 Johnny dollar Pat McCracken Johnny universal adjustment. Sorry Pat for the answer is no My bags and fishing tackler all packed Johnny plane ticket is just waiting for me out of Bradley field planes due to take off in a few minutes I believe me. I'm gonna be on board. Well, so don't try to stop me Because what I called you about listen Johnny, it's no use Pat. I'll see you when I get back and not until that's what you think Well, now look there's nothing so important that it can't wait a week or so No, no, I'm sorry, but it's no use Don't you see Johnny all I see is that it's time for me to get out there to the airport I'll drive you out. Oh, no, you won't Johnny. Will you listen to me so long Brad Johnny? And so help me if he tries chasing me out to the airport CBS radio brings you Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators yours truly Johnny dollar Now act one of yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar. Yeah to the Universal Adjustment Bureau home office Hartford, Connecticut Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wholly unexpected matter Well, it looked as though even my taxi out to Bradley field was conspiring against me It developed a flat tire along the way that almost made me miss the plane Oh that cabin plane fare item one on the expense account a hundred sixty three dollars even though I didn't realize it at the time it was going to be paid for by Universal Adjustment Bureau Anyhow, I got to the field in the nick of time jumped aboard the ferry plane for New York Sit right here by the door, please mr. Dollar until we get airborne. Oh and be sure to fasten your seatbelt, please sure miss Yeah For a minute, we'd have to take off without you. Oh, not a chance I wouldn't have missed this plane if I had to fly after it under my own power Johnny dollar. You're the famous private investigator, aren't you? Yeah, I'm an insurance investigator Oh, I listen to every one of the exciting cases you handle every Sunday on CVS. Yeah, good only believe me They're not as exciting as they sound. I don't believe that. No, it's just like any other job of work And is for that wild expense account of yours thousands and thousands of dollars. That's a very touchy subject miss Claire my name's clear after all Claire a man has to wangle some kind of compensation on a job like mine You mean because it's so risky and all and I don't blame you a bit Are you off on some dangerous? Investigation now, mr. Don no Surrey and no ma'am I'm heading for a place over in Western Arizona Lake Mohave resort on the Colorado River I know the place you're always going to fish. Yeah, well the place where I always try to get into fishing That's right. Something always happens and spoils your plans. Yeah, but not this time You see I do listen to your program But now we're airborne mr. Dollar so you can get rid of the seat belt and go up to seat 11 that I saved for you Oh, yeah, sure. Thanks a lot Claire pleasure Johnny, and I hope you have a wonderful trip Oh, believe me nothing nothing's gonna stop me this time from once in my life. I'm gonna I'm gonna Oh No, yeah, I arranged for the seating myself John Pat McCracken. That's right sit on store this Claire help Come on sit down and make yourself. What is it mr. Dollar? What's wrong? Give me another seat on this great Sorry, mr. Dollar, but this is the only one left and mr. McCracken insisted that I save it for you I did did he you wouldn't want to stand all the way down to new york besides the airline wouldn't like it Now pat Okay, okay, but only as far as new york. Yes. Yeah If I were you I wouldn't be too sure Yeah, all right now you listen a minute. We land in new york where I can pick up another plane pat You and I part company You want a bet on that? It's an interesting fact that many of our greatest inventions and discoveries have been hit upon Accidentally by doctors engineers or inspired tinkerers while working towards some other objective Thomas Edison had such an accident While working on an advanced telegraph instrument He noticed a faint musical sound coming from the revolving paper covered cylinder. He was using He noticed that indentations in the paper caused the needle to vibrate and the vibrations produced the sound Setting aside the telegraph instrument momentarily he experimented with the principle. He had accidentally discovered He fixed a needle to a diaphragm Mounted on the short end of a horn And arranged this apparatus so that the needle would scrape on the revolving cylinder as it turned Instead of paper on the cylinder He used a covering of tinfoil and then spoke through the horn as the cylinder turned And the vibrations of his voice caused the needle to make indentations of varying depths in the tinfoil surface After a few models had been made and tested with minor success Edison recited into the horn the nursery rhyme Mary had a little lamb Then it was played back and for the first time in history a machine spoke with a man's voice Thus the phonograph was born An invention that grew out of an ingenious inventor's attempt to produce something else The phonograph and all its various advancements and refinements up to today's tape recording have brought endless pleasure to millions throughout the world More importantly, they have been used for the advancement of science and culture to an incredible degree This is just one of many cases in which the illustrious thomas a Edison Succeeded in his efforts by following the american inventor's traditional philosophy There must be a way Let's find it now act two of yours truly a johnny dollar and the wholly unexpected matter When we got on for new york i said so long and goodbye to pat mackracken and climbed aboard one of the big jets But just before takeoff who should come barging in and take the seat next to me Well, of course johnny. This is the seat that was assigned to me. All right. All right. All right now pat How did you know what flight i was taking out of hartford? Which one out of new york easy johnny easy I simply checked with the airline back there at bradley fee Now instead of climbing up the way you did on the trip from hartford to new york Let's talk about this i'm sorry pat But i'm on a vacation and this is one time either you nor anybody else Is gonna keep me from going out to yes Uh, well go ahead and say it johnny to lake mojave resort out along the colorado. Ah, how did I mean Oh, what makes you think that well, where else in the world would you go to get away from it all for a few days? Lots of places. I not this time. How do you know? I'm just betting on it That's why I dragged along all my fishing tack After hearing you rave about the place all these years I decided it was high time. I took a crack not not now. Wait a minute. Just a yes, johnny You mean that when you call me back at my apartment it it wasn't about some kind of an assignment farthest thing from my mind Oh, yeah honor bright Then why didn't you say so who had a chance? Well, do we go fishing together or don't we all right just one condition pat Not one single word of business until we get back to hartford who said anything about business Don't you think I need a vacation now and then as much as you do. Okay, then. Okay. Now. That's that's settled that settled. Yeah now Make with some talk about those nice big fish that we're gonna. Okay, I'll What's the matter? I've been looking at that fellow sitting out there in the seat next to the emergency exit. Oh, what about it? Nothing really. It's just that he Looks very familiar and what's more i'm sure he was also aboard the plane out of hartford Oh, so were several other people remember the plane was full Yes, and I tried to tell you about the way he kept looking back at you and in a funny Oh, no, no, quit it pat. Just a fact. Oh, look, did you see that? He gave us a quick glance and then buried his face in his magazine so wise Well, almost as though he didn't want to be seen by us Are you look here? Are you sure that you don't recognize and that face is mighty familiar? Well, it isn't to me so forget it and relax and let's enjoy ourselves Funny little scar on his cheek when he had turned just johnny. Are you sure you didn't now? I said forget it Okay, whatever you say At los angeles we grabbed another ferry plane this one to las vegas navada Johnny look that same man aboard and don't tell me so what? It was late when we arrived at the fabulous city of chance out there in the middle of the mojave desert So we grabbed a cab into the hotel sahara That's item two a buck and a quarter item three is sixteen dollars for a suite of rooms Item four is 12 20 for a couple of drinks to good meal and we dropped into the casino Oh real excitement Yeah, watching the little ivory ball click around the little red wheel the snap of cards at the black check table a rattle of dice The click of poker chips the ring of silver dollars And over it all a constant chuck and were the slot machines Pat and I had separated and by some stroke of good luck. I did all right with the dice So I hauled my stack of chips over to the cashiers cage and collected believe it or not 200 300 350 60 365 dollars right on the nose. Thanks. Thanks very much. Yes, next please. Johnny. There you are. Yeah, sure. I am Well, how you doing pat? All right, fine. Now listen That man we saw on the plane that you saw well I saw him again a little while ago while you were at the roulette So he was watching you and when he saw me watching him He all now pat with Johnny would probably look a half a dozen people from Hartford have taken this same set of planes out here After all it's vacation time a lot of people. Okay, Johnny. I I hope you're right. Sure. I'm right Now look, let's get some sleep and first thing in the morning. We'll head down to the lake. Hi. Come on Well, whatever you say only Only stop worrying would you Will you Sure, Johnny sure Any American accused of a serious crime has the right to a jury trial But you also have the right to have your case decided by a jury in most civil cases When you're suing in the federal courts for damages or for the recovery of your property Do you know when you can exercise this right? The answer is in the constitution The seventh amendment says that you can have your case decided by a jury whenever the amount involved is greater than 20 dollars This is one of the ways in which the constitution seeks to provide every citizen with fair and impartial justice It is one of the ways in which the constitution ensures that this country of yours and mine Shall be our country under god And now act three of yours truly Johnny dollar Well, it wasn't much after the crack of dawn that pat mccracken and I rented a car That's item five on the expense account 50 bucks deposit and then we headed south Five miles short of kingman, arizona. We swung right on 68 down toward davis dan down to lake mojave resort Once over the mountain pass there were miles and miles of nothing But sun baked rocked and sand of sagebrush and joshua trees of tumbleweed and cactus And then right in the middle of it that clear blue water of lake mojave Resort itself with everything for water sports and more important for me for the fishermen Buster favors sign us in at the office and then Number eight johnny and if you and mr. mccracken don't get limits every day mr. mccrack Out here buster. It's pat. Okay pat. Wow. Shall we? Oh instantly you're not the only one who's out here from heart. All right, bussey Uh, mr. Malloy arrived late last night. Malloy. Does that name ring a bell, johnny? It certainly does not now. Will you forget about that man you saw me? Okay. I'm sorry. You ought to be okay Let's unpack and go fishing. Oh brother. Just try and stop me. Just forget all about business Excuse me pat. What this calls for you. Oh, oh, thanks. You mean you told somebody where you were coming only my office johnny, you know Idiot here you are. Thank you Hello, mr. mccracken. This is maryon at the office now maryon. I said the only calls I want out here Is johnny dollar with you? You know he is why that arse the moorley warehouse fire. What's that? Get this johnny. Yeah, what about it, maryon? Well, it was a job. Yes, that's right scarface. Maloney, but You hear that johnny? Yeah, I heard the man aboard the plane with a scar on his cheek and you wouldn't bother looking at All right. Now. Okay, johnny. You're on the expense account. Hey, what's this all about? Um, buster the man from heartford. Maloy isn't has he got a scar on his face buster? Well, yeah on his cheek. Where is he? And come to think of it johnny. He asked when you'd be arriving. Where is he? Oh, you went out fishing early this morning. You know where buster? Just up the lake somewhere is all I know. All right now. Did you tell him when I'd arrive? No, I wasn't sure myself then we're one up on him. Maybe Mr. Maloy looks like a mighty fine man to me. Don't be fooled buster johnny. What do we do? Buster, you're the best judge of character. I've ever known. Thanks johnny. Well johnny Pat you and I are going fishing I know Lake Mojave well Scarface Maloney couldn't possibly know much about it So pat and I put on fishing clothes took along our tackle. I took along a gun And we headed up the lake in a fast upboard We prowled into every wash and cove at the lower end of the lake slowly and methodically We saw lots of fishermen, but not the man we were looking for Finally Well, I I guess the spell of lake mojave was just too much for me So I hold two at the end of a long narrow cove with high walls of rock on every side Hey, why stop here johnny? Well, I have one cast cove pat. What? Oh, look, it's just too good to pass up Now you drop a plug there in the corner just one cast and I guarantee you are back You think of fishing at a time like this? Oh, come on. I'll just try it pat Then then we'll go back to the main body of the lake and we'll find this one Johnny look, uh, no, no careful so he won't see you Up on that rock that overhangs the end of the cove Yeah, yeah, I see him Hiding me how to bolt here. Look, I see it. I see at least the glint of the sun Blued steel johnny I can't see what it is, but I don't need to johnny because it's aimed this way Of all the heavenly bodies the moon has gained such importance that it's continually in today's news Now to land a rocket ship on the moon you must know the moon's exact orbit and rate of speed around the earth For decades scientists were sure they knew these facts, but one man felt they were wrong and proved it Simon Newcomb was born in 1835 in Wallace, Nova Scotia Throughout his childhood. He amazed his elders with his uncanny perception of mathematics While in his teens Newcomb joined his father who was teaching in the United States In 1854 they finally settled in Maryland where Newcomb also became a teacher One day on a trip to Washington he visited the smithsonian institute From then on he spent every free moment studying from its wonderful wealth of books Reading book after book he stumbled onto four volumes which kindled his enthusiasm into a brilliant flame The books told of the amazing world of astronomy Early in his new career he became especially interested in the moon He studied it intensely One evening he noticed that it seemed to be lagging a little behind its predicted schedule of motion Surrounding himself with tables and charts he painstakingly pursued the possible error After exhaustive effort he found it an error in computation had been made back in the year 1675 If Newcomb had not discovered this error a flight to the moon might never have been possible Simon Newcomb another American scientist dedicated to the principle that somehow there must be a way Let's find it now. Here's act four of yours truly Johnny dollar The end of a long cove surrounded by high walls of rock and on top a man with blued steel in his hand Aimed straight down at us Johnny with the sun in our faces. He's got the advantage of us We're like sitting ducks down here. What do we do? Listen partner. I don't like it, but it's the only way if I rock us Like this. Yeah, it'll put my hand in the bolt behind the ledge I'll tie up to it out of his sight You'll be the sitting duck So what it's you he's after you'll be in the plain sight of him So go ahead and fish if you get something and I'm sure you will make like you're talking to me like I'm still here, huh? Then you Through that crevice. Do you see it there? Yeah, maybe just maybe I can get around and up behind Well, Johnny that gun it's an early chance I look I can tie us up with only you inside. Okay, Johnny. All right start fishing and believe me brother. Good luck. Right One cast coal. Uh, well Johnny, we'll just see about that right there in the corner, huh? You mean like this Carefully, holy They edged my way up the long crevice in the rocks toward the man who'd been spying on us from above I was afraid that every step would loosen the slide of rocks and warn him All of his attention was on the boat in the coal below where pat bless his heart was dragging out his fight with the fish The man's back was to me and then Wait a minute Blewed steel Sure it was Yeah An old pair of binoculars Then I slipped on the small rock Why mr. Dollar? Yeah, that's right. Oh, you well always the name mr. Dollar Franklin jaymel. Why? That gun that's right. My good heavens. I didn't realize you were this jealous Of your fishing secrets now. What's that supposed to mean maloy maloney? Whatever your name is Please put it down, sir. Brother. You start talking Well, you see it's just that I've heard so much about your fishing over here over the years And when my lady friend who works for the airline back there in Hartford your lady friend Well, well when she told me you were coming out here again I thought maybe if I if I kind of spied on you Well, maybe I could learn to catch some of the nice big fish out here the way you do Now mr. Maloy Didn't think you'd go so far as to use a gun Down here buster Yeah Those Hartford police the years must be pretty good. What's that mean? They picked up that scarface maloney about an hour ago and he's back in the pension Oh, I see you found mr. Maloy buster, please mr. Dalla. I'll get you in a minute Hey buster You uh You take pat out where he can catch some little boogal or a tired old carp man Mr. Maloy and I are going after some real lunkers Couple of secret spots. I know Okay, mr. Maloy bless you mr. Dalla Well, you sure can't win them all especially when there isn't anything to win And at long last I got in a full week of fishing at lake mohawk Expense account total well pat you added up after all you're paying for it Yours truly johnny dolly Believe johnny dolly starring bob bailey Originates in hollywood and is written produced and directed by jack johnstone Heard in our cast where virginia greg Shirley mitchell larry dobkin sam edwards barney phillips and edgar barion Be sure to join us next week same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly johnny dolly This is john wall speaking Johnny dollar has come to you through the worldwide facilities of the united states armed forces radio and television service