WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.600 The Tom Nix Ralston Street Shooters are on the air from coast to coast. 00:04.600 --> 00:07.000 So let's get going! 00:08.000 --> 00:10.000 Oh, Tony, up, boy, up! 00:20.800 --> 00:25.000 The mystery of the Black Cat. 00:25.000 --> 00:30.300 Tom Nix has been called to a large eastern city by his old friend, Professor Harvey, 00:30.300 --> 00:34.700 to investigate the strange disappearance of radium from various hospitals. 00:34.700 --> 00:39.000 Well, soon after Tom arrived, over a million dollars worth of radium was stolen 00:39.000 --> 00:42.700 from what was believed to be a burglar-proof room of a big hospital. 00:42.700 --> 00:47.100 While Tom and Inspector Jamison stood outside the heavy steel door to this room, 00:47.100 --> 00:51.300 twenty stories above the ground, and whose only window was barred, 00:51.300 --> 00:58.300 the thief managed somehow to get in, steal the radium, and leave a Black Cat in its place. 00:58.300 --> 01:03.300 Now, it's some time later, and Tom has been summoned to Professor Harvey's home 01:03.300 --> 01:08.300 only to learn that the Professor himself has been spirited away from his own house. 01:08.300 --> 01:13.300 For Tom, Inspector Jamison and the others are searching the grounds of the Harvey estate for clues 01:13.300 --> 01:17.300 when suddenly a car comes roaring out of the driveway straight at them. 01:17.300 --> 01:23.300 It's the inspector's car, and behind the wheel they see the huge form of a Black Cat. 01:23.300 --> 01:26.300 In a moment, we'll learn what happens. 01:26.300 --> 01:29.800 But first, there's your pal, the old Wrangler. 01:29.800 --> 01:32.300 Howdy, street shooters, howdy! 01:32.300 --> 01:37.300 If you know any chilly willies or icy irenes in your neighborhood, 01:37.300 --> 01:41.800 kids that are feared to poke their noses out of doors when the weather gets cold, 01:41.800 --> 01:46.800 then just you tell them about good old Ralston Wheat cereal, will ya? 01:46.800 --> 01:54.300 Say, once a chilly willie starts eating Ralston regular for breakfast, his shivers are go over. 01:54.300 --> 02:02.300 Cause Ralston is a hot cereal, the kind that warms you up away down inside and helps keep you warm. 02:02.300 --> 02:09.300 Why, with a steaming dish of Ralston under your belt, you don't have to be a stay-at-home or a sit by the fire. 02:09.300 --> 02:11.300 You can enjoy cold weather. 02:11.300 --> 02:18.300 You see, Ralston is made of whole wheat, and it's cram-full of nourishment and cowboy energy. 02:18.300 --> 02:22.300 The kind of energy that makes you want to go places and do things. 02:22.300 --> 02:26.300 And Ralston puts the bee one in bee breakfast. 02:26.300 --> 02:30.300 Does it taste dee-licious? 02:30.300 --> 02:32.300 I don't have to tell you, it does. 02:32.300 --> 02:38.300 Now, rope your friends tomorrow and give them the lowdown on this bang-up Western cereal. 02:38.300 --> 02:46.300 Tell them to breeze through cold weather with Ralston, the hot whole wheat cereal that comes in the red and white checkerboard package. 02:46.300 --> 02:49.300 And now, it's close to midnight. 02:49.300 --> 02:53.300 Tom and the others are standing in the driveway leading to Professor Harvey's house. 02:53.300 --> 02:57.300 When suddenly, they see the inspector's car start toward them. 02:57.300 --> 03:00.300 They barely get out of the way in time. The Wrangler says... 03:00.300 --> 03:02.300 What's driving that car? 03:02.300 --> 03:05.300 A cat, Tom. A big, black cat. 03:05.300 --> 03:07.300 Mrs. Harvey, she's made it home? 03:07.300 --> 03:09.300 Yeah. Take her into the house, Pegas. Right. 03:09.300 --> 03:10.300 Inspector. Yes, Mix? 03:10.300 --> 03:14.300 You'd better go in and call headquarters. Tell them to be on the lookout for your car and warn them to close all roads leading into and out of the city. 03:14.300 --> 03:15.300 I'm on my way. Right. 03:15.300 --> 03:17.300 I'll have them rush another car out here to pick us up. 03:17.300 --> 03:19.300 As soon as I get Mrs. Harvey safe inside the house, I'll be back, Tom. 03:19.300 --> 03:21.300 Okay, Pegas. 03:21.300 --> 03:23.300 Now, Wrangler, let's see if we can get that model of the clipper ship in off the pond. 03:23.300 --> 03:24.300 How are you going to do that? 03:24.300 --> 03:27.300 Well, the wind's blowing it toward the opposite shore. Let's go around on that side. 03:27.300 --> 03:28.300 Come on. 03:28.300 --> 03:32.300 I've seen so many funny things, Tom. This here is the dirtiest mystery I ever did see. 03:32.300 --> 03:37.300 Now, that there model ship of floating out there, there's something mighty queer about that, Tom. 03:37.300 --> 03:38.300 I know what you mean. Something fantastic about it. 03:38.300 --> 03:42.300 Yeah, I see it. Why, when you turned that flashlight on it, it looked just like a real ship. 03:42.300 --> 03:44.300 Yeah. Look. There it is. 03:44.300 --> 03:45.300 Yeah. 03:45.300 --> 03:49.300 Hey, something's happened to it. Looks exactly like the wreck of a small ship. 03:49.300 --> 03:50.300 Well, I'll wait out and get it. 03:50.300 --> 03:53.300 Let me do it, Tom. My boots are fine, yours. The water's coming to shove it. 03:53.300 --> 03:55.300 All right. Go ahead. 03:58.300 --> 03:59.300 Here. 03:59.300 --> 04:00.300 I got it. 04:00.300 --> 04:01.300 Good. 04:01.300 --> 04:04.300 Yeah. Look at there, Tom. 04:04.300 --> 04:07.300 From there, I saw this little ship had been broken off. 04:07.300 --> 04:09.300 So I see. And there's a hole in the side. 04:09.300 --> 04:10.300 What's it mean, Tom? 04:10.300 --> 04:12.300 That can mean only one thing, Wrangler. 04:12.300 --> 04:15.300 Professor Harvey gave me this ship's model and told me to guide it with my life. 04:15.300 --> 04:17.300 That means it must be important, for some reason. 04:17.300 --> 04:19.300 Now, what is that reason? 04:19.300 --> 04:21.300 There must have been something hidden in it that the cat wanted. 04:21.300 --> 04:24.300 Now, wait a second. Here comes Pegas and the inspector. 04:24.300 --> 04:26.300 Pegas! Mrs. Harvey, all right? 04:26.300 --> 04:28.300 Yeah. I left her with one of the medics, Tom. 04:28.300 --> 04:31.300 Our cat friend won't get far, mix. I've been in touch with headquarters. 04:31.300 --> 04:33.300 He certainly made a mistake in stealing my car. 04:33.300 --> 04:35.300 My boys will pick him up before he gets ten miles from here. 04:35.300 --> 04:37.300 Right now, there's a statewide alarm out for him. 04:37.300 --> 04:40.300 If we don't have him cornered before another hour... 04:41.300 --> 04:44.300 ...car, state police patrols, Parkway police. 04:44.300 --> 04:48.300 The cat, wanted in connection with a recent robbery of radium in New York City, 04:48.300 --> 04:50.300 is attempting an escape in an official car. 04:50.300 --> 04:52.300 The description of the car is as follows. 04:52.300 --> 04:54.300 Well, still in the sedan. 04:54.300 --> 04:59.300 ...to all toll-bridge keepers, gatekeepers and ferry-landing superintendents. 04:59.300 --> 05:05.300 Watch for a black 12-cylinder sedan with the license number Y413. 05:05.300 --> 05:08.300 License number Y413. 05:08.300 --> 05:10.300 Car being driven by a man known as the cat. 05:10.300 --> 05:13.300 Wanted in connection with a robbery of radium in New York City. 05:15.300 --> 05:17.300 Stop that pressing! Stop it, you hear? 05:17.300 --> 05:18.300 You're going to rip off the front page. 05:18.300 --> 05:20.300 Here's the screamer to go in. 05:20.300 --> 05:22.300 The blind cat escaped. Hurry up, now. We can't waste a minute. 05:22.300 --> 05:24.300 We've got to get an ambulance. 05:30.300 --> 05:32.300 They'll never catch me, the fools. 05:32.300 --> 05:33.300 Never! 05:33.300 --> 05:34.300 Don't be too sure of that. 05:34.300 --> 05:39.300 Professor Harvey, your confidence in your things, especially that cowboy Tom Mix, is amazing. 05:39.300 --> 05:41.300 My confidence in Tom Mix is not misplaced. 05:41.300 --> 05:44.300 You will find out. You won't get far, cat. Believe me. 05:45.300 --> 05:47.300 I've gotten as far as I need to go. 05:47.300 --> 05:51.300 I've got the radium, and I've got that priceless little secret you hid away so cleverly... 05:51.300 --> 05:53.300 ...in that model of the clipper ship. 05:53.300 --> 05:56.300 I need no more, Professor, until I reach the island. 05:56.300 --> 05:58.300 Then I'll make use of you again. 05:58.300 --> 06:00.300 If you expect me to hang it, I expect it. 06:00.300 --> 06:02.300 I'm sure of it. 06:02.300 --> 06:05.300 Who was it who told me what to find the little piece of paper... 06:05.300 --> 06:07.300 ...concealed in the model ship? 06:07.300 --> 06:09.300 I did, yes. I admit it. But you forced me to do it. 06:09.300 --> 06:11.300 You forced me to do it. 06:11.300 --> 06:17.300 And when I need you again, I'll force you to do my bidding as easily as I did before. 06:17.300 --> 06:23.300 No, I've made out very well, Professor. Very well indeed. 06:23.300 --> 06:25.300 The police are after me, I believe. 06:25.300 --> 06:27.300 But I shall escape them without any difficulty. 06:27.300 --> 06:29.300 Let us see what progress they're making. 06:29.300 --> 06:31.300 And on the shortwave radio. 06:31.300 --> 06:32.300 Turn it on yourself. 06:32.300 --> 06:34.300 Very well. 06:35.300 --> 06:38.300 And it's believed the camp is heading north on Eastern State Parkway. 06:38.300 --> 06:41.300 Parkway Police and State Police Patrols be on the lookout. 06:41.300 --> 06:46.300 Eh, they're fools. I knew they'd think I was heading north. 06:46.300 --> 06:49.300 Well, actually I'm heading south for the city. 06:49.300 --> 06:51.300 You'll never get away with this. 06:51.300 --> 06:53.300 We'll see about that, Professor. 06:53.300 --> 06:55.300 We must be approaching a crossing. 06:55.300 --> 06:57.300 Yes, there it is ahead. 06:57.300 --> 06:59.300 Look, the red lights are on. The gates are down. You'd better stop. 06:59.300 --> 07:01.300 But that's tough for nothing. 07:01.300 --> 07:03.300 We'll take the plane with our honeycouples all. 07:03.300 --> 07:04.300 But the gates are down. 07:04.300 --> 07:05.300 Then we'll go, I too. 07:05.300 --> 07:07.300 Don't. You fool. We'll never make it. We'll never make it. 07:07.300 --> 07:09.300 Oh yes, I know who you're lying. 07:09.300 --> 07:11.300 No. 07:16.300 --> 07:17.300 We made it. 07:17.300 --> 07:18.300 Thank heavens for that. 07:18.300 --> 07:20.300 Now you know why I always win, Professor. 07:20.300 --> 07:23.300 I take chances no one else would dare take. 07:23.300 --> 07:24.300 Wait, what's that? 07:24.300 --> 07:26.300 Sounds like the police. 07:26.300 --> 07:27.300 Yes it is. 07:27.300 --> 07:30.300 Hold on, Professor. It looks as if we're in for a chase. 07:30.300 --> 07:46.300 A chase that you're going to pay tiny incitements. 07:46.300 --> 07:48.300 Slow down, you idiot. Slow down. 07:48.300 --> 07:50.300 We're in the heart of the downtown traffic district. 07:50.300 --> 07:51.300 We'd all be killed. 07:51.300 --> 07:56.300 How can I slow down with all those police cars when we fail? 07:56.300 --> 07:58.300 Ah, that was another day. 07:58.300 --> 08:01.300 You fool. You'll kill us both. 08:01.300 --> 08:02.300 Not far to go now. 08:02.300 --> 08:04.300 That's the foundation building right down the street. 08:04.300 --> 08:06.300 The foundation? So that's where you're heading? 08:06.300 --> 08:09.300 No. I'm heading for the tower building next door. 08:09.300 --> 08:11.300 They'll trap you there without any trouble at all. 08:11.300 --> 08:13.300 Do you think so? Do you? 08:13.300 --> 08:15.300 Well, we'll see. 08:15.300 --> 08:17.300 You're in for a surprise, Professor. 08:17.300 --> 08:19.300 The greatest surprise of your life. 08:22.300 --> 08:25.300 All right. Out of the car and into the building. 08:25.300 --> 08:27.300 And obey me without questions. 08:27.300 --> 08:29.300 If you'll value all your life. 08:33.300 --> 08:35.300 Well, it makes it look as if we got here just in time. 08:35.300 --> 08:37.300 Oh, my goodness. That squad car picked us up as soon as we did. 08:37.300 --> 08:40.300 Sure was lucky that police car was near Professor Harvey's home when you called. 08:40.300 --> 08:42.300 It looks like the cat's going into the tower building, Tom. 08:42.300 --> 08:44.300 Yeah, and I reckon we'd better go in after. 08:44.300 --> 08:47.300 Inspector, if I were you, I'd throw a court in the police around this entire block. 08:47.300 --> 08:50.300 Station your men on the rope tops, the corridors of the building, and in the yard and back. 08:50.300 --> 08:51.300 All over in packs. 08:51.300 --> 08:52.300 We mustn't let the cat get away. 08:52.300 --> 08:55.300 You're right. Murphy, you heard that. Get down and right away. 08:55.300 --> 08:56.300 Yes, sir. 08:56.300 --> 08:57.300 All right, mix. Let's go on in. 08:57.300 --> 09:01.300 Right. I sure don't see how you're going to corral a hombre like that in a building the size of this one. 09:01.300 --> 09:02.300 Won't be as hard as it looks, Wrangler. 09:02.300 --> 09:04.300 Look there, over the elevator door. 09:04.300 --> 09:05.300 There's a light shining on the 21st floor. 09:05.300 --> 09:07.300 He must have taken the elevator to that floor. 09:07.300 --> 09:09.300 Well, we'll take the stairs. Come on. 09:15.300 --> 09:19.300 The stairs may be quicker, but that elevator sure would be much easier. 09:19.300 --> 09:21.300 Seconds. This ain't no climb at all, Wrangler. 09:21.300 --> 09:24.300 Well, here we are. Now to find which office he went into. 09:24.300 --> 09:27.300 That's going to take some time. Must be about 50. 09:27.300 --> 09:29.300 Hold it. Hold it. Listen. 09:29.300 --> 09:30.300 Get them. 09:30.300 --> 09:32.300 Senator Richen, that's the cat meowing. 09:32.300 --> 09:34.300 Coming from that office right over there. 09:34.300 --> 09:35.300 Come on, Tom. Let's get right in there. 09:35.300 --> 09:37.300 Take it easy, Wrangler. This may be a trap. 09:37.300 --> 09:39.300 Stand on the side. I'll kick the door open. 09:39.300 --> 09:40.300 And that way, if the cat shoots, he'll miss us. 09:40.300 --> 09:41.300 Good idea, Tom. 09:41.300 --> 09:43.300 All right, here goes. 09:44.300 --> 09:46.300 Saddles, soap, and stirrup leather. 09:46.300 --> 09:48.300 Look at that big black cat in there. 09:48.300 --> 09:50.300 Yes, and fix the window. Look. 09:50.300 --> 09:52.300 There's the cat standing in the window. 09:52.300 --> 09:54.300 Don't move. Stand where I'll fire. 09:54.300 --> 09:58.300 Don't be a fool, Mix. You can catch me only if you follow me. 09:58.300 --> 10:00.300 And you cannot follow me. 10:01.300 --> 10:03.300 Tom, Senator Richen, did you see that? 10:03.300 --> 10:07.300 He jumped. He jumped out of that window 21 stories into space. 10:07.300 --> 10:10.300 Fool. Refused to let himself be caught. 10:10.300 --> 10:13.300 Well, come on, Mix. We'll find his body in the yard below, I'm afraid. 10:13.300 --> 10:14.300 Right with you, Inspector. Wrangler, Pegasus. 10:14.300 --> 10:15.300 Yeah? See if he can find the Professor. 10:15.300 --> 10:17.300 He must be tied up somewhere in that office. 10:17.300 --> 10:19.300 Inspector, now I'll be back in a moment. 10:19.300 --> 10:22.300 Well, here's the yard. His body ought to be right about here. 10:22.300 --> 10:23.300 Flash your light around, Inspector. 10:23.300 --> 10:24.300 Right. 10:24.300 --> 10:25.300 That you, Inspector? 10:25.300 --> 10:26.300 Yes, Murphy. 10:26.300 --> 10:29.300 We trapped the cat in room on the 21st floor, but he jumped out the window. 10:29.300 --> 10:31.300 Did you hear him when he came down, or...? 10:33.300 --> 10:35.300 Great Scott, Mix. Look there on the ground. 10:35.300 --> 10:39.300 Yeah, footprints. The footprints of a man. 10:39.300 --> 10:40.300 Mix, it's impossible. 10:40.300 --> 10:44.300 When he hit the ground after falling 21 stories, he must have been killed. 10:44.300 --> 10:47.300 No man could get up and walk away. What does this mean? 10:47.300 --> 10:51.300 I don't know, Inspector. I don't know. 10:51.300 --> 10:54.300 Straight shooters, can you explain it? 10:54.300 --> 11:01.300 Do you know how a man can jump 21 stories into space, land on his feet, and walk away? 11:01.300 --> 11:05.300 That is the mystery that confronts Tom Mix right now. 11:05.300 --> 11:11.300 Say, have you figured out how the cat managed to get into a room no one could get into? 11:11.300 --> 11:15.300 There are plenty of thrills, surprises, and mystery tomorrow. 11:15.300 --> 11:17.300 So be sure to listen in. 11:17.300 --> 11:23.300 Say, you won't catch any of us straight shooters eating a cold breakfast on a cold morning. 11:23.300 --> 11:24.300 No, sir. 11:24.300 --> 11:28.300 Thunderation, when we start trading punches with Jack Frost, 11:28.300 --> 11:32.300 we want a red and white checkerboard package of good old Ralston on our side, 11:32.300 --> 11:35.300 because we know that with a hot dish of Ralston under our belts, 11:35.300 --> 11:38.300 we can knock Mr. Frost's fighter in the pancake. 11:38.300 --> 11:41.300 You see, Ralston not only gives you warmth, 11:41.300 --> 11:44.300 but it gives you cowboy energy to fight cold weather. 11:44.300 --> 11:50.300 And just between you and me, the reason Ralston gives you so all-fired much cowboy energy 11:50.300 --> 11:55.300 is because it's rich in vitamin B1, the Puzazz vitamin. 11:55.300 --> 12:00.300 Why not ask your ma to serve you Ralston so you can laugh at cold weather? 12:00.300 --> 12:03.300 Well, sir, I'll be a bag-eared baboon with baby blue eyes. 12:03.300 --> 12:06.300 Look it, it's roundup time. 12:06.300 --> 12:09.300 So let's get going. 12:09.300 --> 12:14.300 Up, Tony, up, boy, up! 12:23.300 --> 12:27.300 This is the old wrangler speaking for dee-licious Ralston 12:27.300 --> 12:31.300 and reminding you to listen to Tom Mick's tomorrow at 5.45. 12:31.300 --> 12:33.300 Good night. 12:33.300 --> 12:37.300 Enjoy delicious rye crisp as bread at every meal. 12:37.300 --> 12:40.300 Rye crisp is an exciting new kind of bread, 12:40.300 --> 12:44.300 delicious whole grain bread baked into thin, crisp wafers, 12:44.300 --> 12:46.300 tempting in gold and brown. 12:46.300 --> 12:49.300 Rye crisp is a grand, wholesome every-meal bread, 12:49.300 --> 12:51.300 but it's much more than that. 12:51.300 --> 12:54.300 For example, rye crisp makes marvelous appetizers. 12:54.300 --> 12:58.300 Each wafer is scored so it breaks easily into two handy squares. 12:58.300 --> 13:02.300 Spread these crisp squares with cheese or anchovy paste or deviled ham, 13:02.300 --> 13:05.300 or serve them with sizzling cocktail sausages. 13:05.300 --> 13:07.300 They'll make a big hit, believe me, 13:07.300 --> 13:12.300 because the enticing rye flavor of rye crisp goes great with any food or beverage. 13:12.300 --> 13:39.300 Rye crisp spelled R-Y-K-R-I-S-P from your grocer tomorrow.