 The Blue Beetles. Weeding down upon the underworld, a smashed ganglin comes the mysterious, all-powerful character who is a problem to the police, but a crusader for law. In reality, Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman, loved by everyone, but suspected by none of being the Blue Beetle. As the Blue Beetle, he hides behind a sprained mask and a suit of impenetrable blue-chain armor but stronger than steel. Today's transcribed episode of the Fox feature, the Blue Beetle, is the second part of a story entitled, The Jewel Mystery of Channel Island. Several jewel robberies have occurred at the exclusive Bonn-Air Hotel on Channel Island. So far, neither the robbers nor the jewels have been found. Officer Manigan and patrolman Dan Garrett, who is really the Blue Beetle, have been assigned to the case. Shortly after their arrival at the hotel, a Mrs. Thomas, one of the guests, reports the theft of her jewel case containing a fortune in gems. While Mrs. Thomas, Mike Manigan, Grogens the house detective, and Mr. Halstead the hotel manager are discussing the theft, the Blue Beetle appears and announces that the jewels are in that very room. As our story ended, the fire gong in the hotel was ringing. Grogens had dashed out of the room and the Blue Beetle dived head-first through the window into the sea, 100 feet below. As our story opens today, a heavy thunderstorm is gradually diminishing. A short distance from the Bonn-Air Hotel, a figure emerges from the water. That was a high dive. Lucky I learned to dive and swim well at college. I wonder what Grogens thought when he found out the fire gong I wanted to separate him and Halstead to discover which had the jewels. Now I know. Now to get back to the hotel without being seen and rejoin Manigan in my true character of Dan Garrett. Poor Mike. He let the Blue Beetle slip through his fingers again. Oh, hello, Danny. Hello, Mike. Eating again? Shay, where have you been? Down to the waterfront. A bit of excitement while you were gone. Is that so? We've had a robbery, a fort's fire alarm, and I almost captured the Blue Beetle. Again? Yeah, but he slipped out of me fingers and dived through his death. The poor devil out of Halstead's office window. Right through the window pane he dived. Shay, sit down. And I'll have the way to bring you an order of this chicken. Oh, that isn't chicken, Mike. That's squab. Squab, is it? I thought it was a baby chicken. Pigeon. Pigeon? Oh, that's what our Lempigeons is for. Outback. Did you say pigeons, outback? Sure, a big roost full of them. Say, do you know something, Danny? What, Mike? I've got me suspicions of Halstead. The manager of this hotel? Sure. I've been putting two and two together. And what's the answer? Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach? Yes. He came here from a hotel at Virginia Beach. That's right. And recommended by the owner of the hotel he used to manage. Right again. Well, now, if he could scare people away from this hotel and drop a hint or two about the beauties of Virginia Beach, he might be able to drum up a little trade for his old boss. Good reasoning, Mike. But what about the stolen jewels? No, he could hide them a while and later return them to the owners. And all, minne or sleigh. Anonymously. Yeah, that's it. You may be right, Mike. Well, good night. I'll see you in the morning. There you go, to bed. I've got some figuring to do. Figuring? Yep. I'm going to put two and two together and see what I get. My radio locator indicates the pearls are not far away. The closer I get to the dove coat, the stronger the signal I get. What's that? It's a dove coat and a dozen, 14, 15, 16, 20 pigeons whirling up into the sky. Now they're heading for the mainland. Radio locator's signal is fading. I was right. Those pigeons are carrying the stolen jewels to a hideout on the mainland and that figure stealing away is... Good evening, stranger. Beautiful moonlight night after storm. Yes, it is. Say, can you row a boat? I reckon I can. I've been pulling an oar now into 60 years. I'll give you $5. Been to a masquerade party at the hotel? Masquerade? See, you got on a blue suit and a mask. I kind of thought maybe... Don't think, man. Act. Got to get out that feet playing the hurray. Oh, that's Cyrus Worthington's play. I don't care whose play it is. I'm going to borrow it. Say, if you're drunk, mister, it's joy riding. And if you're sober, it's thievery. I wouldn't do it if I was you, mister. Say, I'm the sheriff. Well, if you can row faster than I can swim, come and get me. In the right direction. My radio locator's giving a stronger signal. Lucky I got a chance to handle the Thomas necklace yesterday when Halstead got it out of the safe of Mrs. Thomas. Those radioactive crystals I inserted inside the pearl leave a perfect trail. They're the pigeons silhouetted against the sky, spiraling down to those woods. Now they've disappeared. I'll have to put this plane down in that cold there and trail the pigeons by daylight. By that time, the feet may have arrived to claim the jewels. Hello, Doc. This is Danny. Oh, hello, Danny. Hello. Where are you? In a seaplane along the coast somewhere. I'm in the blue beetle costume, and I'm talking to you over the blue beetle part of a wireless telephone. Are you all right? Sure. I found the jewels, and I'm waiting for the feet to turn up in the morning. Oh, where's Manegan? Still on the island. Look. I want you to wire them from me, as Dan Garrett, to Chateau Buggins. Got that? Yes, yes. I've got it. I've got to make Manegan believe I returned to the mainland to follow clues. Understand? Perfectly, Danny. OK, Doc. If this case works out the way I think it will, you and I are going to celebrate with a big mess of squab. Hey, where's your partner this morning, Manegan? Oh, he went to school last night. Walked out on you, huh? Oh, not Danny. He's working on a clue. How did he get to the mainland? Swim? Ain't no boats running. Danny has ways of getting around. He's a smart lad, that one. Say, maybe you two ain't cops. Maybe you two are the jewel thieves. And maybe your grandmother was queen of the Eskimos. Oh, yeah? Well, I'm going to shore. What for? Why, uh, there's some equipment I want to get. They'll go with you. No, you better stay here on guard. Danny wired me to meet him on the mainland. Oh, well, OK. Come on, then. We can just make the boat. I've got a hunch we're on the right track. Me, boy? You've set them out for it. Add a teapot to be here soon. Yeah. He sure made a haul this time. ought to bring a hundred crayons. No, no, not from a fence. No, we don't need a fence to sell them foils and diamonds. Thing mounted is throwing a necklace. You can sell them individually. Quiet, quiet. Somebody's coming. Hey, bugsy. Yeah, it's OK, boss. How many pigeons arrived? Twenty-two. Good. Did you take the little soap bags off their legs? Sure, boss, sure. They're all here. And the jewels, too. Well, I buried the sentence back at the dove coat. Let me have the jewels and we'll scram out of here. Where we going, boss? Rio. We're all going to have a long vacation. But not in Rio. The blue beetle? Yes, the blue beetle. Alstead said he was. Alstead was wrong. As long as they're crooks to be caught, the blue beetle will never die. Oh, no. We'll see if he can stand up against this. Never fazed him. Now, Grog, and see if you can stand up against this. And this. Now, grab him, boys. Hit him on the head. Come on, bugsy. Let's play more again. I ain't fightin' with those ghosties. All right, boys. Raise your hands for the teacher. The cop. Now, up with the mannequin. Just in time to arrest the jewel thieves of Channel Island. Well, I'll be. If it ain't the blue beetle or his ghost. Well, get your hands up and I'll slip the handcuffs on them. Sorry, mannequin. But you can't handcuff a ghost. Besides, the blue beetle has other work to do. So long, mannequin. I'll be haunting you. And so Dan Garrett, as the blue beetle, exposed a clever scheme and rounded up a gang of crooks, but let his partner, mannequin, get credit for the job. The moral of this story is be ever on the alert. Think things through. And when success comes, let your friends share it with you. What newer adventures await the blue beetle in his crusade against crime? What new problems will he have to solve? The questions will be answered in the next transcribed episode of The Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted Fox feature appearing in Mystery Men Comics magazine and The Blue Beetle magazine. The Blue Beetle is on the air twice a week on this same station. Consult the broadcast schedule in your local newspapers. And don't forget to listen in to The Blue Beetle.