BONUS - World's Finest On the Air (Adventures of Superman)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

A bonus episode celebrating Batman Day features the first eight chapters of 'The Secret of Meteor Island,' a classic 1948 Superman radio ser

Key takeaways

• Batman and Robin made their first team-up on radio before appearing together in comics.

Main topics

• Superhero team-ups
• Old-time radio detective stories

Notable quotes

"Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter of the prison of the grave."

Conclusion

As Jimmy Olsen and Beanie Martin rush toward the mysterious Count, una

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:00) Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter of the prison of the grave. ...have Speaker 1 (0:16) been changed to protect the innocent. Speaker 3 (0:18) The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price. Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Speaker 4 (0:56) to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. DC Comics has declared September 19th as this year's Batman Day, a time to celebrate the Dark Knight Detective, and to mark the occasion, we'll hear an old-time radio adventure of Batman, along with Robin, the boy Wonder, as the dynamic duo teams up with Superman. Now obviously Batman has enjoyed great success in comics, cartoons, TV shows, and movies, but he never had a radio show of his own. There were a few attempts to launch a series, but the best the Caped Crusader could do on radio was to guest star alongside the Man of Steel. In fact, Batman and Superman first teamed up on radio. before they ever shared an adventure in the comics. Bringing Batman onto the Superman radio series gave listeners a chance to hear their heroes fighting together. But it also allowed for a pinch-hitter hero to give Superman, and the actor who played him, Bud Collier, the chance to take a few days off while Batman and Robin carried the story. This week, we'll hear Superman and Batman together. in the serialized story The Secret of Meteor Island. We'll hear chapters 1 through 8 today, and the concluding episodes will come your way on Friday in another bonus episode. So now sit back and enjoy a super team-up, an adventure that brings Batman to Metropolis to join forces with Superman. Speaker 5 (2:55) Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. From Speaker 7 (3:00) the sky, it's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Yes, it's Superman. Strange visitor from the planet Krypton. Who came to Earth with amazing physical powers far beyond those of mortal men. And who disguised as Clark Kent. Mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper. Wages a never-ending battle for truth and justice. Speaker 7 (3:40) Today, a frantic message from Lois Lane sends Clark Kent hurtling into action as Superman. Speaker 4 (3:46) Clark, what? Get out where, Speaker 5 (3:49) Lois? What's happened? I'm in a Speaker 4 (3:50) drug story. River Drive on Speaker 5 (3:54) 132nd? That's right. Speaker 4 (3:55) Now hurry, Clark. Please. Nothing. Speaker 2 (4:03) Gang Sochi Sakamoto, as we've told you before, is recognized as one of the greatest swimming teachers in the world. For in the past seven years, Speaker 3 (4:10) he's developed twice as Speaker 2 (4:11) many national champions as any other coach. Sakamoto is a Japanese-American who lives on the island of Maui, not far from Honolulu. He had his first outstanding victory in 1937, when his teenage protégés won virtually all the races at the Hawaiian Championship Indoor Meet. Swimming experts immediately wanted to know how Sakamoto had made champions out of 13- and 14-year-old lads. Well, to everybody's amazement... It turned out that Sakamoto had been training the kids in a shallow, narrow sugar cane irrigation ditch miles from the ocean. And from that bunch of kids came six of the fastest swimmers in the world and teams which have won four United States national championships. But Sakamoto's most wonderful triumph came with a part Hawaiian named Bill Smith. Bill had been stricken with typhoid fever, which left him unable to move his arms or legs. His dad, who had heard of the great coach, sent Bill to Sakamoto. And in two years, the boy practically turned into a fish. On May 23, 1941, in Honolulu, Bill Smith broke three world records for the 880, 900, and 1,000-yard distances. The next night, he broke the 550, 700, and 800-yard record. Honolulu went crazy with joy as the once fever-crippled boy proved himself to be the greatest middle-distance swimmer in the world and Sakamoto's prize pupil. Later in this program, gang, we'll give you some tips from Soichi Sakamoto on how you can improve your swimming. So, keep listening. Speaker 7 (5:34) And now, the adventures of Superman. Superman's exciting and fantastic adventure in the land of the Princess Rev Payton has come to an end. And now a new mystery has arisen to confront the Man of Steel, the full importance of which he does not yet realize. As we join Superman now, he is in his office at the Metropolis Daily Planet in his guise of Clark Kent. He looks up, a puzzled frown on his face, as cub reporter Jimmy Olsen enters. Speaker 6 (6:06) You want to see me, Mr. Kent? Speaker 5 (6:07) Oh, yes, Jim. Hustle down to Pier 8, will you? The Eastern Queen is docking there at noon. Oh, Speaker 6 (6:11) you Speaker 5 (6:11) want Speaker 6 (6:12) me to interview some big shotters coming in on a boat, huh? Speaker 5 (6:14) Well, I don't know. Huh? No, you see, I just got a tip. Two tips, in fact, that a terrific story is going to break when the Eastern Queen docks. Oh, what kind Speaker 6 (6:21) of a story? Speaker 5 (6:22) I have no idea, Jim. Well, Speaker 6 (6:23) who gave you the tip? Speaker 5 (6:24) I don't know that either. Oh, now, look, Mr. Kent. No, on Speaker 6 (6:26) the Speaker 5 (6:26) level, Jim, on the level. We received a radiogram a little while ago sent from the Eastern Queen by somebody with the initials E.W. Speaker 6 (6:33) E.W.? Uh-huh, Speaker 5 (6:34) but don't ask me who E.W. is because... You don't know. Right. The message said that a terrific story would break at noon today when the Eastern Queen docked, and for us to be sure to have a reporter there. Speaker 6 (6:43) Golly, I wonder what... Just a few Speaker 5 (6:45) minutes ago, some man called, refused to give his name, but he repeated the same information that was in the radiogram. Hey, Speaker 6 (6:50) this sounds like big stuff. Speaker 5 (6:51) Well, maybe yes, maybe not. Speaker 6 (6:53) What do you mean, maybe not? Speaker 5 (6:55) Well, I've seen some funny things in this business, Jim. It might be a legitimate tip, or it might be the work of a publicity hound. a practical joker, or even a crackpot. Oh. Well, we've got to follow it up just in case, so hop on down to Pier 8 like a good fellow. You'll meet Lois there. Hey, Speaker 6 (7:08) what's the idea? Don't you think I can handle this alone without Miss Lane? Oh, Speaker 5 (7:11) I'm sure you can, Jim, but if the story is as big as somebody wants us to believe, we can use two reporters on the job. Speaker 6 (7:16) Oh, well. All right, Speaker 5 (7:17) get going, Jim. You'll have to hustle to be there on time. Speaker 6 (7:19) Okay, Mr. Kent, I'm on my way. Speaker 4 (7:33) The world took you so long. My cab got stuck in the traffic. Listen, what gives you? What about this big story? So far, I haven't even seen anything that looks like a small story. You haven't? No, and I've been here since the Eastern Queens dock. That was over half an hour ago, and most of the passengers have already left the ship. Gee Speaker 6 (7:48) whiz, Mr. Kent got a radiogram and a phone call. Speaker 4 (7:50) I know, and so apparently did every other newspaper in Metropolis. They did, huh? Sure, look around you. There's Terry of the Blade, and there's Winkler of the Journal, and there's Thompson and Natalie Marks Speaker 6 (7:59) of Speaker 4 (7:59) the Times. And Harry Muldoon of the Gazette? Speaker 6 (8:01) Shucks. Mr. Kent must have been right. What do you mean? Well, he said the tips might have come from some publicity hound or a practical joke Speaker 4 (8:07) or... Speaker 6 (8:07) Hey, now, Speaker 4 (8:08) Jim. There comes the captain down the gangplank. And that woman with him looks familiar. She does? Who is she? Well, I can't quite recognize her from here, but she's probably some big shot traveling incognito. And, uh-oh, the other reporter's his father, too. You wait here, Jim. I'll have a look. Okay, let me know if she's anybody. You bet. Speaker 1 (8:26) I say, young man, would you do me a favor? Speaker 6 (8:28) Why, yes, mister. Just Speaker 1 (8:29) hold this little package for me until I get back, will you? I must make a phone call. Speaker 6 (8:33) That's good, chap. But, Speaker 1 (8:33) but look. Put it in your pocket. It's quite valuable. I'll be right back. Wait Speaker 6 (8:37) a minute. Why can't you put it in your own pocket? Hey, mister. Be right back. But I won't be here long. Hey! Ducked into the crowd. Speaker 8 (8:46) What Speaker 6 (8:46) goes on here? Speaker 4 (9:00) That tip was a phony, and I've been looking all over the pier for you. Oh, Miss Lane, I... Well, why didn't you say where I left you? Well, I... You see, the woman who the captain escorted down the gangplank was Estelle Winson, the ex-movie queen. She and her press agent dreamed up the radiograms of the newspapers and the phone calls of the publicity stunt to get all the reporters down here because Estelle wants to make a comeback in pictures. How do you like that? All the reporters are furious. I wonder where he Speaker 6 (9:24) went. Where who went? Who are you looking for? The man who left the little package with me. Why? He said he was just going to make a phone call and would be right back. But he didn't come back, and I haven't been able to find him. Give me what man are you talking about? I don't know who he is, Miss Lane. He's tall and thin and dressed real sharp. You say he left a package with you? No, I got it in my pocket. See, here it is. Well, what is it? I don't know. He said it was valuable and for me to hold it while he went to make a phone call. A stranger left a valuable package with you? Uh-huh. Well, what was the idea? Why couldn't he take it with him? I asked him that, but he rushed off without answering. That's strange. How long ago was this, Jim? About 20 minutes ago, right after you left me. Speaker 4 (10:03) Well, he's had plenty of time to make his call and get back. Speaker 6 (10:05) Sure he has. I can't Speaker 4 (10:06) figure it out. Look, is there a name or address on the parcel? Uh-uh, nothing. This is strange. Well, we can't stand around here all day, Jim. We've got to get back to the office. We'll find a doc official or a police officer and leave the package with him. Come on. Speaker 6 (10:18) No, Speaker 4 (10:18) we can't do that, Miss Lane. Speaker 6 (10:19) Why not? We don't even know the man's name. Well, then we might have a hard time locating and getting it back. Speaker 8 (10:24) That's right. Speaker 6 (10:26) Let's see the thing, Jim. Wait. Let's get out of this mob first. Come on. Okay, Speaker 4 (10:37) this is good enough, Jim. Now, let's see the package. Here. Wrapped in a sort of metallic oil skin. Rather heavy, too. Look, I hate to do this, Jim, but I think we'd better open it. There may be a name or address inside. We can't do that. It's not our package. I realize that, but we can't wait here all day for your friend to come back, either. If he is coming back, we'll do it at Speaker 1 (10:55) the Speaker 4 (10:55) office. I know, but... Now, if there is a name and address inside, your troubles are over. Otherwise, we'll put an ad in the lost and found column of the planet requesting your trusting friend to call for his parcel. Does that sound all right? Well, I guess so. Most of the package seems to be all skin wrapping. There, it's just about all unwound. Now we'll see. Well, of all the... Speaker 6 (11:17) Nothing but a lot of dirty little stones. That's right. And pieces of broken glass. What is this? Speaker 7 (11:39) Perplexed, Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane stare at the strange contents of the little oil skin package. What does this mean? We'll be back in a moment for the startling climax of today's episode. So keep listening. Speaker 2 (11:57) Gang, here are some swimming tips from Soichi Sakamoto, one of the world's greatest coaches who believes that everyone past the age of five can and should swim. To overcome a fear of water, the great coach advises that you go to the shallow part of the pool or beach, hold your breath, and duck your head underwater. Keep your eyes open under the water and look around. Do this a dozen times, says Sakamoto, and you'll find your fears are gone. Next step is to learn to float. Walk out waist deep. Squat until your shoulders are underwater. Hold your arms above your head. and slowly lean back until the water makes a pillow for your head. Then push from the bottom. Your feet will rise and you'll drift along as smoothly as can be. Now then, as soon as you can float, you can swim. Try it by beginning with an overhand stroke, kicking six times for every two strokes. Confidence, patience, and practice will do the rest. From then on, it's just a question of improving your style. Make sure you relax when you swim. Don't fight the water. You'll speed along faster if you roll your head easily from side to side as you take in air. Don't hold it stiffly out of the water. Let your arms bend naturally at the elbows as you lift them for each stroke. And here's another tip. Be sure you breathe properly. Don't gulp air. Inhale on the left side and begin exhaling the moment your face turns down into the water. Make sure you perfect your all-important kick. The power should come from the thigh and ripple through flexed knees to the toes. Your feet should barely break the surface of the water. Well, there you are, gang. How to become an expert swimmer as told by an expert coach. Now, go out and try it. But remember, never go out alone. Speaker 7 (13:30) To the adventures of Superman! Reporters Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen have left the city pier and in a taxi cab are en route to the Daily Planet along River Drive. In Jimmy's pocket is the oilskin packet which the unknown man had left with him. Speaker 4 (13:47) Well, it's Speaker 7 (13:48) a Speaker 4 (13:48) good thing I showed up, Jim. Yeah. You'd still be standing on the pier waiting for that practical joker to come back for his valuable collection of stones and broken glass. Of all the corny jokes. And I fell for it. Well, don't feel too badly, Jim. I was taken for a ride today, too. Huh? What do you mean? Well, have you forgotten the phony tips about the terrific story that was going to break when the Eastern Queen docked today? Oh, yeah. Speaker 6 (14:10) That sure has been Speaker 4 (14:10) a profitable Speaker 6 (14:11) morning, Speaker 4 (14:12) hasn't it? And how. I could just as well have taken the morning off and gone to the hairdresser. Look out, driver. What's the matter? The car is starting us off the road. Don't watch the Speaker 3 (14:19) idea. Can't you see where you're going? Speaker 4 (14:23) Brother, for a minute there, I thought we were going to crack up. So did I. So what are all those guys getting out of their car for? I Speaker 5 (14:29) don't know. Speaker 6 (14:30) Hey, Speaker 5 (14:30) listen, you guys. Shut up, you. Keep them covered, Shorty. Okay. Hey, Speaker 6 (14:33) look. They've got guns. Good heavens. Speaker 5 (14:35) Okay, kid, get out. Speaker 6 (14:37) What? You mean me? Yeah, Speaker 5 (14:38) you. Come on out. Speaker 6 (14:39) Get out. I said get Speaker 5 (14:44) out. You'll get it. What do Speaker 6 (14:45) you Speaker 5 (14:45) want? The stuff that can't slip the unappeared. Okay, let's go, boys. Now, wait Speaker 6 (14:49) a minute. What about this driver? Snap Speaker 5 (14:51) him on an auger so he'll sleep for a while. Hey, Speaker 6 (14:53) no, Speaker 8 (14:53) no. Now, Speaker 7 (15:03) Lois Lane sees the big sedan with Jimmy Olsen, the captive inside. Roar away. Speaker 7 (15:14) Why was Jimmy seized? Who are his captors? And what did they mean when they said somebody called the Count and slipped something to him on the pier? Could they mean the apparently worthless stones and glass in the oil skin package? There are thrills, mystery, and excitement ahead, fellows and girls. So don't fail to be with us tomorrow when we bring you Chapter 2 of The Secret of Meteor Island on The Adventures of Superman! Speaker 2 (15:56) Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman D.C. Comics Magazine and is brought to you Monday through Friday at this same time. Watch for the Superman Adventure Serial, soon to be shown at your local movie theater. This program came from New York. Stay tuned to your mutual station for Captain Midnight, which follows in just a moment. And right after Captain Midnight, you'll hear Tom Mix and his Ralston Straight Shooter. Art Van Horn speaking. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Speaker 5 (16:23) Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Up in the sky, it's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Yes, Speaker 7 (16:51) it's Superman, strange visitor from the planet Krypton, who came to Earth with amazing physical powers far beyond those of mortal men, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, wages a never-ending battle for truth and justice. Speaker 7 (17:13) Today, while Superman searches desperately for Jimmy Olsen, a man called the Count laughs at the impending fate of the young cub reporter. I'd give a century note if I could see Nick Grease's face when he finds out what happened, Harry. Speaker 5 (17:27) Me too, Count. But what about that kid Olsen Speaker 3 (17:30) or whatever his Speaker 5 (17:30) name Speaker 3 (17:30) is? What'll be with him? Speaker 5 (17:32) I can't answer that question, Harry. Because I don't know what happens to a person after he stops living. Speaker 2 (17:45) Gang, suppose you were walking down the street one day loaded down with a dollar you'd earned and suddenly a stranger comes up to you and gives you the glad hand and makes a proposition. For one dollar, one small dollar, the tenth part of ten dollars, he says, I'll sell you this beautiful box I have in my hand. You look and you see it's a big, interesting-looking box and all nicely wrapped up in red, white, and blue trimmings. Only hitch is you can't see what's inside. Now, honestly, would you give that guy your hard-earned buck for a fancy package that contains you don't know what? Well, you'd need your head examined if you did. Because only a sucker would buy a package without opening it up and seeing what's inside first. Now, ideas are pretty much like packages. And people are always trying to sell you ideas, but all too often are wrapped up in such fancy trimmings that you can't see what you're buying. Also, more often than not, their favorite colors are red, white, and blue. Well, don't you be fooled, gang. Don't fall for this old dodge. Be smart enough to examine each idea for what it's worth. Inspect it carefully and evaluate it before you accept it. For you know that no matter how beautifully an idea is wrapped up in patriotic lingo, it isn't patriotic. It isn't American. If it's designed to make you think one man is better than another because of his race, religion, or where his people came from. It isn't American if you stop a man from speaking his mind just because you don't happen to agree with him. So always take a good look at the inside of an idea, boys and girls. And never mind the outside wrapping. See if what it really means is worth believing in. Then buy it. Speaker 7 (19:13) The Adventures of Superman. Speaker 7 (19:18) In response to a frantic phone call from reporter Lois Lane, Clark Kent, who is Superman, streaks to a little drugstore in uptown Metropolis near the city docks. There he was stunned to hear Lois, white-faced and trembling, announce... Speaker 4 (19:30) They took Jimmy away, Clark. They took him away. Who Speaker 5 (19:33) took Jim away, Lois? What are you talking about? Some men in a Speaker 4 (19:35) car. They had guns. And they crowded our taxi to the curb and... pulled Jim out. What? Then they slugged our driver and forced him into their car and they drove away with him. Hey, Scott. I got worried. Now, Speaker 5 (19:44) now, Speaker 4 (19:44) wait a minute, Speaker 5 (19:44) Lois. Don't go to pieces. Who were these Speaker 4 (19:46) men? Why did they do it? I don't know who they were, but I think they wanted that package that man gave to Jim on the pier. What Speaker 5 (19:52) man gave Jim what package? They looked Speaker 4 (19:53) to see if it was in his pocket and then they... Oh, God. Now, Speaker 5 (19:56) Lois, you've got to pull yourself together. I can't Speaker 4 (19:58) make head or Speaker 5 (19:58) tail of this. All right. Now, what's this package you're Speaker 3 (20:02) talking Speaker 5 (20:02) about? Speaker 4 (20:03) Well, it was on the pier, after the Eastern Queen docked. Yes? I wasn't there at the moment, but Jim said that a strange man came up to him, pushed a little oil skin package into his hands, and told him to keep it for a while while he made a phone call. He said it was very valuable. Speaker 8 (20:15) Yes? Speaker 4 (20:16) Then what? Well, the man didn't come back, and Jim and I had to get back to the office, so we opened the package to see if we could find out to whom it belonged. Speaker 5 (20:22) Go on, go on. What was in it? Speaker 4 (20:24) Just a lot of little stones and pieces of broken glass. Stones? And Speaker 5 (20:28) broken glass. That's Speaker 4 (20:28) right. I can't understand why those other men would want it enough to take Jimmy away. Speaker 5 (20:32) Neither can I. Unless... Speaker 4 (20:35) I've already called Inspector Hennepin. He said he'd be right down, but he hasn't come yet. Speaker 5 (20:37) Don't worry. He'll be here. What about this car they took Jim away in? What kind was it? Speaker 4 (20:41) It was a big blue sedan. I don't know what made it. I tried to get the license number, but I... Well, did you get it? No. Speaker 5 (20:46) Uh-oh. There Speaker 4 (20:46) was mud smeared all over it. I think the first letter was N, but I'm not Speaker 5 (20:49) sure... Speaker 4 (20:49) Maybe your taxi Speaker 5 (20:50) driver got a better look at it. Where's he? Speaker 4 (20:51) He's upstairs in the doctor's office. He was hurt pretty badly. The doctor said he won't be able to answer any questions for a couple of hours. I Speaker 5 (20:56) see. Well, which way did the car go with Jim? Speaker 4 (20:59) Uh, north, and then it's one east at the next corner. Speaker 5 (21:02) All right, now listen, Lois. When Inspector Henderson gets here, tell him everything you've told me. Speaker 4 (21:05) Yes. Speaker 5 (21:06) Then call up Bruce Wayne and tell him, too. Bruce Wayne? Why call that playboy? Never mind. Just do as I say, please. And don't worry. We'll find Jim. Oh, Speaker 4 (21:15) I hope so. Poor kid. Here Speaker 5 (21:16) come two police cars now. I'll see you later. Wait a minute, Speaker 4 (21:18) Clark. Where are you going? I'm going Speaker 5 (21:19) to look for Jim my way. So Speaker 4 (21:20) long. Speaker 5 (21:26) Out of Clark Kent's clothes, this is a job for Superman. Big blue sedan, Lois said. Turned east off the river drive. Got to find it. There we are. Now, all set. Speaker 7 (21:46) Superman begins his search for the blue sedan in which Jimmy Olsen was carried away. Far and wide, he ranges above the network of streets and roads below him, crowded with traffic. His keen eyes probing every vehicle. Speaker 7 (22:02) In a midtown hotel room, a thin, sharp-featured, dapperly-dressed man wearing a carnation at his lapel waits impatiently with a companion whom he calls Harry. What's keeping this fence, Harry? He Speaker 3 (22:13) said he'd be here right away, Count. Speaker 7 (22:14) Well, he better hurry. Speaker 5 (22:15) I've Speaker 7 (22:16) got to get out of Metropolis before Nick Greaser catches up with me. Are Speaker 3 (22:18) you sure that was Greaser's mob you saw on the pier today? Of Speaker 7 (22:21) course I am. Speaker 5 (22:22) It was a lucky thing I spotted them from the deck of the ship before I got off. It would have been too bad for me. It sure would. Speaker 3 (22:27) Look, are you positive they fell for your dodge when after the kid you slipped the phony package to? Sure Speaker 5 (22:31) they did. They were watching me like vultures when I got off the ship. And I made sure they saw me slip the bundle to the kid. Yeah, but... They figured he was there to meet me and take the stuff from me just in case I was followed, don't you see? Yeah, but you're not sure, Count. They might have traded you here and... They didn't, I tell you. I ducked into the crowd and they let me go. They figured the kid had the stuff, so they wanted him. I was watching from behind a stack of trunks, and when the kid got into a taxi with a girl he called Miss Lane... Grease's mob hopped into their car and followed them. Speaker 3 (22:56) You're absolutely positive? Speaker 5 (22:57) How many times do I have to tell you? They must have waited for the right spot and then grabbed the kid. I'd give a century note if I could see Nick Grease's face when he opens the package and sees the rocks and busted glass in it. Me Speaker 3 (23:09) too. I gotta hand it to you, Count. You played it real smart. Speaker 1 (23:12) Thank you, Harry. What Speaker 3 (23:13) do you suppose will happen to that kid? Speaker 1 (23:16) What do you think? Speaker 7 (23:27) kid had it in his pocket. Speaker 3 (23:29) Fine, Bronco, fine. This is what the count slipped to the kid on the pier, huh? That's Speaker 7 (23:32) it. All wrapped up nice, too. Speaker 3 (23:34) Let's have a look. Tip I got says the count was bringing in better than a million bucks in diamonds. A million bucks? Nah, that doesn't. Speaker 3 (23:45) What the... What's this? Hey, those ain't diamonds. Just some dirty stones and busted glass. What gives you, Bronco? I don't know, Nick. Oh, you're kidding. You grabbed off the real stuff and slipped this junk in. No, Nick, Speaker 7 (23:56) no. Speaker 3 (23:56) Lord, I know you can't get away with that, Bronco. I'm gonna... No, put Speaker 7 (24:00) the rod away, Nick. I didn't do it, honestly. Speaker 3 (24:01) Come on. Cough up the count's rocks or I'll blow your head off. No, Nick, Speaker 7 (24:04) no, I tell you. This is the stuff we found on Olsen. So help me. I never opened the package. Ask the boys. Ask Olsen himself. I never double-crossed you. Nick never. You know that. Speaker 3 (24:13) There's always a first time and a last time, too. Speaker 7 (24:17) I didn't, I tell you. Ask anybody. Listen, Nick, the Count must have done this himself. He must have slipped the kid a phony package, see? Then got away with the real stuff while we went after the kid. Get it? It's just like him to do that. Speaker 3 (24:28) Could be. I'll find out. If he did, it'll be too bad for him and for the Olsen kid, too. Bring Olsen in here, Bronco. Hurry up. Speaker 7 (24:41) We'll be back in a moment for the tense climax of today's episode. So keep listening. Speaker 2 (24:51) Fellows and girls, you've undoubtedly been asked many times by various people, what do you hope to be when you grow up? Well, have you given that much thought? Would you like to be a doctor, maybe, or a lawyer, or perhaps some of you would like to be teachers or actors, nurses or engineers? I'd be willing to bet that a number of you hope to be big league baseball players or firemen or policemen. Well, whatever your ambition, whatever goal you strive to reach in your adult life, you must keep in mind that to fill any one of those jobs requires a good deal of know-how. and know-how requires much study and preparation for success in any chosen career. That, of course, is what our schools are for, to provide the know-how necessary for success in life. Now, there are some boys and girls who think they can fulfill their ambitions despite the fact that they play hooky from school, neglect their homework, disregard their parents and teachers, and run around with gangs to get into all kinds of trouble. They're the kind who are called juvenile delinquents, which is an adult phrase for youngsters who think it's smart to do things they know are wrong. Well, you think General Eisenhower or Joe DiMaggio or any current American hero or heroine was so foolish when he or she was your age? You can bet anything they were not. Now then, I'm not here to lecture. I just mention these things as a friendly tip, so to speak, in an effort to remind you that if you really want to grow up to be successful and happy, keep your eye on your goal and don't let anything steer you away from it. The Speaker 7 (26:20) Adventures of Superman! Speaker 7 (26:25) In a room in a basement flat in the tenement district of Metropolis, cub reporter Jimmy Olsen stands before Nick Greaser, a short, swarthy man almost as broad as he is tall, with a flattened nose, wide,