June 20, 2024 • 26 mins
"The Incomparable Charlie Chan" is an old-time radio show that brings to life the adventures of the legendary detective Charlie Chan, a character created by author Earl Derr Biggers. First airing in the 1930s and running through the 1940s, the show features Chan, a Chinese-American detective from Honolulu, known for his wisdom, keen observation, and methodical approach to solving crimes. The series captures the essence of classic detective fiction, presenting intriguing mysteries, colorful characters, and suspenseful storylines. Listeners are drawn into a world of deduction and intrigue as Chan unravels complex cases with his signature calm demeanor and insightful reasoning. The show remains a beloved example of early 20th-century radio drama, reflecting the era's fascination with mystery and crime-solving tales.
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The incomparable Charlie Cham. We hardlypresent the incomparable Charlie Cham in a new
and exciting series. Join this famousdetective of fiction, films and radio as
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he combines the wisdom of the Eastwith the science of the West. In
the dramatic chapter from the Adventures ofCharlie Cham, Charlie Cham only bid you
good evening and extends worm welcome.It is written, honesty of men is
(00:56):
measured by greed of fame. Tonightwe hear a person who subtracted greed from
honesty and obtain murder. Listen,please thank you. The night's adventure The
Case of the Romantic Engineer. Youcan't miss the Polo Cafe. Walk to
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the darker street in San Francisco's Underworld. Turn down the blacker Sally stop of
the worst taven you come to thatwill be the Polo Cafe. Men don't
go there for entertainment. They goto talk business, crooked business. Excuse
me, mister, this table takinghim. I'm sitting here. I don't
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mean that anyone else you alone,Yeah, mind if I sit down?
Yeah, I'm not just trying tobe social. Understand this is business.
Only Last week I said to myself, dark meshes the feller. I need
you don't know me, I do, and I want to talk business.
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Doc. Good that thanks. Hecall me Emory Haggin. Hi there,
he tell me he's pretty smart,educated fellow doc with everything. But luck,
oh, take a look at thish worst counterfeating job I've ever seen.
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You're not telling me a thing.Listen, Doc, you either hear
of Barnie Whale used to fight professionalfarm a whale They cool him. He
runs a counterfeating school. I wason the south side the five hundred.
The farmer teaches you how to makehim so, he says, huh,
I took those lessons, Doc,you didn't study very hard. Those coins
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wouldn't fool a school kid. Thefarmer holds out, Doc, he doesn't
teach everything. He knows. Ifinished up learning everything except the last step.
I figure that's where you come in. H Now you don't get that
dock title or being a saw bones. Huh. They say you're a doctor
of engineering. All right, we'llmake a deal. I make the coins
and built as far as I can. You do the rest. Huh.
I you know all about these scientificthings like silver plating and presses and ink
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and stuff. Yeah, I know, I do the ground wood, you
add the artistic Dutch. It's assimple as that. What do you say,
huh? How do we share fiftyto fifty? Doc? Well what
do you say? All right,it's a deal. We'll get started right
away. See that's great, Doc, I always knew memory. Yeah,
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Doc, don't call me doc.Now, come on, we'll share and
go say how money ought to bemade? Hip? The one son's forty
for duty? He's been a timeby missus kellick you home at half an
hour? Dinner? Let's go.Hi. Miserable father in presence of sun,
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like reed before storm, cannot evenfollow. Walls of police headquarters restrain
sons violence, not when they's Kenney'sthat for dinner? Anoable mother has prepared
that? H this that disappointment?Indeed, are you kidding? You know
you're crazy about that? Now comeon, Pa. That does not refer
to manual, but to departmental duty, which will delay attends and for dinner?
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What duty? Very strange telephone callto police requiring instant investigation. What's
it all about? Women recently complainedabout kidnapping of husband. What's strange about
that? Pop? Hows do getkidnapped all the time. Women complains kidnappers
do not request a ransom, insteadare paying her ransom, paying her ransom
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a lover or I think we'd bettersee it right away. Maybe we can
straight it up afore dinner. I'lldrive you what lane address lady reside,
but one through one side near ahill, his wife of doctor John Nash.
Please sit down, Inspector chain mmany thanks em now am regarding your
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strange telephone call. Missus Natch willgive fact briefly pleased. It's the strangest
thing, Inspector. I don't knowwhat to make of it. John Well,
he hadn't been doing well lately,and two months ago he came home
and told me he'd got a goodjob, a chance to start engineering work
down in Texas. Well. Hehe left home, and it all seemed
true. He wrote every week wonderfulromaintic letters and send money, and I
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was happy until I went to thelibrary this morning. Surf of Grief please.
I was looking through an old novelin the library. I found that
all my husband's romantic letters, allthe details of the people he was meeting
and the work he was doing,was taken out of that novel Holly Smoke.
I've got the novel and some ofJohn's letters here you can compare'em.
I've uh marked the passages in thebook. Hm. Hm, this
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most strange. All the envelopes arepostmark Texas and they drated white posts.
Eh. Yes, I thought maybeJohn was being held, Maybe he was
in some kind of trouble, andwhoever it got him was sending the letters
to Well, I don't know,and you cannot understand why money was sent
if that was true. Eh.Yes, these ancient eyes perceived dull.
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Twenty dollar bills and most recent lettershave been wrapped around with newspaper for security.
Why should kidnappers send money there?It doesn't make sense. Investigation of
newspaper wrappings makes sense. Ive Sonwill examine thing EXERSI vision cleef sheets of
newspaper have been cut from San Franciscopapers. Why I never know? They
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will be check his papers if he'sreally in Texas. Very good has Number
one Son leaps to concorrect conclusions.Now we inquire if doctor Nash is not
in Texas, why does he copypassages from book and attempt to convince wife
that huh, well, what isit? Pop one moment. Why are
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you staring at the money inspeper becausesecond question answered by saying twenty dollar bills
packed in envelope are counterfeit countesses.Both bills one might be accidents to inspire
this ancient person with suspicious doubts.We'll begin search for a husband tomorrow morning
at office of Secret Service, missusNash, but I'm afraid will not sign
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same kidnapped. We'll sign doctor Nashengaged in manufacture of currency by George Chan.
You don't know how happy we areto see you at Secret Service with
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your bit of news. I'm mostkind to miserable old challe Chan. If
be this ties imperfectly with our problem. You've got trout of timidady. For
the past month, we've been floodedwith the finest counterfeit notes and coins.
We've got a seen. Detection tothe inexperienced eye is practically impossible. Yeah,
you'll please over. Ah. Yes, now you bring in your evidence.
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And it's the biggest break we've hadso far. Nash has been sending
his wife the same counterfeit notes thathave been bothering us. He's an expert
engineer, he must be behind He'sexpert chops fifth person of same opinion.
So let's get after Nesh. Bothof us we'll keep in touch with each
other, and between us we'll breakhim wide over. If any breakage performed
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will be by esteemed secret service,chala chan will only fracture small Sminter Comisan
will now go out and search forsays. But where in offices of merchant
tongue whose sign is three golden sonsPada refers to bond broker. Truly a
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born shop contains all the secrets ofthe world. Oh why try this one,
pop, It's a thirty fifth hotshop. We've been in here quite
got your pleasure today. I'm interestedin pictures of trophies please. You're referring
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to trophies of the chase kids,spears per stuffed heads. I got a
fine mood head back the refer totrophies of sports loving cups. Uh Lauren
cufter, Sorry fella, come lastweek and brought me out. Uh no
doubt, what dreaded business rival ofthis person, mister Richard Woo. Eh
No, this wasn't no Richard Woo. It's a fellow which you to be
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a prize fighter. Farther aways Rememiwent away, Big COLLI fier is thanks
you earn the Polo cafe. Iguess you started the punch drus buying up
all them loving cups. Oh trulyis written. He who begins search must
be prepared to find what is notlost, comes Don Draper all next weekday,
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I'm expecting a thing ship is rightafter the tennis one of us.
Yes, most annoying. I'll searchingfor John Nash, but repeatedly find nothing
but former puginist farmer ways pop willyou? Will you please explain? I'm
all mixed up? What's all thisabout? Loving cups? Attention? The
biggest problem of counterfeiter is obtaining propermetal for coins. So cheapest and best
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imitation of silver is Britannia Metal.I get it. A count of figures
going around buying up all loving cupsthat to turn the phony coins. At
last, miserable Sun exercises brain,and you thought Nay should be buying loving
cups precisely, but father has discovered. Only purchaser of saying is puglist farmer
Whale. The hap same is inbusiness partnership with doctor Nash. Fact makes
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immediate location of farmer whale urgent.He hangs out in Apollo Cafe, victorious
abode of Selin. Unfortunately, Fathertoo well known by underworld to visit Sae
without recognition. Therefore becomes reluctant dutyto send number one son on dangerous mission.
They will recognie me. Huh,but go ahead pop fine with you?
H how eagerly used welcome danger?You want me to hang around Apollo
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Cafe right until I locate this whalecharacter. Yes, Father will provide son
with inferior counterfeit coins. If andwhen pugilists located, Son will display sames
to suspect and let nature take naturalcriminal course. Then what do no more?
Make an appointment for a future meeting, Then the reports back to Bada.
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Let me buy another drinks. Farmerhere, you got good bringing up
kid? So what I was saying? I dropped smile over the left that
could have punched holes in a andh hey, but you get that money
you just got paint off, Farmer, don't hand me that much. You
got the money for jee? Farmer? Come on, maybe I better be
going. That's where you are andI'll listen to me. Kid. You
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run me a pint size. You'reall right. I can see that you
make this money. Huh what aboutit? That no good? That's what
you couldn't pull a baby with them. I'll not take a look at this.
I'm looking Farmer Uncle Sam had nothingto do with this. You're kidding.
Oh, I'm not kid. Imake pretty good stuff. And I
could teach you how tell? What'syour name? Came you? Wo?
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You got five hundred dollars? Tommy? I could write it. Then you
come with me, Tommy. You'regonna get yourself a college d your teaching
for five hundred. You come withme, Tommy, and I'll teach you
so much you won't ever have towork for loving again. It looks as
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though Charlie Chan's number one son isall set to discover a valuable coup in
the case of the romantic engineer.But Na, here is your announcer,
And now back to the incomparable CharlieChan tracking down a gang of counterfeaters involved
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in disappearance of money engineer doctor JohnNash. Charlie Chan has sent his son
to the Polo Cafe to seek outa certain excutulist Farmer Whales, believed in
some way to be connected with thecase sometimes has passed since Chan's son left
the cafe accompanied by whales, andnow at the door of the seller that
serves as the farmer's workshop. What'sthe idea locking the door. I don't
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take chances, kid, I gota nice business here. There's always a
chance copy some copper's kind of firstthing for me. But you're all right,
kid, Come on now. I'llexplain the layout. And as soon
as you raised that five hundred,I start teaching you. Don't say nothing,
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Yeah, Farma open. This isn another kid. I've heard about
him. He's dynamite. Wow,what a but I'm t and T fama.
I want to talk to you.Go ahead, dock. Don't call
me do I'll call you what Ilike. Think your peace. Don't get
on your way in front of theboy that kept all right, farmer,
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we want you to stop operating.Get out of the city. You're a
rotten cheap counterfeting is making things dangerousfor it. At least I'm looking for
you. They may end up findingout. Fundy you mean rotten cheap.
Come up your work. It's ascrocious. He's a five hundred dollars memory
Haggart to teach him the game.You don't know enough to teach him.
You can't wait a minute, Tommy, Yeah, Well, me and Nash
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of talking business. Suppose you'll seeabout getting hold of that five hundred we
were talking about. Uh, gotanother chump. Go ahead, Tommy,
get hold of that money and meetme back here. I'll be waiting and
then don't take too long, allright, father, All right, don't
worry. I'll be back sooner thanyou think. That is it, Pop,
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Farmer Whale's place? Come on,noly Son, it is written.
Much is accomplished through delay, showfather door of putilist workshop. Then you're
going into arrest'em. This personnever carries fire? Would you have father
engage in heated argument with legal weapons? Who's that's it? Who's a good
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to the salwit? Hey? Heeats open? Pop very strange some away
notoriously cautious according to your report,con pop an he's certain clothes or scary?
That farmer Whale on the floor regrectingfrom some that solution of case won
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by courage of same is now lost. Farmer Whale is dead, has been
murdered alongside body. These ancient eyesperceived cartridge ejected from automatic pistol fi Getris.
It is the shot that kills farmno doubt. One bullet in the
heart. M cartridge is especially interesting. Why may lead us to doctor Nash?
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After all, a special nine millimetersLuga cartridge manufactured from Luga pistols.
Very few dealers sell such cartridges inthe city. May be possible to trace
sales to hide out of doctor Nash. So we follow this week huh after
Sun notifies homicide Division of Murder mustrequest done to the part instantly in search
of public telephones. Father will remainwith bodies. Okay, Pops, where
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can replash? Also telephone agencine asicker servant regarding county thing xantin feller right
away? Pop, Hello, kid, So you've been in there already.
Eh, someone told you to comeback. I didn't expect you to get
back so soon. That's a pity, kid. You're in a jam,
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don't I'm not moving, you know, coming back to my place. Maybe
I can work out a way tokeep you alive. Maybe not. You
know too much Right now, I'dsay you've got about one chance in a
midion. I don't like this darkand I'm not in favor of don't call
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me, dog, I bash mybrains out working out an air tight alibi,
and you walks him with a kid. I was the only one thing
to do. If he knows youwere the last person with farmer, go
ahead, get rid of him.You don't have two. I've got a
good memory for forgetting. I didn'tfinish him off right away, memory because
there was something screwy about him.I just works out what it is.
I'm listening. There's a Chinese detectiveoperating in town. His name is Charlie
Chan. This kid works with him. This is the kids. Holy smoke,
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A kid's a breathing space we need. We're gonna use him to keep
Chan running in circles until we canpack the plans and move it out of
the city. Come on, Junior, you're going to write a letter me
a daddy. This time. Itisn't coming out of any romantic novel.
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Inspector Chan, this is a ransomnote. It will cost you money to
get your son back alive. Ifyou want to do business, instruct the
announcer on station w S A Ntwo coss before giving the midnight time signals
to night so you will know thisnote is not a fake. We have
forced your boy to write it andsign it with his name. Sign time
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she hadn't sang she em. Sonow, mister Dean, I'm aware of
faith of last number one son.How'd you get this? Chin ll throw
at a window of police headquarters fiveminutes ago. She's eleven o'clock. Now
you've got less than our Yes,you go ahead and take care of your
boy Chen. I'll continue with theNash case one and the same case,
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mister Dean. Connection obvious, nodoubt. Nash was lurking near a scene
of murder, captured son an attemptto mislead father with kidnapping threats. Quickest
way to rescue Son is to captureNash. If we do that, we're
to look ched already no where tolook. Son has instructed Father has utilized
native intelligence to inform father of locality. Has done the same with signature of
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letter. Khan Shien sang she notnumber one. Son's Chinese name is message.
Message translation is look for me atmarket square. Give me five minutes.
Chan, I'll have every available agent. Credy may take ten minutes,
mister Dean, This person also haspreparations to make haste would be fatal is
written. Every minute of preparation lostmeans extra hour of struggle. Charlie Chan
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makes no mistakes when gambling for alife of sun. All right, Chad,
we're all said. Homicide Squad's gotthe square covered, Our agents are
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ready to move. All we've gotto find is the right house here this
sea to eleven forty five. Thatcan just fifteen minutes to check every house
in the kate the right one.I've got squads ready for that job.
I've already located house, mister Dean, want this way please. Homicide squad
has straight flu of loogo bullets.This person had good fortune to discover I've
seen of murder Chester is a residentof number twenty mark It's square, most
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probably residents of doctor John Nash wsa m news round. What's the second
to have an answer off before themidnight time? Signals? How can you
do it? That? He'll doit? Please can do anything? And
then we're in the cleaning. Whata gray you got done? Maybe I
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was pretty smart too when I joinedup with you, and you talk too
much. Keep quiet, Jock Stock, turn of the radio. It's please
Dot, turn off a light,quick, doc, I get quiet and
do what I tell you, okay, okay, get to the right window.
I'll take the lift. Be careful, Johnny, Doctor Johnny, you
take your ten from the see youwant to stop the night to shop for
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you? This leave leave Emory.Look what where that fat fool's got the
men around the wrong house. Theyaround the number ten across the way.
He got nothing to worry about.Put your gun away? What are you?
You know, blazing away? Howcan I be here? Think?
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What's a lave? Emily? Whata laugh? Lorks? I'm sneaking around
them? But they like kids playingcowboys and Indians? Where do they think
they're? Guy? Who are theygoing to get? No? One?
Doctor mass shuck behind his chair.Drop them, please, drop them all
right? Many thanks. This personwould deeply regret operation of riot gun,
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inefficient hands of mister Dean outside referssaving you for grimer justice of course,
But but the door is locked.You would ding the square after the wrong
house, hiding after this miserable personand ties number one son and removes gags
from not of same. Johnie Chanwill relate terrible of foolish detective and clever
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crook and explain how foolishness can sometimesbe wisdom, goll he pops power the
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pleasure to be driving home tonight.I thought you'd never find me. Fatha
could not sail after Sun wrote clearinstructions in ransom letters. So that was
a break where naturally wanted me tosign my name. I told Hi,
my dude in Chinese, to makesure you knew it was me. I
acted scared. They very wise,of miserable done. It is written.
Sometimes fear is great wisdom. ButI still can't see how you sneak into
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Nash's place and ambushing with mister Dean. It was extremely simple. Your father
played food and had police attacked wrongBlubby while Nation and Haggard deaed out windows
and laughed. This person picked upwith energon gee and that's why you had
that shooting it to destract Nation.Haggard. Yes, if they heard you
broadcasting down on the square in thepublic address, I heard you too.
Son forgets the miracle of science thatenables person to be in two places at
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same time. Father refers to phonographrecords, had speech recorded as police headquarters
before coming to Market Square, broadcasttheme from police public address trucks. Nash
forgot about that too, and hewas so clever. Yes, doctor Nash
forgot that no wisdom is any greaterthan purpose for which pain is used.
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Uli is written, he who thowsbrains share a reef brains that he who
sows thistles the reefs dollar any Hey, it's cheerful star. It's all right,
Pop, I ain't just gonna hurryto get home. It's obvious,
miserable Charlie Chan must get new sonor new automobiles for say, or else
son will have to find new father. Ha. If you put it that
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way, Pop, I'll slow down. I wouldn't want to try you in.
After all, there's only one CharlieChan. Before relating our next exciting
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and fa here is an answer withwords of wisdom in next adventure involving curious
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Ride of the Sea, which thisinferior persons required to discuss a notive behind
series of strange crimes committed on LordYach Chali Chan say expensive persons are dangerous.
Beware man who gives too much willend in taking say good night,
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thank you. The Adventures of CharlieChan are based on the famous character created
by Earl der Biggers. Charlie Chanis played by William Reese. Thisst is
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a great Gibson radio production, producedby Regg Johnson
The incomparable Charlie Cham. We hardlypresent the incomparable Charlie Cham in a new
and exciting series. Join this famousdetective of fiction, films and radio as
(00:33):
he combines the wisdom of the Eastwith the science of the West. In
the dramatic chapter from the Adventures ofCharlie Cham, Charlie Cham only bid you
good evening and extends worm welcome.It is written, honesty of men is
(00:56):
measured by greed of fame. Tonightwe hear a person who subtracted greed from
honesty and obtain murder. Listen,please thank you. The night's adventure The
Case of the Romantic Engineer. Youcan't miss the Polo Cafe. Walk to
(01:41):
the darker street in San Francisco's Underworld. Turn down the blacker Sally stop of
the worst taven you come to thatwill be the Polo Cafe. Men don't
go there for entertainment. They goto talk business, crooked business. Excuse
me, mister, this table takinghim. I'm sitting here. I don't
(02:02):
mean that anyone else you alone,Yeah, mind if I sit down?
Yeah, I'm not just trying tobe social. Understand this is business.
Only Last week I said to myself, dark meshes the feller. I need
you don't know me, I do, and I want to talk business.
(02:23):
Doc. Good that thanks. Hecall me Emory Haggin. Hi there,
he tell me he's pretty smart,educated fellow doc with everything. But luck,
oh, take a look at thish worst counterfeating job I've ever seen.
(02:43):
You're not telling me a thing.Listen, Doc, you either hear
of Barnie Whale used to fight professionalfarm a whale They cool him. He
runs a counterfeating school. I wason the south side the five hundred.
The farmer teaches you how to makehim so, he says, huh,
I took those lessons, Doc,you didn't study very hard. Those coins
(03:04):
wouldn't fool a school kid. Thefarmer holds out, Doc, he doesn't
teach everything. He knows. Ifinished up learning everything except the last step.
I figure that's where you come in. H Now you don't get that
dock title or being a saw bones. Huh. They say you're a doctor
of engineering. All right, we'llmake a deal. I make the coins
and built as far as I can. You do the rest. Huh.
I you know all about these scientificthings like silver plating and presses and ink
(03:30):
and stuff. Yeah, I know, I do the ground wood, you
add the artistic Dutch. It's assimple as that. What do you say,
huh? How do we share fiftyto fifty? Doc? Well what
do you say? All right,it's a deal. We'll get started right
away. See that's great, Doc, I always knew memory. Yeah,
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Doc, don't call me doc.Now, come on, we'll share and
go say how money ought to bemade? Hip? The one son's forty
for duty? He's been a timeby missus kellick you home at half an
hour? Dinner? Let's go.Hi. Miserable father in presence of sun,
(04:15):
like reed before storm, cannot evenfollow. Walls of police headquarters restrain
sons violence, not when they's Kenney'sthat for dinner? Anoable mother has prepared
that? H this that disappointment?Indeed, are you kidding? You know
you're crazy about that? Now comeon, Pa. That does not refer
to manual, but to departmental duty, which will delay attends and for dinner?
(04:38):
What duty? Very strange telephone callto police requiring instant investigation. What's
it all about? Women recently complainedabout kidnapping of husband. What's strange about
that? Pop? Hows do getkidnapped all the time. Women complains kidnappers
do not request a ransom, insteadare paying her ransom, paying her ransom
(05:00):
a lover or I think we'd bettersee it right away. Maybe we can
straight it up afore dinner. I'lldrive you what lane address lady reside,
but one through one side near ahill, his wife of doctor John Nash.
Please sit down, Inspector chain mmany thanks em now am regarding your
(05:27):
strange telephone call. Missus Natch willgive fact briefly pleased. It's the strangest
thing, Inspector. I don't knowwhat to make of it. John Well,
he hadn't been doing well lately,and two months ago he came home
and told me he'd got a goodjob, a chance to start engineering work
down in Texas. Well. Hehe left home, and it all seemed
true. He wrote every week wonderfulromaintic letters and send money, and I
(05:53):
was happy until I went to thelibrary this morning. Surf of Grief please.
I was looking through an old novelin the library. I found that
all my husband's romantic letters, allthe details of the people he was meeting
and the work he was doing,was taken out of that novel Holly Smoke.
I've got the novel and some ofJohn's letters here you can compare'em.
I've uh marked the passages in thebook. Hm. Hm, this
(06:18):
most strange. All the envelopes arepostmark Texas and they drated white posts.
Eh. Yes, I thought maybeJohn was being held, Maybe he was
in some kind of trouble, andwhoever it got him was sending the letters
to Well, I don't know,and you cannot understand why money was sent
if that was true. Eh.Yes, these ancient eyes perceived dull.
(06:43):
Twenty dollar bills and most recent lettershave been wrapped around with newspaper for security.
Why should kidnappers send money there?It doesn't make sense. Investigation of
newspaper wrappings makes sense. Ive Sonwill examine thing EXERSI vision cleef sheets of
newspaper have been cut from San Franciscopapers. Why I never know? They
(07:04):
will be check his papers if he'sreally in Texas. Very good has Number
one Son leaps to concorrect conclusions.Now we inquire if doctor Nash is not
in Texas, why does he copypassages from book and attempt to convince wife
that huh, well, what isit? Pop one moment. Why are
(07:25):
you staring at the money inspeper becausesecond question answered by saying twenty dollar bills
packed in envelope are counterfeit countesses.Both bills one might be accidents to inspire
this ancient person with suspicious doubts.We'll begin search for a husband tomorrow morning
at office of Secret Service, missusNash, but I'm afraid will not sign
(07:48):
same kidnapped. We'll sign doctor Nashengaged in manufacture of currency by George Chan.
You don't know how happy we areto see you at Secret Service with
(08:11):
your bit of news. I'm mostkind to miserable old challe Chan. If
be this ties imperfectly with our problem. You've got trout of timidady. For
the past month, we've been floodedwith the finest counterfeit notes and coins.
We've got a seen. Detection tothe inexperienced eye is practically impossible. Yeah,
you'll please over. Ah. Yes, now you bring in your evidence.
(08:31):
And it's the biggest break we've hadso far. Nash has been sending
his wife the same counterfeit notes thathave been bothering us. He's an expert
engineer, he must be behind He'sexpert chops fifth person of same opinion.
So let's get after Nesh. Bothof us we'll keep in touch with each
other, and between us we'll breakhim wide over. If any breakage performed
(08:52):
will be by esteemed secret service,chala chan will only fracture small Sminter Comisan
will now go out and search forsays. But where in offices of merchant
tongue whose sign is three golden sonsPada refers to bond broker. Truly a
(09:13):
born shop contains all the secrets ofthe world. Oh why try this one,
pop, It's a thirty fifth hotshop. We've been in here quite
got your pleasure today. I'm interestedin pictures of trophies please. You're referring
(09:37):
to trophies of the chase kids,spears per stuffed heads. I got a
fine mood head back the refer totrophies of sports loving cups. Uh Lauren
cufter, Sorry fella, come lastweek and brought me out. Uh no
doubt, what dreaded business rival ofthis person, mister Richard Woo. Eh
No, this wasn't no Richard Woo. It's a fellow which you to be
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a prize fighter. Farther aways Rememiwent away, Big COLLI fier is thanks
you earn the Polo cafe. Iguess you started the punch drus buying up
all them loving cups. Oh trulyis written. He who begins search must
be prepared to find what is notlost, comes Don Draper all next weekday,
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I'm expecting a thing ship is rightafter the tennis one of us.
Yes, most annoying. I'll searchingfor John Nash, but repeatedly find nothing
but former puginist farmer ways pop willyou? Will you please explain? I'm
all mixed up? What's all thisabout? Loving cups? Attention? The
biggest problem of counterfeiter is obtaining propermetal for coins. So cheapest and best
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imitation of silver is Britannia Metal.I get it. A count of figures
going around buying up all loving cupsthat to turn the phony coins. At
last, miserable Sun exercises brain,and you thought Nay should be buying loving
cups precisely, but father has discovered. Only purchaser of saying is puglist farmer
Whale. The hap same is inbusiness partnership with doctor Nash. Fact makes
(11:05):
immediate location of farmer whale urgent.He hangs out in Apollo Cafe, victorious
abode of Selin. Unfortunately, Fathertoo well known by underworld to visit Sae
without recognition. Therefore becomes reluctant dutyto send number one son on dangerous mission.
They will recognie me. Huh,but go ahead pop fine with you?
H how eagerly used welcome danger?You want me to hang around Apollo
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Cafe right until I locate this whalecharacter. Yes, Father will provide son
with inferior counterfeit coins. If andwhen pugilists located, Son will display sames
to suspect and let nature take naturalcriminal course. Then what do no more?
Make an appointment for a future meeting, Then the reports back to Bada.
(12:01):
Let me buy another drinks. Farmerhere, you got good bringing up
kid? So what I was saying? I dropped smile over the left that
could have punched holes in a andh hey, but you get that money
you just got paint off, Farmer, don't hand me that much. You
got the money for jee? Farmer? Come on, maybe I better be
going. That's where you are andI'll listen to me. Kid. You
(12:22):
run me a pint size. You'reall right. I can see that you
make this money. Huh what aboutit? That no good? That's what
you couldn't pull a baby with them. I'll not take a look at this.
I'm looking Farmer Uncle Sam had nothingto do with this. You're kidding.
Oh, I'm not kid. Imake pretty good stuff. And I
could teach you how tell? What'syour name? Came you? Wo?
(12:45):
You got five hundred dollars? Tommy? I could write it. Then you
come with me, Tommy. You'regonna get yourself a college d your teaching
for five hundred. You come withme, Tommy, and I'll teach you
so much you won't ever have towork for loving again. It looks as
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though Charlie Chan's number one son isall set to discover a valuable coup in
the case of the romantic engineer.But Na, here is your announcer,
And now back to the incomparable CharlieChan tracking down a gang of counterfeaters involved
(13:30):
in disappearance of money engineer doctor JohnNash. Charlie Chan has sent his son
to the Polo Cafe to seek outa certain excutulist Farmer Whales, believed in
some way to be connected with thecase sometimes has passed since Chan's son left
the cafe accompanied by whales, andnow at the door of the seller that
serves as the farmer's workshop. What'sthe idea locking the door. I don't
(13:52):
take chances, kid, I gota nice business here. There's always a
chance copy some copper's kind of firstthing for me. But you're all right,
kid, Come on now. I'llexplain the layout. And as soon
as you raised that five hundred,I start teaching you. Don't say nothing,
(14:13):
Yeah, Farma open. This isn another kid. I've heard about
him. He's dynamite. Wow,what a but I'm t and T fama.
I want to talk to you.Go ahead, dock. Don't call
me do I'll call you what Ilike. Think your peace. Don't get
on your way in front of theboy that kept all right, farmer,
(14:33):
we want you to stop operating.Get out of the city. You're a
rotten cheap counterfeting is making things dangerousfor it. At least I'm looking for
you. They may end up findingout. Fundy you mean rotten cheap.
Come up your work. It's ascrocious. He's a five hundred dollars memory
Haggart to teach him the game.You don't know enough to teach him.
You can't wait a minute, Tommy, Yeah, Well, me and Nash
(14:54):
of talking business. Suppose you'll seeabout getting hold of that five hundred we
were talking about. Uh, gotanother chump. Go ahead, Tommy,
get hold of that money and meetme back here. I'll be waiting and
then don't take too long, allright, father, All right, don't
worry. I'll be back sooner thanyou think. That is it, Pop,
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Farmer Whale's place? Come on,noly Son, it is written.
Much is accomplished through delay, showfather door of putilist workshop. Then you're
going into arrest'em. This personnever carries fire? Would you have father
engage in heated argument with legal weapons? Who's that's it? Who's a good
(15:45):
to the salwit? Hey? Heeats open? Pop very strange some away
notoriously cautious according to your report,con pop an he's certain clothes or scary?
That farmer Whale on the floor regrectingfrom some that solution of case won
(16:08):
by courage of same is now lost. Farmer Whale is dead, has been
murdered alongside body. These ancient eyesperceived cartridge ejected from automatic pistol fi Getris.
It is the shot that kills farmno doubt. One bullet in the
heart. M cartridge is especially interesting. Why may lead us to doctor Nash?
(16:33):
After all, a special nine millimetersLuga cartridge manufactured from Luga pistols.
Very few dealers sell such cartridges inthe city. May be possible to trace
sales to hide out of doctor Nash. So we follow this week huh after
Sun notifies homicide Division of Murder mustrequest done to the part instantly in search
of public telephones. Father will remainwith bodies. Okay, Pops, where
(16:57):
can replash? Also telephone agencine asicker servant regarding county thing xantin feller right
away? Pop, Hello, kid, So you've been in there already.
Eh, someone told you to comeback. I didn't expect you to get
back so soon. That's a pity, kid. You're in a jam,
(17:17):
don't I'm not moving, you know, coming back to my place. Maybe
I can work out a way tokeep you alive. Maybe not. You
know too much Right now, I'dsay you've got about one chance in a
midion. I don't like this darkand I'm not in favor of don't call
(17:40):
me, dog, I bash mybrains out working out an air tight alibi,
and you walks him with a kid. I was the only one thing
to do. If he knows youwere the last person with farmer, go
ahead, get rid of him.You don't have two. I've got a
good memory for forgetting. I didn'tfinish him off right away, memory because
there was something screwy about him.I just works out what it is.
I'm listening. There's a Chinese detectiveoperating in town. His name is Charlie
Chan. This kid works with him. This is the kids. Holy smoke,
(18:03):
A kid's a breathing space we need. We're gonna use him to keep
Chan running in circles until we canpack the plans and move it out of
the city. Come on, Junior, you're going to write a letter me
a daddy. This time. Itisn't coming out of any romantic novel.
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Inspector Chan, this is a ransomnote. It will cost you money to
get your son back alive. Ifyou want to do business, instruct the
announcer on station w S A Ntwo coss before giving the midnight time signals
to night so you will know thisnote is not a fake. We have
forced your boy to write it andsign it with his name. Sign time
(18:49):
she hadn't sang she em. Sonow, mister Dean, I'm aware of
faith of last number one son.How'd you get this? Chin ll throw
at a window of police headquarters fiveminutes ago. She's eleven o'clock. Now
you've got less than our Yes,you go ahead and take care of your
boy Chen. I'll continue with theNash case one and the same case,
(19:10):
mister Dean. Connection obvious, nodoubt. Nash was lurking near a scene
of murder, captured son an attemptto mislead father with kidnapping threats. Quickest
way to rescue Son is to captureNash. If we do that, we're
to look ched already no where tolook. Son has instructed Father has utilized
native intelligence to inform father of locality. Has done the same with signature of
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letter. Khan Shien sang she notnumber one. Son's Chinese name is message.
Message translation is look for me atmarket square. Give me five minutes.
Chan, I'll have every available agent. Credy may take ten minutes,
mister Dean, This person also haspreparations to make haste would be fatal is
written. Every minute of preparation lostmeans extra hour of struggle. Charlie Chan
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makes no mistakes when gambling for alife of sun. All right, Chad,
we're all said. Homicide Squad's gotthe square covered, Our agents are
(20:21):
ready to move. All we've gotto find is the right house here this
sea to eleven forty five. Thatcan just fifteen minutes to check every house
in the kate the right one.I've got squads ready for that job.
I've already located house, mister Dean, want this way please. Homicide squad
has straight flu of loogo bullets.This person had good fortune to discover I've
seen of murder Chester is a residentof number twenty mark It's square, most
(20:45):
probably residents of doctor John Nash wsa m news round. What's the second
to have an answer off before themidnight time? Signals? How can you
do it? That? He'll doit? Please can do anything? And
then we're in the cleaning. Whata gray you got done? Maybe I
(21:07):
was pretty smart too when I joinedup with you, and you talk too
much. Keep quiet, Jock Stock, turn of the radio. It's please
Dot, turn off a light,quick, doc, I get quiet and
do what I tell you, okay, okay, get to the right window.
I'll take the lift. Be careful, Johnny, Doctor Johnny, you
take your ten from the see youwant to stop the night to shop for
(21:33):
you? This leave leave Emory.Look what where that fat fool's got the
men around the wrong house. Theyaround the number ten across the way.
He got nothing to worry about.Put your gun away? What are you?
You know, blazing away? Howcan I be here? Think?
(21:56):
What's a lave? Emily? Whata laugh? Lorks? I'm sneaking around
them? But they like kids playingcowboys and Indians? Where do they think
they're? Guy? Who are theygoing to get? No? One?
Doctor mass shuck behind his chair.Drop them, please, drop them all
right? Many thanks. This personwould deeply regret operation of riot gun,
(22:18):
inefficient hands of mister Dean outside referssaving you for grimer justice of course,
But but the door is locked.You would ding the square after the wrong
house, hiding after this miserable personand ties number one son and removes gags
from not of same. Johnie Chanwill relate terrible of foolish detective and clever
(22:38):
crook and explain how foolishness can sometimesbe wisdom, goll he pops power the
(23:00):
pleasure to be driving home tonight.I thought you'd never find me. Fatha
could not sail after Sun wrote clearinstructions in ransom letters. So that was
a break where naturally wanted me tosign my name. I told Hi,
my dude in Chinese, to makesure you knew it was me. I
acted scared. They very wise,of miserable done. It is written.
Sometimes fear is great wisdom. ButI still can't see how you sneak into
(23:22):
Nash's place and ambushing with mister Dean. It was extremely simple. Your father
played food and had police attacked wrongBlubby while Nation and Haggard deaed out windows
and laughed. This person picked upwith energon gee and that's why you had
that shooting it to destract Nation.Haggard. Yes, if they heard you
broadcasting down on the square in thepublic address, I heard you too.
Son forgets the miracle of science thatenables person to be in two places at
(23:47):
same time. Father refers to phonographrecords, had speech recorded as police headquarters
before coming to Market Square, broadcasttheme from police public address trucks. Nash
forgot about that too, and hewas so clever. Yes, doctor Nash
forgot that no wisdom is any greaterthan purpose for which pain is used.
(24:10):
Uli is written, he who thowsbrains share a reef brains that he who
sows thistles the reefs dollar any Hey, it's cheerful star. It's all right,
Pop, I ain't just gonna hurryto get home. It's obvious,
miserable Charlie Chan must get new sonor new automobiles for say, or else
son will have to find new father. Ha. If you put it that
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way, Pop, I'll slow down. I wouldn't want to try you in.
After all, there's only one CharlieChan. Before relating our next exciting
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and fa here is an answer withwords of wisdom in next adventure involving curious
(25:26):
Ride of the Sea, which thisinferior persons required to discuss a notive behind
series of strange crimes committed on LordYach Chali Chan say expensive persons are dangerous.
Beware man who gives too much willend in taking say good night,
(25:48):
thank you. The Adventures of CharlieChan are based on the famous character created
by Earl der Biggers. Charlie Chanis played by William Reese. Thisst is
(26:11):
a great Gibson radio production, producedby Regg Johnson
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