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Luck Presents Hollywood Leaf Brothers Company,The makers of Luck's play bring you the
Luck Radio Theater, starring George Raftfrom June Havoc in Intrigue, Ladies and

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Gentlemen, Your producer, mister WilliamPeely meeting from Hollywood Ladies and Gentlemen.
In my travels around the world,no place is held more fascination for me
than Shanghai, that city of Westernturbulence and Oriental mystery. Shanghai today is

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in the death grip of inflation,and from that grim fact comes the story
Ray of Tonight's play, Star FilmsCurrant screen Hit Intrigues, and our stars
in their original screen roles are GeorgeRaft and June Habit. By a nod
coincidence, George Raft and I hadjust finished making a picture together when Missus

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Keeley and I left for the Orient, and of course Shanghai. At that
time it was a city o greatdocuments, in which the stores along the
famous nineteen Road sold every modern luxury, from finest Oriental silks and laces to
lux flakes with which to care forthem. And while those new tiny diamonds

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of lux hadn't made their appearance yet, I can assure you that in that
cosmopolitan community, with its varied tastesand habits, lux flakes were the common
denominator in the homes we bring younow, Act one of Intrigue, starring
George Raft as Brad Dunham and JuneHavoc as to Matter Barana, China,

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nineteen forty seven. The city ofShanghai, reeling under the impact of inflation,
where each day brings a new highto the fantastic cost of living,
Where the workers collect a small mountainof paper money as his wages, only
to find it will buy him nextto nothing, and where fabulous profits are

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being made in the infamous black market. But the black market can't exist without
goods to sell, and one ofits sources of supply is Indo China.
By air, a large plane jamwith food and luxury items has just landed
in an obscure field at the edgeof Shanghai. Welcome back to Shanghai,

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missus donough, thanks any trouble aboutfrom his bog money. The military police
rife just as I was taking offmachine guns. They almost got the gas
tanks. Surely they did not disturbyou after your exploits in the war cat
operate on. You had better startlooking for a new pilot. I'm through
unless I get more dough. Youmade a deal and the boys won't play

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anymore. You promise me a certainamount of protection, which I'm not getting.
They'll tell you a boss, Iwant more money. Where can I
reach you? Same as always winsa hotel? Now I have some bad
news. Your friend will live withyou in the hotel. Ellis? What
about him? He's dead? Whatare you trying? Three days ago the

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newspaper said it was suicide. Heshut himself under the circumstances. Maybe you'd
rather not see me for a fewdays. Huh. Talk to the boss
now tonight, just as you say, missus Donough And naturally, mister Dunhough,

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the manager wanted to notify you atonce if you had left a forwarding
address to ask his body where isit? The hotels took the liberty of
engaging a funeral director. He's awaitingyour instructions. Yes, here's his card,
mister don Okay, if anybody asksfor me, I'll be at the
bar. How crazy, mister Donough, Oh, Mike, give me the

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usual. Yes, I am sure, sorry about mister Ellison. Yeah,
I remember during the war you ownedmister Ellis and the other school. I've
never seen four fellows which good friendsas you were. That was the swellest
crew in the Air force. Nowyou're all its left? Fellow up Mike,

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cigarette American cigarette? Hey you mindtelling me? Will you right here?
In the hotel which they said therewas not sold out? Ten dollars
a pack American money? They arenever sold out? Hanglish American? Ain't
it ever gonna stop? Who cares? Mike? There's a lot of though
to be made at a time likethis, maybe not as much as you
see? All right, Raymond?What did the boss say? I saw

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you before we agree on a price. You didn't see the boss, did
you? What's the matter? Scaredof him? Matters like this I can
handle. I'll see myself and takeme down. Impossible. No one sees
the boss, and the boss seesno one. He's better see me.
You are in no position to makedemands. We hadn't understanding. Take it

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or leave it. It's to you? Short of character? Is he?
So am I? Mike? I'llsee you later. Hey, Louie,
Louie, Oh, may I takeyou somewhere in my rickshaw? That depends

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Lowly. Look, you know Ithrew a plane and tonight told you.
Well, uh yes, I'm onLowis. You're a smart little guy.
Tell me where they take the cargothat I carried. There was a truck
at the field. Where did itgo? Was her? I seem to
have heard the rumor that the cargowas delivered to a warehouse on the street
of Fallen Leaves. My umble rickshawis at your sitting alright, let's go,

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Louis. That is the warehouse,mister. Tell him over there.
Oh bye, how much you havedone me many kindnesses. I am grateful
I have had opportunity to repay inpart I wait for you. Oh oh
well, any luck, I'll bedriving back by truck. He well,

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well, well that's done with yourHow did he know whether I have an
as he lugging across and snow oneof the cos, the one along with
whiskey Island cigarette. The Dunham's arefool It's a Dunham's, are fools?

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Hey, Mike, Look what Ijust found? Am I seeing things?
Where was a bottle of hagen Haye? How do you like a drink of
rail Scotch instead of that light upfluid you've been dishing out, Hagan,
Hag, What how you been spendingevening with those two points before the war?
And I don't full up a classcouple of glasses, Mike, Yes,
sure is that real? Lad?It is? It looks like homes

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It tastes like home too, orMike the glass of a lady. No
thanks you, I just wanted tolook at him. Oh sick a little
any way? Long it seems likeis, but it's not. Actually,
I'm a few work at the InternationalSettlement. My name is Arnold, Linda
Arnold. Hello. You make ahobby of talking with strangers and barbs not

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usually, but you looked American andKnight saw no harmony. It's a sins.
You don't know who I am?Should I Brad Dunham and they mean
anything? No, Well, I'llgive it a fast. Nice girls aren't
supposed to talk to me, muchless be seen with me. Why or
my bottle with a label on itit says poison. There's no answer to

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I feel no ill asex figure aroundyou will cigarettes no no things. It's
a doner. Don't go away,baby, You'll see what I mean.
It's a Dunham. We are verymuch interested in knowing where you put that
certain large package. Didn't show himme, I said, where did y'allhid?
I talk to nobody about the boysas I was saving miss Omal.

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You must allow me to show youthe points of interest in Shanghai. We'll
start with these two coming characters,and back of me a little one is
the small town with Dunham. DoI talk to the boss very well?
Come with me if I will lead, you take care of those two guys
in the bottle, and I'll takecare of these two. Well, let's

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go, chums. Well, hello, it's so nice if you'd drop in,
mister Dunhom. He recose to talkto me, Madam bar enough.
I had to bring him here.If I had known your your office was
here in the warehouse, I wouldhave dropping earlier tonight. Ramon, this

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isn't the first time you've been unableto carry out my orders. Never send
a boy to do a man's word. What's your rotten mind now, mister
Dunham. Shall we get down toDisneys. I made a deal to talk
to the boss alone. Oh,Ramon, you may go close the door,

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Yes, my dam I'll go.Mm black market sure pays off This
is quite a layout. I mustsay your netherods are a little flamboyant.
Mister Dunhom. You mean stealing thetruck? It got results talking to the
boss. Yes, but you mighthave been killed. It's not by the

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guys you got working for you.Now, well, how do you know
you're safe with me? How doyou know I haven't got a gun because
your clothes fit you much too well. Plain to see you haven't got a
gun either. Oh this is verycharming, mister Dunham, but it doesn't
get me back my truck. It'syours. Well, just like that.

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No, I wanna cut? AhAnd how much of a cut do you
expect to get for one truck?Pat Pop, you're very amusing. Well
it's not that funny. Look,I flew the cargo, then hijacked it
myself, and I've got it stashedaway where your surly characters will never find

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it. You must admit that's apretty good night's work for one guy.
Uh huh? And you really thinkyou can talk yourself into a partnership on
the strength of one truckload of cargo. No truck was the key to your
door, But I give you creditfor knowing a good thing when you see
it, m meaning you meaning me. Oh you're much too modest, mister

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Gunners. Modesty doesn't pay off.You should know that. I don't like
to trend your conversations taking what doyou want? Flight? Conversation or results?
Look, I'm the only one aroundhere that talks your language. Well,
you've got the black morn up marketcurners, but you're not running it
right. I see, And youthink you could run it right? What
if you got to lose? IfI double your business and you cut me

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into half, you still be makingas much as you're making now, and
I'd be doing all the dirty work. You could just sit back and relax
and stay beautiful. You'll make itsound very attractive from where I'm standing it
is. You may not know whatmister done him, but I've been watching
you for a long time. Shallwe drink to a successful partnership? Okay,

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but that's still will prove I'm apartner. You are hard to comes
in all right, I'll ring forRaymond. Raymond, my partner wants to
give you an order. Yes,go and pick up the truck, send
the garage and back at twenty threehundred rods Avenue and hurry back. If

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he gives the orders, I don'ttake him. Okay, then you have
fired. Get out. It's crowdedin here. Well, Raymond, you
hurt him. Good night, goodnight. Madame is satisfied, mister Gunaman,
not quite well? Will this convinceyour Yeah? I feel a lot

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better now. I never kissed amillion bucks before. I think you'll be
branded, mister Donald drink No thanks, Mike, Well happened to that girl?

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Uh Na? Tom? She leftabout an hour ago. Girls like
her don't waiting bar. Oh,that's too bad she leave? Honey,
I said, yeah, she saidshe get in touch with it. She
did and made her hip with thatlittle lady. You should have set us
straight. Good Night, Mike,and right bad you son of a gun

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Mark geesh Brad for long years.Hey, you know I really shouldn't talk
to you. Why why I wroteyou over a dozen letters? Didn't get
'em. I didn't know what happenedto you. The last one came back
addressed some more what you're saying righthere here? I just tried to get
a room and they told me therewasn't. Well, you got yourself a
room now with me? Come on, get your luggage, Mark, and

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come on upstairs. I'll let melook at you. Yeah, yeah,
the same oldmar Well, it's niceto know some things haven't changed. Say,
Brad, that picture on your bureauthat's your crew, isn't it?

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It was? And I heard aboutthe rough deal in form of you again.
What do you think you didn't haveto ask me that? Why those
pencil crosses on the other boys?I checked them off. They did tell
us too. Oh that's too bad. How does it happen? He took
his own life. Oh, henever really got over it. That's the

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four of us that's kicked out ofthe army. He started hitting the bottle
force, everything except his pride whenthat went. Oh it's tough. Well
you seem to have come out ofit all right, Yeah, I'm all
right. They're writing for the newspapersMark and still Handed Brand. Except now
I'm working for a syndicate a dozenpapers back in the States than the English
paper here in Shanghai. Brand.I'm on the biggest story of the day.

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What is it? Or can't yousay? Oh? I could tell
you anything, pal, but keepit to your help. For a while,
I've been assigned to expose the blackmarket. Black market. Yeah,
now that's running it on. Justcrooks, Bride. They're murderers the worst
kind. There are people starving fora handful of rice. Well, these
big shots hold it back for ahigher price. I'd like to see him
lining up and shot. Well,then he luck, maybe I will.

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Mm. You sound like you meanit, Mark, mean it. I
never worked on a story in allmy in life, Brad that I was
more anxious to break. Hey,maybe you can help me. You got
connections in this town? Yeah,I've got connections. Or let's hit the
sack. Oh that's from me,a real bed with sheets. Good night

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though, Mark, about the assignmentof yours? Yeah, skip it,
good night, Mark. Our signswill return with that too. Of the

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intrigue in a moment, Hey,Libby, did you ever get on the
set of the Iron Curtain while theywere shooting the picture of twentieth century Foxes?
No, they really had the placeguarded and complete scripts were scarce as
Hen's teeth. It turned out tobe one of the most thrilling stories of
modern espionage I've ever seen. It'sbased on over eighteen hundred pieces of factual

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evidence. Some of it's so unbelievable. They didn't dare use it. No
fictional spy story could top this one. Oh when I saw Dana Andrews with
his cruel haircut around to and thenGene Tierney's wind blown Bob, I thought
maybe a barber was the main character. Well, they both worked hard in
the iron curtains, especially on locationin Ottawa, when they worked eight hours

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a day in zero weather. Theywore heavy stocks inside their shoes to keep
their toes from getting frost bitten.That doesn't sound like glamorous Jane. Well,
of course, in private life,Jean loves very feminine clothes and always
wears the shearest of nylons to complimentthe navy or wine for a single color
effect, or the new powdery pastelsto pick up the color in a spring

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print. And smart girls know thatthe new spring in summer shades and stockings
make it more important than ever togive nylons gentle care. But that's easy
with the new tiny diamonds of luxRemember how often women have said lucks couldn't
be improved, Well, they eattheir words now, because these new times,

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Test show keithan better sitting color spasher. Here's your producer, William Keeley.

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Act two of Intrigue starting June havocas Tanada Dadanov and George Raft as
Brad Dunnan's several days have passed andMark Andrews, the crusading newspaper reporter,

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has started his series of articles aimedto smash the notorious black market in Shanghai.
In the newspaper offers, he's dictatingto a secretary, with every man,
woman and child fighting for mere existence, struggling desperately for the bare necessities
of life, openly venting their pilfordand smuggled goods. The black market is

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Shanghai's greatest problem. Pay the priceor don't eat. Often the price is
five thousand times higher than pre war. The only escape from this suffering and
privation is death, and hundreds areescaping daily. The properteers who control the
black market must be singled out andpublicly exposed those individuals who blinded by greed

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control food, control the lives ofinnocent men, women, and children,
and those who control lives control nations, races, and the rest of the
world. Well, type it upanomousy houselets yes, miss Andrews. Oh,
incidentally, did you check that leadon Madame Baronov? The report is
quite good, suh. Madame Bownoffis one of the most obdoment supporters of

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the international settlements. She is huh, Oh, that's fine, that's fine.
Oh uh were there any calls forme to Santony? Just one,
Miss Johnder is mister Dunham. Hesaid, he's sorry, but he won't
be able to meet you for dinnertonight. H Well, thanks to right.

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Enjoy your dinner, Miss Honor.It was wonderful. I love Chinese
food. Oh, this is theone place in shangh Highway you get the
kind of Chinese if she's you onlyget back in the state. Uh would
you like to dance? Course?I said, would you like to dance?
Oh, I'd love to. I'dforgotten that people can have fun.

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I thought I've forgotten too. It'shard to believe that you're a social worker.
Why you dance too well? Thencome over to the settlement house and
see see yourself sometimes mean with abunch of kids. Why not? Yeah?
Why not? One of these daysI may take you up on that.

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The plain truth is that I simplydon't know what that settlement house would
do without you, Madam Baranov.But I only wish I were able to
do more, Miss Carr, comein, yes, Linda, I'm sorry
to disturb you, Miss Carr,but mister Senna is calling. If you
wire taking to my office, please, yes, Miss Carr, please come
with me, Madam Baradov, misterSenos the newspaper. I want you to

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hear what he has to take mycar, Miss Carr, if you could
possibly see your way to accepting afew more children here, I wish we
could, mister Sandi, Well,I simply don't see how we could manage.
Mister how many children are there inthis group? Twenty two? Their

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parents died of starvation in the sun, chief of him. If something is
not done, they will die too. Yes, well, something must be
done. What does your assistant havethe same as car? Well, Linda,
I think we can manage if wecut the rations again. Bring the
children, mister Finn. We'll dowhat we can. Thank you, Thank
you very much, and keep printingthose articles in your newspaper. Yes,

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those articles very interesting. Since misterAndrews started writing them. The authorities are
making arrests every day, are they, Yes, madam, But nobody beat
nobody, importer. The black marketcontinued, controlled by a few who place
the love of money above the livesof children. Oh, excuse me,

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it's time to serve our elaborate onechorus. Month will get your place.
You stand to lie, poll,stand in line, please your good miss
please, Yes, come, agentleman is at the gate. Miss,
are flying for you. Oh tellthem, I'll be there in the moment.

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I'm sorry I kept you waiting.Bred Well, they are the kids
when the weather is born like this, so let them have lunch. Out
of joys. Children, children.This is mister Dunham. Are you a
Dunham. Yes, I suppose youcould call me that your friends din to

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hell. Tell me run along andfinish your life. Oh I did si,
But how along? If you wait? You mustn't mind them bread,
I don't. I was a kidonce myself. Excuse me, it's time
for their games. All right,children, baseball? All right, kids,
come on, we'll choose upside.Oh we already have our chancers.

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Or where's the pictures to tell theball from the mount? Sir? Well,
that's one way of doing it.Or is anybody around here the umpire?
Well, let's all right with bothsides. I'll call him as I
see him. Thank you, sir. We shall have the utmost confidence in
your jud street. Oh it's plainyou never played in Brooklyn. All right,
come on, I'll let's play ballright too, right over the plate,

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taking your pardon, sir, itseemed to me that the ball was
rather wide. I'll watch it shorty, sir, all right, picture,
give him a nut on a nicepity. Hey, what's the matter with
shorty? Look? Look he's onthe ground, shorty, shorty? What
happens? S M. Sure he'salright, Linda, I think so.

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I put him to bed. He'sresting. I'm afraid baseball isn't quite the
game for these children. They're notvery strong, you all. They don't
get very much to eat. Well, why don't you feed them more?
Feed them more? What do youthink we do here? Eat it ourselves.
It's just isn't enough to go awrong. I'm sorry, I I
didn't know. Many people don't knowunless they see it with their own eyes.

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The black market doesn't touch their lives, but it touches these lives very
deeply. Yeah, well, well, I I guess I'll be shoving off,
Linda. Thanks for coming, Thanksfor letting me. Are you coming
back again, mister Jenna, tryand keep me away me of see his
dad? Quite a crush on yourbreast. I hope you meant what you

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said. Not enough to eat,that's hard to believe. Not enough to
eat? Read? Oh, docome in, sit down? Luis said

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you were looking for me. Wherewere you just going? What of our
boats are doing this morning? Ithought i'd get down to the harbor,
That's what I wanted to see youabout? Masters? Just so? Well,
then they've docked already. Oh,I'll get the trucks down there right
away. Now, it'll be awaste of your time. Our ship was
in the outer harbor last night,Brad when they got machine gunned, healed
one and wounded masters whoever it was. They got away with eight tongues of

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rice. The masters, all right, so he says, better see him
get the details. I'll see masseslater. Right now, I'm calling on
one of our competitors, Mster Caridian. You think mister Coridian rated our boat?
Who else? Very well bred?But be careful. I'd suffer a
tremendous loss if anything happened to you. Thanks, sweetheart, nothing will Hello,

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mister Critian. Oh, mister Dunham, I didn't hear you knock.
I didn't hear say come in.So that makes us even to give me
a vibe to not to shake hands. Custom of my country, you know,
stay away from my boat. Customof my country, you know.
But gentlemen, do any of youknow anything about mister Dunham's boat. I

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am surprised at mister Dunham. Whatwould we want with his boat? One
of my men is dead, another'swounded, and I've lost sixteen thousand dollars
worth of cargo. That's unfortunates andrice is so difficult to obtain these is
How did you know it was right? My dear mister Dunham, are you
accusing me? That's right? Youhave proof, of course, and now

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of you excuse me. I ama vent the hard working man of the
mporting business. They're just like you. So, why don't you run along,
mister Dunham If that's the way youwant it, Pritian, Okay,
that's the way you're gonna get it. What makes you so sure it was
Koredian? How would you know ourshipping schedules because a next friend of yours

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is working for him? Now,Raymond Rammond, Well we'll just have to
change our methods. You'd better armevery teeth of our equipment. I've already
arranged for that. Well that's fine, Bred, but it only solves one
of our problems. What do youmean, oh, Brad, Koredian?
Isn't our only enemies? Have youbeen reading the newspapers? Lady? Just

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take a look at this. I'veseen it. Andrews is a friend of
yours. I'll take care of her. That's what you've been saying all along.
It isn't only us he's after.There are others, and they're not
quite as fond of a grus asyou are. I said I'd handle it,
thank you, and Brad. Idon't think it's why for you to
see too much of miss Parker.Miss Parker the girls from the Settlement House.

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She introduced herself to you as MissArnold. Does the name Parker mean
anything to you? Perhaps it does, and perhaps she's digging into the past,
just as your mister Andrews is digginginto the present. They're both dangerous.
In what way? Is she dangerousto you? Oh, Brad,
it's it's as I said before,I don't want anything to happen to you

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or to us. By the way, is Andrews still living with you at
the hotel? Yeah? Why justbe careful, Brad and keep your eyes
open. Ah hi, Brad,Hi a Mark just been looking over my

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copy. Say there's a phone callfor you, Lois. Uh huh,
Miss Arnold? Lovely boy? Shesay what she wanted? Oh, nothing,
except she'd be delighted to join acouple of young blades. What are
you talking about? Well, shesounded so nice. I asked her to
have dinner with it for I oldSaint Bernard. You're doing all right?
Where does she seize me? Say? Mark, you're pretty hot on the

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assignment, aren't you. I'm sure? Anne? This is no Penny anti
racket brand. It covers the wholeworld, every country that's trying to get
back on its feet. This isa lot worse than the old days.
Of prohibition. Not everybody dranks,but everybody eats well. I oh,
I better shave if we're going outfor dinner. Yeah, and hurry up,

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mustn't keep our girl waiting. Themore team is Donald me. You
know I should admire the work youare doing. Now. Do you get
any help from the local people?Oh? Some of them have been very
kind, like Madame Donald. Whatdoes he do? He contributes food and
clothes. I don't know what we'ddo with daughters don on. Oh oh

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yeah, importing and exporting business.Now, doesn't you have an interest in
your firm brand? She certainly has. She is the firm. I'm just
the author's boy. Linda. Yes, your name, it isn't Linda arm
Lizzie, it's Linda Parker. Huhuh, Yes, Brad, why didn't

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you tell me my brother was amember of your crew during the war,
Danny Parker? Would you have talkedto me if you'd known? Mess?
What's better talk about? I don'tbelieve Danny was guilty when the court martial
passed on the incident. Yeah,why don't you just forget it? I
can't. I won't came a longway for nothing. I don't care about
the court Marshal, but it nearlykilled my father and mother for their sake,

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I've got to find out the truth. What are you trying to prove
that I was guilty, that Idid it? Okay, so I did
it. You feel better now,Brad? Wait a minute, don't run
off. Sorry, Mark, butI've got you. Good night there.
You don't really think Brad had anythingto do with what happened to your brother.
I don't know. You mustn't mindthe way he talks, Mart.

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Did he have to go or what? Was he just angry? A little
of both. I guess you mentionedsomething before about having a business deal to
day care of something about meeting aship. You sure you got your fat
straight? Louis, it's after eleventh. Just be patients, mister Tunnam.

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Mister Critian's truck has to pass thislittle break. There is no other way
to get back to the city.How it flows down for the bridge.
We jump on the back see therest of me. That thought will be
a pleasure. How much right saythey carrying my cousin in the country indicated
six tons? M mister Critian willstill owe us two tons? Oh quite,

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si piece. I believe i'd hearthe truck. Okay, get anima,
miss Porter, Miss Walker, misMs Carl, what is it?
All? The most wonderful things justhappened. A just broke in and delivered

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five hundred pounds of rice. Andthis note came with this. Just ser
the Shanghai Dodga. Don't fall downrunning around the basin the empire. Hello,

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this is Animus Randrews. A cablegud came for you from Washington.
Shall I send it the hotel chair? No? Just read it to me?
What apartment records is Brad Dunham Courtmartials show syndicate handle smuggle cutter that
no mention to Mere Baranof. Ifyour fact walk, we'll back to limit
investigation to clear any former army slide. Thanks Enna, any replies maybe later.

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First I'm gonna call on Madame Baranoff. How very nice of you to
drop in, mister rend How niceof you to see me. Do you
mind if I get directly to thepoint. I prefer it that way.

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You're a very attractive and very cleverwoman. He so I won't try to
flatter you or out smart you.Why thank you? You owe of the
powers in the black market, aren'tyou yes, and during the war you
were engaged in other more illegal activities, aren't you. That's right, mister
Andrews. Thanks for the honest answers. Why not at all? If you

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print any of this, I shall, of course heal you for libel.
No, I'm here to make abargain. Brad Dunham is my friend.
For three years, he's lived undera cloud the result of a court martial
and dishonorable discharge. The Army arrestedBrad and his crew for fine contrabands.
I believe you have something to dowith it. You can prove that maybe,

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oh you said something about a bargain. I'll minimize your participation in the
black market in exchange for a cleanbill of health for brand and if I
refuse, I'll continue my investigation untilthey reopen the court martial and then you'll
hang or do they behead people inthis country for smuggling contraband during war time?

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You are most insolent, Miss Andrews. The truth often is, well,
what do you say? I sayno, And furthermore, I would
suggest that your investigation into my privatelife stops at once. I'm disappointed in

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you. I thought you'd see theadvantage in our bargain. Anyway, I
still think you're very attractive. Infact, I believe you'll be the most
beautiful woman ever to lose her headin the city of Shanghai. I wish

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you speak with mister Kreedian. Tellhim Madam Barenof was calling. Tell mister
Andrews. Yes, that my associatedI who gave us for intrusion life.

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Well I've done him. Go pleasenow it happened everything I've been leading your
newspaper out of with great interest,mister Andrews. Oh, my, my
neighbor is Coridian. I'm in theimporting business. Get a good price for
the right you imported off mister Dunham'sboat. Oh yes, yeah, excellent,

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Yes, But I'm here to discussyour business, not mine. You
have a very great talent, misterAndrews, but a pity who wasted in
the business of buck rieking. Oh. We don't make the facts, mister
Grillion, We just print them.And what good does it do? Nothing?
Nothing is deader than yesterday's newspaper,unless it be yesterday's newspaper. Many,

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mister Andrews. I would like tosee you retire, oh, with
a substantial annuity. Of course,i'd be a time to devote to a
play or a novel at all reportersgoing to write a play, not this
one. I'll go to my grave, turning over black rocks and exposing vermin

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like you your grave. But whyit goes sooner than you'll have to another
point, mister Andrews, you mayfind that your investigations is you closer to
home that you think. Make thatplenty. Your friend, mister Dunham has
been extraordinarily to sex successful in hisimporting business. It has not occurred to

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you that perhaps if it's been alittle tool successful, get out ask him
and ask him what he did withthe six tons of my race. So
you see, sir, it'd bebest allround if you stop exactly where you
uh, get out? Good day, mister and him. Mark Huh told

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am I busting in on an inspiration? Oh no, no, I was
just sitting here trying to figure somethingout. You just have some visitors.
Yeah, So Louis told me,what did those rats want? Well,
I think I'm working too hard.Want me to retire? They get rough
only verbally? How about drink?Thanks? What did they say? Come

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on, let's have it? Okay? Brand Corridians said, you and he
are in the same racket. Isthat true? Yes? What doesn't make
sense? Bread, It just doesn'tmake sense. Why doesn't it People are
willing to pay the price. Whyshouldn't I take it? Pay the price?
Do you know anything about the pricethey're really paying? What about the

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price I paid? Do you knowwhat it means to be an outcast?
Have decent people walk away from you, have every legitimate doss planned in your
face to something you didn't do.I had Ever since I got here,
I've been working on your case.Kind of help you, kind of clear
you. What chance have I?You gotta be a stick in this rotten
racket? Do you want me togo the same way? Ella? Did?
I got as much right to travelfirst cabin as anybody. And if

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the black market's my ticket, whyI am buying it? Get out of
it? Get out of it.Brand. You're not the same guy who
fought against this sort of thing,against the little guy getting pushed around.
Well I got pushed around, that'sit. That's it. Okay, you
don't want me around here. Noguy likes to live with a noisy conscience.

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Well, I came here to doa job. And I'm gonna do
it. I'll send her my stufflater. Andy Parker went first, then
Rock than Ellen. I'm next,all right, so I'm next. The

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call John for facial identifications. There'sthe CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.

(41:28):
We welcome back as our guest tonight, pretty Martha Hires, who has made
great strides in her career since herlast visit. How does the field maa
to be a leading lady? Ilove it, mister Keeley, and I'm
extfly happy to be at r KOs. They've been making some great pictures over
there, especially the last Ki McEwanadaptation of the Miracle of the Best.

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Have you seen it? Yes?I have it. Cast really brings Russell
Janni's book to line. That's right, Martha. Fred McMurray does a fine
job as a press agent, andFrank Sina for us Father Paul is excellent.
I understand I KAO had just aboutgiving up their search for an access
to play the part of Olga whenthey found Valleys. There's no doubt her
portrayal of Joan of Arc and theMiracle of the Bells is outstanding. Yes,

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I watched them shoot those scenes.Valley didn't have an easy job.
She wore a heavy, tight fittingsuit of chain mail, which was almost
unbearably hot under the light when sheremoved it at short intervals to rest,
The wardrobe department kept us supplied withfresh sets of lingerie. John Kennedy will
be interested to hear that they werecared for with Luck. Well, that's

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not surprising, Martha, because rKO Studios insist on Luck's care for everything
washable and the delicate pastels that Valleyloves required gentle care. You know how
they can save if you wash underthings the wrong way. But now the
new tiny diamonds of Lucks make iteasier than ever to keep under things color
fresh three times as well. Thewardrobe mistress says. The new Lucks is

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faster too, and richer. Thenew tiny diamonds and lux make thick,
abundant SuDS that last and last.They remove soil which other types of SuDS
can't, so naturally things look cleanerand fresher too. These new diamonds are
perfect care for pretty Langerie. Thankyou for coming tonight, Martha Hire.

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Here is mister Keeley at the microphone. Act three are Intrigue, starring George
Raft as Brad Dunham and June havocAs to Nara Barona. In the Week
That's Gone By, Mark Andrews hasworked day and night piling up facts upon

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facts into an overwhelming indictment against theblack market. The article is pinies now
and in the opposite of the Shanghainewspaper. Mister Send, the publisher has
just finished readings well with the sentWhat are you you're sure you can substantiate
this fact? I can all ofthem blow this town white open, and

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I hope it does. The peoplehave a writer know the truth. If
you're willing to take the risk,mister Andrews, I am. I'm pretty
thank you, mister Sam. Beforeyou go, let me sound the note
of warning. Those who mentioned inthis article are not going to take this
lying down. You know, no, We'll just see who's the more powerful
wain or the press. Watch theway you walk, mister Andrews. I'd

(44:29):
hate to lose you. All reportersnever die, missus sem. The ink
in their veins preserves you don't seemto realize what this means. Mister Caridian
Andrews wrote this article. The newspaperis going to publish it tomorrow. How

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did you know about his roman?I have a man planted neareditorial department.
He borrowed the article from Sen's desk. Remarkable man, mister Andrews, that
is like make him really it leavesus no utilities. I would like that
job very much, he should,but first get me that and bad enough
on the telephone. We'll talk itover with her. Who is it bad?

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Oh? I'm sorry, Brad,I'm attending to some personal business the
moment that so I heard? Whatare these rats doing here? Corrilian Raymond
rob our taste? Which are goneaway? You left me no choice,
Brad. I've warned you mister Andrewswould become dangerous. You said you'd handle
it. Well you didn't, andsomebody has to. The black markets certainly

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makes strange bedfellows do just good business, mister Dunham, Mark Andrews is a
common enemy. Stay away from it. Lad, We've got to work together
and you'll die together. Just rememberthat you How dare you speak to me
like that? You were nothing whenI took you into the firm and gave
you the chance to get the thingsyou said you wanted, money, self

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respect, Well you've got them.But nobody hands you those things on a
silver platter bread. They've got tobe paid for it. But Mark isn't
paying for it. And if anythinghappens to him, you'll answer to me,
each one of you. It wouldseem we have quite a problem with
I'm better enough. Two problems.Hello, MAA, yes, yes,

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I did it. I guess Iopened the wrong door. I was looking
for miss Parker. I didn't knowthis was your dormitory. Oh that's go
right, mister Jennam were you wereyou sleep for the time you were?
Come on, kids, hit thefact. Hm, if you tell us,

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it's staring. I don't know anystories, okay, okay, well
well uh uh. Once upon atime there was a flyer. Was he
a dragon? Some people thought hewas. Dragons don't fly, Well this
one did. Besides, who's tellingthis story? I'll be quiet scorn.

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Well, h well, it's flyer. This dragon, I mean, got
into a lot of trouble for somethinghe didn't do, and it changed his
whole life. Then he got mixedup with a lady dragon, and the
flyer went to work for the ladydragon because he had to eat and have
a place to live. Didn't dowrong, things some Then he met a

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girl. Was the girl a dragontoo? No? She was very pretty
and very sweet, like a princess, Yes, like a princess. But
she thought the Flyer had done somethingbad to her brother, though a Flyer
was innocent, and he wanted herto believe that because cause he loved the
princess, and did she loves him. I don't know. That's part of

(48:06):
the story, A sweetheart. Ilook get back in bed. Huh the
happy end? I don't know,Honey. Some day, if I find
out how, I'll tell you howit ended if I can. Well,
good night, mister gentlemen. Sorry, kids. The one thing I'm not

(48:27):
as a storyteller, Brad, Hello, Linda, I I've been looking for
you. I well, I didn'tmean to barge you. And I'm the
kids, I'm alright. They loveto be told stories, even unfinished stories.
You you heard me just now.Yes, I'm sorry, Brad,

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I'm sorry I under judged you.In my heart, I I didn't wanna
be needed. You're the first finething that came into my life since the
day I thought it was over,and I'm I'm not gonna let you out
of it. But that story youtold the children. Why didn't you tell
me it's only my word that it'strue? Then? Why did you come

(49:15):
here? I don't know. II hadn't planned to come here. I've
been looking for Mark. Well,I can't find'em anywhere. He's in
trouble, Linda, and I've gottafind'em. Who can I help you?
No? So this was something Igotta do myself. Thanks anyways?

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Hello, Yeah, this is Andrews. Oh, hello missus. Sam.
Yeah, I'm just gonnam. What'sthat about my article? Stole'em?
Well? Well, now, look, don't worry. I've got a common
copy. No, no, II'll bring it down myself. Who done
'em? I'm looking for me?Huh? Well, if done'em wants

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to see me, tell him I'mon my way down. Mm. And
I've been trying to find you allday. Mark. The chances I they've
been looking for you too, Raymon, Caribbean, You've gone all you can
do, Brad, worrying about yoursin. Look, I know I'm down
in your book as a rat,but it doesn't matter about me. For

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your own sake, for what you'retrying to do. He cast sure,
Brad, I'll be careful. Yeah, right is coming, give it to
my papers waiting for it. That'sin wait. I'm getting you to a
hospital. Band please, mister Senn. Okay, okay, Mark, you

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can see mister Andrews numbs giving themme straight doct what our cancers? Well
that's a good you suffered a greatloss of blood? Right, ray did
you get did you get my articleto the paper? Yeah? They got

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a bark thanks bottle, Uh killmy brand. Don't let this get your
job? Mat How do you expectme to feel? If I had gotten
out of when you asked me too, maybe this wouldn't have happened for I
listen by him Byronough was behind thesmuggling and your plane and the the guilty

(51:40):
member of your crew was rocked.Thad'em the article, but I I
wanted you to hear it from me. Mark wrk. You can't check out
on me again. You can't,older boy never dies? Did I did

(52:06):
I do all right? For forat all? Say? For God?
But yeah? You did? Alright? Start? Yes, he he's dead

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dark. I warned you mister Andrewswould become dangerous, and you that you
could have, but you didn't.Somebody has to kin coming man many people

(52:51):
don't know in they of their ownlives. The black market doesn't touch their
lives, but it touches the verydeeply. There. There's no punning,
any rackon. They covers the wholeworld and win. That's trying to get
back up the steet. This issometht worse than the old days of poor
p not everybody drying what everybody eats? Oh, oh god, it was

(53:12):
a noise and cons you know anythingabout the price of really paying. Ever
since I got here, I've beenwalking on your cage doing that. I'll
be trying to clear What chance haveI got of your stigulous rough raging?
Get out of it. Get outof it bad, Get them out of
it. That's the time. Huhwhat do you want? Is something wrong?
Why do you not answer me?Sorry, Louis, I've been following

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you. You're not going into thewarehouse. Yeah, I'm going into this
warehouse. Oh no, do notgo in there, mister Dunham. They
will kill you. It is inthe newspapers, all their names. They
would lowiy ran up the people,the women and the kid, the poor
people. Louis, bring them hereto the warehouse. It's filled with food.
Tell the people to take the food. It's fair. I want them
to have it, all of it. Yes, now Louis a little later

(53:58):
may be too late, I tellthem, mister, I bring him here
now, raym where are your phone? Is from a story? You can
be here in five minutes. Whatthe police got grat No, No,
don't worry, they won't get off. The plane's already, Yes, Darling,

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just you and I now hurry Bread. Oh, Brad, Darling,
I knew I could count on you. Yes, you and I. I
can explain that. Brad. Yousee, Raymon, You're gonna write a
confession that's gonna clear me. Oh, Brad, don't think up the past.
It's over said, where's Raymond?Where is the phony from? Brad?

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Bread? Listen, I got money, all the money we'll ever need.
We can go away to get hersomewhere. I'm gonna sit down and
write what I tell you to run. Don't the pen and there's the paper.
I'm not writing a Samara Paran.You're like No. Raymond Perez,

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who was in my employee together withLieutenant Rock and eyes Maria baron Off,
where solely guilty. This is mytrue and final confession, all right now
sign it. I'll take that,Pa, then keep your coun don't worry,
he said, Dunham, I'm afraidthis confession will never see the light.

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Thing mister, where where is he? No he? Where is he
in the warehouse? Please just pockethim a going Please do not beleave to

(55:52):
hear what's happening. I send forthe police. I am afraid it is
too late. Then no shots beforehe wanted to display Hi, I could
not slender. Oh, brother Louis, take us to miss the friend with
papers the confession from Madame Baroner.Oh yes, mister, we're clear now,
Linda, your brother and I.He didn't come all this way to

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Shanghai for nothing. After all.You can go back now, Linda,
back home home, But not alone, man, he is not alone,
no baby, not alone. Ourstars will return for their curtain calls in

(56:47):
a moment, a thrilling play,still more exciting with their fine performances.
Oh thanks to George Raft and JuneHabits, whom we bring back to the
footlight. George, it's not oftenwe have a star who comes from darkest

(57:08):
Africa to play a role on luxbut we're certainly grateful that you made it.
That's the wonder I did. Bill, The going was pretty rough getting
in and out of Africa. Youwere shooting your picture out post in Morocco,
George. Yes, we had adrive six hundred and fifty miles south
of Casablanca for the right location.Well, what did you do for roads?
We didn't say much attention to theroads. We just kept on going.

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Oh, like we do here inCalifornia. Did you find the natives
friendly? George? Friendly? Butpuzzle? When we arrived with an army
of legion Aids in uniform, theymust have thought we would come to take
the country over. Were they prettyhospitable when they found out you were actually
except when they said they'd happy tohave us for dinner. I didn't know
quite how to take it. Iwas to say that maybe they were fond

(57:50):
of boiled hands, just as longas they were cannibals. Well, maybe
not, but we were sure carefulto stay on the right side of him.
And by the right side, youmean course the outside. Yep,
it was one time I didn't wantto be in the gravy. But what
are you cooking up? The nextweek? Bill, Next Monday Night from
the twentieth century Fox, we bringour audience an exciting drama of romance against

(58:13):
the colorful background of the racetrack.It's The Home Stretch, starring Cornell Wild
and Marino Harris Well. You couldn'tdo better than Matt Bill. The Home
Stretch is a thrilling story. GoodNight, good night, good night,
and thanks to go home. Leaveher brothers, Companies and Makers and Luck

(58:36):
Clake join the Inn, inviting youto be with us again next Monday evening,
when the Lux Radio Theater presents CornellWild and Marin O'Hara in the Homestead.
This is William Keeley saying good nightto you from Hollywood. Ladies,

(58:57):
are you throwing away used kitchen patthey can pretend into cash. Don't throw
away a single drop because your dealeris paying a good price for use fat.
Right now, there's the greatest shortageof fats and oils in history.
Scores of industries need those used batsfrom your kitchen. Don't skim your gravies
and save the fat from your fryingpans. Pour use pat into a convenient
pin, turn them into cash assoon as the tin is pulled. June

(59:21):
Havoc appeared by arrangement with twentieth centuryFox producers of Fury at Furnace Creek heard
in our cast tonight where William Johnstoneas Mark and John Banks as Linda.
Our music was directed by Lewis Silvers. And this is your announcer, John
Milton Kennedy, reminding you to joinus again next Monday night to hear the
Home Stretch with Cornell Wilde and MarinoHarra