 dedicated to the strength of the nation proudly we hail yes proudly we hail starring Brian Donlevy in the high timber United States Army United States Air Force presentation now here is our producer the well-known Hollywood showman CP McGregor thank you thank you and greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen welcome to your theater of stars where those famous names and motion pictures join us for your entertainment in plays we know that you will enjoy our star is that popular and capable actor Brian Donlevy and the title of our play the high timber in our story Brian Donlevy becomes a hard fighting hard-driving north woodsman lumber foreman with cutting schedules to meet and dangers and obstacles to overcome there is action drama and we'll have the curtain for act one of the high timber in the moment here now as your announcer Wendell Niles with an important message high school graduates you can continue your education and step right into an interesting career and day for the U.S. Air Force the Air Force will give you the best aviation technical training and you earn while you learn when you're selected for the Air Force you're with the finest type of young Americans with opportunity to move up steadily and if you desire to study and qualify for training to become officers inquire today about the special opportunities for you at the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force recruiting station now once again our producer the curtain rises on act one of the high timber starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Crocker the great timberland even a very little of it belong to him to the sound of an axe biting into a lot of sawdust or the sight of standing timber where Steve had been most everything around a lumber camp from a very humble pot raster in the kitchen to his present estate as gaffer boss and foreman of an outfit that Steve was looking toward the next step ahead biggest step of all running the mill in town perhaps that was why Steve was a little excited that morning in town as he approached the field office of Jim Donovan district superintendent for Wagner lumber you would hear news of the mill job maybe that put the light in his eye as he reached for the door either that or what was waiting for him inside Jim Donovan secretary Julie hello Julie what are you doing in town him sent for me didn't have a chance to write here let me look at you Steve if I'd known I'd been all pretty for you you're pretty enough come here I'd like to kiss you not me office I guess it's all right because the woman you're going to marry even twice what when are we going to be married as soon as I buy that three-story brick mansion here in town I'd settle for a lot less not me Julie just make it soon maybe this little summons is going to help think Jim yeah who knows maybe this is the mill job oh Steve you don't really think I don't know if he said anything to you well of course not I'm only his secretary yeah he must be waiting to spring the good news how is that ball headed character anyway that you see well it isn't some brush rat looking for a job come on in Steve I want to talk to you don't make it to you don't make it to me I don't want to talk to you don't make any dates for the night with it right now sit on Steve thanks good to see you every girl thanks this time Jane you weren't a winner oh well now you're talking you shouldn't hold out these things on me you'd be surprised the things I hold out on you right thanks hey why are you being so good to me I don't like you being this good to me no why because this is a build-up to a favor it's isn't the build-up to what I want to hear what do you want to hear you know what I want to hear I want to hear that I've got that mill job well how about it sorry not yet not yet hang that and so you've been giving me that for a year not so fast I can't help it I wanted this to be hit you know how I feel about this and how Julie and I wanted to get married I know but listen I'm tired of being stalled like this look at my record what does a man produce for if you can't get ahead I've been a wood tick longer than I care to remember I want to move along Steve listen to me you know there's no one wants to move you up more than I do I've heard that before too and you know it's true Steve but you gotta face the facts this is big outfit down here I'm the bull of the woods but up in the front office I'm only a number to most of them that mill job is a big job front office will fill it well certainly your recommendation is going to mean something something sure but the most of them up there Steve you'll still be just a brush rat a brush rat with ambitions all right you're pervading all these facts of life you tell me there must be some way what does a man in my setup have to do well it's very simple he has to do something spectacular something that'll be sure to cast the eye of every official in the company like what like this little golden opportunity which presented itself just the other day shoot the company bid on the first chunk of construction timber for the new damn tremendous order yeah going knowing the scarcity of help and the fact that every cutting outfit we've got is working 24 hour shifts on backlog orders that company bid high the company didn't want the first time unfortunately our high bid was low so now it's either produced or lose one of the biggest potential customers we've had well how do I fit into this little golden opportunity they're like this we can get what we need from the Redfield a quick you go in with a crew and get it we've got 60 days in which to produce it that's not much time you can say that again I'll tell you what you give me a hundred men I'd be lucky to give you 20 men Steve 20 men in 60 days it can't be done you can do it and I'm sure there'd be a bonus for you if you can come in on time bonus what kind of a bonus the company is always generous Steve and this time it's in a spot how much I said $5,000 what about the men I wouldn't take the job if there wasn't something in it for them they'd be taken care of too all right why not I'll take a crack at it good boy Steve you'll have to pick up your outfit this afternoon and take the train out of here tonight Julie's gonna love me for this Julie you know big evening together saying goodbye at a railroad station well I'll see you later you got all your men Steve got him pretty good outfit too got some good men I was able to get another man for you at Redfield fine who's that a fellow named Conrad you may be a little hard to handle why he wanted to run this little show himself that's why I'll keep them in line any hard feelings we'll kiss and make up I can sure use that train to Redfield yeah oh sure sure it is hi you boss are you in this out for the mind am I in this out for the yours why boss I'm white of your kitchen mechanic the cook remember oh sure you make a good cup of coffee way oh I make the most potent cup of coffee this side of Brazil the coffee I make is so potent it'll grow hair on a vineyard ball as your chance Jim I could only be sure I wonder what Julie is busy all day I really had a chance to see you oh hey she comes now the world is she carrying hi honey I thought I wasn't going to make it hello Jim hi Kelly what's this you've got it's for you to take up to the camp with you yeah great Scott who is me cute he's the homeliest mutt I ever saw hey hit me smart dog you can't insult it well that's me good luck Steve thanks Jim Steve yes Julie I'll be pulling for you it's our turn Julie we just can't miss hurry up Steve that train's gonna leave without you yeah hi Julie goodbye darling I said never mind you just answered that question hi you coming in here what are you oh fine boss getting squared away yeah what you fix for that poochie mind that's your stew well let me taste it hey you think he'll eat it eat it why that's the finest Mulligan stew you were he or anyone else elaborate well save it leave the pup and put a call into the man I want to talk to everybody here but the men out there topping that bar tree they already know what I'm doing safe then we have 60 days to get the job done here it's going to require the best from every one of it that's right pooch you too I just remember one thing I've got the responsibility of this operation and I'll be running it my way as I always do when I'm in charge that's all there's the top of the first bar tree you're not far you're the boss that's right it said I can find you here I'm Conklin oh yeah Jim Donovan told me about you you're a day late reporting to work here Conklin am I yes and every day counts on this job well I know you wouldn't get your machinery up until today there wouldn't be much doing we've got it all figured out after why not any hard feeling no no not at all just remember who's boss now that you're here why don't you find out where you're gonna bunk then come back here good enough I could use something to earth and after you're through eating you can help whiter here you could use an extra grease ball this afternoon what do you mean me work as a grease ball that's right Conklin all the machinery isn't in yet remember yeah I'll remember I like that fella he's all right we'll take the start I tell you I don't like him I've seen the likes of him before he's gonna be bad luck to this outfit what do you mean there's no such thing as bad luck you see it started already why it's the pooch yeah he's pulled the dishcloth off the table a little rascal get me even with you for that stew you fit in come here you bad pooch don't bite me I didn't make the stew the cause breaking from our story the high-timber starring Brian Donnelly to bring you an important message from your government ladies and gentlemen our army and our Air Force are critically short of physicians and dentists over 2,000 volunteers from these two professions are urgently needed today to safeguard and care for the health of the men and women was members of the United States Army and United States Air Force are serving you and me at home and overseas young physicians and dentists particularly those who did not serve in the armed services during World War two have been asked by their government to act now to volunteer for duty at once if you are one of these young physicians or dentists please write or wire either the Surgeon General of the United States Army or the Air Surgeon of United States Air Force at once and volunteer your services if you know of one of these young physicians or dentists please call his attention to this urgent message thank you the curtain rises on act 2 of the high timber starring Brian Donnelly as Steve Crocker with a mere 60 days to move the timber out of the large red field area with a bonus awaiting him and the strong possibility that he will achieve the mill job he wanted for so long Steve Crocker drive his underman crew with a determination of a man who usually wins slowly but surely the timberlands yield a man in machine member jack engineer bushwhacker and high rigger these and others using their weapons of saws and axes of leg irons and caterpillar tractors see victory in sight but not without trouble all right Al try again fire up well we licked her finally now you get over there on the south side give me some help there I said get over there we're gonna work till we can't see anymore all right Steve you're the boss you better come down get something to eat you ain't eating all day later whitey there's a truck stalled up on the ridge we've got to have it running before morning boss listen to me make it quick will you whitey boss do we have to hit it so hard we're right on schedule now we're gonna be ahead of schedule you hear me all right but the men Steve they're beginning to resent the way you're driving what are you talking about you're crazy oh sure they gripe a little but they're getting the job done why even Conklin he's doing a job a great job forget it you forget it tell me this whitey hmm somebody said there was a small slide on the road in the town that's right boss this is slide country in the time of the year for now listen I want to get three extra tuck floats of gasoline up here you understand quick yeah boss I want enough gasoline to run this equipment a few more days we'll be here and I want to get it up here and have it here right now right boss we'll eat at sundown again tonight again tonight and don't worry about the men whitey there with me I can't wait to get these boots off my boot doggies I'm done in yeah honey I like this eating suffer at midnight there could be worse or sure how you can do worse you work for Steve cracker yeah sucker born every minute is that show or just ask yourself this who doesn't work and who gets the glory anything left be sure boss I got something here for you don't know what I'll just warm it up and give it to me oh did you check up on the gasoline oh yeah boss and I'm going into town myself tonight to make sure we get it as the pooch I don't know about that much hey wait a minute you insult him and he bites my hand I'm sorry but I worry about that pooch he gets out everything you put him in even got out there in the woods not poor little fella make a nice hors d'oeuvre for one of them big hawks I better keep them right here inside the shack maybe so oh I almost forgot boss let it come for you today here oh thanks it's from her I think the unladied station oh it is she sure was pretty she was I'll go with you on that one now lose yourself and let me read this we're gonna take the pooch you see what we stand around my darling Steve how I've missed you if it weren't for your letters and the knowledge I don't know what I'm doing the gym tells me of your marvelous progress that you may even beat the 60-day limit oh I know you'll succeed Steve this is ours for us well let me tell you I saw them was darling house the other day not the mansion you used to speak of but the cottage with white shingles and green shutters perhaps I shouldn't mention it to you but I was afraid it might get away from it and the way things look now what do you think should I give them a check all my love Julie whitey what is it boss what is it but whitey we've got this thing licked up here haven't we I guess so less than a week ago of course a lot of things can happen in a week's time that's why I like you whitey you're so optimistic listen you're going into town tonight yeah boss send a wire to Julie care of Jim Donovan just say this go ahead I'm turning your suckers to work like this sure I'm right this job can't be done in 60 days not by human beings and if by some miracle it is done in the contracts man I ask you who gets the glory and the doll that goes with it you don't think Steve Crocker is making a sweat for nothing do you he's in for a great big fat bonus I say we let Steve know where we stand and let me do the talk morning whitey how about a little Java coming right up boss hey where the devil is everybody they're all over the bunkhouse why I don't know they're we've got timber to cut it's it's Conklin boss I told you he was bad luck he's been talking to the boys oh yeah he says you're pushing him too hard you better go see him you bet your life I will what the devil is going on here why aren't you men out in the timber I guess I'm supposed to be this spokesman here Steve all right Conklin speak the men here myself have discovered that you're in for a big bonus at this contract completed on time all we want is a proportionate share that's all that's all and if I don't quite see eye to eye with you we're not gonna break our backs for you Steve you figure this out all by yourself Conklin what do you think brilliant brilliant now you men listen to me I want you to know this if I fulfill this contract I get $5,000 anyone here want to object to that anyone here who thinks I don't deserve that let me tell you something else before I accepted this job I insisted that you men share in a kitty of your own how much that'll be I don't know I know it'll be fair fulfilling this contract means a lot to the company you asked me how much I can't tell you but I ask every man among you whoever worked with me before ask yourself this did I ever let you down did I that's more like it now Conklin let me thank you for your help whitey give me that tail of water over there yes sir here sir get up Conklin if I didn't need every man I'd tie you to a truck with a choker and drag you out of camp we're headed for his fellow trouble I feel it in my bones what's happened now pooch he's gone find them I can't find him he's gone I tell you well I can't worry about that now I'm worrying about gasoline I'm gonna slide down the road oh here comes a gas truck now I can see I've got eyes you go find that pooch it's gonna be the devil to pay you're the last one that's right Steve but thank heaven you got through how bad is the slide how bad I can see it from above it'll be a week open that road well that's there worry we can operate here that's all I care about well whitey where's the pooch boss I've been all over these woods he's gone the timber just swallowed him up oh now you don't have to take it so hard I know how cute he was to think I spanked him yesterday and all he did was to chew up my best all right all right but I just can't stand the thought that sweet little fella being a hors d'oeuvre one of them kicking off Steve Steve come quick what's happened can't hit by falling temporary well we carried him into the bunkhouse let's go he messed up pretty bad pretty bad Steve how did it happen well I wasn't there but from what they say a crew was top of the spot three canton was below top breaks off pops like a cannon canton runs right under there this is libel of what a cramp in our schedule all right men move back back give them a little there he is all messed up I think it's touching go Steve quiet seems to be opening his eyes Steve guys you should have your strength and don't worry we're going to take care of you that goes with working in my outfit Steve hell yes Steve we got to get this man to a hospital with the rotors block we're gonna open it we're gonna take every man and every piece of equipment we have down there and drive a hole through it we'll never get through here in time then Steve we'll never make it our contract doesn't seem very important now the life is a life that loves come on let's get at it come on get that cat lined up there will you behind the truck behind it what is it right on a dust around here ain't you got enough equipment here to put a hole in Mount Whitney all because some numbskull rising belly forgets to pull his ears in how can't the boss I guess the boys ain't told you what can't come pulled out from under that tree look Steve it's him all right we didn't lose everything after all sit down Steve thanks Jim I was talking getting along all right I didn't mean to throw you a curve there but thank heaven the man has a chance to live all he's gonna pull through fire even if he did delay us three days and not all of us out of that bonus that was a tough break wasn't it I thought maybe the company would have a heart after what happened and since we came through only three days over the contract Steve I'm afraid the company would never be that charitable no that is the company will never have the chance what are you building up to I've been the whole now again again this time Steve it was seven days of grace your home free with time to spare why you bend it but I love you you're probably going to let the men in on this news yeah yeah but first I've got to let someone else know she may be interested too where's Julie hey come along with me where don't ask questions just come along with me here's your clothes this way that force of yours was holding out on me holding out seven days of grace on the Redfield contract and there's been does that mean it does all right how is your job at the mill let me tell you something else I've been holding out on you boy that's a wedding ring so it is well let's go put it where it belongs shall we this is important this is urgent over 2,000 young physicians and dentists are needed as volunteers at once for service in United States Army or United States Air Force these physicians and dentists are required to safeguard the health of the men and women who are serving our country in the armed services if you are a physician or a dentist you are needed now right or wire the surgeon general of the United States Army or the air surgeon of the United States Air Force at once volunteering for active duty let me repeat that right or wire the surgeon general of the United States Army or the air surgeon of the United States Air Force today or see your local US Army and US Air Force recruiting station now back at the microphone our star Brian Don Levy and our producer Brian before we do anything else I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your latest United Artists picture impact well thanks to be our card one of Harry Poppins preview that's right that's not you and Ella range Charlie Colburn and Helen Walker and top honors for a great performance oh yes an anime one oh I'll pass your compliments along CP in case they don't catch us on the air by the way before I forget I want to tell you I was glad to get Irving Landy's call from the Hollywood Coordinating Committee to do one of your shows for the Army in the Air Force you know the air core it was the air core then was my first love anything for those labs and service yes I know and you still do a lot of flying yourself every time I call your house at Malibu you're either in your wood shop or you and Judy your daughter are flying around the country somewhere I am beginning to do the air-minded she does pretty well for all of her six years in fact is we're going on a little trip now and I should be getting along if you'll excuse me to say certainly Brian and happy landing thanks and now before I leave what's in store for your listeners next week well next week Brian and ladies and gentlemen Kent Smith will be our star in the title of our romance comedy the Aurora Kent Smith portrays an ambitious artist who makes a better draftsman as an artist he finds romance as a draftsman he gets fired art is his first love but his real love can't stand his art in the compromise he gets the girl and art gets the brush off sounds pretty good to me I'll be listening so long see see goodbye Brian he said again this next week ladies and gentlemen and Kent Smith comes to star in a comedy romance the Aurora until then thanks for listening and Cheerio from Hollywood by the appearance of the services of Hollywood Gordon in the Betty with the ranges for the appearance of all stars in this program scripted by Rich Hall the music by Eddie Dunstead the program is in Hollywood for release at this time Wendell Niles speaking