 Johnny dollar Wait a minute, would you who are you George? Don't tell me you're in your office at this. I'm godly hour It isn't even 9 a.m. Yet. I know what's the big emergency a phone call Rayburn now. Where's that? Nuclear processors. Yes, like what? Okay, baby Exciting adventures of the man with the action-pact expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar the 11th straight year camel outsold every other cigarette filter king size and regular the best tobacco Makes the best smoke so if you're smoking more now, but enjoying it less real satisfaction every time start to really enjoy Smoking out submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar the Floyd's of England North American office Hartford, Connecticut The following isn't a kind of expenses incurred during my investigation of the nuclear goof matter It's a count out of 140 cents for some coffee and a couple of soggy donuts along the way during my drive out to nuclear processors a Tall heavy-wire fence surrounded the group of squat windowless buildings partially hidden by the huge oak and fir trees of piney woods At a sort of glorified sentry box beside the gate stood not one, but three armed guards One of them was chewing out the other two But he snapped long enough to look over my credentials make a phone call from inside the sentry box then open the gate for me He directed me to a big steel door in the otherwise unbroken face of one of the nearby buildings There after I parked my car another guard took me inside He led me through a perfect maze and long narrow corridors with heavy wooden doors at the sides all of them closed From somewhere in the building came the almost ominous hum of machinery big powerful machinery Or maybe I felt it rather than actually heard it Finally we came to a door with a single name Raven on it. Dr. Raven only how do you stand it in here doctor? I beg your pardon. Oh compared to this place the city morgue is real cheerful I'm afraid these buildings will put here not for decoration, but to carry on the very important scientific work We have undertaken. Yeah, something to do with rocketry. I understand Partially and does that mean space probes a lunar shots atomic missiles and so on? There's something of the sort Now the time is of the very essence mr. Dollar. I take it mr. Reader Floyd's of England was somewhat vague about why I asked for you That's the understatement of the week, but he told me something's been stolen. Yes a small a minutely small quantity of Highly radioactive substance that is vital to a new concept in cyclotrons. That is to say atom smashing Something like your radium or your radium or strontium or yes, yes something like one of those elements the point is That outside of the protective paramagnetic field in which we keep it here It can become dangerous Terribly dangerous within a matter of hours. Oh, how dangerous the tiny amount in the container that was stolen That container made of lead is no larger than this book by the way Well dollar although its chain reaction is limited there's enough in that container to wipe out a small city What you said within a matter of hours, the chain reaction could begin in anywhere from four to six hours from the time it left here Depending on temperature and whatever shocks and vibration to which it might be subjected and unless it's found brought back here exact That is why I was afraid to wait for the men to get up here from Washington What you have told them about this I've told them everything they promised to have men up here immediately You know exactly when the stuff was stolen. It's now 934. Yeah Dr. Rollin off left here with this This material at exactly 746 rolling off dr. Ego Rollin off the man who stole it from us But if you know if only he knew the potential the terrible potential destructive power of this thing He's carrying about with him You must find him mr. Dollar. It must be returned to us Before it's too late Hollywood star Mona Freeman who feels like acting with a miserable cold I relieve cold distress the fast way with four-way cold tablets Yes, test of all the leading cold tablets proved four way fastest acting Amazing four-way starts in minutes to relieve muscular pains and headache reduce fever calm ups its stomach also Overcomes irregularity when a cold strikes do what I do take four-way cold tablets It's the fast way to relieve nasty cold distress and feel better quickly four-way only 29 cents now Here's a word about another fine product of Grove laboratories Does dandruff know your hair leave scalp itchy yet? 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He nevertheless must have realized it would be of of importance to Shall we say to a foreign government? Rollin off you see because of pressure from Washington on the project to which I had assigned him Well, I had employed him I alone am responsible for bringing him here before obtaining a final security clearance on him Oh, then I guess you're in real trouble if you can find him If you can return that leaden container with that deadly material in it And you have no idea where he might have gone when he took off from here We we have only his address and a list of the names of some of his friends here in heart now Let me have him. Yes, of course. I'll have my secretary get them for you right away I don't know who your contacts and Washington are but have you notified the FBI of this not yet after all Then do it right away call the New York office if nothing else They'll at least be able to tell you if this running off is a spy. I'm afraid he can be nothing else If only the guards had questioned his leaving so soon after he got here If only you hadn't hired him in the first place without getting a proper clearance on him His recommendations were excellent his references. I got no negative all that's basic doctor You're in trouble whether we find him or not I know say nothing of what'll happen of heat or vibration or something triggers off that chain reaction You were talking about or even just the passage of time. I know give me those names and addresses And more important this mr. Dollar. Oh, what's this a detector a sort of adaptation of the Geiger counter in very compact form it reacts only to Do this mysterious that was stolen then if I get near him and he has the stuff with it will make a clicking sound like a Geiger counter this tiny needle will move and indicate the degree of radioactivity. All right good provided of course this switches on I see But be very gentle. Oh It's extremely delicate like a fine watch. So be very careful very gentle with it. Okay doctor I'll take care of it. Now get me that list of names and addresses Expensive gun item 2 420 for a tank full of gas and I really stepped on it getting back to town The delicate little instrument on the seat of the car beside me Simple looking device a tiny metal box with a switch on the front a dial on the face of it with a needle pointing at zero Even when I turned on the switch Even the radium on the dial of my wrist watch got no response from it I decided to go first to run an offset dress where the other side of town south of Colt Park Then it suddenly occurred to me that in all the rush I'd failed to get a description of the man I was looking for or even a photograph of him Oh sure with a name like Rollin off on a scientist It wouldn't be too hard to picture him mentally in a in a general sort of way And if there was a landlord or landlady at the place he lived even a neighbor I could get all the description of might need Nonetheless within a few blocks of the place I decided to stop somewhere and telephone dr. Raver You know something That decision got me nothing but trouble and delay the next quarter was a drugstore. I knew there'd be a phone booth I watched a bus pull away from the corner then drove into park Not saying the young fellow who just stepped off the bus until it was too late Good lord. I killed him Please listen look it was an accident now look he'll be okay. Come on. Help me somebody will you please pick up his bag? There and I'll get into a hospital help you here. I'll help you mister Please open the door for me for sure And here's his briefcase cross it in back sure Now when the police come tell them I've taken him over to general hospital, please A nice-looking young blonde fellow I'd struck down was still unconscious when I got him to the hospital But apparently had no broken bones or internal injuries I showed my credentials told him to notify the police of what had happened that I'd be available whenever they wanted to question me I told them to give him the best possible cure that I'd foot the bill Then I went back to my car and took off again cursing the delay that my own Carelessness had brought about because I knew the terrible danger to wherever a running off might be because of the deadly package He was carrying because of the And I thought Where the shock and impact of my sudden stop had knocked it to the floor when I'd struck the young blonde fellow The delicate device that could have been the one the only way of detecting that radioactive material my one sure way of spotting It was ticking merrily away switch on or off it didn't make any difference ticking away broken Not only you will continue with the third act of yours truly Johnny dollar in exactly one minute Constipation can be a problem for anyone even doctors and when constipation occurs It's interesting to see just what doctors consider important about a laxative. They might use or recommend Well, a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to say a laxative should be effective gentle as Close to natural acting as possible and a medicine that can be used with complete confidence Now x-lax has been popular with many doctors and millions of people over the years because chocolate at x-lax is Effective overnight it helps you toward your normal regularity X-lax is gentle next morning. It gives you the closest thing to natural action And that's why many doctors and millions of people use x-lax with complete confidence x-lax the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight is x-lax in your medicine cabinet and now act three of yours truly Johnny dollar and the nuclear goof matter Driving fast, but a lot more carefully. I went to Rallinoff's address On a nondescript sort of side street. It turned out to be a rather cheap-looking rooming house Hardly the kind of place you'd expect to be the residents of an important scientist But it was the address dr. Raven had given me if I could find there some clue as to where he was very gone Dory listen ma'am you mr. Parker the man that telephone No, listen dr. Rallinoff's room room. Oh, he's got three of them regular apartment. Yeah, where only you won't find him there Not him anyway where I said please come on come on. Well, it's up on the third floor Okay, I didn't get the key from her. I'll there's no time for that now Shades and grapes were tightly drawn the room was dark. I felt my way along the side of the wall looking for a light switch And gave up and headed over toward one of the windows. I never got there You're not Parker. I thought not You weren't running off either Okay, then buddy. Let's have some lighting here and see who you are You're one of his pals come here to You certainly look like Card case Having a time to explain just get me some water in a town or wash pot, please go ahead Hey, you listen here. Will you please do as I tell you now go ahead Johnny? Come here Johnny Look, I'm sorry. Oh, man. I had no idea was you that you'd be coming up here Johnny where can you hear me Johnny? Yeah, Stacey Stacey ring where that's right Johnny look, I'm sorry if me I know Johnny I'm a nucleonic investigation department And then it's you I got to think for this. Yeah, yeah, Johnny. I'm sorry as a devil. I had no way of knowing it All right All right, now listen to me Johnny. Yeah, listen You're working on that stuff that was stolen from nuclear processing. Yeah, Harry Parker and I came up from Washington I came in by jet now listen Rallon off must have thought he had plenty of time that they wouldn't miss that stuff until tomorrow when they plan to work on it Well rather than arouse suspicion by galloping out of town. He was taking his time But we got here in a big hurry. All right I hold up here in his rooms and Parker was checking on how he'd get over here from that plant in case he came back here Listening to this thing go ahead man. He was there in the drugstore at the bus stop He was about to close in on Rallon off when you ran him down When I what you ran him down Johnny Rallon off with your car That young good-looking blonde guy. Yes. That was Rallon off that was Rallon off and Stace Parker couldn't get through to him with that crowd around him He didn't have time He just saw you pile him into your car and take off and I not knowing who he was Thanks to a couple of traffic cops where you tore through some red lights. He traced you to the hospital You'd left but he put the cuffs on Rallon off You didn't know who we were. Oh, I was kicking myself for my goof Well, baby, that's the greatest goof you ever pulled When I wait stays down the radio active material that we haven't got yet or any sign of it then somebody somebody in that mob That's right Johnny, but don't you see unless we can find that stuff? I know I know and there is much time Come on Stace. The only thing we can do is start to search for it there at the bus stop Johnny unless we can locate every one of the people who were there and Parker said there was a big crowd by the time he got out of that drug Hey, where'd you get this? Oh Detector for radio I guess I know where'd you get it back to Rayburn gave it to me I think having the darn thing has run down now. It's what I fell off the seat. I must have got busted. What do you mean? It was clicking like mad even with a switch off buster Busted or not Johnny, there's only one thing in the world that could have made it operate Don't you see until it ran down the tiny battery that was sure of that? Of course. I am Where was it when when you heard it make the clicky? Johnny funny. What's the matter? Good Lord? Yeah, come on. Look behind the seat Briefcase of yours by Stace the man who helped me put him in the car. I think it weighs a ton gently Stace What not mine? Rollin offs Let's wait the lead container with the stuff in it And your goof really paid off. Oh Yeah, what time is it? 1138 39 would go off in four to six hours after 746 this morning That means we have exactly seven minutes Johnny can we Make it back to the planet time Unless some sudden change in temperature some shock of vibration sets it off I'll drive as fast as I dare Hold it gently Stace. Yeah, and maybe you'd better pray a little By some miracle we made it But only seconds before that tiny mass of nuclear destruction was due to become critical Yeah, we made it with the skin of our teeth But after all what more could you ask? Expensive on total oh So what I needed a tank full of gas anyway yours truly Johnny dollar Our star has a word or two for you about next week show. Thank you, Daniel. You're a good man. Well, thank you Johnny I'm gonna miss you Next week. Well, let's face it the case. I have to work on has more twists and turns and angles than anything You can imagine It's called the merry-go-round matter and believe me the name fits It all starts out with a loss of a valuable object of art, but from the collection of the wildest most Unpredictable old character I've ever known what's more he has a friend along another character just to complicate matters And I'll tell you this you'll get more than one check a lot of the whole affair. So join us. Won't you yours truly? Johnny doubting Bob Bailey originates in Hollywood and is written produced and directed by Jack Johnstown Herd and our cast were Virginia Greg G. Stanley Jones Bartlett Robinson Sam Edwards and Stacey Harris Be sure to join us next week same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar Damn cover Lee speaking the CVS radio network Talk about service. Do you know about control tower service come to orange motors? 799 Central Avenue and see the most efficient automobile service department in eastern, New York 44 years of experience get quality work and get it fast at orange motors 799 Central Avenue Aldenay 59 WROW serving Albany Troy and Schenectady