 proudly we hail 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 can't bang heart hello everyone welcome again to proudly we hail Lee our play is titled hideaway and just before we went on the air you mentioned something about this play being somewhat of a busman's holiday for you what's the story well Ken it's exactly that I play an actor the fast-moving story Ken I think our audience will enjoy it we'll be ready for the first act after your short but vital message okay Lee my message concerns the security of this great nation if we're to live in peace and freedom among ourselves and with other nations the cooperation of each and every one of us is needed now one way that the young men and young women can do their part is by joining the united states army visit your local recruiting station they'll gladly tell you how you can serve both your country and yourself now when you're needed most and now with your star Lee Tracy in the role of Charles Terry your army and your air force presents the proudly we hail production of hideaway Charles Terry was not only a good actor he was also a very busy one commuting between New York and Hollywood was a regular habit a play here a movie there a guest appearance tour somewhere in between round and round he went and finally one spring day as he sat in the producer's office a sudden realization came to him it may have been brought on by the clouds of unappetizing smoke that busily fogged the room Harry Beck Terry's manager wore a cigar as though it were a garment Terry often said if cigars were taken away from his manager he'd shrivel up and blow away well at any rate the room was full of smoke and noise when Charles Terry shut his ears on the bedlam around him and had his drink i'm telling you it's a sensational find i feel upon reaching this conclusion Charles Terry expanded on it he gave it some deep thought it's a sensational part the guys just gotta get on the beat anyway hey hey hey charlie where you're going i need some air hey wait a minute you don't need me you two settle it what do you mean you just can't get up and walk out of here this is important good you'll be important i'm going for a walk like a play it's a fine play i'll do it hey hey come back here the guy's got nuts well doc what's the verdict sit down mc terry cigarette oh well i need one oh no not really well don't don't look so grim i'm going to talk to you like a Dutch uncle there's nothing wrong with you except that you're completely worn out you need sleep and you need to relax you need to go away somewhere where you can be quiet and get some fresh air and rest in short mr terry you need a vacation how long has it been since you've taken a long time i guess i've been pretty busy i'm sure you have and just how long do you think you can keep it up before something goes really wrong i i guess i never thought of it i know success breeds success and work breeds more work you don't feel well and i don't wonder it's just that that thing you're walking around in is giving you fair warning what thing i'm walking around in your body like everything else it runs down why rush thing you like living don't you i haven't found anything that beats it well if you keep on like this i won't guarantee how long you last oh sound serious it is unless you take it serious well i guess i better better get away from it all huh that's my prescription kind of silly that i should have to soak you for telling you something your common sense should tell you yeah you're right i think i'll give my common sense to talking to i would look didn't you just close a play yeah detour we closed it last week and what are your plans now well i well we're thinking about starting rehearsals for a new play that's just fine it's a good plan i'm sure it is just skip it huh can't you put it off for a month or two i don't say it's necessary to give up your work but do you know of any other actor who keeps up the pace you do you know i i'm beginning to think you've got something well thank goodness from now on between everything you do you should take a good rest a month two months and don't tell me you can't afford it i guess i can all right i don't know about harry who's harry my manager he'll be awfully sore what does he do own you well you know i'll keep talking doc you make an awful lot of sense i tell you i'm going nuts nobody knows where he is i've called everybody i've looked everywhere charlie's just completely vanished what that's right we were supposed to start rehearsals tuesday feinberg's matter in the stood up corners girl i'm madder than that he can't do this to me i got a contract what no i know he's okay he wrote me a note here i'll read it to you dear harry i need a rest this is too big for the both of us don't try to find me i'll see you in about a month or a year loving kisses to all your wandering boy what we're sure he's not what am i going to do about it look you know almost as well as i do do you know any place at all where he might have gone some place where he wouldn't be noticed ah that's out what cabin where hey let me get this down okay go ahead yeah yeah does it have a telephone you think it'll be in his name well i'll give it a try and if that doesn't wake i'll go up there and drag him back oh what a beautiful morning this i don't like maybe i just better go outside and let it ring if it's harry and i answer he'll come up here yeah i should have had that thing taken out oh uh the rando hunt club are you there harry you cut that out sorry you must have the wrong number no we know no such fellow what do you want harry what do i want have you got completely much yes which play was that i've done so many later i'll cut it out they will be just as good a month or two from now what do you mean i mean i need a rest and i'm taking one doctor's orders what's the matter you dick no i'm fine and that's just the way i'm gonna stay tell fine bird to put his top back on and you'll cool off too i haven't had a decent rest in 10 years and i'm taking one as of now dry your tears and be a big brave man i'm coming up listen harry you're my manager and i love you but i got a shotgun here and it's loaded with rock salt do i make myself clear i would and if you or anyone else comes up here i will i'm crying great large crocodile tears i'll be back when i've had my rest and to make sure that you and none of your fine feathered friends disturb my rest i'm going to take this large sharp knife and cut this wire i can harry and i have why did it take a doctor to think of this why couldn't i do it all by myself this is the life two weeks of peace and quiet i think i'll have two more and then maybe two more after that maybe i'll never go back to work again take it easy what who closed the door lock it quickly well who who's after you who are you what's this all about oh please don't ask questions now there isn't time isn't there some place to hide me how about the closet oh no no that's the first place they'd look who will look is there a seller no how about the woodchest well that'll have to do please please don't let them get me would you like long enough to tell me who the devil's after you there is a time will you please understand here here let me help you now close the lid and don't let them open it please polite girl what's this all about uh uh here come the hounds maybe i'd just better hold on to shotgun for ballot coming mother who were good evening uh good evening sorry to bother you my name is shea this is how do you do now what can i do for you may we come in we can talk better inside all right we'll all talk inside you uh you're all alone all alone and uh your name is uh i'm uh henry the fourth of france in disguise my name is terry charles terry now what's the trouble stop looking around my living room like you're on a treasure hunting there's a bedroom and there the kitchen's out there and the bath is off the kitchen sorry mr terry we're looking for a young woman her name is catherine richard she's worked about 10 million bucks and uh she's uh nutty in a fruit cake oh uh who do you represent i should have said i'm lieutenant shea and this is sergeant hink of the police department and of course you have something to prove it yeah this will satisfy you oh uh look very nice we trace catherine richard to the path that leads up here uh she isn't here is she no no unless she came in when i wasn't looking well what do you want her for her rope was trying to keep her out of trouble in the mental institution uh we just want to take her back to him you say she's kind of off her rocker but good thanks we've been hired to bump her off thanks her uncles after a dough sweetest old guy you'd ever want to meet you're from the city of course that's right 24th precinct 24th well you must know uh a dick tie and jack mcmurray uh oh yes no well dick's an old friend good old dick give him my regards when you see well mr terry do you mind if we sort of uh look your place over you might have snuck in when you weren't looking well uh according to my old friend dick lieutenant you've got to have a search warrant to look over my humble little home i think you have to take my word for it nobody's here but us mice and if i happen to run into this girl you're talking about i'll be sure to give your rings good night lieutenant good night sergeant you can come out now little knell are they going for the time being what why didn't you believe me they always sound so convincing i'm used to people who sound convincing they sounded like a couple of third-rate hams to me that malarkey about the 24th precinct i don't know any dick tie or jack mcmurray at any precinct i don't even know what a precinct is well uh kathryn richard we may have a an interesting evening ahead of us v tracy starring in the role of charles terry in the proudly we hail production of hideaway will return for the second act in just a moment right now i'd like to recall the words of general eisenhower when he took over the post of supreme commander of the western european military forces in effect he asked what is it that the free world wants more than anything else and how much are we ready to do for it well one thing the young men and women of america can do is to join the united states army that not only be helping to defend freedom but they'll also be carving out useful careers yes the united states army offer some of the finest technical training in the world visit your local army and air force recruiting station and find out just how you can help your country and yourself you are listening to proudly we hail and now with your star lee tracy in the role of charles terry we present the sec hideaway and that's the whole story a tragic tale of how great wealth has brought terror and fear of sudden death into the life of our little nail the name is catlin and right now nothing you can say will sound very funny are you sure if they come back they can't see him through those curtains would you like to go back into the wood box no but i just i have one very simple but it would seem natural question to ask you why don't you go to the police oh you don't know my uncle he'd have them convinced in no time that i was out of my head and suffering from a persecution complex he's well known and respected a lovable old gentleman who wouldn't harm a fly well with my help you could give it a try i could tell the police about those two boy circuit impersonators you know cops don't like guys who impersonate cops and they might look into your uncle's affairs and find that he was nearly broke and in desperate need of your money after all that's what they're in the business for i went to them once i tell you they won't believe me he's entirely too clever well i'll i'll call him up and tell him i've got a couple of flowers outside you're gonna call new york city just for that no i'll get first local comfortable he'll get a passe together and we'll have those two fellas hung a four sunrise you think this is all a big joke don't you no but i don't see any reason to panic keep the comic spirit i shall protect you little knell from all that lurk in the bushes oh i forgot about the phone what do you mean the wires cut oh no they cut the wires i cannot tell a lie i did it with my little bowie knife you did why i don't know it got in the way hey i kept uh tripping over it all right don't you mr carol all right i really don't know much child so there are periods when when there is nothing only a red fog pressing in from all sides uh put into the wood box we're surrounded now see if you can act like a piece of hickory good evening sir my name is henry macomb henry macomb of the ready mix mattress company that's me all over friendly henry don't want to take up too much your time just want to ask you a question how are the springs in your mind think carefully before you answer that it's important mighty important mr macomb i think i can safely say the springs in my mattress are of a rare and enchanting quality they were especially spun from me from pure strands of fools gold by that great alchemist and magician the son of merlin from the picture of the same name these are springs the like of which mortal man has never seen or heard they allow me to sleep and they soothe my dreams with a mighty uplifting chords of bethoven's ninth symphony mr macomb i'm glad you asked that question for i have been wanting hello these many years to answer it i feel grateful indeed that you've given me the opportunity and now mr macomb good night farewell and may the leprechaun spring you on your way the all clear has sounded so who was it a wandering menstrual oh please won't you take us a little more seriously one of us have got to keep calm i think the best thing to do is to get out the car and drive you to the police station i'm not without influence i think i can make them listen what you've told me makes pretty good sense i've i've seen it happen like this a dozen times in the movie good plot too cruel uncle wants nieces millions tries to drive niece mad doesn't work tries to convince other people she's mad no one will listen to niece about the hero that means builds up to a terrific climax where uncle kills niece and hero and lives happily ever after i could hit you on the head oh spare me little now i'll get in there quick this sounds like business don't let them in i'll have to rock keep calm i can bluff them take it easy i'm coming now we're back mr terry no and what is it this time we got that search warrant you went to all that trouble we have to make sure it seems mr terry now you'll just step aside you don't need the warrant the girl was here and she left she went that way i didn't see no girl and i've been sitting out in them bushes since we was first year she came through the trees and down the chimney let's go go in where it's warmer close the door hinge better lock it now look let's cut out this nonsense and let me see that search warrant this will have to do for now i suppose it's real and it's loaded to the gills and i got one too isn't that nice i tell you we don't want any trouble with you or we want is that dame just tell us where you got a hidden will go on our way dragging your tails behind you what a funny fellow you realize i'll report this to the police right ahead you just want to take the dame back to a row i told you want she isn't here hey get away from that door now you behave yourself bub where's the key i swallowed it well i'll just never mind him forget the key we have a much time you look in the kitchen bedroom and i'll look here you're cold very cold try looking in the fireplace or better still get in it yourself it's nice and warm quiet and stay right where you are uh what's this thing the wood box that's where we put all the stray bodies but right now it's full of wood yeah well i'll just have a look no okay miss richards come on out think i gotta you leave me alone i won't go with you you can't make me please mister terry do something i could stand on my head but it wouldn't help listen she you're not going to get away with this i'm going to the police and i'm going to holler my head off he will too i'll get you for breaking and entering just for a starter you take your hands off me hey you do that again and i'll i'll bat you you know hank we can't take any chances your boy wants to get rid of a one-way run utter right yeah so so this guy terry he's here all alone suppose his house points down with him in it hey that sounds real good i think it has all the elements of a great tragedy you can't do that listen you know i'm rich i'll pay you anything you want but please don't hurt him we can't take the chance of him bleeding he won't say anything tell them you won't say anything my dear to the far far better thing that i do than i have ever done before is a far far better rest i go to than i have ever known he's the guy's making me please uh i'll bump you up nice and easy like terry you won't feel a thing that's 40 of you you do anything to me and my manager will get you no please get her away from him they'll find a boardhole in me and they'll know hey that's right okay we'll just slug him i'll show you get her all right harry hi boy ain't she sensational you two guys play your part while you can spam now goes outside he'll pay you thank you mr back how do you like it charlie isn't she terrific have you convinced didn't she nice piece of work kathy i see this was all of it'll get together on your part yeah pretty good hey i figured it was the only way to let you have a good look at kathy you insist on taking a run out so i had to cut some corners now that you've seen what your leading lady can do maybe you could work on the play right here and save some more time man all a big act huh you scare me out of 50 years growth just to save some time i had none i don't get sore charlie you you got to admit it was a pretty classy idea oh real classy hey hey what are you what are you doing with that gun i told you if you came up here what i do start moving look charlie don't get sore put down that gun you wouldn't shoot old harry not your best friend run yeah with a blank i i hope you're not too angry necessary please don't be angry you're you're pretty good kathy a little over time but not bad you gave it all away though i mean you knew sure but it wasn't all your fault i'd seen shay and a couple of things and how did you know my name was harry when i never told you i wondered how you could act so unconcerned oh i'm a very brave fellow well okay we've all had a little game and if you want to part my next play you won't say a word about my knowing to harry just tell him because he scared me out of all the rest i've had i'll have to take another two weeks vacation positively the only thing i can do doctors order our star lee tracy will return in a moment with a word about next week's show but in the meantime if you're a young man or a young woman interested in planning and starting a successful life work consider the united states army if you enlist you'll be serving your country at a most critical time the army needs you now so visit your nearest u.s army and u.s air force recruiting station find out for yourself about the many opportunities for service you'll be doing your part in the fight for freedom volunteer today this has been another program on proudly we have presented in cooperation with this station by your army and your air force proudly we hail star lee tracy by the way was written by duit cop the music was composed and conducted by john guarnieri proudly we hail is directed by charles wilson this is kenneth banghardt speaking and here again as your host and star lee tracy next week join us in egypt searching ancient ruins for a lost pharaoh's tomb we find the tomb an ancient curse and well it's an excellent mystery titles call on danger we hope you'll be with us goodbye