 Johnny Duller, hi Mr. Duller, hi yourself, who's that? You know Jimmy. Jimmy? East North what? But now you haven't told me Jimmy who. Artist? East North Weldon, Massachusetts. Yes sir. Well, what are you calling about Jimmy? I... Can you? What kind? The exciting adventures of the man with the action-pact expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. George Turley, Johnny Duller. The station to which you're listening right now is an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. That fact makes several important differences in the kind of radio service you receive whenever your dial is set here. Take the matter of news. Over this station you hear frequent reports gathered by the foremost broadcast news organization CBS News. Reports supplemented by the prospective commentary of such distinguished newsmen as Edward Armiro, Lowell Thomas and Eric Seberide. In addition of course, this station provides you with late local news. 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It was little Jimmy Carter who'd really solved the case for me by drawing some hair and a beard and a poster. A poster of the ball-headed, clean-shaven mayor had shown him up as he looked before as the criminal. Sure, I remember Jimmy Carter. The charge is Jimmy, operator. On item 110 cents, phone call to the auto club for some raw information. Item two another dime for a call to Pat McCracken at Universal Adjustment Bureau. It was pretty early in the morning, but fortunately he was in his office. Hey, Pat, listen. I'm driving up to Massachusetts as fast as I can. Well, good for you. Listen, will you? Andrew Parkinson. Get that? Well, he died a few... well, that is... He died and well, it was supposed to be an accident, but I... I don't know how he's dead. I want to know who his insurance company is. You're a clearinghouse for that sort of information. That's right. Well, would you see if they have a representative or an office of an East North Weldon mass? That's right. It's just east of North Weldon. Oh, no. You know, up north of Fitchburg. That place I have heard of. Well, somebody in that company called it accidental. But listen, I have a reason to think it wasn't. What? So if I can contact whoever it is up there and listen, Pat, there may be a kid's life at stake. Johnny, Johnny, this is about as confusing as anything. Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. Just get me the name of the company that ensured the life of Andrew Parkinson. Well, whatever you say. Good. But it may take a couple of hours. Okay, just get it for me. I'll call you when I get up there. Item three, four dollars even for a tank full of gas. By the time I got to Fitchburg, it was a little afternoon, thanks to a slight argument with a highway police when we're on the way. I made another phone call. Item four, 55 cents. Pat McCracken. Did you find out that insurance company for me? Uh, Johnny? That's right. Ah, yes, yes. It's one of the smaller outfits. Johnny does a lot of rural business. Amalgamated life association. Okay, thanks. Policy on Andrew Parkinson is issued by their local representative, Mr. Waldo Bottomley. There in East North Weldon? That's right. Good. The company's report on Parkinson says that his death was accidental. It's already been reported? Mm-hmm. Well, when did he die, Pat? Day before yesterday. And it claims to have been filed? Yes. With a double indemnity clause. Wait a minute. Who's the beneficiary? Uh, Tom. Okay, thanks a lot. No, no, no, no, wait a minute, Johnny. Tell me what the... Well, there's nothing. I tell you, kids' life may be in danger. Well, what does a kid have to do? Sorry, Pat. I got to hit the road. When I finally pull up in front of the combination drug store in Mercantile at the one business corner in the village of East North Weldon. One of the local citizenry, looking slightly under the weather, sat on the riggedy porch of the store, hacking away at a stick of wood with an old pocket knife. Howdy. Hiya. You, uh, have a little drink about yourself? No, but listen, where's the little boy who usually sells newspapers around here? Eh? His name is Jimmy Carter. Yeah, that's right, sir. Jimmy Carter. Well, have you seen him? Do you know where he is? Seen him this morning. But he's not around here now. Nope. Do you know where he can find him? Nope. Do you know where he lives? Where his home is? Yeah. Well, where? Up the street. Oh, sure. What street? Spruce. North Spruce. And the number? 18. Okay, thanks. Listen, my name is Johnny Dollar. If you see him, please tell him I'm looking for him. Johnny Dollar, eh? Yeah. You, uh, got the price of a drink on you? Some of the time. Just be sure and tell him. Yeah. Right. My name is Johnny Dollar. Mr. Dollar, where is he? What have you done with him? What? He said he had to talk to him. Oh, well, he did. That is, he called me on the phone. He's been just sitting around the house like he was sick or something all day yesterday. And he talked and turned all night in his sleep. Mrs. Trader. And this morning he jumped up from his breakfast. Only he wasn't eating any of it. And he said he had to see you. He had to talk to you. He said he'd be right back. All right, now listen. But that was early this morning. So when he didn't come back, I went to the school, but he wasn't there. So I went down to the corner where he picks up his papers every noon from the bus. But he hadn't been there. You're sure? The papers, the bundles of papers, they were all still there. Now listen, Mr. Trader. And he hasn't come back here. Something's happened to him, Mr. Dollar. Something's happened to Jimmy. Hey, Johnny Dollar, in a moment. Coming up to 10 gallons, Mr. Johns. The checkerall filter and air filter might pay you $1,000. How's that? Well, haven't you heard about Fram's big silver treasure hunt? Oh, yes. Heard something about it over my car radio this morning. What's it all about? Well, a regular filter check is so important that Fram Corporation is paying $60,000 to get car owners to check their filters now. $60,000 in cash? Yeah, this is Fram's silver anniversary. Last year, a 10,000 secretly numbered Fram filters were distributed all over the United States and installed in cars during regular servicing. You may have one in your car and not even know it. A Fram filter cartridge worth $1,000 silver dollars. And if you do, I get $1,000, too. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's check those filters now. Hurry, folks. You could win up to $1,000 in cash. Join the big Fram treasure hunt. Check your car filters now. And now, act two of yours truly, Johnny Dollar and the Jimmy Carter Matter. The cute little kid who'd helped me solve an embezzlement case up in the small New England town with the unlikely name of East North Weldon would call me on the phone to report a murder. But when I got there, Jimmy was gone, disappeared. Jimmy said he was going to talk to you, Mr. Dollar. But that was early this morning, and he hasn't come back. What did you do with him, Mr. Dollar? Where is he? Well, I... I haven't seen him, Mrs. Carter. But he said... Well, he telephoned to me down in Hartford to ask me to come up here and see him because he... Well, he asked me to come up and see him. He idolized you, Mr. Dollar, ever since you were up here last fall. And when he said he had to talk to you, I thought you were already in town again. But I wonder what he was so anxious to see you about. Oh, well... And he's been acting very strangely the last day or two. Ever since poor old Mr. Parkinson fell off the bridge and was killed the other night. How well did he know this man, Parkinson? Well, as he knew everybody in town, Mr... You don't think his disappearance this way could have anything to do with Mr. Parkinson being killed? Oh, well... How? How could it? I'm sure I don't know. And doesn't everybody say Mr. Parkinson's death was an accident? Yes. Yes, they do still... Oh, now stop worrying, Mrs. Carney. Jimmy will show up. If he doesn't, I'll find him for you. Oh, dear... Sure. Jimmy's okay. He'd better be. Jimmy had said he was calling me from a booth at the drugstore. As I drove back to it, I noticed the name of the proprietor on the sign of the fly-spect window. Waldo Bottomley. The man who Pat had said was local representative for the insurance company. There you are, Mrs. Adderberry. You're going to take one of these every two hours. By tomorrow, you'll be all right again. Yes, sir? Mr. Bottomley? Yes, sir. My name is Johnny Dollar. I'm an insurance investigator. I've heard of you, sir. All right, good. Now, look... But if you're here in connection with the death of Mr. Parkinson... Yeah. Well, in addition to representing amalgamated life association and the claim on Mr. Parkinson's insurance has already been sent down to Hartford... I know that. Well, I'm also the coroner here abouts. Then it was you who pronounced his death as accidental? Yep. After Dr. Herbert examined the body for me. All right. Now, listen to me. Mr. Parkinson was an old man, Mr. Dollar. Had trouble with his feet. Eye sight wasn't so good either. Mr. Bottomley? So when he tripped against that old railing on the bridge the other night and the railing gave way and he fell to the rocks... Did anybody you know of actually see him tripping for? Well... No, sir. Well, I think that Parkinson was murdered. And if I could find little Jimmy Carter... Jimmy? Have you seen him today? Do you know where he is? Well, now that you mention him, Mr. Dollar he should be back from school by now and selling his papers. I asked you, have you seen him at all today? Early this morning he was in. Yeah? I changed a lot of pennies for him into nickels and dimes and quartos. All right, and then? Then he left. Hey, haven't you got a... Isn't there a phone booth here in the store? Booth is out the door, Mr. Dollar, around the side of the building. Then you wouldn't have seen him if Jimmy went out there to make a phone call. Only one might have seen him is old Lucius Weatherby. Lucius Weatherby? The town drunk. Wait a minute. You talking about that old character sitting out front? Well, I've asked him not to sit there in his condition but now that he's... Well, you see, Lucius is the beneficiary... Yeah, wait a minute. Lucius Weatherby is the beneficiary of Parkinson's insurance. Yeah, as I was about to say. No wonder he wouldn't tell me anything about Jimmy. What's that, sir? So he killed Parkinson to collect the insurance. And what was that? Bottomly, I have a few questions I'd like to ask that Lucius Weatherby. Now, now, wait, sir. Yeah? If you expect old Lucius to remember anything. You bet I do. Plenty. Then you'd best take along this bottle of medicinal brandy. What? Yes, sir. That'll be $3.75. Well, break it over his head. But you don't understand. No. He can't remember a thing unless he's handled it. Mr. Dollar! All right, Weatherby. Honey, you, uh, change mind about... mind me a little bit. Oh. Where's Jimmy Carter? What did you do with him? If you don't mind, let go of my collar, sir. Come on, start talking. Jimmy. That's right. Where is he? Well, sir, I... I seen him this morning. You told me that before. Now, what did you do with him? Well, nothing, sir. I swear. He came out of the store this morning, went into that phone booth. Yeah, he did do that. Yeah, and then what? What did you do? Well, now, sir, if I had a little drink, I could remember better. My good old son answered me. Well, he went off in that car. Car? What car? Well, he didn't want to, but... Who? Who made him go off in a car? Well, if I could just remember, it was a man. Come on, who? Somebody I know. Yeah? I'm sure I could remember if I had a little drink. Now, you listen to me. You lie on a horse. Tell me a little truth, Mr. Dollar. Oh, sure he is. Yes, sir. If you give him a bit of this medicinal brandy to refresh his memory, truly... Okay, let me have it. That'll be $3.75, if you please. Okay, okay, here. I'll get you the change. No bother. Because if this doesn't bring the truth out of him, so help me, I'll... Three of yours truly, Johnny Dollar, in a moment. Let your hospitality show you're sociable in the modern manner. Pepsi, you know, is the favorite of the smart and young at heart. Have you tried a Pepsi lately? Now, act three of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. The town drunk, who could only remember things with a drink under his belt. If he has me, that's a lot of hoey. Nonetheless, item five, $3.75 for the bottle of what the local druggist called medicinal brandy. Oh, Lucius Weatherby started lapping it up. Might be fine, sir. Might be fine. All right, now listen, you listen to me. I better let him have a little more, Mr. Dollar, if he's to remember properly. Yeah, a little more. Oh, and here's your change from the right side. Lucius, you say that when Jimmy walked out of the phone booth, he drove away with somebody. Against his will. Your change, Mr. Dollar, forced little Jimmy right in his car. Who forced him? No, let me... Let me see, his name was... Oh, you know him, by the way. Think, Lucius, think, huh? Come on, now listen, you old son, I want to... Harvey. Ah, it was Harvey. Harvey Ho. You know, you know everybody. Harvey Willman. Harvey Willman. Oh, I see. Well, he's not one of our more respected people, Mr. Dollar. And come to think of it, I believe he was a distant relative of Mr. Parkinson. What does he do? What does he live? He does nothing, really. He was always trying to beg money from Mr. Parkinson. Never got it, though. I ask you, where can I find him? Where does he live? That's right. On the old farm out on Winter Avenue, you can tell it by all the new machinery out front. Okay, I'll see you later. Oh, your change, Mr. Dollar. On the way out to Harvey Willman's farm, I suddenly realized that for once in my life I'd forgotten to bring along a gun. Judging by all the equipment out front, Willman must have gone through the Alice Chalmers catalog and taken one of everything. But the farmhouse was nothing but a one-story clever check. Half hidden at the back of it was a beautiful sedan. Come on, open up, open up. All right, Willman, open up this door. I'll break it down. Okay, brother, you ask for it. Yeah, you okay? Where's Harper? Behind you, back at the door. I was afraid the kid got that phone call through to you. Too bad for you, he did. All right, look, Willman. Up against the wall. Face the wall. I'm not carrying a gun, Willman. That's what you're worried about. Something I'm going to find out for myself. Yeah? Yeah. Could be a mistake. Willman! Not this one! Hey, Jimmy, it's okay now. Everything's okay. Oh, look, you and I kind of stopped in this tracks, didn't we? Hey, you know something, Jimmy? Now you're a real hero. Because this time you trapped a killer for me. Oh, gee. D for a new sports jacket. Without holes in it. Yeah, Harvey Willman had managed to get off that one shot. Item $7.61 even, a brand new bike for Jimmy. Why? Because he saved the company from having to pay double indemnity. Expense account total, including my car, $117. Unless you'd like to tack on a little extra fee. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. The car will return in just a moment. If your 1957 income was more than $5,000, last year when you filed your federal income tax report, you had to use Form 1040, the long form. Those who were in $5,000 or less were permitted to use the short form, Form 1040A, if they chose. This year, the Internal Revenue Service is offering taxpayers a new Form 1040A, a simplified form of only 15 lines to fill out. The most important difference about this new form is that those whose 1958 incomes were $10,000 or less, and if you take only standard deductions, you're now permitted to file your return on the new short form, 1040A. If you earned over $10,000 during 1958, or intend to itemize your deductions or other income variations, the long form, 1040 must be used. The Revenue Service again reminds you to be sure to attach all W-2 withholding tax certificates pertaining to your earnings to the form you intend to file. Send your return to the District Director of Internal Revenue at the appropriate district office. Now here is our star to tell you about next week's story. Next week, San Francisco, a wonderful town. Yeah, for a murder. Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Originates in Hollywood and is written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone. Heard in our cast were Virginia Greg, Dick Beals, Larry Dobkin, Forest Lewis, Edgar Berrier, and Jack Krushin. 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