 And scratch ladies and gentlemen, the railroad hour The association of American railroads presents the stirring Rudolph primal operator the white eagle starring Gordon Macrae and his lovely guest Lucille Norman Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff and the music is prepared and conducted by Carmen dragon Yes tonight another great musical success is brought to you by the American railroads The same railroad that bring you most of the food you eat the clothes you wear the fuel you burn And all the other things you use in your daily life And now here is our star Tonight lucille norman is the beautiful indian maiden winona My name is captain james windgate of her majesty service The trumpet sound to all of the queen Henry again, why did I ever marry him? I should have married you Jim. Henry is the Earl of Cairhill You've married me you would have been just a plain missus. You're next in line Someday you will be Earl of Cairhill. No, Diana Now tell me what's the trouble you know how Henry loves to speculate in a stock exchange Well, he Borrowed some money from the regimental fund and lost it Oh, no tomorrow they audit the fund the money's gone. They'll send him to prison Diana listen to me I'm the poor cousin the black sheep of the family If I go away, they'll think I did it. I won't let you take the blame. Yes, Diana I've been wanting to go to america I have a dream Of a girl a girl Yes An indian girl she seems to put into words my my own lonely Have had just about an hour to get This and pieces of minutes and seconds to smile But one hour was enough. No captain stuff here, Jeremiah. I'm just Jim Carson And cash hookers He's threatened to kill any Englishman west of the Mississippi What are you afraid of Jeremiah when we were in the regiment whole army's threatened to kill us? That melody I don't hear anything you again. I did far across the sea But I can't see you. Where are you? Did you turn toward the sun white eagle and see? I tell me you child Just an indian girl I thought I was hearing music like a memory. I've seen the music you hear in my heart That is why I come to the men of their choice Well, then you must not sing that song to me. I do sing to you mr. Jim Carson What's the name Jim Carson mean? Well in indian language I I suppose it would mean he'd speak english when afraid to go home Make your home here. My song means that You are the white eagle. You are my man Oh Your man must be a chief among your people. No, you do not understand My race is older than great trees Old as mountains and plains I am the last child of that race There is prophecy which tells of one coming from strange land beyond the sunrise A white eagle on his home beyond the dawn What is your name? Winona Your name makes beautiful music winona. Well, you must not think of me as a husband Someday you understand Always I keep myself because of you Winona go now All right englishmen Don't turn around Cash Hawkins I said I'd shoot any englishman who came out into this territory You wouldn't take my warning cash. All right, britishers say your prayers In three seconds, he'll be dead. Now cash. Give him an attack one Two Who shot? Your life is my life Our lives always run winona. Winona has small silver pistols Cash Hawkins was bad man. He deserved to die. He tried to kill my white eagle I owe you my life winona Long ago in indian maiden saved the life of one of my people And they became as one husband and wife I wish this too for us For you and me winona. Would they laugh at you your friends? Will they not call you straw man? It doesn't matter Oh white eagle the prophecy has been fulfilled Act of a white eagle in just a moment Have you ever wondered what a railroad freight car or a locomotive costs? Well at today's price is the average freight car costs five thousand seven hundred dollars and a diesel locomotive unit cost $150,000 This makes the cost of motive power on a train pulled by a three-unit diesel locomotive almost a half million dollars And many thousands of these new freight cars and locomotives must be bought as part of a railroad Continuous far-reaching improvement program It is estimated that the railroad should spend more than two billion dollars in the next two years for new freight cars and locomotives alone This huge expenditure would pay for two hundred thousand urgently needed freight cars and about seven thousand units of new locomotive power But this is just one of the never-ending improvements of railroad plant and facilities Which it takes to provide the transportation service required by america's highly productive economy and growing national defense These new locomotives and freight cars and the countless other improvements being made on the railroads are important to all of us For by expanding their carrying capacity The railroads will be better able to do the big transportation jobs required today And be more ready to meet the demands which possible war would produce And by further improving their efficiency the railroads will be able to perform still better transportation service with increasing economy Which is so necessary in meeting today's higher operating cost Yes to improve their service and to help keep transportation charges lower than would otherwise be necessary The railroads will go ahead with their huge orders for locomotives freight cars and other railroad equipment As long as vital materials are available And earnings will permit here is act two of rudolf rimmels the white eagle Darling gordon mackray is jim and luthiel norman as we know Oh my husband 72 moons ago today you don't know no no no not 72 moons Six years you have no right to teach me english things. I can't remember You have no right to teach me indian things. I can never forget Best of all He gave me a son Well, let's see that Oh now now brave men don't cry not out here now You remember our motto sure I had our boy Oh, it's just a right and there's a lady in it from england. She says she's looking everywhere for a captain james wingert diana We know to my darling take help. Let me see this woman alone, please as you say my husband Come my son can we please come we please mother Hello diana. I've come to tell you my husband is dead He confessed his crime before he died and cleared your name That makes no difference now. You can come home You're the earl of clay hill james No diana, this is my home with my wife and my son bring me with you When ono was born in the open under the stars england would be a prison but think of the opportunity for your son for my son diana look there toward the sunset There they are like part of nature my wife and my son In the short distance away not far not far my son When will i be old enough to have a tomahawk in war club not for a long long time how many moons You must not say moons Mom here Come sit in mother's lap When I wake up can I be a soldier? Maybe your daddy was a soldier someday. I want to be a soldier With a long shining sword and pretty red coat and gold button I want to be a soldier like daddy Dream on my son Mother will walk until your dreams come true Lady curhill someone has died in England. I'll explain later, dear We have honored guests. I shall go prepare a supper. Thank you, dear. He dreams lovely james Once when ono saved my life But she did more than that diana. She gave me a whole new life I must stay here with him. I will not go back to england This is the son of your love He is the future earl of curhill. You must think of him If you refuse to go at least he should have every opportunity to be brought up in england But there are schools libraries museums diana leave me here for a moment in the sunset with my boy Of course, jim England And my boy darkness in forest and you cannot see the way to go How do you always know about these things? I know and I am afraid We three belong together. We will stay so always. You also would like to go away, of course not without you We'll have to belong there I thought when we were married and when our son came that he would be great for my people But I know it cannot be when I give him to your people my blood My life my yesterday My tomorrow we go to england. We'll go together. No, he must not have indian mother So his silver gun would save life of my wife. He's no no We're gonna stop Thank you for knocking the gun out of her hand. He would give your life for us My husband What's the matter? Nothing's wrong. I shot nothing Only that your mother is a great woman The daughter of a chief the mother of the chief The chief of your people were known as And of my people We shall stay here together always always We shall make this a part of england daddy Mother promised when I woke up. I could be a soldier by you very well my son Attention my soldier daddy will teach you a song Song of honor the one he has not sung for many For many moons that lovely when all in lucille norman. We'll be back in just a moment And meanwhile our thanks to the other members of our cast june whitley dan ol hurley. He dick billed in our entire company The white ego with book and lyrics by brian hooker rustle janny and wh post Music by rudolf frimmel and based on edwin milton royals the squaw man Was dramatized for the railroad hour by laurence and lee The railroad hours brought to you each week at this time by the american railroads It is estimated that the railroad should spend well over two billion dollars in the coming two years for new freight cars and locomotives alone For to provide the big transportation that our big country must have Takes constant improvement in railroad plant and facility So the railroads are going right ahead building and buying new freight cars and new locomotives Just as long as materials are available and their earnings will permit and now here again as a charming lucille norm Thank you, gordon It's always an event for me to come visit you on the railroad hour, and I especially enjoyed singing the white eagle Yes, this is a story that asked the question can a title englishman find happiness married to our gal winona So who are you finding happiness with next week gordon? Well, Dorothy kissin is our guest lucy We're going to sing the great Jerome Kern music of the cat in the fiddle wouldn't miss it. Good night, gordon. You are wonderful lucy Good night. Oh Well, it looks as though we're ready to pull out and so on to next money night and the cat in the fiddle This is gordon mackray saying good night everyone Was presented by special arrangement with tam's whipmark music library Gordon mackray can soon be seen starring in one of others about faith Our choir is under the direction of norman lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by carmen dragon This is marvin miller saying goodbye until next week for the american railroad now keep tuned for your money night of music on nbc The preceding was transcribed Next here the telephone hour on nbc