 proudly we hail proudly we hail one of radio's outstanding dramatic half-hours starring Lee Tracy and presented transcribed by your army and your airport radio city new york here is your star and host on proudly we hail the distinguished Broadway stage screen and radio star Lee Tracy thank you can't bang heart and hello everyone welcome again to proudly we hail our play takes us deep into the African jungle for a tale of treachery and murder five people are on an expedition for a fabulous fortune an expedition that ends in death i'll be back for the first act after these words of importance from ken the united states army wants to meet its manpower requirements with the greatest number of volunteers it needs men and women who know what they want and want to follow interesting careers so visit your nearest army and air force recruiting station and list today and now with your star lead Tracy in the role of harvey bowen your army and your air force presents the proudly we hail production of the interlopers greed is a disease that can spread its evil poison through the heart and mind of man until his being is so filled with it that it controls and motivates his every action a man who is greed-stricken will go to any lengths to satisfy his insatiable desire to take more and more and like a dope addict the more he takes the more he craves and finally in one way or another his own greed destroys him now these African natives are of an extremely primitive type they receive few visitors from the outside and but for the services of a splendid guide was well known to them we never would have been able to visit their village and of course take these pictures now this next slide is a very unusual one it's a color photograph of their god whom they call mo co this tribe like most keeps no written records everything is handed down by storytelling and as far back as their spoken records exist mo co has been their deity now what is so appealing to the imagination is that this idol in many ways resembles the ancient god mollock mollock you'll remember was worshiped by the Babylonians the versions as well as the good many other early peoples the question that comes to mind is how could an idol such as this find its way into the jungles of darkest Africa well here is the slide you will know did they beg your pardon dr cold but one of those different colored stones well this is dark i'm afraid you've spoiled my little surprise those stones ladies and gentlemen the great red eyes the breast the navel the wide belt are rubies and sapphires and diamonds the biggest i've ever seen but probably the biggest in the world yes on that idol rests the king's ransom how much would you say they were all worth dr cold i really couldn't say mr goff fabulous some i'm sure the doctor seems a little large to me that in all these years no one's attempted to do uh take some of these stones well of course mr stark not too many people know of their existence and even fewer people would know where or how to locate this particular tribe anyone seeking them without proper authority or introduction might find himself in very serious circumstances mr bowie and our guide did tell us a story about a man who did manage to find the tribe and live with them and gain their trust there upon he stole one of the rubies and fled no one ever knew what happened to him but as you can see mo co has both his eyes dr cold i certainly enjoyed your talk really fascinating uh what did you say the name of your guide was bowen harvey bowen most unusual chat well for some time now i've been finding a trip to africa myself of course i'll want a good guide could you tell me where i might reach mr bowen with a letter by yes if you write them care of the hunter's club in narobi you'll be sure to get thank you uh there's just one other thing i'm most interested in the study of ancient idols would it be possible for you to lend me for a few days the uh photograph you have of the idol those natives worship well what's it called mo mo co i'd be glad to miss the stock keep it as long as you like it's an unusual story don't you think very unusual dr cold one out bowen people come they over they buy door ah good thanks charlie uh we'll be in the gun room mix us up a picture of something cool with it is one off uh you uh mr stark that's right you're bowen yeah how do you do pleasure this is mr stock mr mrs gore well i i think we'll be able to talk better in the gun room right this way quite a club you've got surprised as most people they don't expect to see anything like this out here you have a good trip down fine we flew all the way right in here more uh privacy in here quite a collection of guns take it you're an enthusiast mr gore oh call me friend i'm a very enthusiastic person i have been very enthusiastic now listen carl mr bowen what preparations have you made well i've made all i could but you neglected to tell me just what you wanted my services for i assumed you'd probably want to do some hunting no it's nice not call it be yes i think we would maybe a little exploring we'll leave it up to you when the time we can go anywhere you'd like to take us say what about visiting that tribe that dr cold spoke so much about oh what tribe was that friend oh you know the the ones they i can't remember the name they went by they they worship some kind of an idol the nag walley that's it the nag walley so right by me sounds like a pretty good idea what about it bowen uh you'd like to visit the nag walley's uh i just love to visit them simply love to it's a long trip makes no difference the hard trip too i don't know about the women what about mrs cold well she was used to that sort of thing oh hell and i used to all kinds of things too will you be still carla i'll have to send word to their chief and ask him why don't you do that like a good fella how long would it take day or two before we get an answer how do you send such a message mr bowen by drums oh how exciting i love drums i love their beat what did dr cold have to tell you about the nag walley's idol i don't remember too well myself what was it for you remember jack there was something about it being related to the god of mallard seemed like quite a tale did he tell you anything else about it i think he said the natives worship it very sacred all that sort of thing that's right it's sacred to them every bit of it you think you fooled him for a minute what was that tried friend listen if you don't shut that face of yours i'll shut it for you you big brave man you silly fool jack what is what you're planning to do that we never should have brought i know i know let me tell you boys something you'll have to get up awfully early in the morning to put anything over on board he knows what you're after just as well as i do that's to remind you to keep your mouth shut about what you know bowen suspects nothing or he wouldn't even agree to take us to the nag walley's now you keep your face shut do you hear i won't forget that what is it that bowen does or does not suspect why are you three keeping me in the dark i should have known you wouldn't have come all the way out here jack just to look around what is it i want to know and don't ask questions as far as you're concerned you're going on a trip just for the fun of it just for the fun of it you understand no i don't and if you don't tell me i won't you won't what did i remind you about a little matter with which we're both familiar that concerns your brother no you didn't remind me good and now let's all go down and join the noble mr bowen and carla dear a word of caution keep your mouth shut it's so wild do you like it i don't know i think it frightens me i'm too used to civilized things not necessarily civilized you mean modern mechanical advantages you mean you consider these natives these men at the paddles are civilized all depends on the definition of the word they're primitive of course some of their laws are primitive and harsh too but they live by their laws you try to break them that's more than can be said for uh so-called civilized man i suppose you're right what are the drums jungle talk they're passing the word about us but all sorts of things have you done this sort of thing all your life since i was a youngster born out here my folks are missionaries i see tell me about this nag wally tribe we're going to be what's the matter why are you looking at me like that i think you know all about the nag wally tribe or at least as much as you want to know what do you mean you can tell your husband but i wasn't taken in by the supposedly casual manner in which you people decided you'd like to visit this tribe i don't understand you all right mr stark let's just forget it you can tell him anyway no i tell you i don't know i know they're up to something the three of them that they wouldn't tell me what won't you please tell me they're probably hoping to steal some of the jewels that adorn the nag wally's god oh no but why if you know that are you are you taking this thing i think your husband and the gore and you you're not telling the truth need to be taught a lesson we'll visit the nag wally and i don't think any one of you will be tempted to take anything that isn't yours great silent hunter harvey bowen sits alone before his tent smoking his pipe and looking into the dark mystery of the jungle you should be in bed tomorrow be a rough day and a big girl yeah i can see good i want you to why did the natives leave us this is nag wally territory they're not allowed here we have to go the rest of the way alone how nice how long will it take about three days why don't you kiss me harvey i think you'd better go to bed mrs gore a gentleman i knew there must be one left somewhere and where should i find them but in the jungle i could tell you some very interesting things harvey if you were nice to me i'm not interested in you mrs gore or whatever you have to say and i'll go to bed did you like that harvey you now let go of my wrist let me go let go of me i said gore gore wake up what oh what's the matter here's your wife i suggest you see that she gets to bed uh i'd hate to see her get hurt wandering around in the jungle thank you mr bowen come in here quite a girl i guess you could say that women can be a nuisance so i've found probably better if we had left them behind that one's pretty well done in another three days you said that should do it we're in that territory now yep they've been watching us for some time watching us we would four i thought we would be welcomed we are it's a customer there is not to show themselves are greedy us until we arrive at their village but why watch us then to make sure that no harm comes to us of course sir mr stark that can work both ways what do you mean well let's suppose you had in some way offended taken something they valued highly how much chance do you think you'd have in getting away lee tracy starring in the role of harvey bowen and the proudly we hail production of the interlopers will return for the second act in just a moment but first i'd like to offer a real opportunity to young men and women everywhere wouldn't you like to get an early start on a job a job that gives you the chance to perform definite service to your country well you can have that job and that chance right now in the united states army and at the same time you'll be rendering essential service to your country in this critical period and you'll get some of the finest technical training in the world in a wide variety of fields so don't let opportunity pass you by visit your nearest u.s. army and u.s. air force recruiting station and get all the details your country needs you now you are listening to proudly we hail and now with your star lee tracy in the role of harvey bowen we present the second act of the interlopers hey do it up brown all right the chief is a fine-looking man what was what you called it to wander the drums do something to me i'll do something to you if you don't behave eat this food's very tasty what is it oh it's a mixture of different things meat is antelope it's really thrilling to be sitting here like this having a jungle feast and savages all around but the one speaking few words you'd be surprised how much he understands what do you mean well he's an excellent judge of character you find people here are extremely sensitive to feeling they have a kind of seventh sense they can tell when someone's unfriendly toward them or means them some kind of harm he's been staring at us since we sat down here what's he doing sizing us up i wouldn't doubt it well i let's hope he likes us say uh where's this idol i've heard so much about down there at the far end of the village in a little clearing you like later on we'll stroll down have a look at it good good if it's all right i'll take some pictures of it tomorrow perfectly all right uh i'm afraid when the feast is over there's something pretty brutal in store for you what do you mean it'll be all right for you and mrs gore to leave and i suggest you do go in your tent and stay good for you and gore and i'll have to stay here they'd be in solid if we left what are they gonna do but one thing these people despise more than anything else is a thief murder is a minor crime compared to stealing to wander told me they'd caught a thief one of their own tribe tonight in our honor they're gonna punish him i uh i wouldn't eat too much if i were you gore they're very ingenious in their methods of punishment and the people of our sensibilities it's pretty horrible to watch they take their time how horrible what did the man steal oh no but doesn't matter the fact that he stole it all is enough well can't i watch too can't if you like but i don't advise you to what you hear will be bad enough i i need a drink i've never seen anything so you know only yourself so it was horrible so it's over so forget it we've got things to do maybe maybe we we'd better not maybe we'd better forget the whole thing listen you you're in this thing to stay but you saw what he got caught we're not going to be we're not even gonna steal anything we're just going to replace something now listen to me while you were sitting in your shivering carla bone and i had to look at the idol it's just like the picture only better no one watches it and it's set off by itself we shouldn't have any trouble at all if you made the dummies right size i had to make them from that photograph it wasn't like give me any of your excuses are they in this bag in the bottom all right dawn's the best time i've noticed there's usually quite a bit of fog we're not gonna do it tonight keep your voice down yes we're going to do it tonight and then we're going to sit back and relax and spend a week or so here before we leave you're mad suppose they find out if you're as good at making imitations as you claim frankly i've never seen better they'll never know the difference and that goes for bowing too but why don't we wait until the last night or why take the chance we want no suspicion and besides we don't know how much of an opportunity we'll have later they'll all be to the teeth tonight with their celebrating oh what a celebration don't drink too much of that stuff i'll wake you at dawn now get some sleep and calm down get some sleep come out as easy as pie your dupe spit perfectly your real crap's been fed hurry up will you keep your shirt on all we've got left to do is a belt the fog's sending and it's getting lighter take this and give me that lovely phony gourd diamond how can you joke idiot do you know how rich will be now the other one come out like butter and they fit in like blocks someone's coming get down behind the idol now they'll get us now shut up who's an animal wait nothing but your nerves come on let's finish this and get to bed hardly seems we've been here 10 days and now tomorrow we're leaving enjoyed it oh it's been quite an experience i've liked it all oh except for the first night well that was unfortunate they're really very simple and friendly people yes i've seen that mr bow and i i guess you were wrong about the we both know that i wasn't wrong with the stark but as i said i think being here changed their minds it'd be a pretty impossible thing to do you know and hardly worth the risk my husband has never been afraid to take risks yeah your husband is no fool no he's no fool he's a i beg your pardon mr bow i think i understand i'm sorry you were maybe you better get the bed mr stark good night good night very touching scene my dear you look so handsome together go to bed my little freddy ready awake you're all touching bed for the night which big brave men they come all the way to africa all the way out here to swipe some mighty hot rocks and what happens they get cold feet big brave men with cold feet what a couple of four flushes still got you pretty paste jewels here in the bag leave that bag alone i said leave that bag alone i mean you if you don't keep your mouth shut i'll swear i'll throttle you okay lover i take it all back carla will behave carla's scared come far away from the river five six hours how do you know the bookman will read us there word was sent when we left they'll be there now watch your step here are we still in the walley territory oh no we left that behind a long time ago hey how about taking a rest i'm beat hey good idea how about this clearing bone it's all right wait wait until that python goes on his merry way look at the size of him i never even saw him okay now rest your bones i i wouldn't drink too much of that mrs gore i suppose a man wouldn't have a chance out here without a gun food water things like that wouldn't be much fun you know mr stock i've already mentioned to your wife but i knew your real purpose for coming out here what did i tell you and she neglected to tell me that well what about it i'm glad you didn't attempt it i thought you'd let your reason guide you once we got in a village well you can't blame us for wanting to give it a try it was quite a temptation i can imagine it was still hardly worth risking your life for hardly at least it was an interesting and enjoyable experience i think we all gained something by it i'm sure you did tell me if you knew what our real purpose was why did you take us and i told your wife i thought you'd change your mind and remember i i worked for a living too and you're paying me very good you're worth every nickel of it isn't it wonderful to be friends hey yes we better get moving hey bourdon right oh this pack is heavier every time i lift it what what the devil stay away from them bourdon make them upgrade your clumsy arcs put them in my pack oh you're managed that after stay right where you are i won't hesitate to shoot you yes we managed it your idol now has some remarkable duplicates what not worth very much i'm sorry you had to find out an unfortunate accident you poor stupid fool not really after all the sparks and the guales are concerned their idol hasn't been touched you'll never know the difference and breads dukes will look just as good to them keep your hands still exactly shut up all right and you don't deserve to share in it which makes me justice happy anyway you're not going to kill us all are you oh just you you little you killed him not really incapacitated is a better word and with reason we'll be slowed up considerably now taking care of him oh one thing more i'll do before i bid you all to buy him you'll assist me mr bowen pick up those packs and throw them over that genius like tell fred stark use your head if you ever get lost in these jungles those stones won't do you a better good you're extremely thoughtful of my welfare aren't you but i know the way to the river once i get there i'll be safe now pick up those packs hell it and gather up the guns everything goes over the cliffs you'll leave us here with nothing with nothing but the jungle lore of mr bowen maybe it's good enough to save you maybe it isn't i don't know and i don't particularly care i got what i came you realize if we get back we'll have the law on you there that bothers me find me first all right enough this talk over the clip with that stuff and make it snappy what are you thinking about about him about my life with him i was glad it's over even like this we're in pretty bad spot aren't we pretty bad so weren't for gore i could get you to the river i have faith in you i know you'll get us thanks it'll be rough gore may not make it but i'll get you off now try and get some rest talking about the necroliz idol last time i visited them it looked like this but now it looks like this you'll notice resting in front of it is a human skull its top has been removed and it's all hollowed out inside what's even more amazing is that within the cavity of the skull are the exact duplicates of the precious stones that adorn moco my guide mr bowen seemed very reluctant to talk about it the whole thing you might say is clouded in an air of victory marley tracy will return in a moment with a word about next week's show but first here's a special message to the young women of america we all know that good health certainly contributes to the maximum efficiency of our fighting forces the army nurse corps and the women's medical specialist corps are calling for volunteers to serve overseas and here at home nurses dietitians physical and occupational therapists are urgently needed if you are qualified in any of these special fields here's a splendid opportunity for you to serve your country today commissions and interesting assignments are available to those who qualify for the army nurse corps or women's medical specialist corps right or wire the surgeon general department of the army washington dc for full information do it today this has been another program on proudly we have presented in cooperation with this station by your army and your air force proudly we hail stars lee tracy the interlopers was written by the wit cop the music was composed and conducted by john guaneri proudly we hail is directed by charles wilms this is kenneth banghardt speaking and here again is your host and star lee tracy next week you'll follow a man hunt and watch the hunter become the hunted in a play that's as timely as the latest news broadcast is called the unconquered and we hope you'll be with us goodbye