 proudly we hail now 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 fenneth banghart and hello everyone welcome again to proudly we hail our play is called by day and by night and it's a story of six frightened people in a long distance manhunt and believe me it'll keep you guessing right up to the final curtain after ken's important message we'll be ready to begin the first act the united states army needs volunteers now young men and young women are needed for all types of jobs help keep your country strong and list for active duty right away get full details from your nearest united army and united states air force recruiting station be a volunteer today and now with your star lee tracy in the role of mac your army and your air force present the proudly we hail production of by day and by night it's a continuous conflict that goes on by day and by night fought on all planes of life its engagements are countless its victories and defeats immeasurable every man and woman contributes in some way to one side or the other and often to both this is the ageless war between good and evil will you stop trying to sound like a herd of elk i'll shoot the lock off the door and you follow me through be ready for anything now let's go follow me follow me come on looks like he gave us a slip lieutenant sure does what does he do disappear into thin air no not quite here it is he used his sheets and his blankets for a rope went out this window just long enough to reach that balcony down there yeah but how did he know we would stop asking stupid questions that i can't answer you two stay here and go over this room i'll have a couple experts turn around to help you find anything anything at all looks like it might help us call me at headquarters okay lieutenant don't feel too bad we almost caught him huh hot news or thrill captain shea blasted mac okay blasted then what i don't know just don't know three months of work shot can you tell me how he found out nope i can't tell you captain that's enough to drive you by me he's taken the lives of six innocent people maybe more six that we're sure of and we don't even know what he looks like or whether he's even uh he look don't make it any worse i'm ready to turn in my badge as it is that makes two of us we're not dumb mac we've been in this game a long time but this baby has made us look like a bunch of monkeys goes deeper in that i can admire brains even in a criminal but this charmer comes as close to the word fiend as i ever want to get why don't you sit down oh because i need exercise but have a cigarette here to quiet your nerves i've given him up what for to quiet my nerves well i guess the only thing to do is to pick it up from the room and go on from there if there's anything to pick up all there'll be something this time is bound to be we nearly got him and that means he wouldn't have had time to destroy every trace that's what i keep telling myself that's what i've been telling myself somewhere there's a he or she a fat person a tall person a short person a thin person someone with dark or light hair who's either right or left-handed who's getting the best of ed shape yeah you're right we'll never get him feeling sorry for ourselves now let's go over everything we got right from the beginning whatever the boys find in that room we can captain shape yeah that's all right let's have it s s dolphin sailing when freighter passenger all right car good work find anything else call right goodbye i think you need an ocean trip you're looking tired let's have it they found a newspaper in the waste basket the name s s dolphin was circled with a pencil under the shipping news when did she sail and for where she sails in two hours for the Mediterranean she's a freighter and they carry about 50 passengers could be a false lead could be but we're not going to take that chance could also be our first real break i'll take care of your passage and all the details you go on home and pack a bag buy yourself some seasick pills and then get on down to pier 13 on the east side i'll meet you there 50 passengers that cuts the odds out of the millions class anyway well i'll see you at the pier sweetheart don't forget to bring a bottle of champagne this is one voyage that'll need a launching i'll hear your papers passport first thing you better do is see the captain you should be able to help you he'll get a big boot out on no one he may be carrying a cold blooded killer so would i if i don't want to be sure of it you'd better get on board if anything breaks here i'll send you a radiogram if anything breaks on that ship i'll send up a red rocket i don't have to tell you to go carefully just remember up until now this devil whoever he is has been smarter than all of us put together because he may have slipped and narrowed himself down to the number of passengers in this cruise doesn't mean he's hooked by a darn sight may i go now sir all right you dope now you take care of yourself and don't make yourself famous by being number seven on his list and that's the story captain cold makes quite a lively tale now what do you want me to do well first i'd like a list of all your passengers we should be able to narrow the field down from that then then we'll try and narrow it some more how why not let me worry about that i'll worry about it too if you don't mind this happens to be my ship okay it's simple enough if there are not too many suspects i'll get to know them before we touch your first port now what do you say we have a look at that list please send this wire to captain michael shea here's the address uh check authenticity of following passenger lists mr and mrs robert adam well we've narrowed it down captain narrowed it a lot 40 from 52 leaves 12 how are you coming lieutenant i don't know who these nine people are or why they're traveling under the names they're using or whether they're honest or not but i do know they don't fit the bill either but that cuts it down to three now would you mind telling me just how you'll reach this conclusion sure these nine just don't fit what we know i thought you said you had practically nothing to go on we didn't but that room we nearly trapped him in turned out to be quite a gold mine captain shea sent me this about an hour ago see the devil is a male between 30 and 40 weight approximately 185 dark hair but but how can this be known if you've never seen him a police work isn't always running up a dark alley with a gun in your hand captain anybody who lives in a room can't help but leave evidence that science can develop into facts a microscope and be more important in this work than all the Sherlock Holmes is in the world what about fingerprints he left none as i said he's smart he must have worn gloves the entire time he was there anyway you can see these nine don't fit what we know now what are you going to do about the other three take them into custody not unless we have to it's possible and all three of them are innocent it's sure two of more we're still six days from Casablanca i wanted to arrange that these three be put at the same table put a couple of women there too well yeah i'll make the six of that group it's high time i get over my seasickness and join the party ladies and gentlemen this is mr kenyon mr kenyon this is mr strong this is fellows mr rickard mr lowen and mr trowel uh touch of mild amer r mr kenyon i'm afraid so i seems to be pretty well over it by now it can't be much fun no no fun at all mr kenyon it's all in your mind have you ever been seasick madam i have not sir i'm not one for formality my name is carol everybody calls me mac little Arthur that's me how chummy mr trout that's me what's the matter trout sore because they moved you away from that blonde i can't understand why they moved us i don't like it at all maybe mac here has a couple of ideas on that me well why me this is the first meal i've had since we left what difference does it make food is the same at every table mr trout yeah i know it's the company that bothers me certainly is a foggy night want to go in oh no i love it it's so exciting this is the first time i've ever been on a big boat pleasure cruise i guess you could call it that i'm going to visit my brother and his wife in alexandria he works there where are you going the standball are you because sometimes maybe you'd better go get a coat you don't want to catch cold i guess i'd better but don't go away i'll be right back ah mr kenyon a nasty night hello there uh author isn't it that's right mac i'm a man who speaks plain mac something mighty fishy with our friend mr trout not very friendly is it all goes further than that i don't know what your business is mac but uh you're in cabin 24c aren't you that's right why no any good reason why i should see trout coming out of it coming out of it what do you mean why locked it before i came on deck ah maybe you did i saw him coming out of your cabin just as clearly as i see you standing here who's that happened i i fell down i don't understand well don't let her worry you're pretty ahead i do no hi there yeah caroline sit here thank you what happened to you mac you look all my stuff oh i'm the clumsy type i took a header i tripped over something on a deck a deck can be a dangerous place on a foggy night what do you have that looks good yeah i'll make it too i'll get him did you check that little matter mac i did everything seems to be as it should you must have made a mistake it's kind of dark down there he probably has the next cabin what are you two talking about well with you oh well we men must have our secrets you know i think you're awful uh-oh oh there's the gay mr trout oh he certainly looks mean i wonder what he did to his hand why what's the matter with it oh i think he has a bandage on it what he turns around maybe he fell too what's your business mac exporting what about you oh i'm just a guy who likes to travel what do you do art salesman sell heavy farm equipment all very respectable i wonder what pal trout does for a living well he looks like he specializes in hatchet murders hey wait a minute what that sounds like another ship sure it does maybe we'd better get out down let me help you up we've hit something that's putting it mildly we better get to our boat station fast be tracy starring in the role of mac in the proudly we hail production of by day and by night will return for the second act in just a moment here's a message for the young men of our country you're needed now in the united states army join a real american team there are excellent opportunities for good men in the airborne armor artillery engineers and infantry in a large number of fields essential to successful army operations if you have an aptitude for technical training go to you in just a moment and united states air force recruiting station have a talk with the recruiting sergeant and learn all the facts and list in the united states army today you are listening to proudly we hail and now with your star lee tracy in the role of mac your army and your air force present the second act of by day and by night it's disgraceful absolutely disgraceful at my age sitting in a leaky rowboat out in the middle of the atlantic ocean that captain should be fired fired take it easy mrs fellows we'll be picked up soon don't worry not before i catch my death of cold i wonder what it was we hit it was another boat don't you remember hearing it's horn sure i was just wondering will you please shut up i want to sleep well now isn't that a shame mr trout wants to sleep folks let's all of us be real nice and quiet sit down trout i said sit down now stay there real rough ain't you lost at sea with a gang of rowdies that's what i am riker you get up in the bow of the boat see how far apart you two guys can stay from one another look who's given orders someone's got two and my care seems to know what he's doing i don't take orders from anybody i think you're all being silly we may be in this boat for some time we might just as well try and get along together we should have some kind of organization my dear you can't expect organization with ruffians well we got to give it the old school try mrs fellas if you'd like to vote on who's going to be in charged all right with me but one of us has got to take over food will have to be rationed we should try to make a sea anchor regular authority ain't you of course i suppose that's to be expected what about it riker you want to take a vote i said that's to be expected all right junior get it off your chest what's the punchline copper you don't say well whatever so i'm a cop although i'd like to know just how you found out brother trout can't a cop take a vacation but but you said you said export but said anything else you'd have imagined all sorts of things indeed we would imagination can play all sorts of tricks on you well i don't take orders from a copper no matter what he's doing if you're an officer of the law i demand that you arrest them all we'll call this back here the jail a new law of biden folks stay up in that part of the boat and we criminals'll stay back here with the water and the grub i think you're being very childish mr trout new to riker a man's profession isn't going to make any difference out here i say that mac here should take over i second that i thoroughly agree well i don't agree i'll sit here and mind my own business and you can dull out the food and water as you like but i don't take orders from anybody here you characters forget one thing the guy with the power is the guy that runs the show and i got the power well upon my soul put away that gun trout don't try and give me orders copper just sit right where you are all of you all my life ever since i could remember it's guys like you that have been making it rough for guys like me i finally get on a boat and i figure i'm gonna go someplace where they never heard of the word copper and what do i find i find you've got to follow me you can't leave me alone you gotta hound me gotta watch me like i was an animal well you're all through watching me copper and everybody else okay riker i got him now listen you one more peep out of you and you'll spend the rest of this voyage with your hands and feet tied well you get me maybe that'll keep him quiet for a while thanks riker i owe you my life it's a laugh whoever have thought that i'd go out of my way to save a copper barbarians that's what you all are but exciting isn't it it's bad enough being shipwrecked but to find yourself in a boat with a uh killer oh well he didn't is that what he is matt i wouldn't know art yet can't you sleep no not very well i guess i'm too tired do you think they'll pick us up tomorrow the fog lifts our chances will be much better those men they they don't like you now that they know you're a policeman everybody loves the cop he would have killed you he's vicious he frightens me he won't do much now that he's lost his gun what are you really on a vacation or are you after somebody oh i guess there's no convincing anybody try to sleep oh another day no luck i think it's outrageous what i wouldn't give for a good drink of water we'll rot out here they'll never find this there's only a little water left i know it keep it keep it in in the locker behind you i don't like the way trout sacking really in all my days i've never had to put up with anything like this never shut up you old goat why if i were a man i'd thrash you and save your breath mrs fellows the fog it's breaking up the sun can drive you mad so many things can drive you mad this is positively the last time i'll set foot on a boat as long as i live you can say that again lady oh water can't take it kills over before the women why don't we let him swim for a while do him good shut up we'll let you swim for a while do pageant i've had enough of your oh what do you mean i know don't worry i know i can't you can't can't hide now no no place to hide can't go out the window what is he babbling about i don't just shut up and listen you might learn something learn something ah mac mac lie down try to rest take your hand off got something to say couldn't say it before man in this boat butchered six innocent people not gonna do it anymore didn't know who he was smart too smart now i the captain to hold back he was on a vacation look listen that sounds like there is travel by air he's seen us stop making a habit of saving your life what's his beef he he's the character he's the character i was raving about this afternoon how did you know i didn't i just figured i might be able to force his hand it worked he just tried to finish me six you said boy you you'd never think of to look at him no that had a lot to do with it again i think we'd better tie him up just to be sure never prove anything on me i've made monkeys of you before and i'll do it again don't bet on it rover boy and lie still or i'll bet you with this oar you lousy copper you know already i never was cut out for this business i don't like to hunt people for breaking the law but you're one guy i won't mind seeing done away with in fact i like the idea so much i might even save the state the trouble and expense of hanging you i might let you swim home can't do that mac don't worry i won't maybe if i was riker here or trout i'd do worse than that but i'm a copper remember i can't break the law either i've never been through such a nightmare in all my days i shall report all of you all of you to the governor won't won't you please tell me what this is all about sure kid as soon as we can sit down somewhere with a stake in a barrel of water moment with a word about next week's show here's a message to young men and young women we americans know as defenders of freedom that we must stand firmly for our rights and our principles and be prepared to fight for them during these critical times the united states army has been expanding that expansion must continue and your help is needed it's needed right now and you yourself can get ahead in the army because there are many opportunities for advancement if you have initiative courage and leadership ability so visit the united states army and united states air force recruiting station in your neighborhood and find out how you can help enlist in the united states army today 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 by day and by night was written by the wit cop the music was composed and conducted by john guanieri this program was produced under the supervision of charles and rogers productions and directed by charles wilks this is kenneth banghardt speaking and here again as your host and star lee tracy join us again next week over the same station for proudly we hail won't you our play is titled ghost in the house and it's an unusual story with some surprises until then goodbye