,
after the Blue Beetle finishes his investigation.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Nothing all baby, gee? Boys, do you think he's why
to you?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
I don't worry when he gets out of that compression chamber,
neither he nor Burke will ever be able to tell
what they know. More sustake you've never had the bends
Blue Beetle, but you're going.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
To have them now, Harman not play.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
What will happen to the Blue Beetle in a compression
chamber in the tunnel beneath the Great River. Will Stanley's
quick decompression of the air in the chamber kill or
permanently paralyze the Blue Beetle? These questions will be answered
in the next episode of The Blue People. The Blue
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Beetle is a copyrighted Fox feature appearing in Mystery Men,
comics magazines.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
And The Blue Beetle Magazine.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
The Blue Beetle is on the air twice a week
on the same station. Consult the broadcast schedule in your
local newspapers and don't forget to listen in to.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
The Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetles.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Leaning down upon the underworld.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
This mass gangling comes a mysterious, all powerful character who
is a problem to the police or a coup sailer
for law. In reality, Damn Garrett I woking with coold
love by everyone that's suspected by none of the beings.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
The Blue Beetle and the.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Blue Beetles, he hides behind the spray of math and
the suit of impenetrable blue chain armor flexible assist all
of the steel. Today's episode of the Fox feature The
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Blue Beatle is the second part of the story entitled
The Underworld Goes Underground. Reginald Dunlap, head of the Dunlap
Construction Company, has asked his friend Dan Garrett to make
a private investigation of the many mysterious accidents that have
occurred during tunnel operations under the Eastern Valley River. Due
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to certain political angles involved, Dan tells Dunlap he'll get
the Blue Beetle to do the job. As the Blue Beatle,
Dan Garrett, disguised as the tunnel worker, makes an investigation,
but is discovered and after a fight, is ordered into
the airlock by the superintendent of the job to be
decompressed before ascending to the surface with.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
The Blue Beatle.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
In the airlock is a man named Burke, a faithful
employee whom Stanley, the superintendent, dislikes, and has just discharged.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
As the first episode.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Ended, Stanley and some of his hirelings are decompressing the
air in the chamber more quickly than it's safe, in
the hope that the blue Beetle and Burke will be
killed as a result. As our story opens, we are
in the airlock with Burke and the blue Beetle.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
What are we gonna do? Blue Beetle?
Speaker 2 (15:17):
What's happened? The air pressure is going down so fast.
I can feel the cramps coming on in my leg
of rich your teeth, old man, and bear it as
well as you can. Just as soon as I can
locate the valves in this darkness, I'll stop the decompression.
There must be some control inside as well as outside
this chamber. Why I think there is all events? You're right,
I've found them. What I had my flashlight with me.
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It's getting cold in here. That's caused by the expanding air.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It draws heat from surrounding objects.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Well, I hope you can get a shining here quickly.
That's just what I don't want to do there, shutting
off the valves here? Oh what about standing in a
gang outside of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
End of the airlock.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
They can't get in here now the door opens outward
and the pressure from their side is too great. We'll
just take it easy for a while and let our
bodies adjust themselves to the reduced pressure. Then I'll let
the little more air out until the pressure inside is
the same as that in the elevator shaft at the
other side.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Of the chamber. But the cold, I'm freezing here. Put
on this sweater of mine. Yeah, but what about you?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I don't need it.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I can stand the cold. I've conditioned myself to it. Well.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Thanks, Then where where boy?
Speaker 1 (16:29):
This is gonna feel?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Grand? How's the bends better? Guess it must have been
my imagination. I'll let a little more air out. Ah,
that's more like it. I'll give us about fifteen more
minutes in here, then it'll be safe to get out
of here.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Point, will I be glad? They burk?
Speaker 2 (16:45):
How many of the men do you think are loyal
to mister Dunlight? Most of them. It's only the munkers
that are new on this job. Them in superinstendent Stanley,
the muckers are the men who shovel or hole away
the muck that's drilled away from in front of the shield. Yeah,
that's right, sand Hoggs. That is the jewelers gave him
that name. Certainly it fits that bunch of cutthroats who
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attacked us. Yeah, they're a pretty slimy bunch. Did you
ever work on this Stanley before? No, never know anything
about him.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Only then.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
He's the son of Assemblyman Stanley from the third election district. Mmm.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
His last job, I.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Believe was this foreman of a job on the West coast.
How'd you like to do young Dunlap a favorite?
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Sure, he's always treated me all right, as his father
before him. What do you want me to do? Keep
your mouth shut about this whole thing?
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Boom?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
What about my job?
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Let them fire you?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Mister Dunlap will take care of you until this matter
is all cleared up. Then you'll get a real job
if I have anything to do with it. Okay, I
don't know nothing. Well that's on the shaft side.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
I'm going to open up.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
I'll give me my sweater back. I want to put
on my disguise again. Okay, yeah, here it is, and
thanks a lot?
Speaker 1 (17:55):
How well?
Speaker 3 (17:58):
All right?
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Yeah, just a minute? Oh what happened? Oh?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Now the all?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
But we didn't give me answer.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Nothing's wrong. There was a fight and me and Brick
got fired.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yes, Stanley fired.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Is we want to pay I didn't get at the office.
I'm gonna find out what's wrong in the tunnel. Nothing's
wrong except there's a few of the wrong kind of
rats in it. Come on, Brick, we need some fresh air. Uh.
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Here's the rope brand of the entire project. And here
here is a detailed friend of the air system and
the tunnel spike. G Our engineer in charge of the
pumps will know what to do when they get in
the goal ahead. Your job, Floki is to see that's
the steel emergency curtains jammed going long fall and the
explosion blows a hole through the roof unless the river
flooded the tunnel. Sure, all right, got gentle, you want
to make this accident a good one?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
There can come on me bus. Make sure you get
into the air lockers.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Quickly as possible. I don't want to lose any of
our man. Well, how you gonna work it? Some of
us are working up at the shield. I'll be right
there with a water break through first, and I'll see
that they get a signal in advance. They will suddenly
decide to strike. They don't like the conditions under which
they're working. All you men, those that I've hired start
back toward the airlock, to the decompression chamber before coming
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up out of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
But most of you are near the airlock.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I'll give the signal and mister Reginald Dunlap's construction company
can wind up.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
It's a fair.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Of blue people blue and he's going to or the
wise to get in my way again. Blue Beetle, I
failed last time, but this time I'm going to make sure,
miss me. But I won't mis use Stanley. That for
Dunlap and that for Berta.
Speaker 7 (19:48):
Which I'm bulletin gets the Blue beet don't give a
cheer out.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Sit it home and that takes care of you.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
I'll just take these plans and be on my way.
I don't think there will be any more accidents. Tan
lady boy would have will be back.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
What about it? He's got off plans bo Beetle exposure.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I'll let him try it. He's an outlaw wanted by
the police. He doesn't dare appear and then he caught
to testify. Besides, those blueprints are meaningless after the danger's done.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
And what are you gonna do?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Hone Scraggs and tell him to pull a job at once?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Anny, Where are you on my.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Way to the mid City tunnel to try to stop
a sabotage job? Anything else?
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Pull all hospitals to have ambulances and pullmotors hand over
right away?
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Got that? Yes, yes, okay, Bob Dole has to work fast.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Goodbye by Danny.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Remember what's the matter?
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Here?
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Has been an accident?
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Blow explosion, blow a hole through the river bank.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
Everybody height, but don't know it?
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Who we can down there?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Who beat them? What's doing Christian with sandhog? I hate
he can do it? Anybody can.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
I've read a while back where there's.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Why let me and I mean in the water telling
me that I've got away.
Speaker 8 (21:30):
We can't take it.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
It's one of the time I back up there. Let
him throw off the water.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
I throw out like one of.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
The times through that door. There's room for all in
the airlock.
Speaker 8 (21:40):
We're breaking room emergency, Gay, here's the water in.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Here comes at the last man?
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Listen is wrong?
Speaker 8 (21:48):
God help me with the door, got it?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Always save now, save save every man saved by the
blue beetle. Well, Denny, how do you feel after your
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strenuous battle today?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
I feel fine.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
That two X formula certainly puts the vitality in this
old carcass of mine.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
You did a.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Brave and noble thing tonight, Danny, saving all those men.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
That was the blue beetles work done.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yes, yes, But the blue beetle is Dan Garrett, and
Dan Garrett is VI Sir Versa. And you know who's
a happy man tonight, Reggie dune Lap. I suppose now
that his enemies have been exposed.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yes, yes, I guess he's happy.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
I don't mean him, I mean Burke.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Burke, Yes, Burke, a man who got.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Fired when Stanley discovered my blue beetle diskise in the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Well what about Burt, Well, Burt.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Took over the operation of the pumps, and as a
reward for his work, Reggie has given him that job
from that's splendid. Well, what are you going to do now, well, dork,
with the compliments of the management of doctor Franz little
apothecary shop, I am going to make myself a great
big strawberry ice cream soda find find Henny. That's a
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great idea, and you know, I think I'll have one
with you.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Come out in front of the store.
Speaker 8 (23:21):
We'll sit up at the counter and be our own
best customers.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
And so the Blue Beetle performed another noble deed and
brought some dishonest crooks to justice. The moral of this
story is that loyalty, such as that of Burke the Sandhog,
brings its just rewards.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
What further adventures awaits the.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Blue Beetle in his One Man Crusader asked crime. This
question will be answered in the next episode of The
Blue Beatle. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box feature
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appearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and The Blue Beetle Magazine.
The Blue Beatle is on the air twice a week
on this same station.
Speaker 8 (24:49):
And pass the broadcast.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Schedule in your local newspapers, and don't.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Forget to listen in to.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
The Blue Beatle, a
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Fast radio radio
The Blue Beetles.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Weeping down upon the underworld this mass gangling come the mysterious,
all powerful character who is a problem to the police
or a good sailer for law In reality, Dan Garrett,
a rookie of cold love by everyone.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
What's suspected by none the beings.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
The Blue Beetle and the Blue Beetles.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
He hides behind the sprain of masks and a suit
of impenetrable blue chain armor, flexible assil what stronger than steel?
(01:06):
Today's episode of the Fox feature The Blue Beetle is
entitled The Underworld Goes Underground. Rival construction companies submitted low
bids for digging a tunnel under Eastern Valley River from
York City to Paradise Islands. The Dunlap Construction Company was
awarded the contract. Many citizens and some of the newspapers
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believe young Reginald Dunlap's engagement to the daughter of Commissioner
of Public Works Morrison was the main reason he got
the contract for his company. Since work started on the tunnel,
more than the average number of.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Accidents have occurred in the workings.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Strong pressure has been brought to bear on Commissioner Morrison
by politicians and newspapers to cancel Dunlap's contract and give
it to the Jenkins Company. During previous and less honest administrations,
the Jenkins Company had a virtual monopoly on all city
construction work. As our story opens, p Troman Dan Garrett,
(02:07):
who is really the Blue Beetle, is discussing the matter
with his friend and confidence doctor Franz. I'm convinced, Doc
that there's dirty work going on with the tunnel. For
what makes you so certain the past record of the
Dunlap Company. For one thing, Before this tunnel job, they
enjoyed the reputation of having fewer casualties on their jobs
than any other construction company in the country.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
If this isn't any difficult and hazardous job.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
It is, But the Dunlap people have had other jobs
just as hazard is.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
That's true.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
I went to college with young Dunlap, and I know
he's a capable fellow. When the old man died recently,
Reggie took over the business.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
He's done a good job with it so far.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
But what's causing all these accidents and so many men
getting the ben I don't know, but I'll betcumb group
is trying to undermine Reggie.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Particular situation for the commissioners.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I can see it is. He wants to favor his
prospective son in law, yet he can't disregard the dangerous
city situation that exists. Excuse me, Denie, there's someone out
front of the stool. Yeah, Tony me Hello, Mike Hello,
come on back in the laboratory.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Easy, Hello, Mike, Hello, Daddy. I was looking for you there.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
There's Trump all over at the mid City Tunnel and
we've been assigned to investigate.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Okay, I'll be right with you. Anybody hurt Minnigan?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, I think mister Dunlop is surf was hurt. Reggie Dunlap,
I think so. Come on, Mike ready, a friend of
mine belong to doc.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
See you later.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
You're looking for someone officer, Yes, mister Reginald Dunlop, my
name is Stanley, and the Knight's Upernhannah. The Dunlappers in
the air lock being decompressed, and I see him.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
I'm pray not out at the moment. What happened there?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
The nun lamp was down in the tunnel, inspecting the work,
not worried that it's Beyonce. Miss Morrison has been Trump
from a horse while riding in the city park. I
needed to rush the service here without spending enough time
in the decompression cham. He got a severe attack.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Of the vends.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I'd like to see him. I'm a personal friend
of Hisen and a half hour. Perhaps he's back of
a decompression chamber.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I see. Was miss Morrison hurt by the fall? Broke
an arm?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I believe he's a city hospital. Oh thanks, mister Stanley.
I'll take a run over there and drop back here
in half an hour. He rush doing, Donny, drive me
over to the city hospital, Mike. Miss Morrison's been injured.
Can't see dune lap for half an hour. He's being
treated for the ben oh sands is and that's what
them tunnel.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Workers get handed? Yes, well, what causes it, Danny?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Well, in order to keep the rock and mud from
falling in and crushing the tunnel workers or stand mugs
and their clothes, compressed air has to be forced into
the tunnel until the air pressure against the sides and
roof of the tunnel is as great as the pressure
of the.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
River bed and water above the tunnel.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah, and I can understand dot. But pressure may vary
from forty to sixty pounds to the square and show
that must be tough on those sand hogs. It is
normal l Atmospheric pressure at sea level is only fifteen
pounds this square inch, and that's what the human body's
accustomed to go on. When the men go on the job,
they spend a certain amount of time in the compression chamber.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Called an airlock.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
While in the airlock, the air pressure is gradually increased
to a point where it equals the pressure in the tunnel.
The men are then able to pass directly into the tunnel.
They share a change of conditions of huh, that's right.
But what about when they come out, Well, that takes longer.
If the men aren't properly decompressed before they come out
into normal air pressure, paralysis and even death may result. Well,
(05:34):
here we are at the hospital, Nannie, go.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Ahead, wait for me, Mike. I'll only be a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Okay, But if you see any weird looking nurses, just
tell them that fight Madigan has the cat of his own.
You'll find miss Morrison in that room right there.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Thank you, nurse, come in, Yes, oh, what is it?
There's something happened to me?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
The done loud don't worry, miss Morrison. Nothing serious has happened.
I happened to be an old college mate of Reggie
and I heard you were here. I wanted to ask
you a few questions about your accident.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Will you help me?
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Of course I will. I'll do everything I can to
help Reggie.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Now tell me what happened to you.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
But I was riding along the bridle path in City
Park when suddenly a man dashed out from behind some bushes,
waving his hands and shouting, my horse shot and started
to run away. I stepped off my saddle and fell.
That's all I know until I came too here in
the hospital the broken arm.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Well, now tell me, do you often take that same
ride and at the same time?
Speaker 5 (06:39):
For you almost every day of the weather is clear?
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Why?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Oh nothing.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Well, I've got to hurry back and see Reggie. Miss Morrison. Now,
don't you worry anymore. Just take it easy and let
that arm of your set. I'm going to find the
answer to these mysterious accidents. Well, Danny, what are you
(07:08):
going to do with those old clothes? Put them on
over my blue beetle chain armor.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Going to a party.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Disguised is a disguised now, Doc, you see before you
patrolman Van Garrett alias the Blue Beetle alias a sand
pArg in the mid City tunnel job. Aren't you afraid
you'd be discovered? I have to take that chance. What
did you learn today?
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Not many things, Doc.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I learned from Reggie when I could talk with him,
that he's not altogether satisfied with this new nighttime superintendent.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
He had you mean Stanley.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Stanley's an experienced man, isn't he Yes?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And he came recommended by a friend of miss Morrison.
What about Miss Morrison's accident? I think that was planned
with a hope that Reggie would come rushing up out
of the tunnel as soon as he got the news
and be incapacitated by an attack of the bin.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yes, well, what are you going to do?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Go to work as a sand harder? Keep my ears
and eyes open? But your identity?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Does Devila know your He asked me to help him
solve this case.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I told him it might prove embarrassing for his future
father in law if word got around that a member
of the city police force was working as a special
investigator for the Dunlap company. So I told him I
was very close to the blue Beetle, and I was
sure I could persuade him to take the case.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Betty and generous Reggie got me a Union card and.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Note the Stanley and to start work tonight. Anything you need, Denny,
this is going to be dangerous for it, and like
a shot of your secret two X formula may prove
useful if.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
By getting any trouble underground, you shall have it. Anything
else not tonight? Well, so long, Doc, the blue beetle will.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Crawl underground tonight instead of fly, but his nippers will.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Be just as sharp.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
You're new on this job, agent, Yeah, you want to
Stanley's man. I always hired by mister Dunlamp. Oh what
differences that make?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Plenty?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
The men Stanley's hide around for no good, had trouble makers.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I've worked with some of them before. They're always brought
in when somebody wants to slow for job. There's nothing
more than gangsters who hired you, young Dunlamps sold man?
What about all these accidents, blowouts, cave ins? Alright, look up,
trouble ahead. Don't let him get you into a fight.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
They'll chill you. Let him try it. He's a spy
and you guys aspires a minute.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yeah, let's get him over this, yeah, Burt tu Yeah,
let's get a blow.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Hey you what's your name? Flood?
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Do you?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Oh? Yeah, well Flood? Do you like spoil? How do
you like that?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
I won't?
Speaker 7 (09:48):
Oh yeah that would be How do you like competato? Guys, go,
he's gonna blue steel hood in his head. The blow
Beetles brought.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
The blue Beetle and he's going to burn you with
his magic.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Race hair and divorce. And boy is this man in
the strange mask? It's the blue Beetles.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Beetles who sent you here?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Blue beetle fliers wherever crime and Crook's congregates.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, no cook's hair.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
He was snooping around his bike there boys, hard yeah,
go off to the office, get your money. Take this
blue beat over here. Now listen, mister Stanley. Know you
had the compression chamber there, you told Blue Beetle. But
let me see your masquerading face around here again. I
have a feeling you and I will meet again, mister Stanley,
after the Blue Beetle finishes his investigation.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Nothing all baby, gee? Boys, do you think he's why
to you?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
I don't worry when he gets out of that compression chamber,
neither he nor Burke will ever be able to tell
what they know. More sustake you've never had the bends
Blue Beetle, but you're going.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
To have them now, Harman not play.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
What will happen to the Blue Beetle in a compression
chamber in the tunnel beneath the Great River. Will Stanley's
quick decompression of the air in the chamber kill or
permanently paralyze the Blue Beetle? These questions will be answered
in the next episode of The Blue People. The Blue
(12:13):
Beetle is a copyrighted Fox feature appearing in Mystery Men,
comics magazines.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
And The Blue Beetle Magazine.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
The Blue Beetle is on the air twice a week
on the same station. Consult the broadcast schedule in your
local newspapers and don't forget to listen in to.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
The Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetles.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Leaning down upon the underworld.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
This mass gangling comes a mysterious, all powerful character who
is a problem to the police or a coup sailer
for law. In reality, Damn Garrett I woking with coold
love by everyone that's suspected by none of the beings.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
The Blue Beetle and the.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Blue Beetles, he hides behind the spray of math and
the suit of impenetrable blue chain armor flexible assist all
of the steel. Today's episode of the Fox feature The
(14:03):
Blue Beatle is the second part of the story entitled
The Underworld Goes Underground. Reginald Dunlap, head of the Dunlap
Construction Company, has asked his friend Dan Garrett to make
a private investigation of the many mysterious accidents that have
occurred during tunnel operations under the Eastern Valley River. Due
(14:24):
to certain political angles involved, Dan tells Dunlap he'll get
the Blue Beetle to do the job. As the Blue Beatle,
Dan Garrett, disguised as the tunnel worker, makes an investigation,
but is discovered and after a fight, is ordered into
the airlock by the superintendent of the job to be
decompressed before ascending to the surface with.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
The Blue Beatle.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
In the airlock is a man named Burke, a faithful
employee whom Stanley, the superintendent, dislikes, and has just discharged.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
As the first episode.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Ended, Stanley and some of his hirelings are decompressing the
air in the chamber more quickly than it's safe, in
the hope that the blue Beetle and Burke will be
killed as a result. As our story opens, we are
in the airlock with Burke and the blue Beetle.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
What are we gonna do? Blue Beetle?
Speaker 2 (15:17):
What's happened? The air pressure is going down so fast.
I can feel the cramps coming on in my leg
of rich your teeth, old man, and bear it as
well as you can. Just as soon as I can
locate the valves in this darkness, I'll stop the decompression.
There must be some control inside as well as outside
this chamber. Why I think there is all events? You're right,
I've found them. What I had my flashlight with me.
(15:40):
It's getting cold in here. That's caused by the expanding air.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It draws heat from surrounding objects.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Well, I hope you can get a shining here quickly.
That's just what I don't want to do there, shutting
off the valves here? Oh what about standing in a
gang outside of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
End of the airlock.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
They can't get in here now the door opens outward
and the pressure from their side is too great. We'll
just take it easy for a while and let our
bodies adjust themselves to the reduced pressure. Then I'll let
the little more air out until the pressure inside is
the same as that in the elevator shaft at the
other side.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Of the chamber. But the cold, I'm freezing here. Put
on this sweater of mine. Yeah, but what about you?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I don't need it.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
I can stand the cold. I've conditioned myself to it. Well.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Thanks, Then where where boy?
Speaker 1 (16:29):
This is gonna feel?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Grand? How's the bends better? Guess it must have been
my imagination. I'll let a little more air out. Ah,
that's more like it. I'll give us about fifteen more
minutes in here, then it'll be safe to get out
of here.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Point, will I be glad? They burk?
Speaker 2 (16:45):
How many of the men do you think are loyal
to mister Dunlight? Most of them. It's only the munkers
that are new on this job. Them in superinstendent Stanley,
the muckers are the men who shovel or hole away
the muck that's drilled away from in front of the shield. Yeah,
that's right, sand Hoggs. That is the jewelers gave him
that name. Certainly it fits that bunch of cutthroats who
(17:05):
attacked us. Yeah, they're a pretty slimy bunch. Did you
ever work on this Stanley before? No, never know anything
about him.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Only then.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
He's the son of Assemblyman Stanley from the third election district. Mmm.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
His last job, I.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Believe was this foreman of a job on the West coast.
How'd you like to do young Dunlap a favorite?
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Sure, he's always treated me all right, as his father
before him. What do you want me to do? Keep
your mouth shut about this whole thing?
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Boom?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
What about my job?
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Let them fire you?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Mister Dunlap will take care of you until this matter
is all cleared up. Then you'll get a real job
if I have anything to do with it. Okay, I
don't know nothing. Well that's on the shaft side.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
I'm going to open up.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
I'll give me my sweater back. I want to put
on my disguise again. Okay, yeah, here it is, and
thanks a lot?
Speaker 1 (17:55):
How well?
Speaker 3 (17:58):
All right?
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Yeah, just a minute? Oh what happened? Oh?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Now the all?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
But we didn't give me answer.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Nothing's wrong. There was a fight and me and Brick
got fired.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yes, Stanley fired.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Is we want to pay I didn't get at the office.
I'm gonna find out what's wrong in the tunnel. Nothing's
wrong except there's a few of the wrong kind of
rats in it. Come on, Brick, we need some fresh air. Uh.
(18:36):
Here's the rope brand of the entire project. And here
here is a detailed friend of the air system and
the tunnel spike. G Our engineer in charge of the
pumps will know what to do when they get in
the goal ahead. Your job, Floki is to see that's
the steel emergency curtains jammed going long fall and the
explosion blows a hole through the roof unless the river
flooded the tunnel. Sure, all right, got gentle, you want
to make this accident a good one?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
There can come on me bus. Make sure you get
into the air lockers.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Quickly as possible. I don't want to lose any of
our man. Well, how you gonna work it? Some of
us are working up at the shield. I'll be right
there with a water break through first, and I'll see
that they get a signal in advance. They will suddenly
decide to strike. They don't like the conditions under which
they're working. All you men, those that I've hired start
back toward the airlock, to the decompression chamber before coming
(19:20):
up out of the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
But most of you are near the airlock.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I'll give the signal and mister Reginald Dunlap's construction company
can wind up.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
It's a fair.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Of blue people blue and he's going to or the
wise to get in my way again. Blue Beetle, I
failed last time, but this time I'm going to make sure,
miss me. But I won't mis use Stanley. That for
Dunlap and that for Berta.
Speaker 7 (19:48):
Which I'm bulletin gets the Blue beet don't give a
cheer out.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Sit it home and that takes care of you.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
I'll just take these plans and be on my way.
I don't think there will be any more accidents. Tan
lady boy would have will be back.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
What about it? He's got off plans bo Beetle exposure.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I'll let him try it. He's an outlaw wanted by
the police. He doesn't dare appear and then he caught
to testify. Besides, those blueprints are meaningless after the danger's done.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
And what are you gonna do?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Hone Scraggs and tell him to pull a job at once?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Anny, Where are you on my.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Way to the mid City tunnel to try to stop
a sabotage job? Anything else?
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Pull all hospitals to have ambulances and pullmotors hand over
right away?
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Got that? Yes, yes, okay, Bob Dole has to work fast.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Goodbye by Danny.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Remember what's the matter?
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Here?
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Has been an accident?
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Blow explosion, blow a hole through the river bank.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
Everybody height, but don't know it?
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Who we can down there?
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Who beat them? What's doing Christian with sandhog? I hate
he can do it? Anybody can.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
I've read a while back where there's.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Why let me and I mean in the water telling
me that I've got away.
Speaker 8 (21:30):
We can't take it.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
It's one of the time I back up there. Let
him throw off the water.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
I throw out like one of.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
The times through that door. There's room for all in
the airlock.
Speaker 8 (21:40):
We're breaking room emergency, Gay, here's the water in.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Here comes at the last man?
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Listen is wrong?
Speaker 8 (21:48):
God help me with the door, got it?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Always save now, save save every man saved by the
blue beetle. Well, Denny, how do you feel after your
(22:18):
strenuous battle today?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
I feel fine.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
That two X formula certainly puts the vitality in this
old carcass of mine.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
You did a.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Brave and noble thing tonight, Danny, saving all those men.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
That was the blue beetles work done.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yes, yes, But the blue beetle is Dan Garrett, and
Dan Garrett is VI Sir Versa. And you know who's
a happy man tonight, Reggie dune Lap. I suppose now
that his enemies have been exposed.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yes, yes, I guess he's happy.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
I don't mean him, I mean Burke.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Burke, Yes, Burke, a man who got.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Fired when Stanley discovered my blue beetle diskise in the tunnel.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Well what about Burt, Well, Burt.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Took over the operation of the pumps, and as a
reward for his work, Reggie has given him that job
from that's splendid. Well, what are you going to do now, well, dork,
with the compliments of the management of doctor Franz little
apothecary shop, I am going to make myself a great
big strawberry ice cream soda find find Henny. That's a
(23:16):
great idea, and you know, I think I'll have one
with you.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Come out in front of the store.
Speaker 8 (23:21):
We'll sit up at the counter and be our own
best customers.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
And so the Blue Beetle performed another noble deed and
brought some dishonest crooks to justice. The moral of this
story is that loyalty, such as that of Burke the Sandhog,
brings its just rewards.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
What further adventures awaits the.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Blue Beetle in his One Man Crusader asked crime. This
question will be answered in the next episode of The
Blue Beatle. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box feature
(24:40):
appearing in Mystery Men Comics Magazine and The Blue Beetle Magazine.
The Blue Beatle is on the air twice a week
on this same station.
Speaker 8 (24:49):
And pass the broadcast.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Schedule in your local newspapers, and don't.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Forget to listen in to.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
The Blue Beatle, a
Speaker 3 (25:02):
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