 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Johnny. This is Byron Kaye at intercoastal maritime and life in Boston. Hello, boy Remember Hurricane Audrey back on the liner part of June sure must have hit your company pretty hard Yes, but if anybody ever needed help it was those people down in Louisiana and neighboring states Yeah, so we've paid up the claims just as fast as they've come in Except for one. Oh, what's that one? We received only a couple of days ago Okay, bye. Give me the dope and I'll head for Louisiana on the first plane Wrong direction Johnny, huh? Texas? No, Oklahoma, Arkansas Buffalo, New York, what and I think you'd better run over here and let me give you some facts. Yeah. Yeah, I think I'd better Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of a man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator is truly Johnny dollar And now act one of yours truly Johnny dollars Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the intercoastal maritime and life insurance company Boston, Massachusetts Following is the kind of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Sharmona matter Expense account item 1 1845 plane fare an incidentals Hartford to Boston and a cab to Byron Kaye's office in the little building Glad to see you Johnny. Hi, I'm glad you can take this on for me to sit on. Okay. Thanks Ever here of Charles Francis Keely Killy a very much reformed man Johnny who was apparently making a valiant try to live down some of the things he did earlier in his life Like what? Well, he was a I guess you'd call him a promoter stock manipulator that sort of thing The point is he made himself a lot of money a few years back until the authorities the securities exchange commission and so forth Put a stop to his fancy dealing sounds like a real nice guy in any event He had enough money by the time he quit to live pretty well nice home beautiful wife 62-foot cruiser and that by the way is our biggest problem. Oh, I wish my biggest problem was a 62-foot cruiser It is Johnny now and tell me all yes Early in June he took his boat across Lake Erie to Detroit to have some work done on it at the Detroit Yacht Basin Then couple of days before the end of the month. He started back for Buffalo I had that hurricane was moving north about then wasn't it yes It was and his failure to appear in Buffalo within a reasonable time didn't worry his wife a bit Often before making that same trip. He'd stopped off in Cleveland to visit some of his old cronies But by July 20th, she began to get worried. She called the friends in Cleveland. They hadn't seen him Then she called the Coast Guard no word a Few days later a couple of the life preservers from his boat washed up on the south shore of Erie near the little town of Lindsay That enough for you Johnny How much insurance did he carry on himself? 35,000 on the boat a hundred and six thousand I see Okay, bye. I'm on my way Expensive count item to transportation to Buffalo where I signed in at the Stadler hotel Item 3 520 for dinner then taxi. That's item 4 to the Keely home north of Delaware Park on Colvin Avenue. I Don't know just when I'd expected Keely's wife to look like Suffice it to say I was pleasantly surprised She was young tall blonde and beautiful with eager sparking eyes and none of the signs of grief. I'd anticipated I Don't know why you registered at the hotel Johnny May I call you Johnny? Why sure? Please call me Mona May I pour you another drink? No, no, thanks As I started to say you could have stayed here. There's plenty of room as you can see Yes, yes, this is a very beautiful house Yes, but so so empty now I get terribly lonely Johnny Well, I of course I don't blame you But now suppose we talk if you don't mind about Johnny if you have to be around for a few days Why don't you move out of that hotel and oh? I'm sorry. I shouldn't say that I guess I'm just Sorry sorry But I am lonely sure Now Mona you realize this investigation is well, it's just routine of course John Now as I understand every effort has been made to find your husband Of course and to find the charm on her charm on her the cruiser. Oh, yes There's a beautiful thing Johnny But now it's going And Paul Paul Yes, Paul Matthews was the pilot Only he was more than that he He was very nice Yeah Well now as I am oh, excuse me Every time that phone rings. I I hope it's some words some news that perhaps Well, you know, I'm not sure that I do what but by all means answer it. Yeah, that's excuse me There was something distinctly wrong with this whole setup. That was for sure Yes, yes, this is she This is Mona T. Perhaps Charles Keely wasn't the only one in this family to arouse a special Especially now with nearly a hundred and fifty thousand dollars involved. Yes. Well, how about Paul? I said how about Paul? Then when she finally finished with a phone call came a couple of other surprises Johnny he's all right. Huh? That was the Coast Guard. They found him. He's all right Isn't it wonderful That was the real surprise Not what she said isn't it wonderful or even the way she said it But something deep back in her eyes that gave her away that told me beyond the shadow of a doubt that she was lying through her teeth Back to of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment It is a rare event when a young man decides to leave civilization behind and hide himself away in the steaming jungle Just so he can help his fellow humans in a remote corner of the world The late Dr. Tom Dooley did just that when he left the United States to help the sick and starving jungle people in the little kingdom of Laos in Southeast Asia Dr. Dooley's story is well known to nearly everyone and all over the world people talk of his little jungle hospital on stilts that's where he treated the dread diseases of the jungle and trained Native medical technicians so that they might help their own people Dr. Dooley wrote and lectured to many people so that the work of his medical assistance program Medical might go on It was not easy for someone so young and so talented to give up the bright lights of the city and plant himself down in an Unknown jungle just for the purpose of helping unfortunate people. He didn't even know But through medical Dr. Tom Dooley wanted to help people They wanted to help people to help themselves Today the work of medical is going forward in a number of countries besides Laos Young men are being sent to the United States to be schooled in medicine with the idea of returning to their own countries to help their own people Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies have been donated by American businessmen and pharmaceutical companies Today Dr. Tom Dooley's work is being continued for him. It is helping to create better understanding It is an injection of the spirit of freedom the right of all men everywhere and Now act two of yours truly Johnny dollar and the Charmona matter The news that her husband was still alive came as quite a surprise to Mona Keely Isn't it wonderful? She said But I didn't believe that she met on the south shore of the lake Johnny near the little town of Lindsay West of Cleveland He was picked up on the beach by a farmer who's been caring for him ever since Isn't it kind of funny that you haven't heard from him before? That hurricane was a couple of months ago Well, he was out of his mind from the shock of what happened to him that the Coast Guard say anything about the yacht No, Johnny, I'm afraid that Charmona is at the bottom of Lake Erie. Where is he now? In Cleveland and a small private hospital. Well, hadn't you better go over there and get him bring it back here I told the Coast Guard we would Mona You're not really glad that he's been found that he's still alive. Are you? No, I'm not I Guess I never really loved Charles. I'm not sure he really loved me He was a big shot always on the town doing a lot of entertaining that sort of thing. I Was well, I was very pretty then kind of a business asset for him When were you and Charles married Mona nine years ago? It looks as though he's done pretty well by you I never had any reason to complain about that. I mean but the things he did to make his money it was Well, I guess it was legal, but it wasn't right It was almost like stealing the way he promoted a lot of worthless inventions penny stocks Worthless real estate that sort of thing But he always did all right and you Well, who worries about conscience when things are doing well a lot of people Mona, but then they made him stop his Stop the things he was doing and Charles became very strange He took up religion like a fanatic Get giving his money away to a lot of crazy charities money I could have used And he got moody He'd go off alone for weeks at a time pay no attention to me That's what I meant when I said I was lonely Johnny Not just since the accident that lost the boat and And Paul Paul again, huh? Don't you understand these crazy things have been going on for over a year now? That's why I'm not jumping with joy that Charles is alive Do you blame me? Hadn't we better drive on over to Cleveland and get him All right I'll run upstairs and change my clothes Excuse me. I'll be ready in a minute Maybe I should have felt a bit more sympathetic, but I didn't Maybe Charles Keely did marry her simply because he could afford to keep a smart pretty ornament around at his beck and call Yeah, but the chances were she'd married him solely for the things as money could buy her She took a long time changing her clothes, but she didn't surprise me. So I poured myself a drink I glanced over some of the magazines on the coffee table. I Get up and steered out of the window for one of something better to do wanted about the room Wanted into the old panel den I Looked over the shelves of fine books the gun collection and the cabinet in the corner And almost I had Lee I reached out toward the leather top desk to shove back a slip of paper that stuck out of one of the drawers Until I saw what it was It was an unpaid bill several months old from an exclusive New York shop for some very expensive gowns And inside the drawer was packed with unpaid bills Thousands of dollars worth of them and statements bearing a polite firm warning to pay up or else No wonder keely sweet charming wife had hoped she'd never hear from him again Gone he was worth thirty five thousand to her in the yacht a hundred and six thousand Perhaps somehow Mona keely had even had a hand in the wrecking of that yacht I wanted and I decided I didn't care much for people like this But my meditations were suddenly interrupted by a sound from the doorway and as she stood a pretty little pearl handle 25 caliber Colton a dainty gloved hand I'm ready Johnny. Are you so I see? Ready for what Mona? I Guess that depends Three 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 Wisconsin's state flag bears the state model forward and a likeness of the state mascot the badger The word badger was a nickname for the minors in southwest Wisconsin During the mining boom just prior to 1830 the people who came from Illinois mined only during the good season and left during the bad They were called suckers just like the fish in the streams But the busy Wisconsinites with either too little time to leave or to build a house Moved into abandoned mine shafts to live as badgers the Wisconsin banner pays tribute to these industrious natives Wisconsin state flag the flag of the 30th state to enter the Union was adopted on April 26th 1913 And now act three of yours truly Johnny dollar and the Charmona matters Mona keely stood there in the door of the den a 25 caliber colt in her hand But she'd caught me going through the drawer of a desk through papers that showed only too clearly why the loss in a storm of $100,000 yacht might well have been carefully planned Why she wished that her husband had gone down with it You shouldn't have done it Johnny you shouldn't have looked in that death pretty good proof isn't Mona the wreck of the Charmona was no accident. I don't know how your husband worked it and still managed to get back to shore a lot You don't know what you're talking about. He almost didn't make it if what you've told me is the truth Maybe that's because he didn't anticipate that the storms from Hurricane Audrey would hit Lake Erie Maybe it's because Well, let's soon find out will you yes when we drive over to the hospital in Cleveland and talk with him if he's really there Oh, he's there. All right, and you and I are going for a drive, but not to Cleveland All right, no, I'll put that thing down Mona. Sorry sweetheart. That little thing in your hand is about as accurate as a slingshot Now why don't you know don't move? I? Still don't get it though. Oh What and I'm sure you must have been in with your husband on his deliberate thinking of the yacht if you think child Thank you deliberately Johnny. You're all wrong, and I certainly don't get it because it oh Now wait a minute You've made a couple of cracks about what was his name Paul? Do you want to know the truth? Paul was the pilot for Charles, and there's been no word about him, so he must have gone down with the Charmona That's why I'm lonely and feel the way I do Mona this whole thing smells worse to me every minute And he was kind and he loved me I was glad when they found the Charmona had gone down because the money for it would be mine And I could get free of Charles and Paul and I could That's why I hope Charles was gone. Yeah another thirty five thousand dollars for you You're about the crummiest lot I've ever run into Look at this Mona here on the desk What the solid gold table and they are beside you that expensive mirror you're talking about look Why did you do that to get this gun? A lot of good this would have done you with a safety on I'll give you for this Johnny No, I don't think so, and I don't think the police it like it if you try oh, no Do you think they'd blame me for trying to stop you from going through the papers in my desk for shooting you? No, wait, I didn't mean that I couldn't have shot you Johnny Before we go is there anything you'd like to tell me Go Where is there anything you'd like to tell me about while Charles really sank the Charmona? No, and I don't think you'll ever know how and why the Charmona went down one of that No, no stay right there. Now. I've got the gun remember Hello, what? Charlie no this is a friend of the family. Oh Well, this is Harry Nelson. He gave me a real start. I thought Charlie come back from his watery grave. He has Mr. Nelson What yes, he's in a Cleveland Hospital. He's okay. Oh Well, then I'll talk to him when he gets back You see I'm the man who's gonna give him 98,000 for the Charmona when he got her back from Detroit. Oh Yes, sure, but since the Coast Guard tells me she was a complete loss Naturally, I think I'll have my deposit back. I'm sure you'll get it. Mr. Nelson. Yeah, okay, Mr What did you say your name is by? What was that? Someone who threw some very interesting light on this whole matter come on Where our little drive remember During the five-hour drive to Grace Hospital on the outskirts of Cleveland I question using every trick I could she refused to talk The theory that Charles Keely had deliberately sunk his yacht had gone up in smoke If he had a buyer for it, he wouldn't need to try to collect the insurance on it But I still knew the whole case was anything but Lily White and hope that Keely could explain a few things When we arrived at the hospital there was a police lieutenant and Keely's Romanus stenographer When she saw them on a gasp slightly and sank into a chair to which the lieutenant promptly handcuffed Charles Keely talked the whole case became crystal clear and at the same time about as sorted as anything I'd ever heard I should have realized what was up when Paul Matthews suddenly refused to make the trip back to Buffalo with me He was my pilot lieutenant. I phoned the Coast Guard about him. Yes, sir It was on the Coast Guard's tip that we ordered Paul Matthews picked up picked up, then he's all right Shut her up lieutenant or get her out of here As I started to say they not only picked him up but found where he bought the various parts for the little device Are you good device? What are you talking about that time? Let me tell him sure go ahead mr. Keely and this stenographer will have it all down on the record I should have known what was up when Paul suddenly decided not to go back with me just before sailing time You see I've suspected for some months that he and my wife behind my back shut up you rotten little Come on I Should have known then but I had to get the cruiser back to Buffalo to a friend who'd offered me cash for it Harry Nelson Yes Enough to get me back on my feet again And I didn't know why Paul had left me to make the trip alone until the explosion about five hours out What yes mr. Dollar up forward where there couldn't possibly have been anything explosive a bomb of some sort What else dollar it was luck sure luck that I was sailing in close that I'd put on a life preserver because of the storm That was the tail end of the hurricane down south you understand Yes, and it was luck that she went down right off Palace Rock Yeah, that's exactly where the Coast Guard divers found her early this morning a hole as big as a house blown out of her front Yes, that storm that hurricane may have taken a lot of lives, but it saved mine All I can say is I'm glad there are courts to take care of situations like this I myself would hate to have to dirty my hands any further Yeah, it probably does take all kinds to make a world But believe me the world would be a lot better off without some of those kind The claim on the yacht sure it'll have to be paid And to a man I honestly think is trying to live a decent life for a change Expense account total including incidentals in the trip back to Hartford 10380 yours truly Johnny dollar Our star will return in just a moment an old English proverb states that a friend in need is a friend indeed We've all heard it before But how many of us have realized the full import of its meaning? When Jose Lara Valverde an eight-year-old Spanish boy was in need he found out what real friendship could be Strickened by a rare glandular disease little Jose began to lose his fight for survival when his vital supply of drugs ran out In a desperate call for help an amateur radio operator named Conte Broadcast a weak signal over the European airwaves The plea was picked up by a ham operator Hans Ketterley in Germany who relayed the urgent message to a nearby United States Air Force unit The American airmen quickly dug up the only available drugs of the kind needed They flew the mercy package by jet to Madrid from there an ambulance screamed its urgent way 190 miles to undo our Jose's hometown The medicine saved his life But only temporarily Another source had to be found and it was again in Germany The two rare drugs were again rushed by American jet fighter pilots by helicopter And by Air Force staff car through high winds and thunderstorms to the bedside of the stricken boy The medicine was given to Jose and again he responded This same life-and-death drama was repeated elsewhere in Spain when men of the United States Air Force came to the rescue of another young Spanish boy in need of another rare drug People to people giving is more than a program. It is an act of friendship. It is a fight for freedom the right of all men everywhere Johnny dollars starring Bob Bailey originates in Hollywood. This is Dan Cumberley speaking This is the United States armed forces radio and television service