 The signal oil program The whistler that whistle 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 Yeah, 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 to 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 friendly dealer owned signal stations From Canada to Mexico and now the whistler strange story night final She was a newspaper woman and a good one words came easily to her fresh new interesting ways of saying what she saw or felt or heard Her critics and colleagues agreed that regardless of her shortcomings as a person Helen Conover was a superlative reporter Holder of the Guild Award for on the spot reporting the first woman to win such an honor Yet now as she stood in the courtroom She found it was hard to put her feelings into words Impossible to describe the exhilarating sense of freedom. She felt when the judge announced his decision That's all mrs. Delevin. That's all your honor very well the boss granted As she left the courtroom and started down the hall she saw her husband's lawyer a few steps ahead Mrs. Delevin I Mean miss Conover you almost got out of the building before I can thank you thank me Yes for everything for the quick painless way you handle the divorce miss Conover Divorce at best is never a painless operation. Well, it is the way you handle it Is Malcolm really out of town? No, of course not, but then why didn't it was all arranged beforehand? I convinced Malcolm it'd be wise not to contest the divorce. Oh, why I'd rather not go into that now He's at home. I think you'd probably know better than I now was such an angel about it You know somehow I suddenly feel a little tender toward him. He was so gentlemanly in everything considering the circumstances I'd say he was what do you mean, mr. Jackson? You noted of course that Paul Wilson's name wasn't brought into the proceeding well didn't that strike you as unusual Wilson was a full-fledged correspondent if I ever saw one your husband isn't entirely blind, you know You can take it any way you like Malcolm's a very generous man miss Conover and he'd been otherwise this divorce proceeding might have had some unfortunate Overtones for you at least. Well, there was nothing wrong. I made it very clear about Paul. Yes, of course Incidentally Malcolm told me he'd like to see you when it's convenient. You might drop around sometime today. Perhaps I will fine Good day miss Conover. Love you to ring the bell Helen. Oh, no, don't be that way I've come to tell you how nice you were for what being such a good sport. We can still be good friends Yes, I suppose that's the fashionable thing for divorced couples particularly among your pseudo intellectual friends Oh, sorry darling. I'm not gonna let you draw me into an argument especially now with love on the wing, huh, right? Let's have a drink now. Do our separate futures. Well, you say so What'll it be bourbon dear? Oh, you might find something on the desk that'll interest you. Oh, don't tell me let me get Here we are a new letter opener Oriental sheet knife isn't 14 notches on the handle long and bloody history Now, why do you ever collect these things isn't oriental? It's South American. That's not what I'm talking about. Take another look Nothing else here. Just a letter Now, where did you get this letter in the mail perfectly normal routine? It's from Paul. Why is he writing you? You'll be in town tomorrow night Some reason rather he wants me to come to his apartment at nine. Here's your drink But why would he who may be at long last? He's heard about the divorce Airline pilots out of touch with things, you know You're going to see him cause Let's drink to him Helen to our good friend that wife stealer superb Paul Wilson. That's not necessary You saw now because you didn't even know he was going to be in town. I knew it and you didn't That's a great story man by star. Stop it now. I won't have you All right. All right, Helen. You're a great girl a fine reporter. I Resent losing you. I admit it just too bad. You didn't take enough time out from your reporting to learn to be a woman Now you'd better go listen now. I said you'd better go. He's probably in town now waiting for you. Well all right Goodbye Malcolm Holy mess is usual Still setting up big headlines for little stories now a few folks Oh, you're never satisfied, Eddie. Where's Ann? Well, I just saw her go into the office. Thanks. Hi, Bern Say your story this morning was great Crack out the champagne. I hear you did the trick. Yeah, it's all over the old Liberty Bell. Let's read him right different And he calls our dear city editor called wants to be sure you're covering the circus opening tomorrow night Though why you do it. I'll never know Santa Milani my first assignment was a circus opening haven't missed one sense Though I wish I hadn't promised this time other things on your mind, darling Paul Wilson, maybe oh, he called me here. Shouldn't he have you tell him where I was Shouldn't I have and you can be exasperating? Sorry? I Guess I'm just jealous of the success type a career lots of men But really did you want me to tell Mr. Wilson you were in court shedding last year's husband You didn't know Wonder why he's here. How did you ever keep it from him dear the divorce? I'm not a town most of the time I just didn't tell him he'll be surprised Yeah, I suppose you have it all planned to marry him as soon as it's final Rush me. I'm just out of this one. Oh What did he say he wants to see you at eight tonight? I told him you were tied up tomorrow with the circus You'll go with me. Won't you? Oh, that's your department. Why don't you take Paul? I have another pass you can use business and pleasure and all that sort of thing I'm afraid he doesn't love me that much, but I might ask him tonight. Let me know what he says. Will you why? Oh, I don't know Just curious For the rest of the afternoon you try to catch up on your work But it's hard Helen trying to concentrate with your mind on paul this way Trying to analyze this strange new freedom Different now with a thrill gone out of it and a curious unsettled half bitter feeling in its place And it hasn't left you hours later as you drive toward paul's apartment in a taxi Halfway across town the driver pulls up at a red flare on the left of the speedway What is it driver accident up ahead looks like a tough one. Oh wait a minute driver What is it officer? Helen Conover daily pose. Oh reporter. Yeah with the band. Yeah, three people killed one of them was a state senator Cavanaugh was his name senator cavanaugh. Yeah, uh driver. Here you are. You go along. I've got a story to file Yes, Helen unduly or not. You're a reporter above everything else A state senator killed the bodies of two high school students in the wreckage of the other car So it's two hours later nearly 10 o'clock when you finally arrive at paul's apartment You finally decided to show up darling. I'm sorry paul. I got here as soon as I could it was a bad accident I had to get the story in and that's supposed to be working this late. I'm a reporter dear when a story breaks And I'm there the daily post gets it. Yeah for god for country in the daily post, eh? I'm not a reporter now dear. Oh I'm a woman A single woman. Yeah, I heard about it Aren't you glad Nope What did you say? Helen just because I buy you a few drinks take you dancing a couple of times Doesn't mean I intend to break up a man's home paul. I told you about you didn't tell me half of it Man named jackson looked me up Your husband's lawyer jackson. What did he say? You should have let me in on all these plans of yours, Helen Malcolm too What are you trying to say? I wouldn't have let you go ahead with this divorce. It's all over paul I have my divorce. I did it for you so I could be free. You made a mistake A bad one You see, I'm not getting a divorce You're married That's right And Malcolm knew it. I don't know how but he did you what seems that you uh got into the wrong game, baby Ordinarily, it'd be time to pick up your chips and go home. Now you can't even do that You can't do this to me with your own doing. Helen. Don't go blaming me Apple sweet heart. She'll spoil your makeup. Never get away with it paul. Do you hear me? You don't know how funny you look really Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Don't know That's a dirty shame That that vase belonged to my favorite aunt Don't slam the door With the prologue of night final the signal oil company is bringing you another strange story by the whistler But first a word about some of the convenience features that today's drivers can enjoy More and more of the new cars are featuring no clutch. No gear shift Some even have windows that raise or lower automatically at the mere touch of a button But whether or not your car has these features there's one convenience that every driver can enjoy that is a signal credit card For instance instead of paying cash every time you stop for gas oil or a lube job You merely tell the signal dealer to charge it And because signal credit cards are honored at all signal service stations throughout the six specific host states from canada to mexico You'll find one especially helpful on trips You're relieved of the necessity of carrying large sums of money yet. 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It was a statement of fact You could kill him helen You aren't helpless at all By the time you arrive at the office the next morning you've decided exactly how it's going to happen It begins with an There are things you must plant in her mind and with an you have to be careful Congratulations, darling. You scooped the whole town with that crash story last night. Really? Oh now don't be wide-eyed dear. It doesn't become you. Well, well it was a lucky break and and you did a nice job of covering it I'm our dad. Mm-hmm. Hey, what's wrong with you? You're not very enthusiastic. Oh, it's nothing. Oh cut it out. I know better Now what is it? Malcolm Oh Malcolm found out about paul. Yes, you know what a temper Malcolm has Well, he was at his worst made all sorts of threat against you. No, that's why i'm worried Active as if he might take it out on paul You've never seen anyone so jealous in Well, keep them apart until it's over. That's all you can do It's not so easy. You can't hide paul in a crowd tonight Oh, how do you mean take him to the circus with you? That's the one place Malcolm won't go Not in his frame of mind. Oh I think paul isn't interested in circuses either. I I still want company though. How about you change your mind? Uh-oh The boss won't let me off the rewrite desk. I'll be at it all night. Oh, I'm disappointed. I'm not If you spot any stories call me. Will you sure sure still wish you were going with me. They say it's quite a show Yes, Helen quite a show But you knew all along that ann would have to decline your invitation, didn't you? That was part of your plan Part two takes place at the apartment your old apartment to which you've still got a key From your years at mrs. Delavan, you know that Malcolm isn't home At his desk you pick up Malcolm's long thin letter opener hide it in your purse Half an hour later wearing a conspicuous red bolero jacket You're standing in line at the ticket booth in front of sealy brother's giant show And there's a reason for not using your pass isn't there, Helen? Right here two, please Three of the grandstand three grandstand. Thank you one please grandstand. Yes, ma'am wonder Huh That's as small as you got ladies. I'm sorry for crying out loud 50 bucks. I said I was sorry Okay, okay. I can handle it A red bolero jacket and a $50 bill You know the man in the ticket booth will remember you don't you Helen? And inside the main tent you slip the jacket off turn it inside out and fold it over your arm Just one of the crowd again And then a few minutes later you slip quietly out of side exit and make your way to the street It'll be a simple matter to reach paul's apartment unnoticed on the crowded streetcar You're standing in an alcove in the hall outside paul's apartment waiting for Malcolm to complete his visit and leave It's nearly an hour before you see him come out and start down the stairs Almost before he's out of sight you're down the hall ringing the doorbell Aren't you going to ask me in paul? Should I? There's a vase or two. I forgot to nail down. I'm sorry paul. I I won't stay long Okay Your timing was perfect just missed your husband. Yes, I know. Oh He showed me your letter paul What did you talk about? Helen it's all over. Why why go on talking? It's been a great deal to me paul. I'm sorry Now you're not Helen please. Why did you come here? I want to say goodbye paul. Goodbye Yes, I I won't bother you anymore But would you mind too terribly paul would you mind? Kissing me goodbye Of course not Helen I I never meant Helen you It was a kiss of death wasn't it Helen You stand for a moment looking down at paul's still face And then you hurry to the door cautiously let yourself out of the apartment hurry back to the circuit The crowd is pouring out of the main tent as you get there You slip on the red valero jacket Mingle with the others as they move away from the entrance babbling Hey, hey, what were their names? The flying carbonis. They've been working together for you. I never seen anything like it Never oh excuse me, lady. Certainly a taxi a taxi Where to lady daily post. No, wait a minute. I'll call the story and take me home driver Brockhurst apartment Now give me the last paragraph again, will you engagement Uh profitable engagement in uh in a city which has long since demonstrated its loyalty to pencil and sandbar got that right. Okay friend In the morning if it's about that review, it isn't about the review pretty shocking news What is it? Paul wilson was murdered tonight. What they're holding malcom on suspicion. I'll be right down Ed, what are you doing here? Oh, I had a little extra work to do in the composing room tonight I've been talking to ed about the murder helens. Oh, I can't believe malcom would just sit neither can we Pretty crude stuff, you know advertising a motive all over town like that Then knocking off your arrival with an oriental curio that a correspondent school detective could trace to you He must have lost his reason. Oh, no He was pretty jealous, but he wasn't stupid Well, that's the side of the point now because I want me down at police headquarters. You can relax, honey Police headquarters is coming to you. What's this all about? And why are you just a minute? All right, lieutenant jacob This is lieutenant jacob helens. How do you do? How do you like to ask you a few questions? I'd like to ask a few myself. You'll have a chance in just a moment this kind of her I wouldn't belong you see. I only have one question. All right Where were you at 10 15 last night? Well, I could have told you that I was at the circus. Are you sure dear? Well, I've thrown the story into the rewrite didn't you stop to wonder why I wasn't on the rewrite desk Well, no, I do should have you see I changed my mind I went to the circus too. I used the other pass the seat next to the one you were supposed to be using Does this mean you actually suspect me of murdering paul wilson? Well, I admit it gave me pause your uh, ex-husband claims he and wilson talked things over that wilson was giving you the air That's a ridiculous lie. Malcolm is pretty sure of his facts. He suggested Quite loudly too that you were trying to frame him. It, uh, it all depends on that one point, miss connever Where you were at 10 15 last night? I already told you I was covering the circus If you're awfully concerned about that ticket business, we are I'll produce the pass I didn't use at home in my tan coat Yeah, I changed to my red bolero jacket and discovered when I got there. I'd left the pass at home So I bought a ticket in the grandstand you can prove that I think so All I had was a $50 bill the man at the ticket window was terribly irritated with me. I see I suggest you find out who he is and ask him about the woman in the red bolero jacket You remember me. Well, that's an angle. Let me tell you something lieutenant My good friend Anne over here seems to have engineered this you might be interested in her reasons Wait a minute. Helen. I thought she's been jealous of me in my position with this paper ever since she came here She hates me. She'd do anything to ruin me in my career. Helen. You better tell the truth, Annie It's all going in the record And this is a topper lieutenant. I introduced it to my former husband at a cocktail party three years ago She's been in love with him ever since she'd do anything right now to save him Ask her if that's true Ask her to answer that one under oath Well, what about it miss started? all right, I I do love him The whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story Meantime two points It'll pay every driver to remember if you want to be sure of the tops in quality when you buy gasoline one in gasoline It takes extra quality to go farther and two signal is the famous go farther gasoline Yes, it's a fact mileage is the best yardstick of gasoline quality After all in order to give you quicker starting faster pickup and smoother knock free power Signal gasoline has to help your motor run more efficiently And when your motor runs more efficiently Naturally, you see proof of it on your speedometer in mileage That's why we're so proud of signals good mileage Which has made signal gasoline known from canada to mexico as the go farther gasoline And it's why we say to be sure of the tops in gasoline quality. There are just two things to remember One in gasoline. It takes extra quality to go farther and two signal is the famous go farther gasoline And now back to the whistler It's a tense scene helen the three of you and lieutenant jackson yourself Grooped around the dingy rewrite desk under the cruel white light in your office at the daily post Ed the compositor from the press room sitting quietly on the sideline It was an awkward moment explaining away your absence at the circus But you're sure now with a ticket man available to place you at the circus at the time of the crime With ann admitting her love for malcolm that you're in the clear It's almost a full minute after her admission that ann finally speaks Ed Bring me the paper ed the morning edition with the review of the performance last night. You've got us. Oh, sure I'm here Now let's get this straight lieutenant We're all agreed everything depends on where my Capable colleague was at the time she claimed she was at the circus Why don't you let him check my review annie? I've already read it. Yes You see it's a rather important piece of evidence The next time you see that type script, it'll be marked exhibit a what do you mean? You're a top reporter helen never missed a trick But you did last night. That's why we didn't print your story. We used mine instead. You what take a look at that headline The black letters stab into your brain like neon swim before your eyes The floor seems to open up and swallow you as the sense of it strikes home Flying carbony troop plunges to death in circus accidents You're unprepared off balance now or no defense for this Important piece of evidence helen mark digs and as you try frantically to think of some excuse some way out Lieutenant jacob starts bearing in with questions about paul about malcom about the knife the apartment The whole thing helen the whole hideous truth Until you can't think anymore until you find yourself admitting every word of it And I I just let me leave me alone. They'll do what they can for you down at headquarters. Miss carnival. Come on. Let's go Oh Thanks, and It was a pleasure and a good idea. You know we could use a head like yours downtown What are you talking about that morning edition? 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