October 27, 2025 • 25 mins
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama which aired between 1949 and 1962. "The man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar". Of the eight different actors who played Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey is likely considered the most popular. Bailey's interpretation presented a tough, streetwise character, but also sensitive and thoughtful. During it's time, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar attracted some of the best writers in Hollywood, including Jack Johnstone, E. Jack Neuman, Robert Ryf, and Les Crutchfield.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. Isn't Bill
Kadwick Surety guany Honey Bell Horrd Things in Seattle?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Not bad, Judy, not bad? You kill me?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Have you have a fallen hostility? Yukon? What are you
trying to do? Tell me some mining stock? No, but
there's a mine. I'd like to have you take a
look at prop.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Of the Yukon.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well, actually it's across the border in Alaska.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It's a gold mine, a big one, sitting on top
of a rich vein. Why don't you fly on out here?
Let me take you not?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Why not? Shall I bring my own figure and shovel?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
No?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
No, Johnny huh, just be sure you bring your gun.
Bob Bailey and the Exciting Adventures of the Man with
the Action Pact expense of God America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator,
Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, No one of yours truly Johnny Dollar.
(01:16):
Expense accounts of ented by a special investigator Johnny Dollar
to the Northwest Surety Company, Seattle, Washington office following us
the kound of expenses incurred during my investigation of the
Midnight Sun matter. I don't w one hundred and sixty
four to thirty five transportation in New York don a
mainlineer through Chicago Seattle. The pilot gave us a beautiful
(01:39):
view of Moon Raynier and Puget Sound before we sat down.
And at four pm I was in Bill Chadwick's office
at Second Avenue in Yes their Way. I'm glad to
see you, Johnny.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's been a long time.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Hi, Yeah, you sit out?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
How always that crack over the phone about bringing along
a gun. Hell, the men who moil for gold are
a pretty tough punch, Johnny. And sometimes it even goes
for the management of a big mining operation like what,
for instance, like Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation. Or is that
it's north and east of Fairbanks, Alaska, Yes, even north
of fort Yukon. That means above the Arctic Circle, and
what's happened up there? The whole thing sits at the
(02:13):
foot of.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
A big glacier.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Ah, no problem until recently now, through some freak of nature,
that glacier is changing its course, no kidding. And from
the look of things, maybe a couple of months, maybe
a couple of years, or even ten years. Anyhow, they
seem to think that glacier is going to sweep down
over the mines, the town, everything I see, in which
case our company would have to pay for the whole
loss and all coverage policy. Huh yeah, And it's occurred
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to me, Johnny. Suppose they've suddenly run out of that
rich vein they found up there. I mean, it's somehow
they deliberately caused that glacier to destroy the whole operation.
It's a possibility, isn't it. Oh pretty far, fretch one.
If he's me change the course of a glacier a
few sticks of dynamite carefully play, I'll come off at Phil.
Did you ever see a glacier? Well, why should one
(02:59):
that's been following this theme path for thousands of years
suddenly decided to head for a few million dollars worth
of well insured property?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
And look? Go up there and take a look, will you?
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Okay, how do I get there? One of the company's
planes is taking off from here tomorrow morning. They have
their own airplane. Oh sure, a lot of them, big
two engine speedcraft transports. How else do you think they
get million supplies up there?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Anyway? You can go along with it?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Okay, okay? Why not? Who knows. Maybe I'll strike it rich,
come back a load of with nuggets. I am two
thirty one bucks even from my room as a Benjamin Franklin.
And the night on the town the following morning, Well,
(03:41):
I suppose I should have wondered why a big cargo
plane should take off from a tiny airport far out
of the town with only the pilot and me on board. Yeah,
I should have wondered back two of yours, truly, Johnny
(04:10):
Dollar in a moment.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And now for another episode in the life of Sergeant
Donald's Bellweather.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
My husband. Good morning, missus, Bellweather. Would my lady prefer
to have her breakfast in bed this morning?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, a perfect husband.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Thank you, darling.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Ah, here's the play with the coffee, the toast and
the art. Oh fine, I forgot the orange juice, the
hold training.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
I'll be right back to.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
What happened throwing the corner of the pressure.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
All the National Safety cover was right, none of the
last night I read something in a National Safety Concil pamphlet.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Oh, Rena, how can you sit there talking about a
tample when I'm dying a slow torture as.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Come over here, darling.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I'm sorry, all right now, what's this about the National
Safety Council. Did they predict that would stubbed my toad
this morning?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
There was definitely It's just a coincidence. Only last night
I read the statistics that proved that more home accidents
occurr in the bedroom. Of all places, em not the
bathroom with the kitchen or the home workshop. The bedroom.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Okay, from from now on, when I walk around the bedroom,
I'm gonna wear my combat boots instead of these open
toad arches.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, that might help you, but what everyone should be
most careful of is taking medicine in the darkness.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Okay, my Living Safety Encyclopedia, I will now fetch your orange.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Oh you're sweet, And it's just too bad that you
knights men are so prone to accidents in the home.
And the reason is because you brave men usually tackle
the house at the jobs around the house.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Hey, I'll remember those kind words that I slowly limped
back to the k.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
One thing in your favor, though, sarge. Married men stand
a better chance of avoiding fatal accidents in the home.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Is that a friend you know?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
In one state, seventy five percent of the men involved
in home mishaps were unmarried well.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I'm sure glad I'm married because the accident algeget you know,
because I like my wife even when she first wakes
up in the morning. That's my donald, that's my dog.
(06:38):
Now Act two of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar and the
Midnight Sun met her. But then a few minutes after
I met him at the airport part used to town.
The next morning, Cliff Murray had the big twin eche
of feetcraft airborne and we were head north. And in
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case you're injured, the Dollar, you're the cool pilot on
this run. Oh are you kidding? The only things I've
stating around the skies as the war have been piper
cups small to us, you know nothing when you get
onto them. These babies are not only just as easy
to fly a whole lot of paper. I want to
take over for a while. Wow, maybe later. Hey, how
come you didn't take this big chip off at the
sattle to come International emport Because of the cargo we
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have on board, pass hope squicker and easier to get clearance.
We're trying to make time on this tip. Boys up
the minor pretty worried hunts these days. Oh why now
does make glacier on one side of the property all
flows down to make the Kanakai River when it gets
warm enough. A couple of months in the year to melt,
I saw, but there have been a couple of big
ice quakes this spring, just like earthquakes, only its ice.
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Now that glaciers heading for the property, No kidding, that's
gonna wipe out the airport, everything, unless they can do
something about it, like what to hurt the course of
a glacier. The engineers up there say they can do it,
and we've got the stuff for them right here, this
cargo we're toting. What do you mean, quot didn't you know,
no what? But we got enough TNT aboard and a
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dozen glaciers. Speaking of sitting on a product jake, and
this one had wings. But then after the first shock
of realization wore off well. I even took up Cliffy
on his offer to handle controls for a while, and
he was right. A big plane behaved like a dog
by the time he reached anchorage to pick up mainland food,
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where I was all set to make the landing myself. However,
with a cargo of TNT aboard, I was perfectly content
to let cliffs that here down. What you did, beautiful?
Then within the hour we headed north again over so
the wildless country of every state, beautiful Old Johnny in
its own way. And I never realized there were so
many lakes and streams up in this country, Cliff. Most
of them are low little fish too, get shirts.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oh what is it? I said?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
They just fishing in this man world? This right down
there blows. Now, what's your language, brother, I'll have a
stab on a choot. Leave you to make the rest
of the drip along a fixture. Man, Yeah, you aren't kidding.
That one of my favorite spots, right. Hey, what's the marry? Nothing?
Just a little twitch in my side my belly. Doc
said was appendacide this last time, but he didn't want
(09:15):
to operate.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Holy free because.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
It's a shark. Won't Cliff anything I can do? No,
it's coming now, I sure, hope, so sure. I just
came on kind of sudden. So Pete's time to call
up Glad that the mind to be ready for us.
How big is the airport up there? Eleven thousand footprint?
Me really sure? The only way to get stuff in
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for minds one hundred miles around Pete draft two three
one Collin consolidated. Go ahead, placed somebody on duty there
at all times. Twenty four ahead, We're over Fairbanks on
the hour, Charley Roger clip over Fairbanks. Fourteen dolls and
roll out the carpet. We'll sit down between fourteen forty
(10:01):
five and fifty roder click will be ready for it. Yeah,
that's that, and let's some our johnnyick quick, Johnny, take
over shark. Never been this bad before. Now listen, no
you wisten me well, no matter what happens, take it,
(10:23):
take it easy. I'll tell you exactly what you want.
You can do it, Johnny, you can do it now.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Fact three, if yours truly Johnny Dollar, in a moment,
with your permission, there's something I'd like to talk about
for a minute. You know, too many times people try
to escape from their responsibilities by having someone else take
them over. That was Milestone. For example, he was much
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too busy to ask Priscilla to marry him, so he
sent John Alden to pop the question for him. You
know what happened. John ended up marrying the girl himself.
Of course, if John had had a face like a
flat tire instead of being the handsome guy he was.
Maybe Miles Standish would have married Priscilla instead. Well, actually,
(11:24):
I don't know what got me started on this subject,
and unless it was my thinking about people who represent
somebody else. Take our State Department, for example, being a
representative is one of his biggest jobs through the Foreign Service.
It helps the Justice and Treasury departments handle immigration, narcotic
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and quarantine problems, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce
look to the Secretary of State to help keep their
fingers on the pulse of foreign markets so they can
keep the business firms and farmers of America informed on
matters of import and exports. I guess the only connection
(12:05):
between these facts and the courtship of Miles stand issue
is that, like John Olden, our State Department speaks for
itself and now at three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar
and the Midnight Sun matter. The rest of this report
(12:29):
will have to come to you from the records of
the airport there at Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation, far above
the Arctic Circle, aboard the big cargo planet, with TNT
the pilot crippled with pain. I was a little too
busy to make notes discrible any fancy dialogue. Here then
is the story as recorded at the power of the
airport the time as the boss ex playing to pick
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up his gone in pradnant Chermany clip about two with
two three one and you said he set down, I
mean grat there he was caly conlidated.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Is that Cliff Cramp?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Shoot? Everyone probably consolidated. It doesn't sound like him, he Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Tell it to Johnny dollars dollar.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, yeah, it's just a passenger. Go ahead, Johnny, Look
I had it take over for him. Hey, okay, you
will give me whatever Turkey by name right? You you
sure you can make it, Johnny Charny, Jenny Cliff, Go ahead, Cliff,
Johnny you to make it?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Well?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Well, what about that that cargo that TNT?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Can you dump it right now a minute?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Johnny the control? Okay then Johnny will We'll give you
all the help we can from here. Hey, Charlie, have
you passed the Snake River marker in about foot minutes? Right?
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Thy?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Okay, Now just remember your letdown is on a heading
of zero three five degrees from that marker.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
The A three five agrees for the Snake River marker.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Roger and well not just take it easy journey. We'll
get you down here.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Okay, thanks, Charley.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
All it looks like we may have a problem on it.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
It and listen.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
If cles says Dollar can bring it down, he can.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Just you take it easy when you talk with.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
It, Shirley, if you did an engineer down there, Yeah,
yeah sure, Johnny, stand by, let's take it, Paul. Johnny,
this is Paul Poster. Go ahead. Oh we're having getting
your landing here now.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I'm I'm gonna make your seat banks.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I'm trying to get it down by centralco four. Yeah,
I got you.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
You might get in the crown for a stand by though.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
If we can't get the gear down that way, I
guess we're gonna have to make a philly landing gear up. Okay, Johnny,
I got that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
How much fuel have you got on board?
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Johnny? This is Charlie again. Now listen, Johnny, I saw
you make your past. It appears the landing gear doors
partially open, which may indicate it's jammed any cogestion.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Paul again, Johnny. The only thing I can think of
is try to snap the gear out by a sharp
pull up to give it to centrifugal force. All right, then,
before we consider you coming in for a belly landing
with all that TNT aboard, I'd.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Like to use up some of that fuel. Maybe some
of our brains down here can think of something that
will help you out.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Okay, Okay, we'll go ahead.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
With the regular procedures.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Then where else we can think of it?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Don't give you a call? Okay, Johnny?
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Time kill or do you want Johnny? Johnny, this is
Paul again. Have you tried to uh to shear the.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Lock pin on that landing gear? Go ahead, No, we
haven't tried that yet.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Pete.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
I want to make sure the doors were not jam
personally pulls it the gear up again? You know what
we do have to make a billy landing? Yeah, okay, Johnny,
have you got full hydraulic pressure?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Now the crew chief is not here at the moment,
but I'll ask him to come up.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
And he can discustuate it. Johnny.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
If it does become necessary to make a belly landing
because of the setup they have for handling accidents, you
might be better off to do it as Fairbanks if
you thought about that.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
They want us to try it with.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Well wheel radio Truman c Meanwhile, if anybody comes up
with any idea.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I'll we'll pass it on to you right away. Okay, okay,
the time he is you know, Johnny, John Wilkins, our
chief engineer like to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I'll put him on the horn. Johnny, this is Don Wilcome.
Have you tried the landing gear handle up and down
quite a few times to see if it extends any
further at any time? Times? Oh? I think I'd tried
as many times as possible, Johnny. There could be something
binding that made great loose. There's something on it there
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when it comes off, the gear door latches all right,
so it isn't the latch. I'll try it a few
more times.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
The time is.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Free, Oh, com exactly, Johnny, This is Paul.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
How's your feel a situations?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Backing up now?
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Anything? Well? For your information, Fairbanks have advised that they
can't take the airplane there because they're jammed up and
couldn't clear the field in time.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Look like.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Anyway, Johnny is Don welcomes again? All right? If you
feather the number two engines and then just as you
unfeathered slammed the gear handled down, well, maybe the additional
torsion that you get made free the gear.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Okay, we've already tried that.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
We came up negative night. I think we're stuck with
that belly landing.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Johnny, this is Paul.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
We'll get everything ready for you.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Are you being at part in this vicinity?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
You know under visual flight?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Rolls yafirmative, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
There's one more thing we'd like to have you try it,
and that is completely unload your hydraulic system and then
try it keep holding your landing gear.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Did you get that?
Speaker 1 (18:36):
I get that twice and then no luck with it again?
All right, Johnny?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
Fine, the time is three twenty eight. Johnny.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
We're going ahead with preparations for a belly landing down here.
I see you buzz the field a couple of times,
so you know how much.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Room you've got. Yeah, you look like you're up here
now now lesson. We're gonna on the runway for you.
You let me put foam on it.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
We're joining it down and I will kill some of
the friction and if we can get enough fun it
will help against fire if you have any trouble. Window there.
It saws about three miles an hour, just light braids.
I wouldn't done Jesus think flight up at one side
or the other, right, I do would have run down
any of the other airplanes. I can feet out of
there if we can help it. Okay, Johnny, take the
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run directly over the runway and get the feel of it.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
The time thirty one, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
We don't want to see him in a position here
of telling you all your business. But I guess we've
got to try everything anyone can think of.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Go ahead on this gear handled business up and down.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Throw it in the up position, just leave it there
for a second and then slam it down. I'll leave
it down for old, say, thirty second deck. You put
it down and get that.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
We'll see.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
We'll do that.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
We ain't to be.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Giving you all this intelligence all the time, but if
anybody he gets an idea, we pass it on to
you for what it's worth. But you've got to be
the judge.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
The time here three are you hick, Johnny? How's your fuel?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Now?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
All right?
Speaker 1 (20:19):
They're laying poem on the runway like crazy, But that
poem is only gonna last about twenty five minutes. Now,
assuming they started laying the poem at thirty, you should
land not later than fifty five.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, ok.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We're gonna make one a little bad. You take a
look at everything. Okay, Roger, I got your remarks.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
The time here three? Do you want?
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Hi, Johnny? I I just wondered how you are and
how things look to you. Okay, you take care clip sure,
sure everything's ready for you.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
One comment.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Listen, do not repeat, Do not settle the engines when
you set out.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Okay, Johnny, Okay, we're all time. We're gonna make a
pregnant the wheels prior to the fin landing.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Okay, Johnny, I won't be talking to you anymore. Paul
will take over on your.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Approach and get you down. We have we're all set
for you when you arrived.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Yeah, okay, Time.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Three four, one minute forty eight seconds later we made
a wheels up landing. Cliff, the company doctor tells me
has happendect to me, was a complete success. I'm hardbitten.
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Bunch of miners. Did you say, listen, those boys up
in that lonely out posted the thought of the earth,
and as we're trying to pull something on your insurance company,
or you should have seen how just one good load
of TNT put that glacier back in his course, yeah,
ser I hope the vein of gold never on top
of those boys expend to count total, including gifts for
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the lads who really brought that plane down six hundred
dollars even yours, Julie, Johnny Dawe, yours truly, Johnny Dollar
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is sorrying Bob Bailey, a Rich Nathan Hollywood, and it's
produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who also wrote today's
story Hergin Arcas where Gene Tatum, Frank Nelson, Bufal Course,
Barney Phillips, Harry Bartel and Port Lewis be sure to
join the text week same time and state in for
another exciting story of yours through the Johnny Dollar. This
is Roy Roland speaking. Johnny Dollar has come to you
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through the worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces
Radio and Television Service
From Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. Isn't Bill
Kadwick Surety guany Honey Bell Horrd Things in Seattle?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Not bad, Judy, not bad? You kill me?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Have you have a fallen hostility? Yukon? What are you
trying to do? Tell me some mining stock? No, but
there's a mine. I'd like to have you take a
look at prop.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Of the Yukon.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well, actually it's across the border in Alaska.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It's a gold mine, a big one, sitting on top
of a rich vein. Why don't you fly on out here?
Let me take you not?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Why not? Shall I bring my own figure and shovel?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
No?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
No, Johnny huh, just be sure you bring your gun.
Bob Bailey and the Exciting Adventures of the Man with
the Action Pact expense of God America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator,
Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, No one of yours truly Johnny Dollar.
(01:16):
Expense accounts of ented by a special investigator Johnny Dollar
to the Northwest Surety Company, Seattle, Washington office following us
the kound of expenses incurred during my investigation of the
Midnight Sun matter. I don't w one hundred and sixty
four to thirty five transportation in New York don a
mainlineer through Chicago Seattle. The pilot gave us a beautiful
(01:39):
view of Moon Raynier and Puget Sound before we sat down.
And at four pm I was in Bill Chadwick's office
at Second Avenue in Yes their Way. I'm glad to
see you, Johnny.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's been a long time.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Hi, Yeah, you sit out?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
How always that crack over the phone about bringing along
a gun. Hell, the men who moil for gold are
a pretty tough punch, Johnny. And sometimes it even goes
for the management of a big mining operation like what,
for instance, like Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation. Or is that
it's north and east of Fairbanks, Alaska, Yes, even north
of fort Yukon. That means above the Arctic Circle, and
what's happened up there? The whole thing sits at the
(02:13):
foot of.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
A big glacier.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Ah, no problem until recently now, through some freak of nature,
that glacier is changing its course, no kidding. And from
the look of things, maybe a couple of months, maybe
a couple of years, or even ten years. Anyhow, they
seem to think that glacier is going to sweep down
over the mines, the town, everything I see, in which
case our company would have to pay for the whole
loss and all coverage policy. Huh yeah, And it's occurred
(02:37):
to me, Johnny. Suppose they've suddenly run out of that
rich vein they found up there. I mean, it's somehow
they deliberately caused that glacier to destroy the whole operation.
It's a possibility, isn't it. Oh pretty far, fretch one.
If he's me change the course of a glacier a
few sticks of dynamite carefully play, I'll come off at Phil.
Did you ever see a glacier? Well, why should one
(02:59):
that's been following this theme path for thousands of years
suddenly decided to head for a few million dollars worth
of well insured property?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
And look? Go up there and take a look, will you?
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Okay, how do I get there? One of the company's
planes is taking off from here tomorrow morning. They have
their own airplane. Oh sure, a lot of them, big
two engine speedcraft transports. How else do you think they
get million supplies up there?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Anyway? You can go along with it?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Okay, okay? Why not? Who knows. Maybe I'll strike it rich,
come back a load of with nuggets. I am two
thirty one bucks even from my room as a Benjamin Franklin.
And the night on the town the following morning, Well,
(03:41):
I suppose I should have wondered why a big cargo
plane should take off from a tiny airport far out
of the town with only the pilot and me on board. Yeah,
I should have wondered back two of yours, truly, Johnny
(04:10):
Dollar in a moment.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And now for another episode in the life of Sergeant
Donald's Bellweather.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
My husband. Good morning, missus, Bellweather. Would my lady prefer
to have her breakfast in bed this morning?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, a perfect husband.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Thank you, darling.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Ah, here's the play with the coffee, the toast and
the art. Oh fine, I forgot the orange juice, the
hold training.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
I'll be right back to.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
What happened throwing the corner of the pressure.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
All the National Safety cover was right, none of the
last night I read something in a National Safety Concil pamphlet.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Oh, Rena, how can you sit there talking about a
tample when I'm dying a slow torture as.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Come over here, darling.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I'm sorry, all right now, what's this about the National
Safety Council. Did they predict that would stubbed my toad
this morning?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
There was definitely It's just a coincidence. Only last night
I read the statistics that proved that more home accidents
occurr in the bedroom. Of all places, em not the
bathroom with the kitchen or the home workshop. The bedroom.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Okay, from from now on, when I walk around the bedroom,
I'm gonna wear my combat boots instead of these open
toad arches.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, that might help you, but what everyone should be
most careful of is taking medicine in the darkness.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Okay, my Living Safety Encyclopedia, I will now fetch your orange.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Oh you're sweet, And it's just too bad that you
knights men are so prone to accidents in the home.
And the reason is because you brave men usually tackle
the house at the jobs around the house.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Hey, I'll remember those kind words that I slowly limped
back to the k.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
One thing in your favor, though, sarge. Married men stand
a better chance of avoiding fatal accidents in the home.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Is that a friend you know?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
In one state, seventy five percent of the men involved
in home mishaps were unmarried well.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
I'm sure glad I'm married because the accident algeget you know,
because I like my wife even when she first wakes
up in the morning. That's my donald, that's my dog.
(06:38):
Now Act two of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar and the
Midnight Sun met her. But then a few minutes after
I met him at the airport part used to town.
The next morning, Cliff Murray had the big twin eche
of feetcraft airborne and we were head north. And in
(07:01):
case you're injured, the Dollar, you're the cool pilot on
this run. Oh are you kidding? The only things I've
stating around the skies as the war have been piper
cups small to us, you know nothing when you get
onto them. These babies are not only just as easy
to fly a whole lot of paper. I want to
take over for a while. Wow, maybe later. Hey, how
come you didn't take this big chip off at the
sattle to come International emport Because of the cargo we
(07:23):
have on board, pass hope squicker and easier to get clearance.
We're trying to make time on this tip. Boys up
the minor pretty worried hunts these days. Oh why now
does make glacier on one side of the property all
flows down to make the Kanakai River when it gets
warm enough. A couple of months in the year to melt,
I saw, but there have been a couple of big
ice quakes this spring, just like earthquakes, only its ice.
(07:45):
Now that glaciers heading for the property, No kidding, that's
gonna wipe out the airport, everything, unless they can do
something about it, like what to hurt the course of
a glacier. The engineers up there say they can do it,
and we've got the stuff for them right here, this
cargo we're toting. What do you mean, quot didn't you know,
no what? But we got enough TNT aboard and a
(08:06):
dozen glaciers. Speaking of sitting on a product jake, and
this one had wings. But then after the first shock
of realization wore off well. I even took up Cliffy
on his offer to handle controls for a while, and
he was right. A big plane behaved like a dog
by the time he reached anchorage to pick up mainland food,
(08:27):
where I was all set to make the landing myself. However,
with a cargo of TNT aboard, I was perfectly content
to let cliffs that here down. What you did, beautiful?
Then within the hour we headed north again over so
the wildless country of every state, beautiful Old Johnny in
its own way. And I never realized there were so
many lakes and streams up in this country, Cliff. Most
of them are low little fish too, get shirts.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oh what is it? I said?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
They just fishing in this man world? This right down
there blows. Now, what's your language, brother, I'll have a
stab on a choot. Leave you to make the rest
of the drip along a fixture. Man, Yeah, you aren't kidding.
That one of my favorite spots, right. Hey, what's the marry? Nothing?
Just a little twitch in my side my belly. Doc
said was appendacide this last time, but he didn't want
(09:15):
to operate.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Holy free because.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
It's a shark. Won't Cliff anything I can do? No,
it's coming now, I sure, hope, so sure. I just
came on kind of sudden. So Pete's time to call
up Glad that the mind to be ready for us.
How big is the airport up there? Eleven thousand footprint?
Me really sure? The only way to get stuff in
(09:39):
for minds one hundred miles around Pete draft two three
one Collin consolidated. Go ahead, placed somebody on duty there
at all times. Twenty four ahead, We're over Fairbanks on
the hour, Charley Roger clip over Fairbanks. Fourteen dolls and
roll out the carpet. We'll sit down between fourteen forty
(10:01):
five and fifty roder click will be ready for it. Yeah,
that's that, and let's some our johnnyick quick, Johnny, take
over shark. Never been this bad before. Now listen, no
you wisten me well, no matter what happens, take it,
(10:23):
take it easy. I'll tell you exactly what you want.
You can do it, Johnny, you can do it now.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Fact three, if yours truly Johnny Dollar, in a moment,
with your permission, there's something I'd like to talk about
for a minute. You know, too many times people try
to escape from their responsibilities by having someone else take
them over. That was Milestone. For example, he was much
(11:02):
too busy to ask Priscilla to marry him, so he
sent John Alden to pop the question for him. You
know what happened. John ended up marrying the girl himself.
Of course, if John had had a face like a
flat tire instead of being the handsome guy he was.
Maybe Miles Standish would have married Priscilla instead. Well, actually,
(11:24):
I don't know what got me started on this subject,
and unless it was my thinking about people who represent
somebody else. Take our State Department, for example, being a
representative is one of his biggest jobs through the Foreign Service.
It helps the Justice and Treasury departments handle immigration, narcotic
(11:45):
and quarantine problems, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce
look to the Secretary of State to help keep their
fingers on the pulse of foreign markets so they can
keep the business firms and farmers of America informed on
matters of import and exports. I guess the only connection
(12:05):
between these facts and the courtship of Miles stand issue
is that, like John Olden, our State Department speaks for
itself and now at three of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar
and the Midnight Sun matter. The rest of this report
(12:29):
will have to come to you from the records of
the airport there at Universal Consolidated Mining Corporation, far above
the Arctic Circle, aboard the big cargo planet, with TNT
the pilot crippled with pain. I was a little too
busy to make notes discrible any fancy dialogue. Here then
is the story as recorded at the power of the
airport the time as the boss ex playing to pick
(12:56):
up his gone in pradnant Chermany clip about two with
two three one and you said he set down, I
mean grat there he was caly conlidated.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Is that Cliff Cramp?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Shoot? Everyone probably consolidated. It doesn't sound like him, he Cliff.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Tell it to Johnny dollars dollar.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, yeah, it's just a passenger. Go ahead, Johnny, Look
I had it take over for him. Hey, okay, you
will give me whatever Turkey by name right? You you
sure you can make it, Johnny Charny, Jenny Cliff, Go ahead, Cliff,
Johnny you to make it?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Well?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Well, what about that that cargo that TNT?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Can you dump it right now a minute?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Johnny the control? Okay then Johnny will We'll give you
all the help we can from here. Hey, Charlie, have
you passed the Snake River marker in about foot minutes? Right?
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Thy?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Okay, Now just remember your letdown is on a heading
of zero three five degrees from that marker.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
The A three five agrees for the Snake River marker.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Roger and well not just take it easy journey. We'll
get you down here.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Okay, thanks, Charley.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
All it looks like we may have a problem on it.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
It and listen.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
If cles says Dollar can bring it down, he can.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Just you take it easy when you talk with.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
It, Shirley, if you did an engineer down there, Yeah,
yeah sure, Johnny, stand by, let's take it, Paul. Johnny,
this is Paul Poster. Go ahead. Oh we're having getting
your landing here now.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I'm I'm gonna make your seat banks.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I'm trying to get it down by centralco four. Yeah,
I got you.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
You might get in the crown for a stand by though.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
If we can't get the gear down that way, I
guess we're gonna have to make a philly landing gear up. Okay, Johnny,
I got that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
How much fuel have you got on board?
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Johnny? This is Charlie again. Now listen, Johnny, I saw
you make your past. It appears the landing gear doors
partially open, which may indicate it's jammed any cogestion.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Paul again, Johnny. The only thing I can think of
is try to snap the gear out by a sharp
pull up to give it to centrifugal force. All right, then,
before we consider you coming in for a belly landing
with all that TNT aboard, I'd.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Like to use up some of that fuel. Maybe some
of our brains down here can think of something that
will help you out.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Okay, Okay, we'll go ahead.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
With the regular procedures.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Then where else we can think of it?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Don't give you a call? Okay, Johnny?
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Time kill or do you want Johnny? Johnny, this is
Paul again. Have you tried to uh to shear the.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Lock pin on that landing gear? Go ahead, No, we
haven't tried that yet.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Pete.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
I want to make sure the doors were not jam
personally pulls it the gear up again? You know what
we do have to make a billy landing? Yeah, okay, Johnny,
have you got full hydraulic pressure?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Now the crew chief is not here at the moment,
but I'll ask him to come up.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
And he can discustuate it. Johnny.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
If it does become necessary to make a belly landing
because of the setup they have for handling accidents, you
might be better off to do it as Fairbanks if
you thought about that.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
They want us to try it with.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Well wheel radio Truman c Meanwhile, if anybody comes up
with any idea.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I'll we'll pass it on to you right away. Okay, okay,
the time he is you know, Johnny, John Wilkins, our
chief engineer like to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
I'll put him on the horn. Johnny, this is Don Wilcome.
Have you tried the landing gear handle up and down
quite a few times to see if it extends any
further at any time? Times? Oh? I think I'd tried
as many times as possible, Johnny. There could be something
binding that made great loose. There's something on it there
(17:18):
when it comes off, the gear door latches all right,
so it isn't the latch. I'll try it a few
more times.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
The time is.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Free, Oh, com exactly, Johnny, This is Paul.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
How's your feel a situations?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Backing up now?
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Anything? Well? For your information, Fairbanks have advised that they
can't take the airplane there because they're jammed up and
couldn't clear the field in time.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Look like.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Anyway, Johnny is Don welcomes again? All right? If you
feather the number two engines and then just as you
unfeathered slammed the gear handled down, well, maybe the additional
torsion that you get made free the gear.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Okay, we've already tried that.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
We came up negative night. I think we're stuck with
that belly landing.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Johnny, this is Paul.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
We'll get everything ready for you.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Are you being at part in this vicinity?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
You know under visual flight?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Rolls yafirmative, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
There's one more thing we'd like to have you try it,
and that is completely unload your hydraulic system and then
try it keep holding your landing gear.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Did you get that?
Speaker 1 (18:36):
I get that twice and then no luck with it again?
All right, Johnny?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
Fine, the time is three twenty eight. Johnny.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
We're going ahead with preparations for a belly landing down here.
I see you buzz the field a couple of times,
so you know how much.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Room you've got. Yeah, you look like you're up here
now now lesson. We're gonna on the runway for you.
You let me put foam on it.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
We're joining it down and I will kill some of
the friction and if we can get enough fun it
will help against fire if you have any trouble. Window there.
It saws about three miles an hour, just light braids.
I wouldn't done Jesus think flight up at one side
or the other, right, I do would have run down
any of the other airplanes. I can feet out of
there if we can help it. Okay, Johnny, take the
(19:24):
run directly over the runway and get the feel of it.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
The time thirty one, Johnny.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
We don't want to see him in a position here
of telling you all your business. But I guess we've
got to try everything anyone can think of.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Go ahead on this gear handled business up and down.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Throw it in the up position, just leave it there
for a second and then slam it down. I'll leave
it down for old, say, thirty second deck. You put
it down and get that.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
We'll see.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
We'll do that.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
We ain't to be.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Giving you all this intelligence all the time, but if
anybody he gets an idea, we pass it on to
you for what it's worth. But you've got to be
the judge.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
The time here three are you hick, Johnny? How's your fuel?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Now?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
All right?
Speaker 1 (20:19):
They're laying poem on the runway like crazy, But that
poem is only gonna last about twenty five minutes. Now,
assuming they started laying the poem at thirty, you should
land not later than fifty five.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, ok.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We're gonna make one a little bad. You take a
look at everything. Okay, Roger, I got your remarks.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
The time here three? Do you want?
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Hi, Johnny? I I just wondered how you are and
how things look to you. Okay, you take care clip sure,
sure everything's ready for you.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
One comment.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Listen, do not repeat, Do not settle the engines when
you set out.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Okay, Johnny, Okay, we're all time. We're gonna make a
pregnant the wheels prior to the fin landing.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Okay, Johnny, I won't be talking to you anymore. Paul
will take over on your.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Approach and get you down. We have we're all set
for you when you arrived.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Yeah, okay, Time.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Three four, one minute forty eight seconds later we made
a wheels up landing. Cliff, the company doctor tells me
has happendect to me, was a complete success. I'm hardbitten.
(22:02):
Bunch of miners. Did you say, listen, those boys up
in that lonely out posted the thought of the earth,
and as we're trying to pull something on your insurance company,
or you should have seen how just one good load
of TNT put that glacier back in his course, yeah,
ser I hope the vein of gold never on top
of those boys expend to count total, including gifts for
(22:24):
the lads who really brought that plane down six hundred
dollars even yours, Julie, Johnny Dawe, yours truly, Johnny Dollar
(22:49):
is sorrying Bob Bailey, a Rich Nathan Hollywood, and it's
produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who also wrote today's
story Hergin Arcas where Gene Tatum, Frank Nelson, Bufal Course,
Barney Phillips, Harry Bartel and Port Lewis be sure to
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