 New post war old Dutch clenter famous for chasing dirt presents Nick Carter famous for chasing crime Every week at this time two great names are joined as new post war old Dutch clenter Brings you one of the most resourceful and daring characters in all detective fiction Nick Carter master detective Patsy this case has been solved by a talking typewriter Did you say a talking typewriter? Yes, Patsy. I did. What's more this typewriter talked about murder Ladies when you're pressed for time these busy days before New Year's simply do this use new post war old Dutch Clenter made with activated seismite in all your cleaning notice how amazingly fast new post war old Dutch Cuts grease wonder at its new miracle like speed as activated seismite Cleans away dirt and stains and harder soft water Thrilled when you almost effortless ease in cleaning with new post war old Dutch Thanks to activated seismite It cleans polishes with a smooth gliding action that means less work less rubbing So tomorrow morning get two packages of new post war old Dutch clenter made with activated seismite See for yourself if it doesn't clean faster and easier than any cleanser you've ever used Now for the case of the missing street today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter brought to you by new post war old Dutch Clenter a pretty girl named Jean white rushes up the rickety stairs of an ancient office building in the older part of town She pushes open the door marked Wallace white contractor and enters Wally Wally, I'm here Take a look at this take a look at what my gosh when you phone me to rush over it sounds if you'd finally got a contract I have Jean I have I'm sure of it. Oh Wally after all these months. I can't believe it Oh, so you didn't think Wallace white private first class could turn into Wallace white contractor. Hey, well, here's my first job sis Oh, that's great the Cosmopolis companies building a 10-story garage down on the northwest corner of 9th Avenue and 9th Street Here here's the architect's set of blueprints, but how did you get them? Well, they asked me to submit a bid so I sent for them and I submitted a bid that's got to be the lowest I can't lose Wally. That's wonderful. I Hey, wait a minute Since when are they tearing down the movie house? What movie house the one on the northwest corner of 9th Avenue and 9th Street? You're crazy. There isn't a movie house there. That's an empty lawn. Oh, no, it isn't Remember I lived in Greenwich Village when I first came to town when I room with Patsy Bowen the girl who works for Nick Carter That's right. And there's a movie house right where this garage is supposed to go up. I know that now wait a minute I know the village too. It's a vacant lot. It is not the vacant lot is at 10th Street The movie house is at 10th Street. All right wise guy. Come on down to the village and I'll prove you're wrong This is 9th Avenue and 10th Street and there's the movie house on the corner just as I said golly I could have sworn Wait a minute. Wally. We're both right. There's the vacant lot across the street also at 9th Avenue and 10th Golly the village is so twisted and mixed up. You can never remember anything about Jeanne. Hold it What's the matter? There's something fishy here fishy. Yeah There isn't any intersection of 9th Avenue and 9th Street Take a look for yourself. The Avenue runs into the village square and ends What in 9th Street is below the square? It doesn't even come close to the avenue with the blueprints It says that a garage is going to be built on imaginary land But there just isn't any such street corner. I don't understand Wally. Is this some kind of a gag or something? Well, if it is I don't like it. I paid a $50 deposit to the Cosmopolis Company on these blueprints Do you think something is crooked Wally? It sure looks that way But Wally... Jeanne, do you think Patsy Bowen could get us into seeing Nick Carter? Even if it's a case involving only $50 Gee, I don't know. We could try. Okay, then let's try. We got to get help from somebody In the first place Mr. White, there's no such thing as a case too small for me to investigate Understand that. But I can't pay you Mr. Carter You see Wally hasn't earned much money since he's been out of the army He's trying to get started in the contracting business. Miss White, I don't charge folks I want to help if they can't afford to pay. Oh, Mr. Carter, you're... Excuse me, but I've got to do this. Hey! What's the idea of kissing my boars? I miss White. I just had to show you my gratitude Well, we'll enter that on a new file card mark Wallace fee one kiss paid in advance And that's a fee it'll be a pleasure to work. That is what I call an ambiguous crack. All right, then suppose we skip it You know White, if the cosmopolous companies and the racket I think it is it'll be a pleasure to smash it What racket do you think that is Mr. Connor? Well, I figure they've sent out blueprints to contractors all over this part of the country and those blueprints are for buildings No one ever intends to build. But I paid a $50 deposit for those players. And the crooks Are you paid your money to have no intention of returning it? Oh, I don't They don't care what you do with the blueprints cost them only a few cents You multiply $50 by a couple of hundred gullible contractors and you have quite a racket a racket Which is repeated in city after city. Well, Nick, what are you going to do about it? First thing Patsy is that we're going down to the mailing address of the cosmopolous company. They're legitimate Okay, they're not. Yes Then I'm going to earn that kiss How do you do? I'm Doris Foster. I'm Nick Carter. This is my secretary Patsy Boone. Nick Carter the detective. That's right Tell me miss foster. What's your connection with the cosmopolous company? Well, none really miss Harris My boss rents out this office as a mailing address She has several clients and the cosmopolous company is one of them. Why is there any mail for them now? Well, yes, yes, there is let me see it, please Really, mr. Carter? I can't open the mail. I just want to look at it. May I see it, please? But why? Because there's a chance that the cosmopolous company may be running a racket. I want to check You mean they're doing something crooked? That's the idea. Oh my gosh. This is awful. I mean Here's the mail. Thanks I'll turn up that light for you Patsy. Ah Like this? Yes, that's fine. Thanks 11 letters here The strong light behind them. It looks as though each one contains a check or money order Guess that's all the proof we need Patsy How is that proof Nick? Wally White isn't the only contractor in the world. True enough But a legitimate firm wouldn't be requesting construction bids from so many different contractors. This is a racketeer, all right Oh, and you're right in the middle miss Foster. Oh now listen mr. Carter. I've only worked here for a few weeks I don't know anything. Who picks up the mail for cosmopolous? A man named Nixon. You know anything about this Nixon? His address how to get in touch with him? No, but he usually comes in every afternoon. What time? Well any time All right, we won't trouble you anymore miss Foster, but we'll certainly trouble that mr. Nixon when he comes in Oh, uh, miss Foster when Nixon comes in given this mail. I'd be careful not to say anything about me Understand. Oh, yes, mr. Carter. All right. Come on Patsy Huh looks as if I'm not going to earn that kiss after all Jean White will have to give it to Uncle Sam Step around the corner of the hall Patsy. What was that crack about Uncle Sam? This is a federal case illegal use of the mail Notify the FBI. This isn't for us. Oh, but I'm not taking any chances on this Nixon in the meantime run over here Why I want to look in this broom closet, but what for tell you in a minute Oh No, no, Nick. What's all the mystery see that ventilator up there? Yes, but there's also a ventilator in the office where miss foster is I didn't notice it Well, I did and we should be able to hear anything that's set in there from right here But I can't hear anything naturally Miss Foster's in there alone. She's not talking to anybody. What do you intend to do? Just stand here until somebody comes in and starts to talk No, I'm leaving you here Then I'm sending scubby over with a portable wire recorder You too should be able to get that grill off and hold the microphone right up against the grill on the other wall Gee, it's pretty high up me scubby. I'll give you a boost. Well, sure I want you to try to record everything that's said in that office. Well, we'll do our darnedest nick But what's the idea that foster girl looked flustered. She was I'm sure she won't be able to keep her mouth shut When she sees nixon, she may be provoked into saying something valuable And when nixon leaves scubby tales in a You're a smart girl Betsy Once scubby leaves you report back to the office. We'll turn over everything we got in this case to the government man What's the joke? Well, I just can't wait to see you turn over to an FBI man that kiss gene gave you How's the office going? Oh gosh miss has I'm awful glad you came in something terrible's just happened What's the matter Doris? I'm afraid we're mixed up in some kind of racket miss harris. Nick Carter was just here Nick Carter What did he want? He was doing some investigating for a man named walley white Mr. Carter said those cosmopolous people are some kind of crooks Was that so and I think mr. Carter's going to wait until mr. Nixon calls for his mail and then do something to it Now take it easy Doris if that nixon is a crook. I'll get rid of him past enough. Oh gosh, miss harris It's got me so upset I look Doris. Why don't you take the rest of the day off? I'll take care of things here at the office Honestly, I'm so shaky. I couldn't type anymore today. Don't worry. I'll finish up for you Gosh, you're swell. It's a pleasure working for you even if I have only been here a few weeks Oh, mr. Nixon I adore it. My boss has something to tell you mr. Nixon. Goodbye Well, what's the matter with her? Your mail is on the desk mr. Nixon What? Oh, yeah Thanks I'll trouble you to take your mail out of here and take yourself too What are you talking about? Never mind what i'm talking about Just understand that i'm severing relations with your company as of today I don't want anything more to do with you mr. Nixon or the cosmopolous company Okay Okay I don't know why you're sore at me all of a sudden but it's okay with me You ain't the only public stenow in the city quite right mr. Nixon. Goodbye All right. Yes, i've got back to the office a few minutes ago. I'm talking with the justice department Do they know about nixon their hot on his trail acted and after him for over a year Tell me you always operates with the same girl. They're an old team daris foster the girl in the office. Yes What makes you so sure? Did she tell nixon anything listen daris foster pretend to be upset by your visit She went home for the day and left the office to her boss a woman named fran harris Then nixon came in for his mail and fran harris didn't say a thing to him. Just told him to get out That's so I'll bet daris foster pulled that act just to get a chance to warn him Maybe it's gobby tail nixon when he left uh, he went right out after him Maybe I wasn't thankful for that. Why can't you imagine me cooped up in a dark closet with a scubby He kept asking me to marry him every two minutes It didn't say yes did you course not Well, what about this fran harris? Well, she kept her mouth shut. They just gave nixon the freeze told him to take his mail and never come back She did uh, uh, I've got the recording here, but they won't do any good Nixon didn't say anything incriminating and scubbies are only lead. I hope he can hold on to nixon Oh, he'll report back as soon as he gets the chance. Oh, wait a minute Nick Carter speaking mr. Carter This is gene white. We asked gene. You've got to come up to my brother's office right away What's the matter? He's been shot I think he's there Nick and patsy leave the opposite of run jump into nick's convertible and drive swiftly toward wallis white's office We'll see what happens next in just a moment Ladies with 1948 just a few days away. Here's a new year's resolution. 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Carter talking about that missing street Wondering whether you'd get wallies Oh, yeah, big gene All of a sudden there was a shot through the glass panel in the door and Wally just Swapped out of his chair I called you right away. The good thing you did gene wallies badly hurt, but he isn't dead Who thank heaven bullet through the lung mr. Hard five fraction of an inch I think patsy get on the phone and get an ambulance here fast I can't understand it mr. Carter. Neither can I gene This attempted murder doesn't make sense True enough wallie made the move that uncovered nixon's blueprint ragged It's true that nixon can get about seven years in the federal penitentiary of his court But that doesn't matter to murder. It just doesn't make sense the ambulance coming. Oh good Not blazers happen to scuppy He was on nixon's tail. How'd he let him shoot wallie? Well, maybe he just waited downstairs when nixon came up here. Oh, he couldn't be that stupid You explained to about the case, didn't you? Of course I did nick and he knew that this was wallie's address Of course, he'd follow nixon up the stairs to see what he was after. That's right uh We'll hold on here until the ambulance takes over And we'll hustle back to the office and see whether we can find scuppy. I want to hear what he's got to say Wait a minute nick. You said this was a federal case. It isn't our business The mail fraud part isn't and we'll bow out on that but attempted murder is something else. Patsy. That's always my business Hey, hi folks scuppy. What the deuce are you doing here in the office? Where's nixon? Gee nick. I'm sorry. He got away from me got away from you Yeah, I lost him and let him go up to wallie white's office and pump a bullet into him. What scuppy I hate you. Don't you ever propose to me again. How easy patsy What happened scuppy? Well, I tailed nixon out of the building I swear he never saw me then he got into a cab and I followed the cab all the way up to the city line But when we got there nixon wasn't in it He'll dodge uh went in one door of the cab and right on out the other Mr. Senior scuppy. Oh, how could he I wasn't tailing him for more than a minute. Maybe he's smarter than we think Oh, well, gee nick. All right. All right. We've lost our lead with nixon. Let's find another Patsy. Let me hear that wire recording. Huh? Well, there isn't anything on it. Let's hear it anyway Okay Here goes Hi outdoors. My boss has something to tell you mr. Nixon. Goodbye What's the matter with her? Your mail is on the desk, mr. Nixon Huh? Oh, yeah Thanks I'll trouble you to take your mail out of here and take this cell What are you talking about? I don't know. Well, I don't want to stand but I'm severing relations because I don't want anything more to do Okay, okay I don't know why you're sordny all of a sudden, but it's okay with me You ain't the only public steno in the city Quite right, mr. Nixon. Goodbye Well, how about that? See you're wrong nick. We didn't learn a thing. I repeat. How about this? Well, did we? What time is it patsy? Five ten does time enough to go down and have another interview with Fran Harris That girl didn't talk but maybe she can help us find nixon another way We're in time nick. I think we are. Well, what now nick? Scubby, you're going upstairs wait in the corridor outside Fran Harris's office She leaves the office stay with her check. We'll wait here and pick you up when you come out I'll get going you bet and this time. I don't get food. Patsy has gone that drugs are there We need a phone a phone right? I'm going to interview miss harris on the telephone And when I finish wild horses won't be able to keep her in that office one minute longer All right, come on on the booth Oh, I don't mind. Okay, come on Huh Nick, what are you going to say to friend harris when you get around the phone? First of all, I'm going to try to sound like nixon. Yeah, but what are you going to say anything that comes into my head Just as long as it doesn't make sense. But nick. All right now That's a muffle the phone with your handkerchief so I can have my other hand free sure, but I don't get it All right, quiet quiet I'll have her in a second. Okay Hey, harris Yes, who's this? This is the crannish and finnish set of company calling the time of day Is this the curve is correct? What's that? Hey, why the double call? Hey quiet, that's it I don't think you do do you miss harris? Oh, please understand the way it means or at least I want to say it again the twice time when you went inside the office. You did You didn't get that and he did I'm afraid I don't understand. I wouldn't if I were the type that you It's pretty ridiculous. Isn't the time I went in there? Well, should at least because listening is understanding which is a sensible way, isn't it? You have the wrong number. Goodbye Ah, she hung up Nick, why were you tapping your ring against the phone for all the time you were talking? That was part of the interview. Come on Brian Harris will be shooting out of her office any minute. We've got to be in the car ready to follow her She's turning down 4th street, nick. Right. We'll stay with her. I wish I knew what you said to her on the phone She came scooting out of her office. I gave her some double talk double talk with nixon's voice or a reasonable facsimile And while he talked nick also tapped on the phone with his ring. Oh, I wish I could figure out your tricks, nick Yeah, good crooks good too. That wouldn't be so good. Uh heads up now brand just ducked into that loft building Are we going in after it? We are we're gonna move fast or we'll lose her Running up the stairs ahead of us probably headed for the top floor Well, what's she got to do with nixon and doris fostered you'll find out She saw because they were using her office for their racket. Let's keep extra quiet Please tap for coming up. You think nixon's inside that loft? I hope so But what do we do a simple thing just knock on the door and go in after we're inside We'll take him. Well, suppose he puts up a fight. Don't forget what he did to walley white I'm not forgetting walley white, but nick you can all right all right now. Stop here. Okay, nixon Open up open up nixon. I want to talk to you I was wrong Is going to be a fight And maybe another murder Patsy and scubby crouch on the floor a shot splinter the plant door. We'll see what happens in just a moment Friends, we won't be with you again until next week So we take this opportunity to wish you the very best of everything for the new year 1947 has seen america assume a role of world leadership The poor and oppressed peoples in many lands look to us in the years ahead for strength and guidance So let us set the example by welcoming the coming year with faith and optimism Confident that we can leave the world on the path of peace and righteousness The makers of new post war old dutch cleanser and the entire cast of nick carter All joined me in wishing you a very happy very prosperous new year Now for the conclusion of the case of the missing street Brought to you by new post war old dutch cleanser Outside the door of the blueprint plant nick patsy and scubby hug the floor as bullets smash through the door over their heads We we've got to do something nick That's friend harris i'm coming in miss harris nick nick you can't do it stay there betsy Are you crazy? He'll drop you as soon as you go through that door. No, we won't here. I call nixon All right, you can come in too patsy Nixon's dead dead Nixon's dead with a bullet through his heart That's friend over against the wall. Oh, you got here just in time mr. Carter Nixon was going to kill me. It's no use miss harris. You made a good try, but it didn't work A good try how could nixon be dead with a bullet through his heart when i never fired a shot We're hoping i would shoot weren't you he He killed himself when you said you were coming in. Oh, no, he didn't friend You put a bullet into him and staged the whole act too bad. I followed up the lead so quickly, isn't it? We're hoping he'd be framed for the murder of walley white. You mean she She shot walley. I told you that murder didn't make sense patsy But it did as soon as i discovered friend was in the racket with nixon who was using doris as a front That's not true. Then doris was innocent nick. She was scubby When we started investigating the fraud pulled on walley whites She got scared and reported it to fran harris and fran suddenly got a bright idea What do you mean? You figured that if you killed walley with nixon's gun you could blame the killing on nixon And a ballistic test would show that it was nixon's gun and he'd be executed for murder Then you could take over the racket Look fran whether or not we can prove that you killed walley makes no difference because we can prove you killed nixon just now You cannot oh, yes, we can See fran there's no gun within nixon's reach as he lies. They're dead and there are also no powder marks on them to indicate suicide Therefore the only person who could have killed him is you. Well, you'll never prove anything. Don't bother to argue fran A criminal court will settle it for you and settle it good with the evidence. I have From now on a prison cell is going to be your mailing address There are a couple of points about what fancy. Well, you say fran harris and nixon worked this racket together That's right Then you mean that whenever nixon started this racket in a new city fran went on ahead and rented an office So we could have a mailing address sure She also hired a girl to work for her as a sonographer a girl, of course knew nothing about the racket She just knew that she worked for fran. Uh-huh. Yeah, but how did you figure out the tie up between fran and nixon? The minute I heard that wire recording I knew that they were working together, but she didn't say anything nixon. She didn't But her typewriter said plenty her typewriter She was typing in code all the time she was talking in code. That's right She and nixon had it worked out for emergencies She was afraid someone might be listening outside So she tapped on a message on her typewriter an international code nick carter snooping around Play dumb and go back to the plant. So that's how nixon knew scubby was tailing him And that's how you got to lead us to the plant While you were talking double talk to her you were also tapping a message to her with your ring right again All I said was nixon calling emergency come to plant immediately and when she heard us outside the loft door She realized she'd been followed exactly and she tried her last desperate trick She killed nixon and then fired a few more shots and pretended she was an innocent victim about to be murdered Yeah, but you didn't fall for it which finished the case. No not quite We've got to go around to the hospital and see walley white Oh Got a present for gene. No, but I've got a reward for walley. Huh? The justice department was offering a thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest of nixon And I'm seeing to it that walley collects all that swell He lost money on a missing street But now he's going to collect on a missing crook Nick how about a hint or two on what a new post war old dutch cleanser has in store for us next week Well, bob. The only thing I can tell you is something i'm afraid you won't believe well if you see it Well, I'll believe it go on and tell me okay, then It's a story of a man who was shot and killed by a stained glass window killed by a oh now nick wait a minute Well, bob, you can't say nick didn't warn you but that sounds absolutely crazy. Uh, what do you call the story nick? 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