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McGregor thank you thank you and greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen welcome to the theater of stars where each week your motion picture favorites appear in plays we know you'll enjoy today our star is Gloria Dehaven and the title of our story perilous journey we'll have the curtain for act one right after this important message from Wendell Niles when a man wears the uniform of United States Army or the United States Air Force he puts on pride with his clothing pride in his job in the service of which he is a part in himself and in his country whenever the uniform appears honor goes with it and the understanding that the uniform of a soldier or airman of the United States is a symbol of freedom and democracy these are facts to be remembered by all of us the uniform of the United States is proud and honorable wherever it is worn now once again our producer the curtain rises on act one of perilous journey starring Gloria Dehaven as Judith Kent it is midnight in Cape Town South Africa at its docks lies the ocean liners star of the south about to get underway for New York via Dakar now a taxicab rounds the corner and pulls to a stop on the pier Judith Kent gets out pays the driver and stands staring at the cab as it pulls away I stood there on the pyramid waiting but waiting for what I didn't know I was almost positive I'd been followed to the dock but by whom and why why all the other strange things that had happened to me in the last 24 hours the attempt by someone to break into my apartment last night the feeling of being watched all day and now now of being followed here to the waterfront none of it made sense as I went aboard I hope that whatever this thing was I'd left it behind me in Cape Town good evening miss oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you I'm the person oh yes welcome aboard miss Kent Judith Kent oh yes Miss Kent stayed from 223 yours was the last minute reservation wasn't it yes I was sitting in Cape Town and decided to leave sooner than I'd planned Cape Town must have become very unpopular suddenly Steward Steward oh yes sir Steward here will show you your cabin stay from 223 if you'll follow me thank you I followed the steward down the deco ways then stopped and looked at the dock which was sliding slowly away from us now when I looked up the steward was out of sight around the corner I started after him sorry I wasn't looking where I was going did I hurt you no no not at all I'm alright sure you look so startled oh I guess I'm just a little nervous oh my name is Greg Mitchell I'm Judith Kent Judith you know they talk about bumping into people this is the first time I've ever done it literally I guess it's the first time for me too much better this way I might have had to wait days for an introduction well if you'll excuse me of course but well I hope I'll be seeing you around I suppose so Mr. Mitchell good night I went to my state room unpacked and went to bed by morning this year become choppy and I didn't feel much like breakfast so I went to my deck chair on one side of me sat a man about 40 almost too well grown on the other side an elderly woman finally the woman spoke I beg your pardon I'm Mrs. Mays good morning you don't look very well my dear is there anything I can do oh thanks I'll be alright as soon as I get my sea legs of course I've been on a world cruise so I have permanent sea legs I guess I hope it's been a good cruise for you no cruise is a good cruise my dear they're all completely boring although your presence may yet to save this cruise for me well I we haven't met of course no we haven't the civic custom the exchange of names everyone feels to be necessary before conversation is in order but I'll endow it I'm Christopher Jeffrey you're Judith Kent why yes how did you know no my dear I always select my deck chair with great care this will be a fortunate arrangement you will keep me entertained with your beauty and I'll keep you amused with my wit well that sounds fair enough Mr. Jeffrey hello there oh good morning Mr. Mitchell oh look we've known each other for 12 hours now didn't you make it Greg I suppose so Mrs. Mays Mr. Jeffrey Greg Mitchell how do you do how do you do here's a coffee the ship's newspaper no I'm afraid I don't feel much like reading it right now thanks well not much news anyway except for a little excitement in Cape Town oh you know the guy was murdered there a night before last sort of a playboy time I guess name was Henry Stocker Henry Stocker did you know him yes yes I did Henry Stocker murdered I couldn't believe it but I had dinner with Henry in Cape Town the night before last the very night he'd been murdered he told me he was also going to New York soon he suggested we have a date when he got there and even gave me some trinkets as he called them so I wouldn't forget him or the date two rhinestone clips well yes I was even wearing one of them right now on my jacket the other was on my coat in the closet now Henry was dead murdered I'm sorry if I upset you I didn't realize what oh it was just rather a shock did you know him very well not really took me out several times and my dear must you keep toying with that trinket you're wearing it makes me nervous oh I didn't even realize I was that's a very good-looking clip Judith interesting design I will never comprehend why women feel it necessary to adorn themselves with the chief costume jewelry it's possibly some sort of throwback to the primitive if you'll excuse me I think I'll walk around a bit I'll see you all later as I walked a sudden thought popped into my head the strange things which had happened to me just before I sailed could they be connected in some way with Henry Stocker's murder you know but the idea was fantastic I went to my stave room opened my door and then I stopped my closet door was open swinging back and forth with the motion of the ship and yet I distinctly remembered closing that door before I left my stave room the next day or two I didn't have much time to think about it maybe that was because I was thinking about Greg Mitchell we were strongly attracted to one another and yet there was always something standing between us it all came to a head the night before we arrived in a car something's bothering you Greg what is it it's nothing Judith but Greg I said it's nothing it's all right did you see the ship's paper this morning no why seems the police think that Cape Town friend of yours Henry Stocker was involved in some kind of shady activity before he was murdered shady activity what do you mean they don't know that's hard to believe I didn't know Henry very well but he was always nice to me sure I guess women are all alike give him a rhinestone clip and I think you're a fine guy why Greg I that sounds like jealousy yeah I guess it is I Greg Greg what is it if it's this clip if it bothers you that much I won't wear it anymore no wear it by all means this design is interesting too Greg what are you talking about I just wish you'd tell me what's the matter I don't like to see you like this Judith what are your plans after this cruise I don't know why I'd like to be part of those plans Judith I'd like you to be Greg I like you very much perhaps too much because we haven't known each other very long long enough for me to follow him up again oh Greg Judith I'll see you later Greg I'm very tender what oh Christopher I didn't see you our young hero starts to kiss the fair damsel then flees and confuse you you've been watching very noble my dear I think you're wasting your time with that young lout please allow me to determine that Christopher and incidentally I wish you wouldn't stare at me constantly as you've done these past two days my dear I both admire and pursue beauty in whatever form I find and I shall continue to do so I went to my state room opened the door and turned on the light I couldn't believe it but there it was my clothes strewn all over the room drawers pulled open even cushions ripped apart my state room had been completely ransacked I ran out into the hall there was no one in sight I found Mrs. Mays in a state room and poured out the whole story to her my dear I'm so glad you felt you could come to me I just had to talk to someone Mrs. Mays it's all so confusing if only I knew why why I was followed to the ship in Cape Town why my state room was ransacked just now and why Greg is acting the way he does this is Greg Mitchell Mrs. Mays something I haven't told you yet this evening Greg referred to the fact that Henry Stocker had given me this rhinestone clip on my coat I've never told Greg that Henry gave me the clip yes how does he know so much about me and what does he want he seems like such a nice young man yes but he really oh and there's one more thing the worst of all I think I'm in love with him but I managed to quit thinking about my troubles the next day a show under car Mrs. Mays and I both enjoyed ourselves along in the afternoon she became tired but I wanted to do some more shopping so we arranged to meet at dark in the lounge of the hotel I shopped the rest of the afternoon then at sunset went to the hotel Mrs. Mays was nowhere in sight finally I went up to one of the attendants oh I was supposed to meet a Mrs. Mays here have you oh you're Miss Kent why yes oh I decided to take a walk in the garden please meet me there Mrs. Mays oh thank you Porter I went out on the terrace and down into the garden it's dark now and I couldn't see Mrs. Mays anywhere I started to go back but suddenly a bush rustled behind me I tried to turn around but something darkened thoughts quickly over my head like a blanket I I struggled I was just tighter against my face I couldn't even breathe everything started whirling in my lines fellas if they would burst and then and then everything went black pause briefing from our story perilous journey starring Gloria Dehaven to bring you an important message from our government the man in the front office is the man with a future he's the pilot of a United States Air Force fighter bomber or transport and it's possible you can be one of these young men with wings you see if you're between the ages of 20 and 26 and one half with two years of college or the ability to pass an equivalent examination and physically fit you have the basic qualifications that may enable you to become an aviation cadet if you qualify you'll receive a full year training and then those pilot wings and a commission in the Air Force Reserve as second lieutenant plus orders to active duty at once with beginning pay up to $36 per month outstanding graduates will receive regular commissions immediately in the Air Force also pilots with commissions in the Air Force Reserve can qualify for regular commissions while they are on active duty that's how you can become the front office man with a future for full details visit your nearest Air Force Base or U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force recruiting station at once only the best can be aviation cadets the curtain rises on act two of perilous journey starring Gloria de Haven as Judith Kent Judith lies unconscious in a hotel garden in Dakar West Africa victim of a mysterious attack which has climaxed a strange series of events beginning when she boarded a ship in Cape Town after what seemed a long while the blackness began to fade it seemed to me I could hear someone calling my name the voice grew louder and louder until I suddenly found myself lying there still in the hotel garden why Mrs. Mays thank heavens I was afraid oh you're all right child I think so here let me help you up what in the world happened I don't know when I got to the hotel lounge they handed me a note telling me to meet you here in the garden what why I didn't write any note you didn't well then who did and why oh but why all the other things it's like being in a dark I just can't stand it much longer I don't I'm sorry I'll be all right I'm just tired of course here pull your coat up around your shoulders dear it's chilly out here Mrs. Mays what is it the clip the what the rhinestone clip Henry Stalker gave me the one I've been wearing on this coat it's gone are you sure you were wearing it Mrs. Mays you don't think that's why I was choked because of the clip Greg was interested in the clip I think the big Mitchell are coming toward us come on I just want to get back to the ship please let's hurry I sat in the lounge alone while the ship got underway Greg was nowhere in sight good evening my dear did you have a pleasant day sure not particularly personally I don't like these tropical ports they're not safe the natives are such thieves you care for a cocktail? no thank you good night I went to my room and locked my door I was almost certain it was Greg who was responsible for everything but how to find out for sure and what if I did find out could that change the fact that I did love him then I thought of the question that I might ask the purser in the morning Greg had told me he'd made his reservation on the boat a long time ago that was true or not I was just going to bed when I glanced at my door then my eyes riveted on the door and it was turning slowly then it turned back again and that was all but it meant someone had tried the door to find out whether it was locked and if it hadn't been locked I just sat there without sleeping the rest of the night as soon as morning came I hurried to the purser's office I was just leaving boat thrills for the menacing her wasn't something you wanted well yes when did Greg Mitchell make his reservation on the boat Mr Mitchell let me see oh this was another last minute reservation matter of fact he made his reservation after you made yours you're very sure about that thank you purser so now I knew it was as simple as that Greg had lied to me the purser handed me a copy of the ship's paper and left it back to my statement just as a signal for boat drill sound I knew every passenger was supposed to report to his lifeboat but I just wanted to be alone Greg let's talk please leave me alone get out of my way I want to know what's the matter oh nothing's the matter Greg I just made a mistake that's all mistake yes I was foolish enough to think it was I you were interested in instead of a of what I don't know it doesn't matter look Judith a job's a job I let go of me come back here Judith I ran to my room and locked the door I guess I sat there staring dully at the wall for five minutes before I realized I was still holding in my hand the ship's paper the purser had given me I opened it up but the print swam before my eyes I dimly made out the name Henry Stalker and something about the Nobel Diamond whatever that was but I couldn't go on reading and then oh oh just a minute oh I'm I'm so glad it's you Mrs. Mays I thought why Judith what's the matter I just found out Mrs. Mays it's Greg all right it's been Greg all along but I still don't know why a story is right in your hand Judith ship's paper what yes they keep town police discovered that Henry Stalker had stolen a large diamond a week before he was murdered a diamond but what is that to do with those rhinestone clips yes Judith Stalker put the diamond in one of those clips he gave you then he intended to get it back in New York exactly but Stalker's killer realized you must have the clip then it was Greg who killed Henry Stalker and took the clip from me but Mrs. Mays he tried once more after I went back to the ship last night after he took one of the clips that means that means he took the wrong clip Judith then I still have the diamond in this clip quite right my dear and now please give it to me what I said give me the clip but I don't understand it come come my dear must I use this gun yes but do you know good to scream all the passengers are at boat trail Mrs. Mays I can't believe it no wasting time give me that clip at once you mean you're the one who killed Henry who ransacked my room who arranged the trap into car I got the wrong clip then I didn't realize there were two of them now give me the other one you can't get away with this Mrs. Mays you're being very naive my dear officially I'm not feeling well the steward brought my tea 10 minutes ago I was in bed so you see Judith when he comes for the tray I will still be there and you'll be dead no one would believe a nice old lady like me would kill anyone oh no all right Mrs. Mays what Greg drop that gun drop it oh Greg are you okay Judith yes I just don't understand I thought you were after the diamond I am but legitimately the insurance companies don't like to have valuable jewels stolen they even go so far as to hire detectives to find them oh Greg I've been so wrong I'm afraid it's mutual Judith but maybe after I turn Mrs. Mays over the captain we can make up for it so that's what I meant when I said the suspicions were mutual oh I see you thought I was in the diamond robbery with Henry Stalker well you did look like a choice suspect yes I guess I did but then I began to notice that both Jeffrey and Mrs. Mays were very interested in you I investigated Jeffrey and found out he was harmless but I discovered Mrs. Mays was lying about being on a world cruise I figured she might be lying about a few other things too but how did she know I was in my room during boat drill I told her I had to find out if she was the one when she started for your room I knew she was I followed it oh it's just like waking up from a nightmare Greg thinking I was after you and of course I have been after you but not exactly that way Judith maybe maybe when we get to New York not maybe Greg oh yes darling look just one thing do me a favor of course what is it the next time anybody gives you a rhinestone clip kindly throw it in the nearest ocean oh I will darling I promise you the curtain calls and the final act of perilous journey our star Gloria Dehaven will return for a curtain call after this timely message from Wendell Niles how about it men are you interested in a secure future with regular pay promotions and the chance to build a kind of career you've always wanted based on education and travel of course you are and you'll find all these in the United States Army the young man who lists today has the chance to choose for more than 60 different technical courses and can increase his skill and ability to earn while that young man is in the service he will find many chances to compete for officers candidate school or appointment to West Point and in addition there is a chance to travel overseas with a 20% increase in pay a young man who enlists for 3 years today in the US Army can do so directly for service in Europe or if he prefers for service in Japan and the Far East learn the details at your nearest US Army and US Air Force recruiting station at once now once again at the microphone our star Gloria Dehaven and our producer Gloria we certainly welcome you back to proudly we hail thank you CP of course everyone knows how beautiful you are but you're devastating more beautiful than ever my goodness all these compliments than my little vacation did some good after all we missed you in pictures but wait until the folks see you in your newest at MGM correction CP I'm doing one at Universal now alone out but I hope they'll be as kind as you've been fact is I wish folks could see you right now wonder if I could describe that very striking outfit you have on I dare you to try first well I know you have a new short hairdo beautiful blonde soft curls by the way you're doing all right you want to try for four dollars next little white collar and cuffs pilgrim style PK now you have four dollars want to try for eight a cameo brooch and small blue and whiter sort of a snowflake dotted dress yes now here's where you go back to eight dollars like a mutton sleeves and here's the part I like a bright red knife pleated apron why you look like an old-fashioned print from a courier in Ives Silla Mullins just off the Mayflower why CP it's the very latest fashion it's known as on some colonial tableau that's what I mean an old-fashioned pilgrim outfit with an apron wonder how Adrian would like my description you hit the jackpot CP but you like like it you're a dead ringer for Priscilla no wonder John Alden blew his top over her wife thank you sir and CP I've enjoyed every minute of my visit here with you and I hope you'll ask me back again soon. Now what have you in store for all of us next week? Next week Gloria and ladies and gentlemen we present beautiful June Havoc in Two's a Crowd. It's a fast moving comedy romance that you won't want to miss. I'll be listening. Goodbye CP. Goodbye Gloria Dehaven We should have joined us next week ladies and gentlemen when we bring you June Havoc in Two's a Crowd. Until then this is CP McGregor saying thanks for listening and thank you from Hollywood. Gloria Dehaven appeared through the courtesy of the Hollywood Coordinating Committee which arranges for the appearance of all stars in this program. Script was by Bob Reif with music under the direction of Eddie's Preventive. This program is transcribed in Hollywood for release of this time. Wendell Niles speaking.