 the signal oil program yes the signal oil program the whistler is your signal for the signal oil program the whistler I am the whistler and I know many things for I walk by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak yes friends it's time for the signal oil program the whistler rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other west coast program in radio history and signal gasoline is tops two tops in quality it takes extra quality you know to give you extra mileage and signal is the famous go farther gasoline so look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies independently operated signal stations from Canada to Mexico and now the whistler strange story a mask for Kinsella Jim Kinsella couldn't seem to fix the beginning in his mind if there was a beginning it was all too confused like impressions out of a dream patches of thought and action bouncing back at him the excitement the shouted warning and then the explosion that brought the small chemical laboratory and sent the world crashing down on him they were dim at first the voices very faint but growing stronger growing stronger and coming closer all the time is he coming around doctor yes you'll be all right I still do not understand how the laboratory blew up that way gradually through it all something was coming back clearing in his mind it had to do with his friend Ted Ted Brewster the laboratory deep in the Mexican wilderness where the two of them worked yes Jim can sell a remembered now how he gone back again into the lab after Ted who shouldn't have been there at all that night how he had risked the flames as Ted shouted hopelessly for help this is Jim Ted where are you easy easy my boy don't try to talk doctor what's he trying to say oh what happened now it's it's all right you're perfectly safe where am I they brought you here to the hospital yesterday after the accident out at your laboratory yesterday dr. Bowman he's been doing everything for you that's right my boy try to get to sleep for a while quiet now I don't seem to remember exactly what happened of course the bad shock it'll be a while before you recover fully your memory will be hazy for some time these renditions I can't see no no you it better get some sleep before too long we'll remove these bandages he would sort of a job I've done yeah job on your face it was a bit cut up but don't worry I've taken care of it just get some rest now you can't sleep can you Jim thinking about Ted without asking you know that Ted Brewster is dead you remember now finding him in the wreckage of the laboratory it's all you can think about in the days that follow that and how fortunate you are to be alive then the day finally comes when dr. Bowman decides it's time to remove your bandages all right we shall see a we will cut the bandagesness yes doctor yeah help me unwind this that's it gently it's like coming up for air doctor a new life and certain you will be pleased with what we've done I'm alive that's enough for me good that's the way to feel about it oh no just cut this adhesive here yes that's it that's it and look don't I get a look to get me that mirror in us here you are thank you now that'll be all for now you may go in this yes well doctor well there are some scars but I'm sure we can take care of them later for just so I got a face doctor you haven't a very good in my boy here mirror see for yourself thanks I don't worry about those scars I want you about them but they'll clear that oh no no it isn't what is it what's the matter mr. Brewster mr. Brewster he's calling you mr. Brewster isn't he Jim yes because that's who we think you are the realization races through your mind he's made a mistake Jim a terrible mistake and you're certain you know how it happened in accomplishing his plastic surgery on your face he must have worked from photographs of your friend Ted Brewster who was killed in the explosion and the doctor's result is a well-fashioned replica of Ted's face mr. Brewster have you forgotten what you look like no no dr. Baum and what is wrong he's asking you what's wrong Jim the man who's given you a new identity a new face and suddenly something makes you decide that it isn't wrong after all it might be the kind of thing you've been waiting for all your life yes suddenly the thought hits you with his explanation that there might be blank spots in your memory your mind might fog out on occasion it could make it simple couldn't it simple to pass yourself off as the wealthy Ted Brewster mr. Brewster you have answered me you sit remember what you look like don't you is your mind blanking out no no doctor I I'm all right you're satisfied then mr. Brewster yes I think you've done a perfect job for me perfect with the prologue of a mask for Kinsella the signal oil company brings you another strange story by the whistler it was just two weeks ago tonight that we first announced signals new super motor fuel news signal Ethel but during these past two weeks thousands of drivers throughout the West have discovered new driving pleasure that they hadn't dreamed was in their cars for new signal Ethel is so superior so vastly improved you can actually feel the difference yes drivers are discovering that when it comes to pick up new signal Ethel puts new meaning into the word go they're discovering that out on the highway new signal Ethel puts a smoother more effortless kind of power under your throttle and when they soar up steep hills with a new signal Ethel they've discovered that pings are a thing of the past does that sound like the kind of performance you'd enjoy from your car then here's a suggestion wait until your present gasoline runs fairly low then fill up with new signal Ethel see if you don't feel a wonderful difference with signals new super motor fuel new signal Ethel it's perfect isn't a gym this thing that's happened to you the mistake dr. Barman has made he's created a mask for you a mask for Kinsella and you're sure you know just how it happened in repairing the damage to your face dr. Barman working from photographs of Ted fashioned an almost perfect replica of Ted Brewster and in a moment of terrible decision you decided to leave it that way Ted was killed in the explosion but he had money back in the States and a wealthy aunt in San Diego who hasn't seen him for years it's a gamble isn't a gym posing instead Brewster but knowing what you do of his past what he's told you you're certain as a good chance you'll get by with it the slow motor trip to the airport gives you time to think it through consider everything including Mrs. Kinsella your own wife in Mexico City but your mind is made up somehow it was from the very first and at the airport you bid dr. Barman good bye well dr. Barman it's the end of the line I I can't thank you enough end of the line don't say that my boy all this may be the beginning for you yes it may be at that doctor flight 24 for the way El Paso Amorello San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco passengers will board the plane at game number three please and that's me voice West goodbye doctor goodbye mr. Brewster Ted something in his tone Jim the way he said the name makes you wonder doesn't wonder if dr. Barman realizes he's made a mistake but you're not Ted Brewster after all you dismissed the thought long before the flight in because if he knew anything was wrong he would surely have said something at least to you yes Jim any fears or doubt you might have had are wiped away by the joyous greeting you receive at San Diego Airport from Ted Brewster's aging aunt oh Ted Ted my boy so many years and now to see you you're not disappointed and Louie no no of course not my face it isn't too pretty oh stop that talk right now do you hear it's you and you're alive and back that's all that matters to us us oh you've forgotten Aunt Louise the the doctor he said that I'd have trouble for a while my my memory he said that be occasional lapses blank spot I understand but I still have a surprise for you even if you don't remember Judy Adams Judy oh yes I always thought a lot of her Judy Judy over here dear dear Ted's just explained something you should know about he's going to have what is it Ted blank spot yeah temporary amnesia kind of hello Judy do I look all right to you you look wonderful blank spots and all Ted it's so good to have you back come on now children we're going home the three of us together the worst is over isn't it Ted you've been accepted it's a lucky thing you said you remember Judy and her attitude makes your position stronger than ever only you have to be careful always on guard like the afternoon when you're walking with her in the garden that Aunt Louise is home pleasant here isn't it Judy I always wanted a place like this I mean I've always enjoyed this garden Ted yes you don't really remember this garden do you know I I guess not well before you went away we went walking here but well that's close to 10 years ago isn't it yeah I guess it is Judy gosh Judy this this must be kind of rough on you I mean the way my mind does these flip flops remembering one day for getting the next it's all right only what nothing did nothing at all her attitude worries you doesn't you wonder if something you've done there said has made her suspicious but a few evenings later it seems to be all right well Ted how does it feel to be back in the night club again okay it's fine I've forgotten what it was like you you don't remember this place do you vaguely I'm afraid I've forgotten a lot of things Judy my mind's still pretty much a blank I know the accident must have been a terrible shock you just have to bear with me I'm afraid of course I understand I thought you were taking me to Tony's for dinner sure I was but you just drove right past it oh I'm sorry Judy I just wasn't thinking I'm in that fog again it's all right I know it's been a convenient excuse hasn't it Jim those moments all too many of them when your mind becomes clouded it helps you cover up when you make a mistake and you're certain now that Judy isn't suspicious at all everything is going well and you become more and more confident as days pass then one afternoon as you return to the house there was someone here to see you a little while ago to see me Aunt Louise what didn't leave his name Emily told him you'd be back before evening what they want didn't mention Emily said he was tall heavy set man said he looked like a shameless what she must that's what Emily called him a detective goodness I don't know where Emily picks up these strange phrases what's the matter Ted nothing at least nothing the news is more than a little disturbing isn't it Jim and you wonder if Emily and Louise's housekeeper was right thinking the man who called at the house was a detective that evening at dinner he's still on your mind isn't it you're hardly listening to Ted's aunt as she chatters on Gailey and then something she says penetrates your thought what did you say I said how long do you think you can go on trying to fool me but don't understand I knew from the moment you stepped off that plane did you knew course anybody can see you're still in love with Judy aren't you of course you are I knew somehow you'd never forget her but there's something on your mind isn't there I've noticed well yes there there is something on my mind you want to go back to Mexico don't you to build a new laboratory but you don't think it'd be right to ask you to go with you how I art something like that why don't you ask attention very much in love with you is she oh my goodness you men can't you see it does a building have to fall on you before you ma'am yes what is it Emily there's a phone call for mr. Brewster probably Judy no ma'am it's a gentleman didn't give his name I'm thinking it's the same one who was here this afternoon excuse me oh don't belong dear yes who's this an old friend Ted oh seven crescent place let us say around now look what's this all about moving six oh seven crescent place apartment three hello hello you stare at the telephone for a moment then slowly replace the receiver your hand trembling there's something about the voice a familiar ring to it but you can't place it as you walk back to the dining room you search your mind for a clue that will reveal the owner of that voice but it's no use a couple of hours after dinner is over you make excuses to Aunt Louise and hurry out of the house quarter of an hour later you arrive at six oh seven crescent place your tents and nervous as you ring the bell at apartment three hello Ted well Dr. surprised my boy come in come in sit down make yourself comfortable thanks I was about to fix myself a drink will you join me I'll take a rain check anything you say what's on your mind doctor you said it was important you won't have a drink my boy no thanks well here's to success yours and mine Jim Jim I don't follow now come come mystic in seller let us not play games you're a little confused I know I don't think so after all this was my idea Jim your idea it wasn't a mistake my giving you that face I see it was an inspiration a challenge I decided to gamble you see several years ago I lost my license due to an unfortunate mistake that's why I was in Mexico go on I knew quite a bit about you Jim you and Ted Brewster and quite a few other people it's a little hobby of mine let us say so so I was certain that you would see the opportunity I placed before you the advantages of a new face a new life money and now you want in a ride on the gravy train exactly I expect to be paid for my services suppose I refuse oh you would not be so stupid my boy I could make things so very difficult for you I could inform mr. Brewster's aunt and let me see there is a girl too cutie and Mrs. Kinsella your wife in Mexico I think she would like to know I could tell them all this was your idea and it was this I could deny I could be properly horrified by the ghastly mistake I had made my reason for coming here to the States you see after making one mistake I wanted to be certain how much do you want half half of Brewster's money oh not not all at once of course I can be quite reasonable my boy and patient let us say the first payment shall be $5,000 tomorrow night tomorrow night no wait a minute I can't get it that quickly I you will try my boy you will try very hard listen if you if you'll give me till the end of the week that is out of the question I have certain things to take care of expenses I must have the money tomorrow night I'll let us say around this same time all right all right doctor you'll get it as you leave barman's apartment the plan begins to take shape in your mind if you can stall him off for a few days long enough for you to get a few thousand dollars you can run away can't you change your name barman of police will never find you but you know that would mean leaving Judy behind and you don't want to do that no you really want to stay on here is Ted Brewster you want to keep all the money for yourself and you realize you're really in love with Judy as you drive back to the house you tell yourself there must be a way to prevent barman from ruining everything you spend a sleepless night thinking about it stays with you the following day and then that evening you sit in the car with Judy looking out over the ocean it's been a perfect evening Judy did you really mean what you said about Mexico going back with me I mean you know I did darling what time is it what a few minutes to nine why you mind if we go back now there's something I have to do tonight yes I might as well get it over as soon as possible all right darling whatever you say I'll have to take care of this little matter before we can start making any plans Judy that's something I've got to do a half hour after you've left Judy you're entering the apartment building on Crescent Street you hurry upstairs to Dr. Baumann's apartment bring the buzzer and as you wait the hand in your coat pocket closes tightly around the gun well my boy right on time I see hello doctor come in do you have something for me Jim yeah yeah I have something for you Dr. Baum but I don't think you're going to like it not one bit the Whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story you know when Mother Nature created oil she provided a mighty fine lubricant for automobile motors but doesn't it stand a reason that in this modern day and age a lubricant scientifically developed to protect motors should be even better that's why more and more drivers are switching to signal premium compounded motor oil naturally this improved type signal oil starts off with nature's finest lubricant 100% pure paraffin base but in addition signal premium oil contains scientific new compounds that do specific jobs which oil alone cannot do for instance one compound in signal premium keeps your motor clean free of carbon gum and varnish another compound in signal premium oil prevents bearing corrosion and still other compounds help in other ways to keep your motor young no wonder signal premium oil makes motors sing so for the good of your car and your pocketbook make your next oil change a change to the improved type signal oil that does so much more than just lubricate signal premium compounded motor oil it's over isn't it Jim for what seems like ours you stare at the lifeless body of dr. Bowman days by what you've done the one man who could strip the mask from your face the only man who could reveal your true identity is dead and so are you as Jim can sell you've a new life before you now is Ted Brewster with money position a wealthy aunt and Judy the girl who was promised to marry you and now with one last look at dr. Bowman confident you're in the clear you turn and start for the door and then as you open it hello what is it homicide we're looking for dr. Bowman Bowman this is his apartment I'm sorry he isn't in always and then well it's too bad we wanted to talk to him about an explosion what yeah and a chemical laboratory I know the doctor quite well could could I help you can't you tell me what it's all about the Mexican police ask us to check it for them few days back a woman confessed that she persuaded Bowman to do a nasty little job for a couple of months ago a woman woman's girlfriend seems she was tired of her husband wanted him out of the way so she could marry Bowman and last week Bowman ran out on her she got sore and tipped off the police tipped off police yeah to the explosion and that Bowman was responsible for it I guess she was just like a lot of other scorned women apparently Mrs. Consola and the Consola that's right Bowman's girlfriend Mrs. Jim Consola now look friend we're coming in no I told you Bowman wasn't in we know he is we saw him come in now come on out of the way we want to murder and we're going to get him yeah yeah I guess you are let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each Sunday night at the same time brought to you by the signal oil company marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories signal has asked me to remind you to get the most driving pleasure drive at sensible speeds be courteous and obey traffic regulations it may save a life possibly your own tonight story where Jeff Chandler Francis Robinson and Paul McVeigh the whistler was produced and directed by George W. Allen based on a story by Richard Creedon with music by Wilbur hatch and was transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service the whistler is entirely fictional and all characters portrayed on the whistler are also fictional any similarity of names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental remember at the same time next Sunday another strange tale by the whistler Marvin Miller speaking it's a CBS the Columbia broadcasting system