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from August tenth, nineteen fifty eight, here is the two Face.
Speaker 2: Matter from Hollywood. It's signed now for Johnny, Nick Waters, Johnny,
Northeastern Fidelity and Bonding. Oh high NK. How's it you?
Good and bad? Johnny? Good and bad? Well, I'm sure
there's nothing good you've called me about. What's the problem.
Fifteen dollars lost? Straight a stolen? I doesn't know, Yeah,
probably stolen? Ever hear of the old Anxion furniture company,
I have not sounds like a gag. It's no gag.
Some of the finest traditional furniture in the world comes
out of that planet. Really, it's up in northern Massachusetts
and the little town north of Pittsburgh and a run.
I have a bunch of real Carrick Honeyman. Well, I
when you go up there, you wear a dark blue suit,
white shirt and black horn hand tie. Oh and suspenders.
Be sure you wear suspenders. And you're kidding one and
watch Cower at the office. And let me tell you
about Yeah, I think i'd better Bob Bailey and the
exciting Adventures of the Man with the Action Pact Extent
accounts America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollars
and now act one of Yours Truly Johnny Dollars Express
accounts of Better Advice Fresal Investigator Johnny to the Northeastern
Fidelity and Bonzie Company Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut, following us
account of expensive incurred during my investigation of the food
face matter expense account out of one after shaving, showering,
and donning the most funereal clothes I could find it right,
have one a dollar ten taxi to Nick Weldon's office
of Northeastern Fidelity and Bondy. Just remember what I told you, Johnny,
The old Aangxion Furniture company is run by a bunch
of characters. Yeah, that's what intrees me. That's why I
came over here. Old crafts went all right, the old
school may take them a couple of years to make
an ordinary straight back chair, but when it's done, it's
the most beautiful thing you ever saw. And the finish
they get on the pieces they turn out beautiful and
expensive too, oh sure, but worth it. Any piece of
furniture they make will last one hundred five hundred years. Yeah,
the real honest craftsman, the kind you don't see anymore. Well,
apparently somebody wasn't too honest with them, so tell me
all the tell me. It seems one of their lads
is run off with some of the company money. Now
you mentioned a fifty eight thousand bucks yep, fifty eight
four hundred and thirty three to be exact, and those
boys are exact? Or what did the police have to say? Nothing?
They will never call in. Well why not? I told
you the place is run by a flock a real character.
Oh brother, they must be. What did this happen sometime
within the past three and a half years, and you've
just found out about it. Now, that's right? Well how
come I told you? Yeah, thank you? There are a
bunch of characters. But didn't their policy state that any
claim had to be filed in sixty days of the
loss or we waived that for him? Struck it from
the policy? Why? Because they don't like to be rushed
in anything rushed after all, sixty day. Don't forget they
only discovered the loss of bit over a month ago.
They even took a month to let you know about it. Yeah,
and yet you say it could have occurred as much
as three and a half years ago. Yeah, yeah, I know.
But why don't you save the questions for mister J.
Worthington Keysley? Oh see, the senior member of the organization.
I guess you'd call them. There are no officers, you know, president,
vice president and so on. You mean a company big
enough to suffer a cash loss of fifty eight thousand dollars, Johnny,
I told yeah, Yeah, that's right to told them. Yeah,
so will you go up there and see what what? Nick?
I'm going up there for just one reason, on expensive
count of course, of course, and that is to take
a good look at these crazy characters you've been telling
me about. Had them two Gray twenty five for bus
the Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where at the terminal I picked up
a local, the North Weldon home of the old Aangzheime
Furniture Company, the name was appropriate. Located on the outskirts
of the quiet little New England town, it consisted of
a huge vine like building that looked as though it
had been standing there since the year one. So hounded
by stately elm trees and a couple of narled ancient folks,
it looked well, very picturesque. A large wrought iron weathercock
raced one end of the high peachingle looked down on
broad lawns well kept flower beds. The road leading up
to it was just an old fashioned did row, and
I kicked up the dust as I plodded along. Then
suddenly I stopped for there at the side instead of
automobiles were believe it, I'm not horses, horses and carriages
and a bicycler two or three. It was almost this
all picture of fifty or sixty years ago had suddenly
come to light. And then inside when I promised that
Jay wedding in Keysley. Well, he looked like one of
the Smith brothers and was sitting in front of a
fine but ancient roll top desk. Of course we do,
mister Dalla. Our fathers and their fathers before them all
wall full beards. Therefore we do too. Would you like
a bit of stuff sell? No? Thanks? Yes, it's one
of the traditions, the traditions to which we are here
in order that we may continue to fabricate the superlative
filature to which we become famous over the past one
hundred and seven years. And I take it, mister Keesley,
that the same thing applies to the horses and carriages
out there at the sime. Yes, they were good enough
for our grandparents, so they are good enough for us.
I suppose that's why I should have suspected mister Tuller,
mister Tuller, Rosco, James Piller, mister Dollar. Here, sir, there's
a picture of him in this group photograph taken on
the occasion are one hundred anniversary. I feel like ore
A yell Beaver. I'm afraid his mighty shock of hair
and magnificent beard mis led me. Back in nineteen forty
one when I hired him. Yes, and I suppose I
should have known when he gave up pause from sorry
to drive one of those newfangled motor cars. Sure not what,
mister Kesley, but he was no longer a man suited
to our fine establishment. Is he the one who took
off with your fifty eight thousand dollars fifty eight thousand,
four hundred and thirty three dollars and forty one cents?
Are you sure? I mean sure it was he? Beyond
the shadow of a doubt, sir. He was the only
one beside himself who had a key to the vault
in which we kept our building fund. And when he
suddenly left us three years, five months and sixteen days ago, Yes, yes,
I should have known. But you didn't discover the loss
until recently. It was June twenty first, but four minutes
after ten that I went down to the vault for
the first time in four years. We have something ext
to put aside, and you discovered the money was missing.
The vault was empty except for this note goodbye suckers,
solid word signed taller. So he seems to doll up. Yeah, yes,
I know, it looks like he's our man, no question
about it, And you have no idea where he might
have gone, none whatsoever. Well, surely there must be some clue,
none whatsoever, that you must find him. But that was
three and a half years ago, exactly three years fifteen.
So where do I start. Unless your company decides simply
to reimburse this for our loss, that mister Dollar is
up to you. Backt too, of your truly Johnny Dollar.
In a moment. Sometimes we may wonder why a football
team doesn't quit playing and walk off the field when
it finds itself fifty points behind with only a few
minutes of play to go. What is that indomitable spirit
that fills men with hope and keeps them going in
spite of terrific art, keeps them going just to play
the game according to the rules, just to get the
job done as well as they know how. This kind
of spirit pervaded the feelings of heavy bomber crews of
the Ninth Air Force on that day of glory August first,
nineteen forty three, the day of one of the most
secretly planned surprised bombing missions of World War II, the
day of the low level attacks on the Romanian oil
refineries at Floreesti. More than one hundred seventy B twenty
four heavily loaded bombers took off in a swirl of
red dust from Benghazi, Libya to bomb a highly defended
priority target. The element of surprise in the low level
attack was to be one of their greatest weapons, but
things went wrong from the start. Three planes exploded during
takeoff operations, eleven more aborted due to engine trouble. Of
those that reached the target area, less than one third
returned to home base. The leaders of the mission encountered
navigation difficulties and difficulty in identifying the specific targets, and
due to the loss of that elemental hope surprised. They
also enculted devastating enemy firepower from black and fighting. The
mission was partially successful, but a horrifying experience. Five Medals
of Honor were awarded to the heroes of the Floesti
Raid for valorous action above and beyond the call of duty.
At any time the men would have been justified in
turning back, but they had a code of conduct that
made them want to see the unequal game through to
the end. It was a job that had to be done.
A charge of the light Brigade in the air as
they flew down the valley of death to glory. And
now Act two of yours, truly Johnny Dollar and the
two faced matter all came mister Keasley. It looks like
this man Tweller is the one who walked off of
the money in your safe when he left your employee,
no question about it. And unless you can find him,
your company will have to pay the full amount of
the laws. Yeah. Well, even if I do find him,
the chances are he'll have sprent that money after all
three years and a half, exactly three years five months.
And you say you have no idea whatsoever as to
where he might have gone with that much money. He
could be anywhere in the world. Ah, where did he live?
I don't know, sir what. After all, it was none
of my affair. But if he worked for you a
number of years, I make it a rule never deprive
the affairs of others except the course for the manufacturer
of time finish is concerned. Well, doesn't anybody in there
this organization know anything about Twiller? Possibly mister Bottomley, who
see he is presently engaged in creating a hippophyte table
in the shop, come we go'll speak with him, A
huge shop dated back a hundred years at least. There
wasn't a single power tool, not even a buzz song,
but some of the tools looked as though they might
have been used to build the art. Eight or ten men,
all of them old, all wearing dark trousers, suspenders and
white aprons, were busy turning out fine pieces of furniture camply,
almost lovingly, and every one of them wore his own
distinctive whole beer way for tradition. Mister Keasley led the
way to a man who is gently turning here as
you're some kind of a sideboard. Good morning, mister Bottomley.
Good morning, mister Keasley. You must pardon this intrusions to Bottomley.
It must be for good reason, mister Keasley, though you
must understand that I cannot afford interruption if I him
to finished by the year coming. Of course, I wish
you to meet mister Johnny Dallah. Good morning, mister w A.
He is an investigator, mister Bottomley, come to get us
back to the money be lost. Then he must find
mister Twiller exactly. Good morning, mister Phurston, Good morning, mister Keasley.
Tells me you know where this man Twyller lived. He
was my neighbor, lived alone next door to me. Where
And I assure you, sir, I had no idea of
his designs from the company building front. Yes, I'm sure,
But now, if you're just morning. He drove me to
work in his carriage until he purchased that abominable motor car.
All I refuse to ride in it, sir, and bought
myself a bicycle. You did properly, mister Bottomley, Good morning,
mister Woodstone, my names. Well, just where is mister Twiller lived,
mister Bottomley in the village of north Weldon, East north
Weldon on Peach Avenue. Well, and perhaps the authorities there
will be able to give me some kind of a lead.
The authority make the police, mister Keys, the police. Good heavens,
I hope not the dollar. Surely not the police. Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen, Please,
these gentlemen are writes the dollar. Think of the block
or not? Good need? Now look, your loss amounts to
fifty eight thousand dollars fifty eight thousand four. If I
don't find this man, my company is gonna have to
pay off. I know, what the police. Now, Look, my
immediate job is to find this Rosco James Twiller. And
if I need the help of the police to do it.
Who's the chief of police in north Wellman? Well? Yeah,
the mayor, mister Dollar. What's his name? John Kimworthy Wilkins,
mister Doll. And here you know, we do not mix
with the townspeople, mister Dollar. We don't even go with
the Dollar. But I do have a picture of the mayor. Yes,
sir Blottomly, where did you get this? He's running for
re election, mister Keyesday. I found this, this poster in
my carriage. Will get rid of it? Man, this is indecent. No, no,
wait a minute, let me see the headible disgusting. Why
this place to have the thing without the walls but
final company? Oh no, no, wonder the old boys were
shot for his honor. The mayor of North and East
north Wealdon was not only as bald as a bigot ball,
but the top of off was clean shaven. Yeah, a
picture like this within the walls of the All Anxime
Furniture Company was real sacrilege. But I still hadn't done
my job. I had to find this man twiller or
let the company pay on fifty eight thousand bucks, how
to find him? I hadn't the least idea act free
of your truly a Johnny dollar in a moment. Times
have changed, and so has the man. During the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, warfare, with its musket fire and cavalry
charges and cannonades, was a simple, direct, easily understood type
of conflict. The undisciplined but shopeyed revolutionaries hid behind trees
and hedgerows to pick off the advancing British truths. The wild, dashing,
helpful leather cavalry charges of the Civil War and Custom's
encounter with sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians were thor courageous,
simple and direct, But they were far removed from the
developments of the atomic age, which demands selectivity, skill and
rigorous training. Until recently, the soldier's general level of knowledge
determined his job suitability. They However, with more and more
complex weapons and equipment being used, the military needs large
numbers of skilled technicians. To that end, tests have been
developed to find men with intelligence and technical aptitude, and
to develop in these men the needs of the future. Yes,
kinds of change, and so as the man. And now
at three, if yours proved Johnny Dollar and the two
faced matter, I found the mayor of North Weldon sitting
comfortably on the shaded porch of his home, fanning himself
with an election placard and sitting in what looked suspiciously
like a gym and colnic. If you're certain I can't
teach you a I made to mister Dollar, No thanks,
Maya Welkins. Now, as I start to say, when I
first came here, I did hear something some humor about
money having been taken from the old Langsyne Furniture company.
But until they lodge a complaint with me, we see,
I'm most who chief of police. Yes, well, what I
can see, they're pretty slow about things like that. Yeah,
they're slow about everything, but they make magnificent furnitures. I
could see that. Tell me, did you know this Roscoe
Twiller at all gone before I came to North Wales?
And all that was only three and a half years ago,
and I came after that that you're the mayor of
the town village. Really, miss Dollar, But lovely place. I've
already I've liked it ever since the first time I
saw it. And when the people learned that my police record,
my record in police work out in Ohio, why they
insisted that I take over my present job. Told him,
I see, and you have no idea where I could
get a lead on this Manta. Sorry, he don't. The
people at the Turntagy factory have any ideas about him,
none whatsoever. You're sure, I'm sure. Well, if what you've
told me is too about his seeing the money, I
mean he is probably far far away. Yep, I'm afraid so,
just as far as I am from solving this case.
Were we chatting on for a few minutes, and then
I left him in the hope of winnings from the
first while neighbor who might be able to give me
some help. I headed across town toward Peach Avenue, and
as I was about to pass the bus stop.
Speaker 3: And another Redskins, Well.
Speaker 2: Hi the cowboy. Huh.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I am a cowboy and a police London an
artist and sure my name is.
Speaker 2: Tony doing.
Speaker 3: I want to see some of my artistical drawings. Yeah,
just look at the cigarette advertisement with my own crams too.
Speaker 2: Jimmy, that's the most beautiful mustache I ever saw on
any girl.
Speaker 3: My teacher says, I'm gonna go up and be a
great all.
Speaker 2: Sure, first I have to get a paint.
Speaker 3: Sure, and see what I've done with this one.
Speaker 2: Sure, that's all.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's running through re elections. That's why he has
all these signs on. He looks a lot better with
something hair.
Speaker 2: On his old bald head and a little che I'm.
Speaker 3: Gonna put a beard on like some of those old
men at the factory with Jimmy, stay with her, old man,
only they never come down.
Speaker 2: There.
Speaker 3: That isn't that what God?
Speaker 4: One of them?
Speaker 2: There? Jimmy, that's so good. I'm going to say, yes, sir,
thanks a lot. I sure do you know that? Good Jimmy,
You'll never know how good you are. Rare back so soon,
mister doll Maya Wilkins, or rather Chief Wilkins. Yeah, I
have to ask you to make an arrest.
Speaker 5: Me.
Speaker 2: And you've the found a man that you've been looking for.
If there's any question about it, I'll make a civilian arrest.
I don't understand, only a few minutes to go. Only
a few minutes ago, I was blind as a bat
to the most obvious possibility in the world. You showed
up in this town a short time after Roscoe Twiller left. Yeah,
that's true, Roscoe Twiller with a heavy shock of hair
and a thick beard. Clarify, I understand the tall man
out at the old lang Syne furniture You queen shaven
completely bald, mister. I should have realized by the funny
pink tint on the top of your nugg and that
you've been using some kind of hairy moover. I beg
your pardonship air look at yourself, right, but you Roscoe
James Twiller, Elius John Kenworthy of wolken Now now, mister Darland,
how beat that if I make a search of your house,
off find the key to that vault in the furniture factory,
No TI thru it way. Yeah, do you want to
make the arrest yourself? Twidder or Shalanta. I don't know
why Twiller gave up so easily. I guess it was
because I caught him completely off guard. Even signed the
confession promised to pay back what he cought. So from
here on in it's up to the courts, and all
thanks to a little kid who like to draw mustaches
on billboards. Expense account total and pulling the finest paints
that I could find for my little pal Jimmy. Oh
hey wait, I gotta pad this. It only comes out
to nine dollars and eighty cents. Yours truly, Johnny Dull.
Speaker 6: Yours truly, Johnny Dollar is colerating Bob Bailey. Orig nates
in Hollywood, and it's written, produced and directed by Jack Gunstone.
Herdinar cast Will Will White, her Vigrantloris Lewis at Gad Barrier,
Richard Beale, Bill Dames, and Gus Babe be sure to
join us same time and Satan for another exciting story
of yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 2: This is Roy Rowan.
Speaker 4: Speaking Welcome back.
Speaker 1: A colorful story and the eccentric nature of this factory
and how it works, I think really did work and
make for an interesting story, and I thought the solution
was clever. The big problem was that this is one
where the title gave away the punch line. As soon
as the mayor stated that he hadn't been in town
the same time as the guy who worked at the factory.
You guessed it, and I think that it might have
been at least a little more difficult if the title
didn't give it away. Listener comments and feedeback, and we
start out over on Spotify where not when comments are
regarding the Wayward Killered matter and the discussion of guns
on planes air hot hijackings is what stopped people from
bringing weapons into the cabins. Yes, back in the nineteen
sixties you had people hijacking planes to fly them to Cuba,
and so that's served to be an impetus to ban
people from carrying weapons in the cabin or in their
carry on luggage. So the age of Johnny Dollar being
able to carry on a plane or rapidly approaching a conclusion.
And then on YouTube regarding the virtuous mobster matter, Eric comments,
I can't help but notice that Johnstone likes to making
his recurring characters real characters. Eccentric millionaire Alvin cart Right,
the lovelorn, fighting irishwoman Meg, the guy whose name I
forgot that pays all his bills in money. He literally
runs through the laundry, the legendary money launderer Durango Laramie.
I think you mean George Reid of Floyd's of London.
There might be a couple I've forgotten here, but aside
from Pat mcackin in the Gang at Lake Mahobby eccentric
for eccentricity seems to be the through line, and I
think that that's a fair observation, and if I had
a theorist to why that might be. If you look
at Johnstone's radio career, he really cut his he artistically
in a lot of the serial dramas that were broadcast
and targeted towards kids, though enjoyed by adults as well.
He did Buck Rogers and also directed Superman, and both
those series had these just very big characters who were
really popular with the audience. So I think that he
liked those characters from there and really went about creating
the same sort of characters for Johnny Dollary.
Speaker 4: Well, there are.
Speaker 1: People who really don't like those type of characters, there
were quite enough who did to make the show successful. Well,
thanks so much, appreciate the comment.
Speaker 2: Eric.
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Speaker 7: Where that was the difference between Guido Goldoni and me,
he and his partisan sport fire with fire. They'd never
heard of the democratic process, but I had, and I
believed in it. That was why Guido and I could
fight side by side and respect each other as soldiers,
and yet never become friends.
Speaker 5: You've not lived under the FASCISTI, Roberto. You've not had
a wife and child murdered as I have. With the
men you hung in the square responsible for that. Every
black shirt is responsible the men in square, Alberto, police
all of them. When Guido Gordon he finds them, they.
Speaker 2: Pay for the crime. They should pay, of course, But
but but but what what what? Roberto?
Speaker 5: I don't like men who say yes, but.
Speaker 2: I don't think they can be trusted.
Speaker 5: You have no right to say that to Roberto.
Speaker 2: Forget it. Rosen, I'm leaving all of you soon.
Speaker 7: You won't have to trust me much longer.
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