 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Try Western property and casualty insurance. Hi. How are things with the Golden West? You still in Reno? Good boy. What goes Pete a little trouble with a big dairy farm out here Johnny Aminian dairy, okay Pete tell me all the year and a half ago in a fire Aminian lost one of his silos You know one of those big towers where they store and cure a lot of chopped up corn and stuff. Yeah Yeah, I know cost us twenty one thousand dollars twenty one thousand for a silo this time It's a compound silo and the claim is for fifty six thousand. Oh, I don't want to pay it. I don't blame you sure because Johnny I think it was awesome In the exciting adventures of a man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar And now act one of yours truly Johnny dollars Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the triwestern property and casualty insurance company Reno, Nevada office Following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the doubtful dairy matter Expense account item one a hundred and forty one twenty transportation and incidentals Hartford to Reno, Nevada It was about 9 a.m. When I arrived so I checked into the mates hotel and then walked over to Pete Hardie's office Menian dairies are just north of here Johnny and Warm Springs Valley off Route 33. Well, and I'd better run me a car or you can use mine No, no Pete. How can I run up my expense account unless I have something to run it up with Johnny for once? Anyhow the reason why these silos a minion has are so expensive that the owner's name by the way Yes, Aram a medium and I take it. He's our medium friendly enough to know Now he's had all his silos very specially built How specially can you build a silo just a concrete base a lot of long wooden staves to get the circular shape and a good roof on top Well, he has some trick with them inside like what that's his deep dark secret But he claims it makes better silage for his cattle than is possible anywhere else in the world And one of these things burned up a year and a half ago the word exploded best describes it Yeah, and as I said cost us 21,000 and now the replacement has gone up and playing yes They before yesterday he filed a claim the same day. Why do you suspect arson? Did the local authorities find anything suspicious? No, but you go out and talk with a minion Johnny And if you don't end up with the same kind of feeling I have Well, I'll leave by shirt Expense account Adam to $50 deposit on a drive your own car Finding the a minion dairy in a ranch some 20 miles north of the city was easy It was spread out all over the countryside hundreds of acres of well-irrigated lush green pastures Square in the middle of the ranch at one of the cleanest most modern dairies I ever saw Aaron a median gave me the grand tour and I must say I was impressed There was close to 200 well-kept grinsies in the main barn, which was clean as a whistle The milking machines coolers separators clarifiers and so on with the same yep a prosperous looking setup Finally mr. A median took me out to where a small group of workmen were cleaning up What was left of his compound silo you can see mr. Dollar only the concrete base is left That must have been a pretty big silo, mr. A median that's the largest and most efficient in the entire West still $56,000 oh the size of nothing to do with that it was the inner construction known only the barn Well the man who built it for me and to myself, of course always so special about it principally a method of venting Yeah, it increases the phosphorus and lactic acid content Well, I thought the point in the silo was to keep it pretty well sealed up venting within mr. Dollar, but that's all I'll tell you about it It cost me 56,000 to have barn well-built it and I wish the company to pay my claim as quickly as possible Because I'm starting construction on new one immediately of the same time all vastly improved guys Oh, then it was to your advantage to lose the old one Just what do you mean to that your loss came at just the right times, isn't it? Not just a minute with the insurance money you can build a new and better one and when it gets out of date I suppose you'll have another fire. Oh, I see you You think perhaps these last two were deliberately set where they Ridiculous isn't but if they were yeah, if they were I certainly wouldn't oh come on now after what you've just said What's more mr. Dollar? I'm sure you'll never be able to prove Back to of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment We sometimes wonder what is the life of a human being really worth? Not too much Or maybe a great deal Does it depend on whose life it is? Whatever the answer one thing is certain Fred Hargisheimer since world war two has felt that his life is worth quite a lot quite a lot of gratitude During the war in the pacific about june of 1943 Lieutenant Hargisheimer had his p-38 fighter plane shot out of the sky Badly wounded he bailed out over a tiny island new britain It looked pretty small from where he hit the silk, but he found it much bigger when he hit the ground It was bigger and in complete control of the enemy But Hargisheimer was lucky After a month of lonely hiding he was found by a group of friendly natives from the village of nantambu They cared for him and successfully hid him from enemy patrols for the next four months at the risk of their own lives Then Hargisheimer was able to make it back to civilization For the next 17 years Fred Hargisheimer thought about those wonderful people of nantambu 12,000 miles away in the united states of america Hargisheimer put a great plan into effect He made speeches took up collections sold jewelry belonging to his family And worked out a way to bring a bit of civilization and happiness to the little village of nantambu Needless to say the villagers gave him a spectacular welcome upon his return Fred Hargisheimer showed his gratitude to the people who had saved his life But life is worth little without freedom the right of all men everywhere And now act two of yours truly johnny dollar and the doubtful dairy matter By what he said and the way he said it Aero mammalian was practically challenging me to find out how arson was involved in the destruction of his 56 thousand dollars secretly constructed compound silo Expense account item three phone call from a gas station on highway 33 dorino police headquarters But lieutenant Brady of the arson squad assured me he'd failed to find anything indicating the fire was set so dead end Until i remembered a little trick that had worked for me before and might work again Item four 27 cents for a loaf of white bread at the grocery store along the highway Then I drove back to the eminient ranch As i've known you were hungry mr. Dollar I should have had something provided for you at the ranch house In spite of your rather nasty attitude about this loss of mind Food is the last thing i'm thinking of mr. Eminient But then why this loaf of bread if you're not flip Now let's see Oh now surely you're not going to eat the piece that dropped in the ashes now We're now we're gonna get it out of your mouth, man Well Whatever in the world are you doing mr. Dollar? Yeah Yeah, I knew it You knew what? A sure a sure test for kerosene, mr. Eminient Yeah, fresh bread dropped in the ashes of a fire even days after the fire is out I don't understand I can still taste the kerosene And mr. It makes things look pretty bad for you Me? Oh good heavens man, you can't Dollar I resent this this completely unfounded accusation So right ahead and resent or better still let me get hold of a stenographer and you can dictate a confession get out of here Want to do it the highway, huh? Get off this ranch dollar now leave immediately sure My warn you don't come back because if you do better be careful, mr. Eminient The kind of a threat you're about to make wouldn't sound very good in court get out get out I don't know highway I stopped at the mobile gas station again and made another phone call item five another 20 cents It was to my old friend herb carlbert cashier of reno's farm trade national bank It was past closing time, but he promised to leave a door open for me So I grabbed a sandwich and a coke along the way that's item 680 cents including tip Then at the bank herb led me back to his private office Well sit down johnny tell me all about yourself. Yeah later herb We'll go out on the town and talk our heads off right now. I need some information I hope you can tell me where to get it all information about what? The eminient dairy or better still eminient himself You know him Well, I certainly do where his bank His happens to be one of the best accounts we have especially in our investment department You mean it's big Funny big like how much well now johnny I'll tell you this if I had a quarter of his net worth I'd have retired long ago No big outstanding debts on his place anything like that not a penny Aaron's financial condition is Now wait a minute. Yeah that fire and explosion of his compound silo. Yeah, that's right herb I found evidence indicating I said well certainly aren't accusing him. Oh else. Oh, no, no, no, you're wrong Well, now look herb. He filed that claim so fast the most natural thing in the world for him It's the way he does everything like paying his bills immediately on receipt. He works that way You expect everybody else to well He gave me the impression he wanted to collect quickly in order to have money for rebuilding of course Rather than cash in some of this blue chip investment herb somebody fired that silo. Well, it certainly wouldn't be Aaron You sound like you're in co-host with him What about his employees from my impression of the man they love him like a father Every one of them and if every employer was as generous as he is There wouldn't be any labor troubles in this country Well, the fact remains that somebody somehow stood to profit by destroying that silo and the one before it Well, I can't imagine who even his competitors like and respect the man or so they say No, no, no, they do he's helped them stay on their feet during hard times Develop new ideas and methods and pass them on to them. Oh the fact remains Johnny Johnny, I've had a rough day How about a nice cool casual drink then we'll have dinner and take in the town Item 7 21 30 for drinks and a good dinner back at the mates But I didn't enjoy either Because herb and his defense of a median was no help at all Except perhaps for giving me a list of all the people he could think of who did business with him I decided to check them all first thing in the morning Finally about midnight having lost our share at a couple of nearby gambling clubs to be parted Herb drove away to his home on the outskirts of town. I went back to the mix Take mr. Mrs. Ken with you to room 314 boy Yes, sir. What's up? Oh, mr. Dolly, sir. Oh, just like you Certainly And I hope you enjoy a pleasant night's rest. Thanks Oh, by the way, there was a gentleman here looking for you early this evening Uh hung around quite a while said he'd be back. Oh, who was he? He didn't give his name, sir. In order to he wished to leave a message Mr. Ameen Mr. Ameen in the dairyman. Oh, no, sir. I'm quite sure Okay, nice. Yes. Good night. Good night. Oh mr. Dollar. Yeah There he is there going out the door the dark brown coat You're sure yes or the same man Yes, how do I but if he knows you sir and By the time I get out the front door the man in the brown coat was halfway down the block and walking fast Faster and faster as a matter of fact as I gained on He turned the corner and by this time both of us were running Hey Hey, are you looking for me? By the end of three or four blocks, it was a real foot race Then suddenly he turned into an alley and like a darn fool I plunged into the darkness of it after him Hey Hey, right here. Oh, no, you Of yours truly johnny dollar in a moment our flag now numbers 50 stars and behind each star There stands yet another flag representing one of the 50 states New Hampshire state flag carries its state seal on a field of dark blue The seal is surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves the symbol of peace Interspersed with nine stars because New Hampshire was the ninth state to join the union The heart of the state seal is a representation of the frigate raleigh Recalling the glory of the early days of sale New Hampshire state flag the flag of the ninth state and to the union was adopted on april 29th 1931 And now act three of yours truly johnny dollar and the dogful dairy matters If it hadn't been for a big interstate moving van that drove into the alley where i'd been way later Well, I have a strong hunch. I wasn't supposed to have lived through that beating The truck driver who absolutely refused a tip incidentally half walked half carried me back to the mates And the desk clerk had a doctor in my room within a few minutes Not a terrible thing terrible thing mr. Don you're being attacked like this Of course, I'll have to make a report over to the police. Oh, do anything you like doctor just Just get me patched up with you and you Yeah You uh, you have no idea who could have done this to you believe me. I intend to find out Judging by this swollen hand of yours. You've got in some good licks though and whoever What's the matter? Well, this is a very unusual ring your way Oh some kids in the ymca gave it to me a couple years ago. I help them with the softball team Oh, yes, of course. That's the ym signal. Yeah, one of them made it and the three raised points stand for spirit Body and mind. Yeah, that's right. Well, now if you're just Oh, hey, what's that for? Make sure you get plenty of rest. Oh, no. No, I'm the doctor Roll up your sleeves. Yeah, I'll do it. Look if this shot leaves me groggy in the morning, you'll wake up feeling fine There you are Incidentally that ring listen before you notify the police Oh, hey this This shot works pretty As I start to say If that ring of yours didn't leave a mark on whomever you defended yourself against In a few seconds I was out like a light But then a whole set of weird dreams began to plague my somewhat battered mind and questions About who would attack me and why Only the why was only too obvious to keep me from finding an arsonist who Yeah, yeah Who probably bore the mark of my ring on his kisser I thought of the names herb had given me and his insistence that none of them could be guilty Wait a minute There was one name he hadn't mentioned But a median had Of one man who stood to gain a lot by the destruction of the silos Or maybe it was just a crazy hunch part of the wild dreams that came from the beating I'd taken In any event And the morning as soon as the bank was open. I was in herb carlbert's office again. Well Yes, he has an account here too johnny At least he did before how about loans as this man. We're talking about taking out any loans. Well Yes, but now johnny, you know, I yeah, I know I know the fact remains. He's pretty hard up for dough, isn't I didn't say that Although of course if that's the conclusion you choose to draw tell me this he owes the bank money now doesn't he? Yeah, all right Did he also owe the bank a lot of money about a year and a half ago Johnny yeah Well, johnny, you're right But who would have suspected and when you consider that aram Armenian is the one man who was giving him money for all the work He's Like I believe in herb. It started out as a pure hunch, but right now I bet my where can I find him? Well, if aram plans to go ahead with new construction, you're probably sure out there at the dairy You want to come along? Maybe I'd better after the way aram threatened you I guess I owe him an apology for the way I tore into him. Let's go johnny. Yeah What What if we're wrong? What if this man we think is the arsonist? Will you agree that the firebug is the same man who attacked me in the alley? Oh, I suppose so then we'll soon know because believe me. He's a marked man We made the eminient terry in 30 minutes flat and we're told at the gate that aram Armenian was in the pasteurizing plant Maybe you better let me talk to aram first johnny not aram that i'm interested in her And you know I just won't just a minute. No, what's the matter? Hold it a second. What do you want? I tell my choice? Yeah, sure I've been thinking johnny on the way out. You know We could really be terribly terribly Aram we're just looking for you Well, I heard the car full up. I thought it was joe barnwell. He's do here to show me final plans for the new style Oh, he's gone to Well, it's a dollar and that's right. Mr. Meaning. I want to apologize for Yeah, what's the matter That dressing on your cheek. What about it? Just what is that little bandage hiding johnny? Well, I mean in the matter of fact, I cut myself shaving this morning Well, I'm sorry, mr. But that bandage is gonna have to come off Look johnny now just a minute dollar. Ah, here you are here. Here's the final blueprint for it What's wrong joe? Oh gentlemen, this is mr. Joseph barnwell herb carlbert. We know each other and mr. Johnny dollar Yeah, I think we know each other too barnwell Oh, do we joe? Do you have an accident of some sort your face? What's gonna happen to him now won't be any accident mr. I mean in And I apologize for doubting that you cut yourself with a razor What? I'm afraid I don't understand but that bandage on your face doesn't hide any razor cut does it barnwell I don't know what you're talking about. All right, then let's rip it off. You certainly won't Good heavens johnny. Yeah, look the mark from the ring on my hand where I struck him last night. Okay, barnwell Now stop don't don't touch me start talking Tell him any and how you burned up his fancy expensive silo so you could build another one How you burned the other one up? Talk, I swear He talked all right plenty About a rank. It's so old. I hadn't heard of it in years A crooked builder who burned out his own clients to get himself more work And in this case a natural because he was the only one who shared eram's secret construction plan And by the time I was through with him he blabbed about some of the other clients he'd taken the same way Expense account total including incidentals and the trip back to hideford $418 even yours truly Johnny dollar Our star bob bailey will return in just a moment to give you a hint about what's in store for you on next week's program meantime Listen carefully There is a biblical verse which promises life is going to be better for everybody in the world when Mercy and truth are met together And righteousness and peace have kissed each other When the people of the united states of america express that thought it is not in idleness But indeed today it is common knowledge that when the gigantic earthquakes and tidal waves struck the republic of chile and south america Not too long ago Thousands of lives were lost and tens of thousands were left homeless hungry and suffering Immediate aid in the form of food medicine clothing supplies and professional and technical help were flown to chile By the united states air force in a mercy airlift When the work was done and the suffering people made happier and more comfortable American servicemen received such grateful Thanks from the people of chile that they felt increased pride in being able to wear the uniform of the united states of america This same pride has come to other americans in uniform when mercy and truth have come together to Follow the wake of disaster in other parts of the world After the earthquake in agatea morocco After two devastating cyclones swept across the bay of vanguard into east pakistan After a typhoon rocked and battered japan As mercy and truth got together So did peace and righteousness to form a pact for freedom The right of all men everywhere And now here's our star to tell you about next week's intriguing story on yours truly johnny dollars next week Well, I get into cattle country again And a haphard steer solves a case for me So join us won't you yours truly? Johnny dollars Starring bob bailey originates in hollywood It is produced and directed by jack johnstone who also wrote tonight's story Heard in our cast where paul duboff will write john daner harry barthel parley bear and floris lewis Be sure to join us next week same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly johnny dollar This is dan coverley speaking. This is the united states armed forces radio and television service