Speaker 1: The Blue Beetle creeping down upon the on the world.
A smash Ganglin comes.
Speaker 2: A friend of the unfortunate enemy of criminals. In this serious,
all powerful character was a problem to the police, a
crusader for law. In reality, Dan Garrett a rookie photooneman,
loved by everyone but suspected by none of being the
Blue Beetle.
Speaker 3: As the Blue Beetle, he hides behind the strange mask
and a suit of impenetrable blue chain armor, flexible as
silk but stronger than steel.
Speaker 1: Today's episode, The Blue Beetles sends the Blue Beetles swooping
down on a group of powerful underworld characters whose racket
is dope. Will he be able to parret them out?
Can he hope to cope with this mysterious ring of
ruthless men single handed? Can he discover their leader and
bring him to justice? As our story opens, our hero
Dan Garrett is visiting his friend and secret advised, doctor Franz,
who operates a little apothecary shop in one of the
Great City's side streets. He is restlessly pacing the floor
in doctor Franz's living.
Speaker 2: Room, but quite as there have to be so much
red tape and police work.
Speaker 4: Will Danny. Every organization has to have rules and regulations.
Speaker 2: That makes for efficiency, Yes, but the criminals and the
crooks were set the catch are bound up the rules
and regulations. Well, I like police work, but I also
crave actions.
Speaker 4: You seem to get plenty of it as the Blue Beetles.
I worry about you, Danny, the terrible risks you take.
These crooks and gangsters are vicious, cold blooded killers.
Speaker 2: They have no mercy on you. If they cost you,
I can take care of myself. Besides that suit of
blue chain army who made me in that mask or
a great protection.
Speaker 4: I hope they never catch you without it, or ever
discover who the blue Beetle really is. I'm afraid it
would mean the end of Patrolman Dan Gabbett.
Speaker 2: Well, after all, Doc, you're the only one who knows.
Even Mannigan is always saying what he'd do if he
caught the blue beat.
Speaker 4: He's the officer on the beat next to yours, isn't he?
Speaker 2: Yes? He was my father's pals. I see. He got
me on the police force after my father was killed
by a gangster's bullet.
Speaker 4: And doesn't he suspect at all?
Speaker 2: No, he doesn't. He's a good copy. He's not very
heavy above he is.
Speaker 4: What's that newsboy crying something.
Speaker 2: About a movie star committing suicide? Wait, I'll go get
a paper boy. Give me one of those.
Speaker 1: Things, yes, by him?
Speaker 2: Hey, look at this stock. Sandra Beaumont, the movie actors,
committed suicide last night. The paper says she left a
note on a dressing table which said, both has become
my mask. No longer can I live without it? This
is the end. Let my fate be a warning to all.
What do you think of that ducky?
Speaker 4: Do you think it's tragic? Danny?
Speaker 2: So do I. I'm gonna do something about that dope
bracket right now. So what are you going to do?
I'm going to ask the commissioner to put me on
special assignment to try and uncover the leaders of that
dope ring in the sitting.
Speaker 4: You better be careful, Dan, they'll stop at nothing.
Speaker 2: Well. I can't uncover them as the Troman, Dan Garrett,
I'll get them.
Speaker 4: As the Blue Beetles.
Speaker 5: As our next scene opens, the Troman Dan Garrett, Mike Mannigan,
and Charlie Storma's reporter of the York City Sun, are
standing on the corner watching a hotel suspected.
Speaker 1: Of being the Dope Ring headquarters.
Speaker 3: Uhh, that's the place all right.
Speaker 2: Somebody checked off my paper. Why don't we go in
and raise the place? What just the two of us shore,
don't be telling we've got no evidence. The commissioner wants evidence.
That's our job to watch everybody that goes in and
comes out of that place. Me I like actions don't ah. Hey,
look where a chabbily dressed man there. He just came
out of that side entrance and gave a cigarette. So
that kid standing there so what looks like the kid
gave him some money for it. He's a dope peddler.
He's telling dope cigarettes marijuana, marijuana. Boy, here is where
I make a pinch. Hey, you here, I want to
talk to you as you gotta travel fast? You get
away for me, brother. Don't get him, Danny, I'll sing
them classy on the next beat. He'll hit him off
at the intersection. Look Kenny diving for he got him?
Why that was a flying pack on sure? What Hey?
Looks that carter is the machine guns. Look out, Danny,
they got to take a shot with my revival. They
stuck down behind those as yet Gotti, I'm already missed him,
but got it? Did he get the license? Remember that's
how she passed yup CB eight three seven two fives.
Speaker 3: It's probably a stone Cary.
Speaker 2: What about Dan and the dope pedalant hoose murderer? Gellim
looks like it. They both stepped out with See you've
pound for the ambulance. Well, I have a loough Okay,
I'll pound my paper at the same time. Boy, what
a story? Come on, come on here, breaking up, break
it up to give him? Are here? Let's have a
look at him. Huh Oh, they sure got this guy.
He looks like a sieve. Sure, and he'll never sell
no more dope sticker as thick kids. He's dead.
Speaker 3: He's dead.
Speaker 2: Look at the block. What are you saying? Look here?
Looks like he said to Danny. Danny, it's Mannaghan. How
are you doing, Danny? What happens? W's the dope pedal?
He's dead? You've tackled them in some trigger man in
a car machine. Gune your boat? Oh I remember now
I saw the car coming. Are you a bad hurt?
I don't know. I can't feel much of them all over. Well,
here's the ambulance. You'd get a swell right to the hospital, Danny,
and maybe a titation from the Commissioner for bravery in action.
Speaker 3: What's the verdict, doctor, will patrolman then Garrett leave?
Speaker 2: Well it's very doubtful, Commissioner.
Speaker 4: An operation is necessary to remove the bullet, but he's
so weak from lots of.
Speaker 2: He's one of my best mens. You for promotion. Soon
mess for you doctor, Thank you, Commissioner.
Speaker 4: H m hmm.
Speaker 2: It should be interesting to you, Commissioner read it.
Speaker 3: If my blood is the right type, I would like
to volunteer as a blood donor for the brave officer Garrett.
Speaker 2: Why this is signed by my daughter? She's convalescing here
from her accident. Well, she's almost covered colisener yes, productor
she's strong enough, I think so.
Speaker 3: Then by all means, let her do it. I'm phoned
as well as proud of Dan Garrett. He's a fine boy,
like he's dead before him. It will also make my
daughter very happy. Ever, sneaking suspicion, she likes young Garrett.
Speaker 1: The Commissioner. Daughter of Mary's blood proved to be the
right type and the transfusion was performed Later Danny was
operated upon a machine gun till it removed from his abdomen.
For days, he hovered between life and death, and then
one night, when all was quiet, a strange man slipped
by the nurse and stood beside.
Speaker 4: Dan said, Dance, Dan Garrett, Who is it?
Speaker 2: Calling Dan Garrett?
Speaker 4: I desire Doctor Franz your friends. I've got something for you.
Oh Doc, now isn't Anny. I want you to take
this capsule. It's my secret to X formula. It will
bring you with speedy recovery. Sure, I'm positive my formula
will save your life, restore you to health in twenty
four hours.
Speaker 2: They'll also give.
Speaker 4: You greater vitality, kenot eyesight, almost superhuman mentality, and it
will give you abnormal strength. You will be a tough
umbree when you get.
Speaker 2: Out of the earth. Will give it to me. I
got to get out of here. It's important work to
be done and I've got to do it.
Speaker 1: And the next morning, to the surprise of everyone, Dan
Garrett was completely recovered. From Mike Mannigan and Mary Donnelly,
the Commission's daughter, who came to visit him, he learned
that the Commissioner had ordered extensive raids on all opium
dens in the city. At one place, they told him
the police had been blown a bit by dynamite planted
by the dope ring.
Speaker 2: Before they fled.
Speaker 1: Dan insisted on being released from the hospital and saw
the duty I meant, I have to know. He's back
on his beat, fully recovered to health and strength by
doctor Franz's magic formula. At night, he visits the little
apothecary shop of doctor Franz.
Speaker 4: Well, Doc, no, hell no, Danny, Well my two WEX
formula work, didn't it?
Speaker 2: Sure? Did you have a look at this?
Speaker 4: M A bullet?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that came out of me.
Speaker 4: M m well, let's have a look at it under
the microscope. Wit, like those up shops, pull down the shage.
Speaker 2: Will you? While I locked the door.
Speaker 4: There now, now we'll just give this bullet the once
over under the microscope. M hm hm, very interesting, very interesting.
Speaker 2: Indeed, what is it, doctor, he got something?
Speaker 4: I think so this bullet was fired from a show
show a show show? What's that?
Speaker 2: Boy? That's what the soldiers in the Last.
Speaker 4: World War called a certain type of French machine guns
because they couldn't pronounce the real name boy.
Speaker 2: That ought to be easy to trace. They can't say.
Many of those in this town got the ideas will.
Speaker 4: There's a French novelist by the name of Philip Ladon
who collects interesting firearms as a hobby.
Speaker 2: He might know something about this gun.
Speaker 1: Out into the night when damn Garrett on the trail
of the murder guns. But a chains Damn Garrett. No
longer is he in the blue uniform of the city's finest.
Speaker 2: He wears blue.
Speaker 1: But it's the blue chain armor of the Blue Beetle.
Speaker 2: Blue Beeton. Stop that gun raiding that got you covered.
It's not your threaten your bullet. Can't hear this chain
on I'm wearing. I'm sorry to be so rustrated, but
I wanted that gun of yours. I pick yourself up.
That's better. I see you recognize my little calling card.
The sound of my magic ray machine, and the little
Beetle always signifies the presence of the Blue Beetle. So
you you frightened me, missy. I fire out for nervousness.
Speaker 4: I had no desire to injure the Blue beeples.
Speaker 2: I see we messy. Uh, what is it you desire?
I understand you have an interesting collection of firearm. Ull
make the rby of collecting unusual firearms with you. You
only show show automatic machine guns. We see you have
the only one in the city. I believe, oh.
Speaker 4: Absin I I do not know.
Speaker 2: I'd like to see it. Hm ubtainly missy right, uh
this way, and no funny business yet I am not
in the mood for uh uh what you call these?
Uh funny business? Good? Well see you are mes here.
This is the gun cabinet, the uh show show she
is a.
Speaker 4: She is gone.
Speaker 2: God we must always he doesn't display. I'm on writing
your pretend it surprize sounds funny. Maybe you're on the level.
Then again, maybe you're not. I'll just dust this dolf
a fingerprints and take a photograph, and you stand over
there and don't make it any false move. Let me
see a little here, some more here, several fingerprints, some
of them yours, of course. Bring that floor lamp over
here on like photographs. I hold it steady, that's right. Oh,
that's got it. You find something, maybe yes and maybe no.
Now you get this straight reading if you wanna finish
that novel or whatever you were typing when I came in,
Just forget you ever saw the blue beetles. I assure you, miss,
I have no wish. God. If you're on the level,
you're safe. If you're not well, the next time you'll
meet the blue beetle, it'll be just too bad.
Speaker 1: Oh whom will the blue beetle call upon next? Whose
fingerprints were on the doors of the gun case? He
is right on the French novelist, a member of the
dope ring. Let's look in on police headquarters. The time
is close to midnight. Managan is holding down the desk
while the sergeant is out for a bite to eat.
Speaker 2: Shouldn't I wish the sergeant would get back. He'd like me.
It was undled better than some shirt eye. Take haathy, Managan,
you will get hurt. You always wanted to meet the
blue beetle. So here he is no use to struggle
the blue beetles, so than you are. I'll just stop
this hanging just in your mouth, and then tie you
up and I'll carry you into the room where you
keep the fingerprint files. There you are now over my shoulder.
You go here we are, Ah, just lie there like
a good little boy. I want to examining his files.
Let me just see type twenty seven B forty eight
B twenty nine thirty thirty one B. Yes, that looks
like it fingerprints of Joe Bugs mcgotty. And here's his photographs. Yes,
mister Bugs mcgotty, those are your fingerprints, all right, you're
the guy that stole that murder guns. Well, mister Bugs mcgotty,
you're going to get nipped by the Blue Beetle and
nipped hard reads for the feeling. Mister blue Beetle, Ah,
the beautiful daughter of the police commissioners, goes bo. I'll
shoot if you do. I have no intention of moving
unless it's just step within the ore of such a
charming person as yourself.
Speaker 4: Mistni, what are you doing here?
Speaker 1: And why has your dag been tied up off of
a mannequin there?
Speaker 2: I'm here to obtain evidence against the opium gang your
father's trying to round up. I tied up over them
anaga man to prevent his interfering. Why didn't you enmiss
his aid?
Speaker 1: After all, he's working.
Speaker 2: On this case. The Blue Beetle works alone.
Speaker 1: But how do I know you're working for rather than
against my father?
Speaker 2: Well, if my charming captain will lower that toy revolver
which he's holding in an unto steady hand. The blue
Beetle will tell her something to gladden her father's heart
very well, but don't try any trick. Not a trick,
my dear young lady. I'll listen. I promise you that
before daylight, your father will have the opium gang under
lock and key, together with enough evidence to convict him.
How do I know you'll keep your promise? Let this
seal my promise. Oh good night, my sweet I'd like
to linger after that kiss, but the blue Beetle has
a duty to before.
Speaker 1: Take me with your blue beetles. Let me stand by
your side when you.
Speaker 4: He's gone, maybe to die alone.
Speaker 1: No, I can't let him.
Speaker 2: I'm a telp him. I must. I must.
Speaker 1: Like a bloodhound on the trail. Once he gets the scent,
the blue Beetles sped on his missions, and like the bloodhound,
he'll never let up till he runs his quarry to earth.
But close on his heels goes the Commissioner's daughter, determined
to have a part in the round up with a
nefarious gang of dope peddlers. Little did she know that
close behind as she hurried down the darkened streets, her
car was slowly following her.
Speaker 2: As she goes.
Speaker 3: That's the Commissioner's girl.
Speaker 2: Let's never know.
Speaker 4: Wait, wait till she passes her street light.
Speaker 2: Now, how like a slappy and keep it quiet? Excuse me?
Who are you? Here's the car him to open the door.
We got a fort com in meeting the pay big
dough to get his darling data back alive.
Speaker 1: Where is the blue Beetle? Will the blue Beetle be
able to rescue the beautiful daughter or the police commissioner?
Will he locate the hide out of the dope ring?
Will he be able to collect enough evidence to convict them?
Through the silent night down by the waterfront, two powerful
cars are speeding along. The first car is full of men,
hard looking men, desperate men kill hers all. But who
is this lone occupant of the second car?
Speaker 4: Ah?
Speaker 1: Yes, it is the blue beetle.
Speaker 2: That looks like the car that passed me the day
there was machine guns. I'll just follow her and may
lead me to the dope peddler's hangouts. They suspect me.
They've got a machine gun pointing out of the rear there, dolls.
I better give them a ruffle with my cintronized machine
gun before they shoot away my windshoes. I hope the
shadowproof glass is good, but I don't know how good.
All right, you'll racks. How do you like this? I
must have got that driver that cars big daggons on
how they're speeding up? Well, here we go again. It's
flowing down. It's turning into my warehouse. That's my gang,
all right, just the spot I was headed for. Now,
mister bucks MUSCOTTI for the final showdown. Closing the eye
doors of the warehouse. I'll don't glass them up in
those special bombs at the fronts made for me. All right,
Jill muck, don't close that door. I'll blow you all
the Kingdom toll you really go ahead, Joe mcgotty, go
ahead and shoot. I recognize you. Your bullets can't hurt
the Blue people. What did I tell you? Now? It's
my Here goes your door, and I'm coming right in
and mop up.
Speaker 1: Here I come.
Speaker 2: You've got to drop your guns or I'll let you
have another bomb. This year's okay? Why guys Blue beat
the fast your little bomber blod the police commissioner sat
the Kingdom come along with us. They've got married Donney
stop fluffing mc gotta. You can't for me. She's not
the commissioner's daughter. She's one of your mob, and she
goes with you. I'll give you three seconds to drop
your guns. One two, okay, you win our release the
commissioner's daughter and get those hands. That's more like now,
Ms Donaldy. Hit some handcuffs, swift them on those gangsters
and bring me their guns.
Speaker 4: All right, that's better.
Speaker 2: Now, mus Donaldy. You keep those men covered while I
have a look around. That's the nice collection of dope
you've gotten. These cans. Yeah, it comes a law. Wait
until a DA get through with you, there'll be a
few less criminals in this world.
Speaker 1: You saved my life. These men were holding me for ransom.
Speaker 2: My father will reward you handsomely. The blue Beetle seeks
no reward, Miss Donnelly. He seeks only justice, Justice for
the underdog, and safety for the citizens of this great citizen.
How you take this, Gunny, Keep those mugs covered. The
police will be here any minute. I have no desire
to me, says, but who are you? Please tell me?
I can only tell you this. I'm the man who
kiss you twice one night. Oh my respects to your father,
Miss Gunnelly, telling the blue people will always be the
service and running down criminals all time.
Speaker 1: Away in his past motor car spread the blue beetleh
leaving the Commissioner's daughter on guard over bugs McGarty and
his band of criminals. The cloth behind him sees another.
Speaker 2: Car, a police car.
Speaker 1: Will the blue Beetle be overtaken an un mass? I
head a stoplighters changing from green to red? Will the
Blue Beetle defy the traffic regulations to avoid discovery? Or
will he obey the rules of state lighting?
Speaker 2: This the blue Beason himself. I've been following you for
a mile. I thought to touch it, this stuff like,
come on me, buckle, I'll ride the running board back
to the police station and no funny business, or I'll
blow your brains out. So it's you again, off the Mannagan.
I'd love to take you for a ride. No, no,
none of that. It's me that's taken you for a ride.
I saw you drive out of that warehouse back there,
so you were in with those dop peddlers. That's night figuring.
Off of the manage. It'll be Detective Manigan after I
turn you in. Now get good mister Blue. It's too bad, Mannigans,
and we have to take such a lonely winding road
along the waterfront. Listen, mister Blue, the slightest move and
you'll be mister jet Beeton. I am listen. You're interfering
with my word, Patrolman Managan. Why don't the running bard
into the river have a knight quimsy yourself for you?
Cool off? Good night, Detective.
Speaker 1: Mannagan and through the mysterious and drilling character known as
the Blue Beetles. After rounding up a gang of criminals,
slipped the way to let the police take credit for
cleaning up the dope racket. The next morning, Patroman Dan
Garrett dropped him for a visit with doctor Franz.
Speaker 4: Well, Lenny, I see you let the police take all
the credit again.
Speaker 2: Sure, I can't let my buddies out.
Speaker 4: According to newspaper reports, your friend Mannagan got passed into
the river by some of the gangsters whom he had
captured single handed.
Speaker 2: So that's his story, And ain't the way I heard it.
Speaker 4: That the Blue Beetle had something to do with it.
Speaker 2: I had win your best, you know. When I met
him this morning, he had the sniffles and he said
he caught a cold. So I asked him if he'd
been in swimming without his sweat and.
Speaker 4: Didn't he get wives to the swimming gag.
Speaker 2: After a minute, he wanted to know how I knew
he'd been in the water. I told him I heard
it from one of the boys. Hey, no, you heard
the latest news. I know, no, what is it? The
third is I've got wind of a plot to sabotage
that new Army pursuit plane that's being tested tomorrow out
of the flying field. Sabotage that's my speed. Maybe I
can get him a detail to the flying field, a
doc I gotta get off the headquar th.
Speaker 1: Some nation is envious of Uncle Stam's superiority in the
manufacturer of aircraft. What will happen at the airfield? Will
the Blue Beetle be able to uncover this plot in time?
Will he be able to run the criminals to earth?
Those are all questions which will be answered in the
next edition of The Blue Blue Beetle. And now here's
the Blue Beetle himself to say a few words.
Speaker 2: Folks, The story you've just heard should teach you the
value of never giving up. Sometimes things are pretty tough,
but don't ever be discouraged. Whether it's a business task
or a school chow. The men and women of today
and the men and women of tomorrow should stick to
that job. You will always find a way out, something
will always turn up, or a friend will lend a
helping hands, like doctor Franz in my case. So just
keep trying.
Speaker 1: The Blue Beetle is a Cox be appearing in Mystery
Men Comics magazine. The Blue Beetle is on the air
twice a week on the same station. Consult the broadcast
schedule in your local newspapers, and don't forget to listen
in