 Another proudly we hail one of radio's outstanding dramatic half-hours starring Lee Tracy and presented transcribed by your army and your Air Force 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, Kenneth Banghart and hello everyone welcome again to proudly we hail to the Orient for our story Ailee that's right Ken to the fabulous East Indies for a story about a sea captain his men and his ship a beautiful lady and Several characters you'd hate to meet on a dark night to tail guarantee to keep you on the edge of your seat We'll be ready for the first act after your message Ken You young men who graduated from high school this year There's a chance for you to get ahead fast in our great Air Force Air Force enlistments have been restricted for a long time, but they're open again now and remember the skies the limit in the United States Air Force Visit your United States Air Force recruiting station today get all the details and now with your star Lee Tracy in the role of Captain Peter Lynn your army and your Air Force present the proudly we hail production of Port of Call, Jakarta This is a story about a man named Peter Lynn who was owner and master of the schooner albatross Our tale is taken from the remarkable journal He kept back in the days before the advent of the steamship when every vessel wore her canvas proudly Townsmen how does she read now law by no way sir keep her at that Hi, sir If this wind holds mr. Bourne will weather banker by daybreak window no in captain We could show us turns anything that's bangless and after this your optimism is fine mr. Bourne But your logic is off course if the wind veers let me know I'll look in on our passenger for a moment He's your chef. Hey captain big in your part and sir, but ain't he the one? He's the one all right Horse and his royal nibs into the water the way he did why the crew still fit the bus Perish in sight it was Strange indeed of the tricks of fate or perhaps they are not tricks at all But rather the guiding finger of the Almighty how far and how fast the news will travel is no telling Well, no matter the thing is done. There can be no regrets But it's amusing to think that had we not sailed into Jakarta three days past None of it would have ever The crew's eager for a night of sure sir Well, they deserve it mr. Bourne Starboard watches free tonight port tomorrow a tell-crawl if he lands in jail we sail without him I will She rides lights and free with the cargo out of her We'll be taken on a new consignment in the morning the English people like the way we work Think we've a steady contract there as long as we want a good course to celebrate captain mr. Mate we've sailed together for long enough for me to be able to read the thirsty look in your eyes Go ashore with a starboard watch if you like but what about you sir? I'll stay aboard Albatross is woman and drink enough for me. What is it? Oh Brian, sir? Here is two things. I got to make credit. It's me knows me eyes It's far known when we were busy if you unload and I've been see both seeing and smelling things right I thought should be brought to your notice. You don't say a Brian And what are these mysterious things you've been seeing and smelling look here, sir What do you see standing by the key side? You mean that black carried exactly, sir Now Brian have you been at the bottle sir? Not since we left that dirty hole at Sembar. Have I so much as that'll do Brian now What about that carry four times? I've seen it come and go since I first noticed it You can't see who's in it in the top pull down and tears and not once as anyone stepped out of it He just pulls up there and stands for a while nothing moving and then off it goes and a bit later back It comes your regular. I called it and this has been going on since it's just after six bells, sir Yeah, thank you, Brian. You say your eyes and nose do your credit But I'll say your curiosity is larger than both. Hi, sir What do you make of it mr. Born? Search itself captain They're probably nothing at all then again I've always found it a good idea when possible to get an answer to the mysteries of life We're not known here. I'll take a couple of men and look into it, but I won't be necessary mr. Born. I'll say to this myself take command Is there something that you Take your pardon madam Allow me to introduce myself. I'm captain Lynn of the ship in which you seem to have some interest or am I wrong? How do you do captain? Oh, I do hope you don't think that I seem to have startled you madam forgive me Now is there any way in which I can be of service? Will you you sail for Singapore soon? That's right with me I ask how soon Two or three days all depending would you take a passenger a passenger met what passenger myself Would it not be better madam to go by regular ship? I have no accommodations especially I'm sorry. I can't explain. I heard from a friend that that's where you're bound and I desperately want to go there I must go there. You're in trouble madam. Oh, no. No, I well I mean Please don't ask these questions Since this morning. I've been trying to get up enough courage to speak to you I can say anything you ask within reason. May I ask what there is in Singapore? That's so pressing Friends And here there are none Only people to spy on me. I see Is it right to say that in taking you there'd be a certain amount of risk involved only if he Well, if you took me and no one knew of it, there would be no risk But the chances of someone not knowing it would be rather slim I don't know I Have no right to ask you that guess there would be a risk a terrible risk Only right madam that if I must take such risk. I know from where it comes I'm responsible to my crew and my ship. There's no time to talk now. I was just leaving when you came Could I meet you here tomorrow night say say nine o'clock? I'll tell you everything then if you like I can meet you where it's more convenient. No, no, this will be As you wish madam right now. I can promise you nothing. I understand Thank you for listening to me Until tomorrow night. Good evening, madam And that was the beginning of it a beautiful woman dressed in the height of fashion With hands that darted nervously a voice that trembled with fear and whose brown fawn like eyes were haunted and terror-ridden I had an instinctive desire to help her but I knew hard logic must man the helm I would in no way in danger my crew or my ship for all the beautiful women from here to Atlantis It was the following afternoon that a visitor came aboard mr. Bowen brought him half where I sat smoking a pipe with a fan tail looking out over the ship cluttered There's a gentleman here would like to have a word with you our captain Lynn My name is riker Edgar Riker. How do you do mr. Riker? I want you to sit down. Oh, thank you You can dismiss the port watch mr. Bowen. There to be a board by four bells. Hey captain And now sir. Oh, she's a fine ship as fine as I've ever seen I need you to say so your next port of call is Singapore. Is that correct? I didn't know it was public knowledge Such information has a way of getting around captain Oh, you tell me the nature your business mr. Riker certainly It is simply that I should like to buy your ship I'm a prayer to offer you double whatever you paid for it. You want you want to buy the albatross Let's understand each other right now this this ship is not for sale at any price And may I ask how you knew I was her owner not just her captain? I didn't I'm nearly Surmised and you verified my supposition Well, you can't blame me for wanting to buy her now. Can you know mr. Riker? I can't but I can assure you that nothing you or any man on this earth could offer whatever make me consider selling But then I'll take no more of your time captain. It's been a pleasure. I'll find my way to the dark Until we meet again. Good evening, mr. Riker pleasant sailing captain volume pertinent Mr. Bond will you come ass? Anything you miss captain, you know that slippery little eels that he wanted to buy the albatross by them That's a good one good one indeed I'll bet he had no more intention of buying her than he had her swimming from here to my castle I Don't follow your course sir. He if he said never mind what he said mr. Bond just remember him and you should see him hanging around again Let me know they could put one of the lads on to him sir if you say the word Oh, that won't be necessary. Just keep a weather eye. He smelled a trouble from stem to stern. I Was to meet the woman of yesterday at nine o'clock and due to natural curiosity I look forward to our meeting with some impatience Yet I could not shake from my mind the incident with Riker his lean serpentine face with his hooded mocking eyes Flick through my brain while he's oily voice woven unpleasant counterpart around my thoughts There was nothing uncommon and anyone wanting to buy the albatross or to pay double was after all a credit to her but Riker's manner and then my growing belief that he did not really wish to buy her at all Had me filled with a cold anger At two bells. I went on deck leaving the ship and mr. Bones hands I stepped ashore made my way toward the carriage and stood waiting on the key Madam my I Always seem to be surprising you captain don't make a move. I assure you if necessary I won't hesitate to blow your head off Get up with you quickly. What the devil do you think you're doing ordering you to get up here captain and get up here fast It might interest you to know my first mate is watching us and he happens to think this is quite a different kind of meeting When we drive off you'll smile and figure his captain's not such a fool after all now climb aboard He had me and I knew it. I knew also he wouldn't hesitate to shoot if I didn't obey Aside from that there was a native driver who stared down at be unmoving a large knife gripped in his hand I did the only thing I could Climbed up into the carriage next to riker and in a moment We were off heading into the city and I knew not what the Tracy starring in the role of captain Peter Linn in the proudly We hail production of Port of Cold Jakarta will return in just a moment for the second act The United States Air Force has a good deal for veterans. Just listen to this The Air Force is growing so fast. It needs men already trained to take over many important new jobs Here are the facts if you're a veteran of any service and if you have the training the Air Force needs You can enlist now if qualified in your old grade or better You'll skip basic training and be assigned at once to a nearby Air Force base You'll start right in doing the kind of work You know how to do well the kind you like to do and you'll be helping to build the greatest flying team in the world Go to your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station Have a talk with the recruiting sergeant and learn all the facts You are listening to proudly we hail and now with your star Lee Tracy in the role of captain Peter Linn We present the second act of Port of Cold Jakarta We rode in silence twisting and turning through streets little better than alleyways and came at last upon a long sloping hill that turned sharply into a drive Mr. Riker did not take his eyes or his gun off me from start to finish The drive we entered was long and hemmed in by floral growth. It swept gradually inward as the carriage slowed I caught a dark glimpse of a dwelling knew the journey was over. You may get down captain Sorry, sir, everything's in order bring that fancy pants build rat in here after you captain With Riker's gun potting me in the back a walk toward the open doorway in the raging character who stood framed within it He was round and squatting bald a toad of a man almost as wide as he was tall But the flickering torches are stood out like gas on either side of the entrance I saw the wild light of madness reflected in these bulging eyes. Take him in the den To your right captain Sit down. He'll be right back. I'll stand But you mind telling me what the mean is of all this patience captain patience. I think you'd better sit down if you think that you Know you conniving winch. Is this the man? When he struck her there was no more reason left in me I dove for him and had my fingers clenched about his throat when a blinding light exploded in my brain And I dropped sickeningly into the darkness Coming around prop him in that chair and if he makes another move Don't use the box What's going on here always asking questions Mr. Are you able to hear me? My name is captain Lynn Fancy quarter-decade won't do you any good here Repeat your rashness of a short time ago, and you'll feed the fishes if you have any intelligence at all You must by now have some inkling of why I had you brought here that that woman You saw earlier is my good wife then make God have mercy on you need to be taught a lesson Maybe one way to teach you to keep a civil tongue in your head is to have it removed My wife made arrangements with you to take her to Singapore. Is that correct? It is not you fat pig When you address mr. Spangler address him with respect. Thank you, right here He'll do you no good to lie Rikers are you meet? You're bound for Singapore, but no has friends there would help her get back to England It's obvious that you agreed to take her hair. Is that not so go to the devil you stinking squid No, don't hit him right there not yet the more he says the more of a lesson. He'll be taught Is there anything else on your mind, mr? If it's ever in my power to help the poor woman who happens to be your wife, I'll do it I'll take her to Singapore. I'll take her to Calcutta or London Anywhere she wants to get out of your reach You were right right her Gentlemen, he said you were a gentleman. Did you think he really wanted to buy your ship? I had only to look at him to know that he wouldn't have the money to buy a pound of salt card very good Such an astute judge of character Did you hear right there? I heard and I'll remember with advantages all right enough of this After Riker is done with you. We can take you back to your ship I'll let you crawl as he pleases the lesson He is going to teach you is so that you remember if ever again you are foolish enough to sail into Jakarta You respect and fear the name of Spengler now Oh, it's my turn to laugh Riker will change that the moral of this might be Never agree to take a strange woman to Singapore especially when she's my wife. I bid you goodbye and Good riddance Just the two of us captain and between us this gun and this knife Now if I'm forced to kill you mr. Spangler will have no regrets at all. So let me caution you don't move Don't even move your head Riker. Don't underestimate me. Oh, I don't captain. I don't Just put your hands behind that chair easy like I Always teach a better lesson when the student sits still. Would you like to be a rich man Riker? bribery How rich could you make me captain? You can see for yourself. I can How around my neck there's a silver chain it holds a small bag That's under my shirt. If you have a look inside you'll see what I mean. Tell me what you mean I don't like to be kept in suspense Pearl In that case we'd better have a look I wanted him in front of me close to me the lure it worked Now I had only to hook my face his knife flicked out and cut my shirt He parted the sides with a point There was a fixed grin on his face as it touched the pouch lying against my chest his eyes flicked Downward out at nice struck I Made short work of mr. Riker as I flung him across the room is limp body crashed through the window And I knew I had no fear of any interference from that quarter. I picked up his gun and Prepared to go hunting Bangla keep your voice down at Captain Lynn Where is your husband? You still want to go to Singapore If you want me to take you you'll have to help you'll have to get hold of yourself If you got home safely to England, how could he touch you couldn't my parents all right Get up off the bed. I can't hide here. Hi Dirty Hold still Now listen, is there anybody else to help him besides Riker the servants, but they must all be in bed Could you get a carriage ready without attracting their attention? The stalls are in the back and the dog won't bother me and get whatever you need and get it quickly I'll bring it down when I'm through with him Are you going to kill him? Would you like me to madam? No No, I'd like to have the pleasure of doing that myself. I Watch Lenore Spangler disappeared on the wide curving staircase then I turned my attention to her husband's room as Might be expected to his door was locked So without further delay, I shot the lock off and kicked open the door Are you what I'll teach the lesson the lesson is Never lay a hand on Peter Lynn unless you're willing to pay the price Which is this I Hear your clothes Get into them and I'll continue the lesson Get up your slobbery Noctopus Get up before I kill you as I most certainly should How much for them a Spangler only a little way Please be careful that he doesn't try any tricks. Oh, no fear madam drive the carriage and I'll entertain your husband You'll pay for this you mind your language Mr. Bourne Mr. Bourne, come to the carriage. All right now get down life. Wait a moment madam. My mate will aid you But the born see to the lady here. There's luggage in the rear Weather sir a touch with the wind chain move your fat-bellied pirate Oh, I was getting a might worried sir good. Yeah, mr. Bourne, but no need is the port watch aboard. Yes, sir Croft We're in a manner we're speaking sir good soon as you're so mr. Spangler to my cabin row is all hands We sail at once captain. What's your step, madam? Down the gangway Spangler. You can't kidnap me. Oh Mr. Spangler is anything you'd like to say to your husband before we cast off. Yes. Thank you Otto I'm going home to England if you follow me there my brothers and my father will be waiting May God have pity on you for the proof that you are Lenore say who you are Save your breath. You'll need it Mr. Bourne take the helm Stand by the cast off. It's you have been missing how you Call away. What's your helm? All right now steady as she goes steady as she goes now, sir. Tell me can you swim you've reckoned with the wrong man I said can you swim? Well, here's your chance to prove it was strongly toward the open sea The albatross shook herself and welcomed the wind. It's clean bite filled her taut canvas She heels smoothly to its force cutting sharply through the back knee swells For better or for worse with our cargo battend under hatches and a beautiful woman aboard We were underway racing the dawn found for Singapore Tracy will return in a moment with a word about next week show Here's good news for you young men who graduated from high school in the class of 51 You have a chance to join the world's greatest flying team the United States Air Force Air Force enlistments have been restricted for a long time But they're open again now and many of you bright young Americans will find a good job in the Air Force Here are the facts you'll take an aptitude test so the Air Force can find out what kind of job you're best fitted to do Whether it's in radio radar Mechanics meteorology or many other fields you'll get wonderful training Perhaps you'll attend a technical school and continue your education and because our Air Force is growing so fast There are plenty of chances to get ahead the sky's the limit So don't worry about what you'll do now that you finished high school You'll find the answer to that all important question at your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station This has been another program on proudly we hail presented in cooperation with this station by the United States Army and the United States Air Force recruiting service proudly we hail stars Lee Tracy Port of call Jakarta was written by DeWitt Cup the music was composed and conducted by John Guarneri This program was produced under the supervision of Charles and Rogers productions and directed by Charles Wilkes This is Kenneth Banghart speaking and here again as your host and star Lee Tracy join us next week over the same station for proudly We hail won't you our players entitled nightmare, and it's a tale of suspense a story of a frightened man Facing a frightening decision until then Goodbye