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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Episode 619 - Metropolis March Madness (Adventures of Superman)
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The action is on and off the basketball court this week as Superman battles a hate group that targets a high school team just because of the ethnicities of its players. Clayton "Bud" Collyer stars as Clark Kent and the Man of Steel in "The Knights of...
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Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 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 Doll. Hello and welcome to down these Mean Streets and more old time radio detectives and crime fighters. We're in the thick of March Madness as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments are underway. So this week with all of those games on the brain, I've picked an old time radio mystery that's set on and off the basketball court where the fate of a high school team and a state championship are on the line due to the efforts of a gang of diabolical villains. Today we're headed to Metropolis for a serialized radio adventure of Superman called the Knights of the White Carnation. This multi part story played out in episodes that aired Monday through Friday on Mutual from February 26 through March 18, 1947. The titular knights are a group of hate mongers made up of elite citizens of Metropolis led by newspaper publisher Vincent Kirby. He's played by Bernard Lenro. Normally on the podcast we hear him on the right side of the law as Captain Logan on Casey Crime Photographer. He also plays Inspector Lestrade on the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. And he's Jeffrey Barnes, master of ceremonies for the Mole Mystery Theater. Kirby and his knights want to do away with the city's immigrants as well as the American born children of people who have immigrated to the country. And they have their sights set on the Metropolis High basketball team as its star squad consists of several kids of foreign ancestry. Now, it's bad enough that Kirby and the Knights want to discredit the kids and get them banned from the team, but even worse, they'll turn to murder to accomplish their goals. Going up against racists and xenophobes wasn't new territory for Superman on radio. The show presented many storylines where the man of Steel fought for tolerance and battled prejudice as often as he went up against mad scientists or crime bosses. The most famous of those storylines may be Superman's battle against the Clan of the Fight Fiery Cross, a thinly veiled version of the kkk. By the way, if you want to read a great comic adaptation of that serial, you can check out the graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan. Another great storyline found Batman kidnapped and replaced by a lookalike who was used by a racist group to deliver speeches denouncing civil rights and aid to war torn Europe. And even within these stories with important messages, there was still plenty of excitement. Along with Bernard Lenro as the villainous Vincent Kirby, we'll hear Jackie Kelk as Jimmy Olsen, Julian Noah as Perry White, Jackson Beck as our narrator, and doubling in other roles in the cast and in the final episodes of the serial, we hear Mason Adams as one of Kirby's henchmen. Adams was regularly heard on Superman. Among his roles was the Atom man, the atomic powered Nazi agent who battled Superman in one of the show's most famous serials. You may also recognize his voice from the number of commercials he did later in his career for everything from Cadbury to Smuckers. He also had a long run opposite Ed Asner on the TV show Lou Grant. And of course, we'll hear Clayton Bud Collyer as Clark Kent and Superman. Collier had a long career as a game show host on both radio and tv, but he enjoyed a second life in show business as Superman. He started with the radio show where he communicated the change from Kent to the man of Steel just by changing his voice. Producers liked it because it meant they didn't have to cast two different actors to play the roles. Collier would go on to voice Superman in the classic cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and later in the 60s filmation Superman cartoons on TV. The radio portrayal of Clark Kent is similar to that of the Adventures of Superman TV show with George Reeves, where Kent is in the thick of the action almost as much as Superman. And he's depicted as not only a great reporter but also a savvy detective. And he'll need all of his wits about him as he tangles with the knights of the White carnation. Our super sized Superman adventure begins right after these messages when a cloud bursts and fresh clean rain falls on a grove of rich green pine. It's mmm, so nice. And now that same clean scent of pine is in new pine scented Lysol. Right now, the one and only genuine Lysol brand disinfectant comes in a new pine scent. It disinfects, deodorizes as nothing else does. 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I dedicate this program to the fight against crime. Not merely crimes of violence and crimes of dishonesty, but but crimes of intolerance, discrimination and bad citizenship. Crimes against America. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep. Pep. Pep. Kellogg's Pep. The Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of man. Today, Superman is unaware that while Metropolis sleeps, an ugly menace to America is being prepared to strike against the freedom and well being of all Americans. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Say, have you noticed how many different kinds of characters there are in that new series of comic buttons Kellogg's Pep is putting out? There are blondes, you know, like Cindy and redheads like Brenda Starr and kids like Judy and Corky and heroes like Superman. Yes, sir. Among those 18 different funny paper characters, you'll find all sorts of pictures. That's one reason that these pet comic buttons look so nifty. When you wear them pinned on your jacket or your dresser cap, they really show up. As for Dog Gone Good Fun, well, nothing beats the thrill of getting a new button whenever mom opens a new package of pet. And trading duplicates with your pals, too. And are these buttons easy to get? You don't have to send in a single penny, not even a box stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. All you do is to ask mom to get you some Kellogg's Pet. And look inside the package for your prize and say, while you're about it, get a load of how terrific these toasty whole wheat flakes taste at breakfast on a cold morning. Crisp and tender and fresh as can be and loaded with a catchy sunshine flavor that keeps you digging right in for more. You know, Pep is called the Sunshine Cereal. Gives you good old sunshine vitamin D. So ask mom to get you some pee. The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And now, the Adventures of Superman. As our story opens today, our scene is the handsome townhouse of Vincent Kirby, member of an old and aristocratic Metropolis family. In the rich oak paneled library of the house, six men are seated around a table. In each of their lapels, a white carnation stands out against the dark, conservative material of their business suits. A number of identical newspaper clippings, obviously a reproduction of a photograph of a basketball team, are scattered on the table. Fingering one of the clippings, Vincent Kirby clears his throat. I called your attention, gentlemen, to this photograph of the Metropolis High School varsity basketball team which appeared in The Daily Planet February 24th. You'll note the caption above the picture reads, Undefeated Metropolis 5 Grooming for State championship. The caption below the picture states, the Metropolis High School basketball team, undefeated in 16 games, winner of the All City crown, is now pointing for the state championship test at the Armory tomorrow night. The quintet Coach Reed will place on the court includes, left to right, Casimir Pulaski, Michael Kelly, Tony Rizzuti, Phil Kaplan and Jack Wilson. Now, gentlemen, I call your attention to the fact that of the five basketball players named, only one Jack Wilson is an American. The rest are foreigners. Doesn't it seem rather odd to you than in a great American city like Metropolis, four out of the five members of our championship basketball team should be foreigners? Isn't it a little Shocking to discover that names like Pulaski, Kelly, Rizzuti and Kaplan overbalance a good American name like Wilson. Four to one. Yes, gentlemen, it is shocking. Not only shocking, but disgraceful. Not only disgraceful, but dangerous. Now, as you know, I organized the Knights of the White Carnation, of which you were all members, to fight for the preservation of Americanism and to defend ourselves against the poisonous propaganda of foreigners whose only desire is to overthrow our democratic government. And I call upon you now to join with me to eliminate such things as this newspaper clearly indicates. Foreigners taking the places of decent American boys. Just a moment, Mr. Kirby. Huh? Yes, Canfield? Don't you think you're going a little off the handle, Mr. Kirby? I beg your pardon. What I'd like to say is this. Has it occurred to you that perhaps the reason Pulaski, Kelly, Rizzuti and Kaplan are on the Metropolis varsity team is that they're better basketball players than my son and yours? I assure you, Canfield, American boys can play basketball fully as well as foreigners. And furthermore, whether they can or not, I, for one, refuse to stand by and permit our boys, our American boys, to suffer by comparison with foreigners. If necessary, we'll get rid of the foreigners, not only off the team, but out of the school. Now, anything to say to that, Canfield? Yes, I have to begin with. I can assure you the four boys named in this newspaper clipping are not foreigners. What would you call them? Americans. Really? Does Pulaski sound like an American name to you? Casimir Pulaski. I suppose you'll tell me his ancestors came over on the Mayflower. No. But one of his ancestors, the Polish patriot General Pulaski, was in this country before your people ever dreamed of coming here. He fought in the American Revolution. If you study the Metropolis Street Guide, you'll find that Pulaski street was named after him. And another thing. Wouldn't you be proud to have your oldest son enrolled at West Point? Yes, but I don't see what that has to do with the question at handcuff. It has this much to do with it. Another famous Polish patriot, a man named Kosciusko, designed and built the original West Point Military Academy. I don't believe it. You're at liberty to consult either a history book or an encyclopedia on that. I'm not interested in consulting anything. My only purpose is to see that. I hope you understand what your purpose is, Mr. Kirby. When I consented to join your Knights of the White Carnation, I was under the impression it was going to be a group of intelligent Metropolis businessmen dedicated to the preservation of the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. A group that would actively combat the influences of communism, Fascism and all other isms created to destroy freedom of speech, action and religion. Well, that's exactly what it is. I'm afraid not. I see it now as a group of narrow, bigoted men attempting to create intolerance, prejudice and hatred among different races and creeds. And I see you, Mr. Kirby, as an individual fully as dangerous as Hitler or Mussolini. How dare you say a thing like that. How dare you. Unfortunately it's true, Mr. Kirby. You could easily be another Hitler. This meeting could just as easily have taken place in pre war Germany. I demand an immediate apology for those. Those slanderous remarks, Mr. Canfield. You'll get no apology, Kirby. But what you will get is this white carnation, which I'm ashamed to say I wore even for a moment. You picked a white flower as your symbol because white indicates purity. But all the surface purity in the world can't cover the rotten odor of hatred. And I don't like the smell of it. Can feel. You've said enough to make it clear that you don't belong here. You're right. I don't. I'm getting out, Kirby, as fast as I can. But before I go, let me warn you. Not only am I withdrawing from this hate mongering group you call the Knights of the white Carnation. But I'm going to fight you tooth and nail and expose you on the front page of every decent newspaper in America. Good night. Gentlemen. Gentlemen, please. There's nothing to become alarmed about. Canfield's a fool. Our mistake was inviting him to join us in the first place. Yes, but now he can ruin everything we plan to do. You heard what he said. He threatened to explain exposes to the press. You seem to forget that I own a controlling interest in the Metropolis Daily Sentinel. Yes, but you don't own the Daily Planet or the Blade or the Ledger. Canfield is a friend of Perry White, editor of the Planet. And the Planet is the most powerful newspaper in the state. What difference does that make? Are we afraid of anything? Well, no, but I feel that we. However, I agree that Canfield might make things difficult for us. We should have tried to pacify. You can't pacify a rattlesnake, Williams. But you can make him harmless by pulling his fangs. And that's exactly what we're going to do. Pull Mr. Canfield's fangs. How? Just leave it to me. What is Vincent Kirby planning to do? How can he Stop Charles Canfield from exposing the knights of the white carnation. We'll know in a moment when we return for the exciting climax of today's episode. So keep listening. You know, gang, I don't believe I know a fellow or girl who doesn't get a kick out of following Superman's adventures in the funny papers and listening to him right on the radio. So it's mighty swell that Kellogg's Pep included him in this new series of comic buttons you're all collecting. There he is, big and powerful and handsome. His bright red cape flying in the wind. And all the other pictures of your favorite comic strip characters are just as true to life. From Pat Patton and Tess Trueheart right on through Chief Brandon and Vitamin Flint, Heart and Judy and Corky. There were 18 new and different comics to carry, this and all, you know. And you want to have the fun of collecting them all. So hop to a gang. Remind mom to keep you stocked up with plenty of Kellogg's Pet. You know, that's the prize package where you get your comic buttons. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy these comic buttons anywhere. But you get one in every package of Pep you open. That's Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine Cereal. Pep, the golden toasted Whole Heat Flakes with that catchy sunshine flavor. Pep, the dish that tastes just as good as it is good for you. So get Kellogg's Pet, gang, that's P E P the Sunshine Cereal. Kellogg's Pep. As we continue now, still seething at the attitude of men he had always considered decent, honorable citizens Canfield has returned to his home and parking his car in the garage adjoining the house walks down the driveway. As he nears the street, a man with his coat collar up around his neck and the snapped brim of a felt hat shielding his face steps out of the darkness. Got a match, mister? Sorry. Never carry them. Don't smoke. You're Charles Canfield, ain't you? Why, yes. Car 1722 and 28, proceed at once to 965 Lake Dr, code 77. Urgent cars, 1722 Metropolis. Charles Canfield, prominent Metropolis businessman and civet worker was last night the victim of an armed bandit who stabbed and killed him on the sidewalk outside his residence at 965 Lake Drive. Okay. Can't drop whatever you're doing. What? Hang it down. Police headquarters. Look, chief, I just started. Oh, don't argue with me. Do as I say. What about this monkey burglar story I just began? Roots over To Lois. Turn them over. Let her finish it. Okay, what's all the rush? I just learned that Charles Canfield was murdered last night. Yes, I know. It came in on the teletype early this morning. Another of those mugging killings? Yeah. That's what you think. You mean that's what I think. According to Inspector Henderson's statement. That's exactly why I want you to get down to headquarters. Tell Henderson we want the truth. The truth about what? Now, look, Canfield called me at home last night. It was pretty close to midnight. He said he was phoning from a booth in the drugstore. Yes, he made a date to have lunch with me today. I don't get the connection. He said he had a story that would blow Metropolis wide open. Great Scotch. Canfield was murdered, Kent. And I think he was murdered to keep him quiet. Yes, Mr. White, Charles Canfield was murdered not only to keep him quiet. But because he dared defend the truly American principle of fair play and equality against a group of men preaching the doctrine of hate. The Knights of the White Carnation have struck their first vicious blow. The petals of their flowers are touched with blood. What will happen now? Can Clark. Can't even a Superman track them down before they strike again? This is only the beginning of one of Superman's most exciting adventures. So be sure to join with him each weekday at this same time. As the man of Steel meets the poisonous challenge of the Knights of the White Carnation. Lesson tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pep. For excitement, the Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Say, gang, there's almost no end to the fun you can have with Kellogg's Variety. That's the white, green and red kellogg package with 10 individual packages of your favorite Kellogg cereals. Like Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies and Pet. Every morning you can pick out your own private box of cereal. Makes breakfast a picnic. And sister will get a kick out of the cutout dolls on the bottom of the tray. Cut them out and dress them up and play all sorts of games with them. So tell mom to be sure to get Kellogg's Variety. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the thrilling Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's path. He he. Pep. Kellogg's Pet. The Sunshine Cereal presents the adventures of today. While Superman makes an effort to get behind the murder of Charles Canfield, the men who call themselves the Knights of the White Carnation strike another blow at democracy. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. You know, when there are both boys and girls in a family, there's pretty sure to be a lot of good natured rivalry. And that's just exactly what's happening with the collections of that new series of comic buttons from packages of Kellogg's Pet. Brothers and sisters are racing like anything to see who can collect the most different funny paper characters. Yes, there's a lot of excitement every time mom opens a new package of pet. And there's a great business of trading duplicates too. And of course, you're always mighty proud to pin a new Pep comic button with the others on your jacket or your dresser cap. Now you'll want to collect all 18 of these new series buttons. Vitamin Flint Heart and Spud and Superman and all the rest. And if you don't want to be left behind, you better ask mom to get you some more Kellogg's Pep. That's how easy it is to get these prizes. You don't send in any money, not even a box top. And you can't buy them anywhere. But you get a comic button in every package of Kellogg's Pep. You open and you get something else too. A dog gone delicious dish for breakfast. Pep is called the Sunshine Cereal. Those whole wheat flakes are brim full of catchy sunshine flavor. The kind of sunny flavor that's so good on a cold morning. So ask mom for lots of pee pee pee. The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep, and now the adventures of Superman. At a secret meeting of six prominent Metropolis businessmen who call themselves the Knights of the White Carnation, Vincent Kirby, their leader, draws attention to a photograph of the Metropolis High School basketball team published in the Daily Planet. Venomously, Kirby pointed out that four of the boys on the team were obviously of foreign descent and as such should not be permitted to play. Angered by this hate mongering attitude, Charles Canfield, a wealthy industrialist called Kirby un American. He then resigned from the group and frankly announced he would do everything in his power to expose the Knights of the White Carnation to the public. Alarmed, Kirby made a phone call. And early the following morning, Clark Kent and Perry White learned that Charles Canfield had been found dead with a knife in his back. As we continue now, we find Kent, who As we know is Superman and cub reporter Jimmy Olsen at police headquarters where they are trying to get a statement from Inspector Henderson. Listen, I've already issued a statement. I've said that Can Field was apparently killed by a stick up man, a mugger, as he was about to enter his home on Lake Drive. That's all we know at present. I'm sure it isn't all you know. Yeah? What makes you so sure? Because even I know more than that. Yeah, so do I. Say, what are you trying to do? Trick me into talking? Inspector, how could you ever dream of such a thing? We never do a thing like that, Inspector. Now you keep your two cents out of this. Half pint. Half pint. Leaping lizards. Now look here, Kent. I want to believe me. Inspector, this is all on the level. We have some valuable information and we're ready to make a bargain. You talk and we'll talk. What? What kind of information? Information that may lead to the arrest of the man who killed Charles Canfield. I don't believe it. Meaning to imply that I'm not telling the truth? That I'm a liar, is that it? Now, now, take it easy, can you? Easy. All right, all right. We ought to know better than to try to keep anything from you. Come on up to the crime detection lab and I'll show you what we. Here's the story, the way we shape it up. When Canfield's body was found on the sidewalk in front of his house, nothing was missing from his pockets but his wallet. He had a gold fountain pen and a pencil set, a diamond stick pin and this watch. A watch worth at least a thousand dollars. All of which might add up to one thing. It wasn't just an ordinary holdup. Right. Whoever did it wanted it to look like a hold up and grabbed his wallet but forgot the rest of the stuff. Or else he got frightened away before he had a chance. You may have something there, Jim. We thought of that, but it doesn't gel. Because the body was discovered by the milkman at 5:30 in the morning. Now there are only two houses on that street. Evidently nobody walked by after Canfield was knife. So the chances of the guy being scared off are slim. Then the net of it is you believe it was a planned murder that was supposed to look like a stick up. Now, now wait a minute. I didn't say anything of the sort. And don't you go printing that or I'll have you thrown into jail for. For intimidating an officer of the law. Who am I intimidating? Me. You're trying to put words into my mouth. Now, all I said, Inspector, relax. Strangely enough, I agree with you. Yeah? What about? I agree with you that Camp Hill was murdered. I never said. I know you didn't. But the information I have matches up with that theory. It fits like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. Well, I talked. Now it's your turn. Here it is. Last night, about midnight, Charles Canfield called the editor of the Planet, Perry White, from a drugstore phone booth. He made an appointment for lunch with him today and told him he had a story that would blow Metropolis wide open. Is this on the level, Kent? Strictly on the level. Around midnight, huh? Huh? Hmm. The medical examiner figured he was killed between midnight and 1am that was after he made the phone call. That clinches it. Kent, I want to thank you. How about me? Well, you too have pint. Ah, Inspector, please stop calling me that. Ha, ha. Half Pint Olsen, the demon reporter. You too. Now, I can't fool around. I've got to go to work. And Kent, you won't blast this on the front page until we get our teeth into it, will you? Of course not. I will unless you cut out that half pint stuff. You know what I'll do to you? What? Now look, all joking aside, this is a serious matter. Canfield, as far as we know, didn't have an enemy in the world. It was well liked, respected, and one of the leading businessmen of the city. He was chairman of the community Chest, President of the Chamber of Commerce, on the hospital board and the board of charities. And one of the directors of the Metropolis Trust Company. A wealthy, solid citizen who never had a word of scandal attached to either himself or his family. In fact, he never even got a ticket for parking. And yet. And yet someone hated him enough to murder him in cold blood. Doesn't make sense. Maybe we're wrong. Maybe it was still just a stick up man who didn't have brains enough to take the watch and the rest of the stuff. I doubt it, Jim. No clues on the body, inspector. No indications to where Canfield had been. Nothing we could find outside of personal effects. All he had in his pockets was this newspaper clipping. Oh, let me see. Hey, looks like a clip from the Planet. Well, it is. It's my story. What, your story? Yeah, I write the high school sports news. You know, this is the story I did yesterday on the Metropolis High basketball team. See, here's a picture of the team. They play their first round for the state championship tonight at the Armory. They're a cinch to win now, why would Canfield be carrying a clipping about a high school basketball team? You got me. But I don't think it's important one way or the other. I'm not so sure about that, Jim. Yeah. Say, the Metropolis team's playing at the Armory tonight against Cedar Falls. They'll win in a walk with Pulaski and Kaplan and Rossetti. Do you get tickets for the game? What do I need tickets for? I sit in the press box. Oh. Well, is it all right for me to sit there? Oh, sure, it's all right. You really want to go? Uh huh. What's on your mind? Kentucky. I'll tell you after I see the game inspector. Let's go, Jim. Well, here are our seats, Mr. Kent. Pretty good, huh? Swell, Jim. Say, quite a turnout here tonight. Yeah, full house. You figure Metropolis can't lose, is that it? I'm. Not a chance. Pulaski and Kaplan are crackerjack forwards. Jack Wilson is the best center in the state. And when it comes to guards, Michael Kelly and Tony Rizzuti are tops. Here come one of the teams. That's Cedar Falls. Hey, they look big and fast, Jim. Why, sure, but we'll take them. You know, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Hey, look at them snap that ball around. Not bad at all. Oh, will you see our boys? They'll be out in a minute. Watch Pulaski drop him in from mid court. He's terrific. Say, by the way. Yeah? How come you wanted to see this game tonight? I meant to ask you. I like basketball. Go on. That's not the reason. You got some kind of an idea, something you don't want to tell me, huh? Not at all, Jim. It's just here comes the Metropolis. Oh, yeah, that's Jack Wilson. He's captain and center. Running in front with the ball. Looks like a good man. Yeah. And the next one. Hey, that's funny. Much. What's the matter? That's not our team. Not your team? No. Except for Jack Wilson, none of our first team players are on the floor. Is that so? Yeah. Those guys on the floor are all subs. Maybe the coach decided to start the second team. No, he gave me the starting lineup this afternoon. There's something wrong, Mr. Kent. I don't know what it is, but I'm sure something's gone wrong. Worried and puzzled, Jimmy Olsen and the huge crowd in the army roar out in protest as only one member of the Metropolis High first team takes the court for the championship game. What does this mean? We'll find out in A moment when we return for the startling climax of today's episode. So keep listening. You know, gang, it's a good idea now and then to check over your collection of comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet and see how you're coming along. Because you won't want to miss out on a single one. No, sir. You'll want Tess Trueheart and Goofy and Beezy and Superman and all the rest of those 18 new and different comic buttons. What's more, you wouldn't want to miss the excitement of trading duplicates with your pals. And you're mighty proud to wear your collection pinned on your jacket or your dress or your cap because they're so dog gone. Smart looking, bright colored and gleaming as anything. And you know, the best part is these pep comic buttons are so easy to get, you don't have to send in a single penny, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. All you do is to make sure that mom keeps you supplied with Kellogg's Pet because there's a comic button inside every package of Pep you open. And is there a load of good eating in a package of Kellogg's Pet? Pep? Looks a dog gone golden and inviting that well, you can hardly wait to start right in. And your first spoonful of these sunny whole wheat flakes tastes so good you settle right down for a real session, believe me. So ask mom to get P E P the Sunshine cereal. Kellogg's Pep. Clark Kent, Jimmy Olson and a capacity crowd in the Armory have been startled to see the Metropolis High basketball team take the floor for a championship game with a quintet consisting of four substitutes and one regular. Puzzled, Jim turns to Kent and says, the coach told me just this afternoon that he's starting the first team. Now this setup with 4subs has me worried. Does seem strange, Jim, considering that this is the opening game for the state championship. Yeah, that's why I'm sure something's wrong. Yeah, we won't have a chance against Cedar Falls without our regulars. Must be some explanation, Jim. Wait a minute. Here it comes. See, there's a man walking out on the floor with a public address microphone. See over there? Oh, yeah, that's Coach Reed. Oh, he teaches science too. I had him when I'm at Winter Metropolis. Can I have your attention please, ladies and gentlemen? I know you're all wondering why four members of Metropolis High's team are not on the floor tonight. You said it. I have been asked to announce that the reason for the absence from the floor of Tony Rizzuti, Kazimir Pulaski, Bill Kaplan and Michael Kelly hear that they have been suspended from the team. Suspended? They are suspected of having dealt with professional gambling. What? Oh, there's your answer, Jim. Answer? Nothing. It's a lie. A dirty, rotten lie. Stunned and enraged, Jimmy screams out his answer to the announcement made by the coach of the Metropolis team. An answer echoed in the pounding feet and shouted protests of the huge crowd. Strangely enough, the four boys who have been suspended were the same four boys, Vincent Kirby, the cold, ruthless leader of the knights of the white carnation, labeled foreigners. Is there some connection between the suspension and Kirby's group of hate mongers? We'll know more tomorrow, gang, when Clark Kent as Superman takes a hand. So don't miss it, be sure to listen. Same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pep for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Hey, what'll you have, gang? Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies or Pep. Or one of your other favorite Kellogg's cereals? Well, you can take your pick. Every morning at breakfast when mom sets out Kellogg's Variety. That's the white, green and red package with 10 individual packages, each one a serving just for you. One day you'll choose a shredded cereal, next day, one that's pot. And next day, a flake cereal made from corn, wheat or rice. Everyone's a treat because it's a favorite Kellogg cereal makes breakfast a picnic of fun. So remind mom to get you Kellogg's Variety. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the thrilling Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. 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The Knights of the White Carnation, a secret organization of Metropolis businessmen led by Vincent Kirby has embarked on a vicious campaign of racial and religious hatred. As his first move, Kirby announced an attempt to break up the Metropolis High School basketball team because four of its star players are of foreign ancestry. Then when Charles Canfield, a prominent industrialist, objected to prejudice of that kind and threatened to expose Kirby and his friends, Canfield was mysteriously stabbed and killed. Yesterday, as you recall, Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen attended the opening game of the state championship tourney at the Armory where Metropolis High was scheduled to play Cedar Falls. But to everyone's amazement, when the Metropolis team took the court, four of its star players were missing. And the coach made an announcement to the effect that they had been suspended for having dealt with professional gamblers. As we continue now, the huge crowd is on its feet, stamping in rhythm on the board seats, shouting angry demands for the return of the four suspended players. Jimmy Olsen, clutching a car, gets on, screams above the din to make himself heard. It's a lie, Mr. Ken. It's a dirty, rotten lie. Take it easy, Jim. But I know those fellows. I know every one of them. They wouldn't have anything to do with gamblers but killed. Attention, please. Your attention. Coach is trying to quiet him down. That chance he's got. Ladies and gentlemen, this crowd is really angry. I don't blame you. Metropolis hasn't had A championship basketball team in 10 years. Now that we've got one, look what happens. I'm going down to find out about this. Wait a minute, Jim. Down where? Down in the court. We want to talk to the coach. There's something wrong. Oh, wait, Jim. You'll never get through that crowd. I'll go with you. Gosh, sure. We're packed close in that aisle. Yeah. I don't like the looks of this. Angry crowds can get out of Hannah. Before you know it, people are hurt. Could be. I've seen it happen. You know where you're going? Yeah. We've got to go under the grandstand to get to the court. I think it's this way. Jim. Wait. What's the matter? Something's wrong. What? Greg, Scott. What is it, Mr. Jim, get to a phone quickly. Jim, call the police. Emergency squad. Don't ask questions. Hurry, Jim, hurry. It's a matter of life and death. Had to get rid of him somehow. One of the steel girders supporting the grandstand is beginning to bend and crack from that stamping off with these clothes, this is a job for superman. Leaping up into the air, Clark Kent, now miraculously transformed into the broad shouldered figure of Superman, straddles the weakened steel girder supporting the grandstand, embraces the center of it and hands that grip the cold metal as though it were held in the jaws of a vise. Straining every muscle in his powerful body, the veins in his neck standing out like whip cords, he literally supports the entire grandstand as it sways under the weight of thousands of screaming, stamping human beings, none of whom are aware of the danger they are in. This g snaps. They're doomed. I've got to hold it until the police arrive and quiet them down. I've got to. Suddenly, off in the distance, Superman hears the eerie whale of police car sirens drawing closer and closer. In a matter of moments, the doors of the huge armory are thrown open and squads of emergency police swarm in. Soon the mob is quieted. An announcement is made that the game has been called off, and under police direction, the crowd files out. Not until then does Superman release the weakened girder and drop to the concrete floor beneath the grandstand. Minutes later, now somewhat recovered from the terrific strain, he hears Jimmy Olsen's voice calling to him. Mr. Kent. Mr. Kent. Uh oh, get back into Kent's clothes in a hurry. Mr. Kent, where are you? Over here, Jim, under the grandstand. Oh, I was wondering whether you'd still be here. I've been here all the time. Say, what happened to you what? Well, golly, you look like someone put you through a wringer. Do I? Well, I guess I was worried for a while. That steel girder was pretty weak. What steel girdle? That one up there supporting the grandstand. That's why I told you to get the police to. To clear the crowd out. We've been lizards. We better report it. I will. Did you find the coach? No, but I talked with Jack Wilson. He's the team captain. The only one of the regulars left on the team. He said he has something to tell me. He's getting dressed now. We'll meet him outside and take him back to the office. Okay. There's a story behind all this, Mr. Kent, and I've got a hunch it's a good one. Come. All right, Jack. Tell Mr. Ken and me the story now. Well, there isn't much to tell, Jim. We were all sitting around the dressing room waiting for our chance to warm up on the court when Coach Reed came in. He looked kind of white and scared. He pointed to Tony and Cass and Kaplan and Mike Kelly, and he said, you four aren't playing tonight. You can get dressed and go home. No explanation, Jack? No, sir. And when Tony asked how come, he said he couldn't discuss it. To get dressed and beat it. Those poor guys must have gone nuts. They couldn't say anything. They were like. They were struck dumb. So I said something. I said I wasn't going to play either. Good boy. Then the coach took me aside and said I had to play for the sake of the team. Told me he got orders from the principal to throw the fellas off the team. From Mr. Raiden? Yeah. You mean Mr. Raiden told the coach to bounce those four off the team? No, it wasn't really Mr. Raiden. He got orders from somebody else. A man named Mortimer. Well, who's he? I know, Jim. Who is he? Henry Mortimer, chairman of the school board. What's he got to do with the basketball team? That's what I want to know, Jim. And I'm going to find out tonight. Sorry to have to bother you at this time of the night, Mr. Mortimer, but as chairman of the school board, you should be able to answer a few questions and perhaps issue a statement. I have nothing to say at this time, Mr. Kent. If you wish to interview me, I suggest you call my office in the morning and arrange an appointment with my secretary. Oh, so that's how it is. Yes, Mr. Kent. That's how it is. Now, if you'll excuse me. Just a minute. You were the one who issued the order suspending Rizzuti, Kaplan, Pulaski and Kelly from the Metropolis High School basketball team. Right. I informed the principal of the school that the young men in question were to be temporarily forbidden to play. Why? Because of evidence that they were in collusion with professional gamblers. Where's the evidence? I want to see it. I'm sorry, Mr. Kent, but you can't see it because it doesn't exist. How dare you. If you don't leave at once, I'll call the police. I'll leave. I'll leave. But before I do, let me tell you something. You were directly responsible for making a public statement to the effect that four high school students were involved with gamblers. You as much as branded them as crooks. You informed the thousands of people who were at the armory tonight and the millions more who will read about it in the papers that those four boys are dishonest and not to be trusted. I did no such thing. There are laws against slander, Mr. Mortimer, particularly criminal slander. People have gone to jail for what you've done. That's not the worst of it. You may have heard that last night a man named Charles Canfield was stabbed and killed on the street outside his house. I have a faint suspicion that there's a connection between his death and the dismissal of the four basketball players. I don't know what you're talking about. Perhaps not, but let me warn you. I think you're getting yourself mixed up in something dangerous. You may be the next one to end up with a knife in your back pointing an accusing finger at the chairman of the Metropolis School Board. Lark Ghent watches the nervous, prissy little man turn ghastly white. We'll learn what happens in a moment, so keep listening. You know, one of the exciting things about collecting those swell comic buttons in the new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet is that you already know the characters. Sure, you've been following their doings in the funny papers for ages. So when you get a button with Chief Brandon's picture on it, for example, well, it's sort of like meeting up with an old friend. And the same goes for Brenda Starr and. And Superman and all the rest of the 18 different funny paper characters. And that's one reason why you won't want to miss out on a single one. 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As we continue. Now, it is almost midnight. Kirby has just ushered Mortimer into the study of his sumptuous townhouse. He closes the door behind him. All right. Now what's so important that made you think it necessary to get me out of bed in the middle of the night? A man named Kent came to see me. He's a newspaper reporter. The Daily Planet. Yes. He said I was guilty of criminal slander in accusing those poor boys of dealing with gamblers. And you believed him? That wasn't all. He said I. That I was getting mixed up in something dangerous. And he warned me that I might end up with a knife in my back like. Like Charles Canfield. What? What's that he said? Never mind. I hurt you, Mr. Kirby. You know I didn't want to do it. You know, I didn't agree with you when you said those boys were foreigners. But you forced me to do it. You said I'd lose my appointment if I didn't. And now. Now you're getting cold feet, is that it? I don't want to get mixed up in anything. You don't want to die with a knife in your back. Please don't say things like that. I should have known better than to get mixed up with a chicken heart like you. Please, mister, stop whining. You're perfectly safe. Nothing's going to happen to you. Tomorrow you can make another announcement. Put the four dirty little foreigners back on the team. Now on, I'll handle this myself in my own way. And in case Mr. Clark Kent calls on you again, you might tell him that he won't look very pretty with a knife in his back either. With his steel gray eyes slitted and his mouth drawn in a hard, thin line. Vincent Kirby, cold blooded leader of the knights of the white carnation, creators of hatred and intolerance, takes matters into his own hands. Kirby has flung a challenge at Clark Kent, who so far as he knows, is a mild mannered reporter. But unknowingly, his challenge has been made to Superman. And that means he's in for plenty of action. 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Today, Clark Kent learns that although four boys on the Metropolis high basketball team have been cleared of all bribery charges, they are now threatened by a new danger. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Say, you don't want to miss out on any fun, do you? Well, you better join up with the other kids who are collecting that exciting new series of comic buttons from packages of Kellogg's pet Because you don't want to be out in the cold when the fellows and girls compare notes and tell how many different pepcomic buttons they've collected so far and swap their duplicates. And say, you wouldn't want to miss wearing those nifty looking buttons on your jacket or your dress or cap because they really are nifty. Bright colored and flashy. With the pictures of your funny paper favorites standing out clear and sharp as anything. Old friends like Tess, Trueheart and Beezy and Superman himself. Now, there are 18 new and different buttons in this new series, so you better hop to it. Ask mom to get you plenty of Kellogg's pet. That's the only way you can get these pet comic buttons. You know, you don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But there's a prize in every package of Kellogg's Pet. And say, there's a load of Good eating too. A super delicious dish for breakfast because these golden toasted whole wheat flakes are full of catchy sunshine flavor Crisp and fresh as can be so ask mom for P E P the Sunshine cereal, Kellogg's Pep and now the Adventures of Superman. Calling themselves the Knights of the White Carnation, a group of race haters determined to break up the Metropolis High School basketball team because of their intolerance. For four of the star players who are of foreign ancestry their first act was to arrange for the murder of a prominent businessman who had threatened to expose them. Then Vincent Kirby, leader of the hate group, persuaded the chairman of the school board, a man who owed his position to Kirby's inquiry influence to bar the four Metropolis stars on a charge that they were dealing with professional gamblers. Clark Kent, who, as we know, is Superman, threw the weight of the Daily Planet behind his demand that Mr. Mortimer, the school board chairman, either submit evidence against the boys or withdraw his charges. Frightened, Mortimer went to Kirby, who told him to reinstate the boys, saying they would be taken care of in another way. As we continue, late the following afternoon we find cub reporter Jimmy Olsen in Kent's office at the Daily Planet. Listen, any word from Mortimer yet, Mr. Kent? No, not yet, Jim. Gee whiz. The game with Cedar Falls goes on tonight. If Rizzuti, Kaplan, Pulaski and Kelly can't play, we'll get skunked. I know, but that'll be awful. This is the opening game for the state championship. Look, Jim, there's something far more important than a game involved. It's that those four boys are accused of conspiring to throw a game that's a criminal offense in this state. Jeepers, you mean they may go to jail? They're proved guilty. They will, but they're not guilty. I know him. They're swell guys. I know, Jim, you heard what Coach Reed said too. Yes, and Mr. Radin, the principal of Metropolis High, he doesn't believe it either. Neither do I. I tell you, somebody's trying to frame him, that's what. That may very well be, Jim, but Mr. Mortimer, chairman of the school board, said he has evidence that the boys were in the pay of gamblers. Oh, yeah? Well, where is his evidence? Why doesn't he come up with it? Take it easy. Mr. Mortimer promised to complete his investigation today. Either produce the evidence or withdraw the charges against the boys by 6:00. So you just. It's almost 6 now. 10 minutes of. All Right, now, relax. Mortimer will issue a statement one way or the other. You can Depend on that. I can't see what's holding him up. The game starts at 8:30 and without Tony and Cass. Hey, Jim, get a lot of this, huh? What? Beanie, this flash just came over the city wires. Here, read it for yourself. What's up, beanie? Oh, hello, Mr. Kent. I didn't notice you. That's all right. It's all the excitement about sleeping lizards. Ain't that something, Jim? Listen to this. Mr. Kent. Henry Mortimer, chairman of the school board, announced today that following a complete investigation of bribery charges against four Metropolis High School basketball stars, he has found the evidence inconclusive and is immediately reinstating the four athletes. Hey, that's wonderful, Jim. Ain't it though? Now we can't lose tonight. You said it. Boy, am I happy. Good news, all right. Hey, you better get that flash to the city desk right away, Beanie. I'm on my way. See you. You bet. Well, there you are, Jim. Yeah, but I'll bet Mortimer wouldn't have worked so fast if you hadn't put the heat on him, Mr. Ken. Oh, I don't know. But I do think he should have made a more careful investigation before he suspended the boys, though. He sure should have. Why ain't you just a moment, Jim? That's my phone. Hello, Jim Olsen? Yes, he's right here. Just a moment, please. For me? Uh huh. Somebody who sounds excited. Oh, hello, Jim Olson. Who? Oh, yes, Mr. Reed. Listen, we just heard about Mr. Mortimer clearing. What? You have. Oh, I see. Oh, sure I can. You bet. I'll be right over and I'll bring Mr. Ken along. Right, right away. So long. It's all excitement, Jim. That was Mr. Reed. You know, Metropolis High coach? Yes. He said something just happened. A terrific story. He wants me to come right over to his house and to bring you along. What are we waiting for? Let's go. Why is your face all cut and bruised, Mr. Reed? You look like you were in a fight. Well, I. I was, Jim. You were? Well, who with? Why didn't you. Hold it, Jim. Hold it. Mr. Reed asked us out here to listen to a story, not to ask question. I'm sorry. I've got a story. All right, Mr. Kent. A terrific story. Go right ahead. Spill it. We're all here. Yeah, shoot. All right. Earlier this evening, I was just sitting down to supper when the bell rang. I went to the door and a man was standing there. A tall, wiry fellow with a sallow face and sharp, glittering little eyes. As soon as I opened the door, he stepped in. Basketball team Ain't you? Yes. Who are you? Just call me Joe. All right, Joe. What are you gonna see me about? About the game tonight. Oh, what about it? Let's. Let's close the door. That's better. Now, I just heard those four kids, the ones who were suspended last night, got a clean bill of health. Yes, that's right. What about it? Just this. I don't want those boys to play tonight. What's that? You heard me. Now, it's worth a thousand bucks to me to keep those boys from playing. Now, look here, Joe, or whatever your name is. Wait a minute. Just wait a minute. Don't tell me you can't use a thousand bucks because I know you get peanuts for teaching high school and coaching basketball. I'll admit the teaching profession isn't very well paid, but I don't see what breed. Don't be a chump. With Pulaski, Kaplan, Rizzuti and Kelly in the lineup tonight the suckers figure Metropolis will take Cedar fours like falling off a log. See? What suckers? The bettors. The bettors? They're breaking their necks for a chance to bet 3 to 1 on Metropolis. And I'm taking those, Betsy. So you can make yourself a thousand bucks by making sure Cedar Falls win. So that's it. Yeah. Simple, ain't it? All you got to do to keep those four kids out of the game is to say you're not satisfied the reputations are all clean or they're too jittery after what just happened to play good. Get it? Yes. Yes, I get it. All right. Well, what do you say? Beat it. Now, wait a minute. You heard me. The door's open. So get out before I throw you off. Don't be stupid. Yeah, I've said before, I lose my temper. I happen to like athletics but I don't like crooked gamblers who try to dirty it up. Okay, stupid, if you don't want to play ball with me, I'll have to really get tough. And that'll be you. Can't bluff me, you cheap crook. Get out. You're asking for this, boy now. He whipped out a knife and went after me with it. Gee, where's a knife? Yes. Fortunately, I managed to beat him off and he ran down the steps and disappeared in the dark. Did you report this to the police? Not yet, Mr. Kent. You've got to do so at once. You're in danger. Oh, I don't think that fellow will tackle me again. You can't be sure, Mr. Reed. What's more, I think those four players Rizzuti, Pulaski, Kelly and Kaplan are in danger too. I think Mr. Kent's right. Say, I didn't think of that. Look, where are the boys now? Why. Why, they're at home, I guess. No, wait a minute. It's 7:00. They'll be on their way to the high school. We're to meet there at 7:15 and drive to the armory. Jim, get Inspector Henderson on the phone. Okay, Mr. Kent. Ask him to send a police escort to Metropolis high. We'll escort Mr. Reed to the school and the police can take over from there. Hurry. As Jim goes out to contact the police Coach Reed's late opponent, Joe, is walking up a dark street near Metropolis High School. The husky man wearing a shabby overcoat and cap. That dirty Reedy almost broke my arm. He was tough, Joe, huh? Yeah, but I'll fix him. There's more than one way to skin a cat. What do you mean? If he lets those four kids pray tonight, Metropolis will win. Oh, no, they won't. Sure they will. Those kids are good. It won't matter how good they are. Wait a minute. Hold it. What you stopping for? This is where we stand and wait. See that apartment building across the street? Yeah, yeah, what about it? Just keep your eyes open and do what I tell you. And Metropolis are loose tonight, sure as shoot. His small eyes glittering in his sallow face the wiry Joe crouches in the dark shadows with his companion, Fargo. How does he plan to make certain that Metropolis High will lose tonight? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. Say, here's something about that new series of comic buttons that now come in packages of Kellogg's Pet that's sure to make a hit with you. You'll have these pet comic buttons a long, long time because they're enameled on real sturdy metal. And those bright colors are long lasting too. Why, you'll want to keep right on wearing those smart looking buttons pinned on your jacket or your dresser cap so that everybody can see how many you've collected. And as for dog gone, good fun. Why, you can't beat the excitement of trading duplicates. And you know each character is straight from the funny papers. There's Pat Patton and Tess Trueheart, Chief Brandon, Vitamin Flint, Heart and Judy and Corky and Superman, of course. 18 new and different buttons in all. So you better get busy, gang. Remind mom to keep you supplied with plenty of Kellogg's Pet. Because these are the prize packages where you get your comic buttons. You can't buy Them anywhere. And you don't send in any money, not even a box top. But whenever you open a package of Kellogg's Pep, there's your comic button and say, think of all that super delicious eating Pep gives you for breakfast. Those good whole wheat flakes are packed with wonderful catchy sunshine flavor. So ask mom for Pee the Sunshine Cereal. Kellogg's Pep. In the shadows of a dark street across from an apartment building, the man called Joe suddenly stiffens and presses the arm of his companion Fargo as two boys emerge from the building and start across the street. Okay, Fargo, get ready. Here they come. You sure they're the right ones, Joe? Yeah, that's good cast. Pulaski and Tony Rudi. You know what to do now. Yeah, just leave it to me. Okay, Fargo, let him have it. Leaping on the two young high school athletes, Joe and Fargo strike out at them savagely and unprepared for the cowardly attack, Cass Pulaski and Tony Roi stagger, then fall to the pavement. Is it only a grim stroke of fate that Cass Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti, two of the boys marked for danger by the intolerant Knights of the white carnation, have been struck down on the eve of a big game by vicious thugs? They'll know more tomorrow, gang, so don't miss the next exciting episode when Superman and his friends encounter new and startling developments in their campaign to expose the hate mongering knights of the white carnation. Be sure to tune in again tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pep. For excitement, the Adventures of Super Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep P E P. Pep Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, Clark Kent's suspicions are confirmed as Metropolis High's basketball team faces further obstacles put in their way by the vicious hate mongering Knights of the white Carnation. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. You know, I saw some of the gang start off to the movies the other day, and I noticed that the whole crowd had to wait while one of the fellas went back to the house for his cap that he'd forgotten. Yes, sir, he Felt kind of out of things without his collection of comic buttons from packages of Kellogg's Pet. He wanted to wear that cap with a comic button spinned on it so everybody could see how many he'd collected. And believe me, he has a right to be proud of him. There's a dog gone slicking. The colors stand out so bright and sharp. Every single picture is a real eye catcher of Little Moose and. And Vitamin Flint Heart and Superman and all the rest. Yes, sir. Gang, you'll want to collect every single one of these 18 buttons in that new series. And you can, too. Sure they're that easy to get? You just ask mom to get the Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And look for your prize inside every package you open. That's right. You don't have to send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But there's one as a prize in every package of Pep. And say pep's a prize when it comes to good eating at breakfast, too. Crisp and fresh and golden. Whole wheat flakes, full up with catchy sunshine flavor. Good for you, too. Mom knows that, so remind her to get plenty of pep. The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep, and now the Adventures of Superman. Because four players on the Metropolis High School basketball team are of foreign ancestry, Vincent Kirby, wealthy leader of a hate mongering group calling themselves the Knights of the White Carnation, made an attempt to discredit the boys and have them removed from the team. This was foiled by Clark Kent, who, as we know, as Superman. But Kirby, who had not hesitated to commit murder, was far from through. That evening, following an unsuccessful attempt to bribe Paul Reed, coach of the Metropolis High team, to throw a state championship game, two men ambushed Kazimir Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti, two of the young players, and beat them unmercifully. As we continue now the men have disappeared in the darkness and Cass and Tony are painfully picking themselves up from the pavement. Listen, Tony. Brother Tony, are you okay? Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. Cass. How about you? I don't know. My stomach feels like I could stop the bulldozer. I know what you mean. Where did those guys go anyway? Yeah, they ran away. Cowards. Let's get going. Cass. Oh, boy. I can hardly walk. Yeah, me too. What are those dirty rats beat us up for? Anyone? Search me. Maybe they were muggers. Nah, I had $2 in my pocket and it's still here. They weren't muggers. I guess not. Then why all this? You've got me. Come on. We'll find a policeman. No, no, wait, Cassie. We can't tell the police about this. Not yet anyhow, huh? Why not? You know, they might hold us down at headquarters asking questions and stuff. We got a game to play tonight, remember? Say, that's right. I forgot all about the game. I don't know if I can play, though. My stomach's. You gotta play, Cass. It's the opening game for the state championship. Yeah, I know. It's only depending on this. Cass, Phil and Mickey and Jack and Coach Reed. The whole school's depending on us to help win this game and the championship. Gee, that's right. But I'll bet the coach won't let us play when he hears we were beat up. Oh, don't let's tell him about it till after the game. Here, Come here. I'll brush the dirt off your clothes. Then you can do the same for me, okay? How will you explain being all bruised up? You don't look bruised. I don't? No. There. Just clean up your face a little and nobody'll know a thing. Say, you don't look beat up either, Tony. I guess it's because the guy just hit me in the stomach. Yeah, that's where he got me too, mostly. Oh, boy, it hurts when I bend. Yeah, me too. It will probably be all right by the game time. How do I look? Okay. How about me? All right, come on, let's get going. Game's set to stop pretty soon. Look, Mr. Kent, the officials are walking out on the floor now. That means the game's going to start, huh? Got my fingers crossed for Metropolis, Jim. I'll relax. I tell you, we'll take Cedar Falls by at least 20 points. You hope. You'll see. Here we go. That's Jack Wilson getting ready to jump at center. He's our captain. I know. And Tony Rizzuti and Phil Kaplan at the forward. Oh, they the forward. There they go. Come on, team. Attaboy, Jack. Boy, Bill sure did, Tony. That's it. Oh, Tony missed a shot. Yeah, too bad. Come on. Cover your man, Tony. Ask him down a ball with that guy. Uh. Oh. See the full score at first. Well, don't feel too bad about it. We'll get that score back and then some. Sure. Attaboy, Jack. Say, did you see him steal that ball and whip it to Phil? Uh huh. Nice play. She'll set it up for Tony. Go on, tell me. Go. Tough luck, Tony missed the shot. See? That's two he missed in a row. What's the matter with him? No, the Cedar Falls guard had him well covered. Tony's so fast, he always makes a monkey out of his guard. Cover him, cast on and shoot. I like that. Pulaski let his men get away from him for a setup shot. Yeah. Four to nothing favor Cedar Fall. Come on, gang, let's roll up some score. Boy, look at that fast break, Mr. Camp. Huh? Look at that Captain boy take the ball off the floor. Look at him go. He's terrific. And how. Now watch. He's gonna feed it to Tony for the shot. There it goes. Oh, Tony got trapped by his guard. Holy smokes. What is the matter with him tonight? Seems tired, Jim. Could he be tired? The game just started. I know, but he says stop that shot, Pulaski. Stop it. Uh. Oh, gee whiz. That Cedar Falls forward, not Pulaski tied to the post. What's the matter with him? I don't know. He seems rather tired, too. Six to nothing favor seat of Paul. I don't. Atta boy, Bill. Isn't that a swell shot, Mr. Ken? Certainly was, honey. Six to two. Now watches come back. Oh, jeepers. Tony slipped and dropped the ball. And there go Cedar Falls with it with another score. Our team isn't clicking, Jim. You said it. Sudi and Kalaspia plenty south tonight. She was Cena. Paul's big forward is making a monkey out of Cass. Pulaski certainly is. Got him covered like a tent. Can't understand it. Pulaski's the best guard in the city. And Tony, look. He missed another shot. I can't understand this, Mr. Ken. Something's fishy. With exactly three minutes left to play, the score is Cedar Fall 69, Metropolis 38. Oh, boy, we're getting SC. This is awful, Mr. Kemp. It's an upset, all right. Look, Jim, Coach Reed is sending substitutes in for Rizzuti and Pulaski. Every number eight has Peterson, number nine, replacing Rizzuti and Pulaski for Metropolis. Well, maybe these new boys will cut things up. It's too late now. Less than two minutes left. Yeah, Tony and Cass threw the game away. Well, they certainly didn't play like stars. Of course, every athlete has an off night occasionally, you know. Sure, but why do they both have to be off tonight anyway? The opening game for the state championship. That's what I'm wondering. Tired from the very begin. Ah, another basket for Cedar Falls. Well, let's go, Mr. Ken. I can't stand any more of this. Okay, Jim. And go to the dressing room. Dressing room? What floor? I want to see Pulaski And Rizzuti. Come on. Right down this ramp, Jim. Dressing rooms are straight ahead, I think. Yeah, that's right. Look, what do you want to see Pulaski and Missouri for, Mr. Ken? What do I want to see them for? Remember what happened earlier this evening? Earlier this evening? Yes, when Coach Reed was propositioned to throw the, uh. Oh, what's this? What? Something's happened in the Metropolis dressing room. Come on, Jim, on the double. Breaking into a run, Clark Kent, followed by Jimmy Olsen, races down the ramp to the Metropolis High School dressing room. What has Kent's Superman vision seen through the closed door? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. Say, gang, you want to check up on mom and dad? Well, then remind them to be sure to give to the 1947 Red Cross Fund. This is the month of their annual drive, you know, and everybody wants to give. You know, it'd be a pretty good idea for you to set aside some of your allowance for the Red Cross, too. They're such a swell organization. They do so much good in your own community. I don't have to tell you how important the American Red Cross is to all of us. So make sure that your whole family gives to the 1947 Red Cross Fund. Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen have just burst into the Metropolis High School dressing room in the armory, where Jimmy's eyes widen in surprise as he sees Sergeant Healy of Inspector Henderson's staff and two uniformed police officers surrounding two pale faced boys, Casimir Pulaski and Tony Rizzulli. Sergeant Healy, what's going on here? Oh, hello, Kent. We're taking Pulaski and Rizzulli down to see the D.A. what? The D.A. come on, boys, get into your street clothes fast. Look, Healy, what's the charge? Sorry, gents, can't talk to the press yet. Come on, you two, get a move on now. But wait, sir. We'll see about that after you've had a talk with the D.A. well, now, wait, Sergeant. Can't we talk about this camp? Hey, Cass. Tony, what's this all about? I says we threw tonight's game, Jim. That's right. You know us, Jim. You know he wouldn't do a thing like that. Of course you wouldn't. Now listen, Sergeant. Take your breath, Jim. But, but look, Sergeant, I've got orders to take these two boys in and nobody's going to talk me out of. Well, nobody's trying. Well, I. Skiriz uda. You're going to get dressed. Or do we take you in the way you are? Oh, but wait, wait. Just one thing, Sergeant. Please. Specifically, just what is the charge against these boys? You can tell me that. All right, kid. These two kids are charged with taking money from a gambler to lay down in tonight's game against Cedar Fog. Now, wait a minute. That's a lie. Yeah, it's a dirty. We don't even know any gambler. Just a moment, Jim. Now, look here, Sergeant, There must be some mistake. Oh, no, there isn't, kid. We've got these boys dead to rights. Well, Lonnie, maybe they didn't play very well. Wait a minute. Wait. These two boys, together with Kelly and Kaplan, were accused of being in collusion with gamblers yesterday, Sergeant. But the chairman of the school board, after an investigation, gave them a clean bill of health. That's right. Oh, yeah? Well, get this, Kent. The school board chairman couldn't get all the dope, but the district attorney did. What do you mean? He had us pick up a professional gambler named Jip Monroe this evening. Monroe sang like a canary. He sang? What did he say? Monroe confessed to paying these two kids, Pulaski and Rizzuti, $50 a piece to throw to. Why? Then that's true. It's a dirty lie. Try to make the DA believe that. Come on, get your overcoats on now and we'll get going. You boys are under arrest. What does this mean? A professional gambler said Sgt. Healey confessed to bribing Casimir Pulaski and Tony Rizzoli to throw tonight's game. We know this is not true. And we also know that Vincent Kirby, leader of the hate mongering Knights of the White Carnation, swore to get Kazimir and Tony and the two other stars of the Metropolis High team because they are of foreign ancestry. Is this another frame up engineered by the Knights of the White Carnation? And if so, what can Superman, who is assured of the boy's innocence, do about it? There are more surprises and excitement in store for you in tomorrow's thrilling episode as Superman battles through a web of mystery and hate. Tomorrow. So be sure to tune in tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pet for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pet the Sunshine Cereal. Snap, Crackle Pop. 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Today, Superman fights to clear the names of two boys who have been enmeshed in a web of intolerance spun by the hate mongering knights of the White Carnation. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Say, wouldn't you be excited if sometime when you're reading the funny papers Chief Brandon or the Little moose or Superman would speak to you? Why, of course, that can't really happen. But you almost feel as if it could when you look over your collection of comic buttons in that new series Kellogg's Pep is putting out. Because these pictures of your favorite comic strip characters are really true to life. Every single One of these 18 different buttons is straight from the funny papers. And it's printed up in bright comic strip colors, too. On white enameled metal buttons that look mighty keen on your jacket or your dresser cap. So how's about reminding mom to get you some more of that Sunshine cereal, Kellogg's Pet. Because that's the only way you can get these nifty comic buttons. You don't have to send in a single penny, not even a box stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But you get a comic button every time you open a new package of Pet and say, that's really a thrill. And you get another thrill when you spoon into your morning dish of pet. Believe me, because that catchy golden toasted sunshine flavor is something super delicious. Something to make you want to eat lots. So hop to it, gang. Ask mom to get you plenty of pee. The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And now, the Adventures of Superman. Sensational events have taken place in the last 48 hours since a group of hate mongers called the Knights of the White Carnation resolved to remove four Players from the Metropolis High School basketball team because the boys are of foreign ancestry. First, a prominent citizen named Charles Canfield, who was about to expose the intolerant Knights, was murdered. Then two of the high school basketball players, Casimir Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti, were ambushed before a championship game and savagely beat. Then, following the game, which Metropolis lost, Pulaski and Rizzuti were arrested, charged with accepting $50 each to throw the game. As we continue now, Clark Kent, who as we know is Superman, is in the office of District Attorney Frank Agnew. Listen, you're making a mistake. It's ridiculous even to assume that two boys like Pulaski and Rizzuti would throw the game. Ellie. Were you in the army tonight, Mr. Kent? I mean, to see the game? Yes, I was. Well, I was there, too. It was obvious to everyone that Pulaski and Rizzuti were trying to lose. Oh, nothing of the. I had a talk with the boys after their arrest. They told me they'd been ambushed in front of their house this evening by two men and beaten up. Did you know that? I know. Well, it happened a short while before the game and that's why they played so badly. Well, if that's true, why didn't they report it? Because they were afraid they wouldn't be allowed to play. They knew the team couldn't win without them. Very noble. Oh, now, look, Mr. Ragnall, just because you're the district attorney. I'm sorry if I seem to disbelieve, Kent, but I saw those boys in uniform and there wasn't a mark on. Why, no, there wasn't. They said they'd been beaten. Only in the solar plexus. Oh, come now, Kent, don't tell me you buy that. Certainly I do. I'm surprised, a smart reporter like you falling for such a trumped up alibi. I don't think it's trumped up. I believe him. Look, Kent, things like this have happened before. When somebody waves $50 under their noses, kids forget about their reputations and their duty to their school and teammates and grab at the money. I don't believe that. Well, I can prove it. Get your hat and come along. Where? To the city jail. I've got a little surprise there for you. Let's. Here we are. Kent, I'd like you to meet Jip Monroe. Jip Monroe? You mean the gambler? That's the one. Now, listen. What's on your mind, Pa? I understand you were taken upstairs a few minutes ago to meet two boys. Yeah, that's right. Did you recognize them? Sure. They're Pulaski and Rizzuti. Two kids from Metropolis High. Are they the boys you bribed to throw tonight's basketball game? Yeah, they're the ones. Yeah. That can't. Yes, but. You want to tell me what you paid them? Why not? I give him 50 bucks a piece. I can't believe it. That's all for now, Jim. Let's go clock. We'll grab a cab back to City Hall. Satisfied now, Kent? No. No, I'm not, Mr. Agnew. Yes, but I think Chip and Row was lying. Reddick. Why would he deliberately ask for a jail sentence by confessing a crime he didn't commit? That's what bothers me. I mean, why he did confess so readily. Because he knows he's trapped. Mr. Mortimer, chairman of the school board, had some evidence which led us to Monroe. You see, Mr. Mortimer. Huh? Huh. You see, I've been working a long time to drive the crooked gamblers out of athletics. And when I got the goods on Chip, I made him realize he'd be smart to cooperate with me. Look, Mr. Agnew, for my money, this whole mess is a. Yes. I'm convinced those high school boys are being framed and I intend to find out why. Let me out here, please. Driver. Oh, wait, Ken. Let me drop you at your house. Thanks, but I'm not going home. Where are you going? What's all this about a frame up? Can't you tell me more? Not now. I'll give it all to you on a silver platter when it's cooked and ready. Good night. Let's see, where can I change? This alley is nice and dark and. Yes, it's deserted now. Off for these clothes. So the district attorney got his tip to Jip Monroe for Mr. Mortimer, huh? Well, Mortimer struck me as a pretty sly character if I ever saw one. So I think I'd better check into that. But first, a quick trip as Superman to see Perry White. There we are. All set up and away. Kent, what brings you all the way out here at this hour? I'll tell you in a minute, chief. Mind if I come in and close the door? No, no, of course not. Come on in. Thanks. Now what is it? Get into your hat and overcoat. We're going back to town. What for? It's almost one o'clock in the morning. I know, but you've got to bail a couple of boys out of jail. Their families don't have the money. You mean those two basketball players? That's right. Cass Pulaski And Tony Rizzuti. You see, they've been arrested. I know, I know. Jim Olson's been beating my ear about it on the phone. He thinks they were framed. I'm pretty sure they're being framed. And what's more, I think I know by whom. Yeah, Who? By the same person or persons who murdered Charles Canfield. Canfield? Mm. What do you mean? Remember that newspaper clipping from our paper that was found in Canfield's pocket? Yes, of course. The story about the Metropolis High School basketball team. That's right. It included a picture of the team. And if you remember, on Canfield's clipping, four of the players names were underlined in red ink. Yes, I remember that. What's that? Wait, wait, listen. Yesterday, Mr. Mortimer, chairman of the school board, accused all four of those boys of being in collusion with gamblers. When I made him admit he didn't have the evidence to back his charges up, he reinstated the boys. I know, I know, but I. Tonight, after two of the boys are beaten up so that they can't play well, mortimer directs the DA's office to an unknown gambler who all too readily breaks down and confesses that he bribed the boys to throw the game. Hey, that does sound a little fishy, doesn't it? It sounds plenty fishy, Chief. I think Canfield's story had something to do with what's been happening to the Metropolis High School basketball team and that he was killed to prevent him from telling it to you. Wait a minute, Kent. Wait a minute. Isn't that jumping to conclusions? Well, maybe, but I believe I'm right. And if I am, I'm afraid this business won't stop with the murder of Canfield and the cowardly framing of innocent boys. Meanwhile, you don't want those two boys to spend the night in jail, do you, Chief? Oh, no, of course not. Grab your hat and coat. We'll run downtown to bail Tony and Cass out. Then I'm going to get to the bottom of this. A few minutes later, as Clark Kent and Perry White start back to Metropolis to bail Tony Rizzuti and Kazimir Pulaski out of jail, six well dressed men are gathered around a table in the library of Vincent Kirby's imposing stone townhouse, facing the park. In the lapel of each man's coat is a large, white, gooey fresh carnation. And before each man is a galley proof of the first page of a newspaper. As Vincent Kirby clears his throat, the men look up. Fellow knights of the white carnation. I've called this special meeting to report the progress we have made thus far in our campaign to clear Metropolis Athletics of foreigners. Tonight I show each of you a galley proof of page one of tomorrow's Daily Blade. Which, as you know, I control. As you see, the headline and main story have to do with the arrest of two Metropolis High School boys. Tony Rizzuti and Casimir Pulaski. Both of whom are charged with accepting money for throwing tonight's basketball game. However, gentlemen, the work of the Knights of the White Carnation in this affair is far from over. As a matter of fact, this is only the beginning. Because our interest not only in driving a few boys off an athletic team. Our ultimate goal is to drive every boy and girl of foreign ancestry out of our schools. You agree? Good. Now listen to this, gentlemen. I have a surprise plan for which the preparatory work is already done. The foundations are already laid. Tomorrow we go into real action. And by tomorrow night, every foreigner in Metropolis will be trembling in his shoes. With cold eyes gleaming and thin, cruel lips curled back from his teeth in a beast like snarl. Vincent Kirby, leader of the intolerant Knights of the White Carnation. Voices his mysterious threat against American boys and girls. What is it? We'll know more in a moment when we return for the startling climax of today's episode. So stand by. Say, gang, have you got a favorite among those comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet? Maybe you like Vitamin Flint Heart best. He's kind of comical with his shaggy white hair and shaggy fur coat. Or maybe Brenda Starr cause she's so pretty. Or maybe Superman himself because he's a doggone handsome in his bright blue jersey and red Superman insignia. Of course, no matter which is your favorite, you'll want to collect all 18 PET comic buttons in this new series. And you want the fun of trading duplicates with your pals, too. 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Hold the wire. Oh, Kent, somebody wants you on the phone. Oh, thanks, chief. Say, where's Jim? Do you know? I want to see him. He was called out to Metropolis High School. Seems something happened out there. Oh, hello, Ken speaking. Oh, yes, Mr. Reed. Why, yes, I suppose I could. What's up? Jim Olson asked you to call me. What's the matter, Whitman? Chief trouble. Why, what's happening? What is it, Ken? Chief, please, it's already started. Well, yes, I can. Hello? Wait a minute, coach. Oh, he hung up. What's happening, Kent? No, no, no, wait. Where are you going? To Metropolis High School, and fast. See you later, chief. Leaving Perry White's office, Clark Kent hurries out into a deserted storeroom, quickly strips off his business suit and in a moment is set to leap from a window in his true identity of Superman. Up, up. Flashing through the sky like a red and blue meteor, the man of Steel heads for Metropolis High School where he has just been told Jimmy Olsen and others are in danger. What has happened at Metropolis High? As Vincent Kirby, hate leader of the intolerant Knights of the white carnation, made good his threat to strike again at democracy. We'll know more tomorrow, gang, so don't miss the next exciting action packed episode. Be sure to tune in again tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast it's Kellogg's cap for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pet the Sunshine Cereal. Say, gang, do you know the only cereal that goes snap, crackle and pop when you pour on milk? Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Sure, you've seen those famous little elves Snap, crackle and Pop in cartoons and on the Rice Krispies package. 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When Pep heads the breakfast menu. These good whole wheat flakes have that good flavor that makes you want to eat hearty. They're loaded with catchy sunshine flavor. That's Pep Gang. The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And now the Adventures of Superman. Angry because four star players on the Metropolis High School basketball team are of foreign ancestors history, A secret group of vicious hate mongers who call themselves the Knights of the White Carnation set out to drive the boys off the team. And before an important game, two of the boys, Tony Rizzuti and Cass Pulaski, were beaten up. As a result, Metropolis High was defeated. Then that night, a professional gambler falsely stated that he had bribed Rizzuti and Pulaski to throw the game, and they were arrested. Certain the boys were victims of a frame up, Clark Kent arranged for their release on bail. But the next Morning, he received a phone call from the Metropolis coach telling him that cub reporter Jimmy Olsen was in danger at the high school as Superman Kent left for Metropolis High, where at this moment, Jimmy stands in the gymnasium, his back against a closed door, threatened by hundreds of shouting milling students. Listen. Just a minute, fellas. Listen to me, will you? They're not crooks. You're got it all wrong. Listen. Throw the game. They didn't throw the game. Here. Just let me talk and then I'll tell you. No, wait. Listen. Wait, please. Shouting wildly, the angry mob of students surges forward against the locked door, placing Jimmy Osen and others who have gone down in danger of being trampled. The crowd is about to throw itself against Coach Reed's door when suddenly there is a great burst of wind and a figure in blue costume and glowing red cape flashes into the gymnasium above the heads of the Milling mob and thuds down before the cracking office door. Wait a minute. Hold everything. What goes on here, Superman? Stand back, everybody. Dart this mob in the country. What's wrong, Jim? The team's in there. The students are acting because they say they threw the game last night. Oh, so that's it. Wait a minute. Just a minute. Please, fellas. Stop yelling and listen to me, will you? Wait a minute. Hold it. Now, look, you know this isn't the American way of doing things. Only poor sports and cowards form mobs and take the law into their own hands. That's telling him, Superman. How about the team throwing the game? Now, wait a minute. To begin with, I don't believe Pulaski and Rizzuti threw the game last night. That's a lot of baloney. Jim's right. I have reason to believe that the gambler mentioned in the papers lied and that Pulaski and Rizzuti were framed. Framed? Yes, I say they were framed, and I'm going to prove it. Now, for heaven's sake, clear out of here and go back to your classrooms, all of you. Be thankful that nobody was seriously hurt. Come on, Jim. Let's go see the coach. Jim. Jim, are you okay? Sure, Coach. I. I was just coming out. I would have been in a bad way, though, if Superman hadn't showed up just when he did. Why? Why, it is Superman. That's right, Coach Reed. Where are the members of the team? Well, I managed to slip them out to the principal's office. Against their word, of course, while Jim was holding the fort here. I see. Look, please don't get the wrong idea of our students, Superman. They would never have taken Part in a riot like this if they hadn't been stood up by outside agitators. Outside agitators? That's right. Yeah. And those dirty pamphlets. Pamphlets? Well, you see. Just a moment. Wait a minute. I want to know all about this, but I can't stay at the moment. Suppose you, Coach Reed, and you, Jim, give Clark Kent all the details. He'll. He'll see that I get them. Well, Jim asked me to phone Kent. Where is he? He'll be in the principal's office in a few minutes. So long now. Up and away. What I'd like, Mr. Rayden, is to know more about what started the excitement this morning. Jim and Coach Reed here say outside agitators were involved. Is that true? So I understand. But I'm sure Mr. Reed can tell you more than I know. I'll tell you, Mr. Kent. It all started. Excuse me, Jim. Wait a minute. Suppose we let Coach Reed tell us what he knows first. Okay. Go ahead, Coach. Well, I. I was a little late getting to school this morning because the district attorney wanted to see me about this gambling charge. But as I understand it, when the students began arriving, they found two men in front of the building passing out these pamphlets and disgraceful things. Completely un American. Yeah. You ought to see them, mister. I'd like to. Is there one here? Yes, I've got one here. Take a look at that. Thanks. Great Scott. Students of Metropolis High, the athletes who sold you out last night and discredited you and your school are foreigners. Foreigners? That's a dirty lie. Those boys are all good Americans. Of course they are. Go on, read what else it says. Okay. These foreign boys and their families have different ideals from yours. They will do anything for money. And unless they are stopped, they will ruin our great country. How about that? Easy, Jim. It's up to you to show them they don't belong in our schools. Don't delay. Act now. How do you like that, Mr. Kent? I don't, Jim. Why, this is the sort of poison that turns Americans against each other. The dirtiest, most vicious thing in the world. The most unfair. Yes, this is the kind of stuff these fellows were passing out to the students and talking to them. Getting them all stirred up against Tawny Rizzuti and Cass Pulaski. Of course, that started the riot, Naturally. Students had their hearts set on winning the state championship this year. You know, when these agitators made them believe their four stars had sold them out. And it isn't true, Mr. Kent, believe me, I know all four of these boys. I've Worked and played with them. They're swell youngsters, excellent students, popular with their schoolmates. Fairly obvious to me that a gang of hate mongers are behind this whole thing. They're out to discredit the four star players on your team. Then use that to discredit all American youngsters of foreign extraction. Oh, no. Yes, and what's more, I think Charles Canfield knew that and was murdered to prevent him from revealing the identity of the hate spreaders. Jeepers, Canfield, you. You mean the millionaire who was found dead the other night? Yes. You see, just before he was killed, Mr. Reid, he phoned Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet, and told him he had a story that would blow this town wide open. When he was found, he had a newspaper clipping in his pocket with the photograph of the Metropolis High School team. And the names of four of the players were underlined. Say, that's right. I remember now. The underlying names were those of the four boys whom these HD called foreigners. So now we know the kind of men we're up against. Not men, rats. Right, Jim. Unless I miss my guess, they won't stop with Canfield's murder in this one incident. I think they're out for bigger game. That is to spread hate and violence through Metropolis. We've got to find them and lock them up before they run wild. You're very right, Mr. Kent. But how can we do that when we don't even know who they are? Their agents disappeared after passing out their poison pamphlets and starting the riot. Wait a minute. Some of the students ought to be able to identify them. Jack Wilson saw them. Jack Wilson? Captain of the team? Uh huh. He's the one who phoned me to come down here. Where is he, Jim? I told him to wait in the study room upstairs. Would you like to see him, Mr. Kent? Certainly would. Very well. If you will wait a moment, I'll have him sent down here. Now tell me this, Jack. Did you get a good look at these agitators? I sure did, Mr. Kent. Well, that is one of them. And what did he look like? Well, he was a tall, thin guy, about 30 years old. Pale, pasty face and small kind of glittering eyes set close together. Say, that sounds like a perfect description of the man who tried to bribe me to keep Pulaski, Rizzuti, Kaplan and Kelly on the bench last night. Once more he answers the description of one of the two men who beat up Rizzuti and Pulaski after the before the game last night. Jeepers. Then he's the guy we Want. Right, Jim. This gives us something to start with. Now look, I'm going over to the district attorney's office and get a search started for this fellow. The rest of you spread the word around school to be on the watch for those men because it's just possible that they'll show up again. I'll call an assembly of all the students. Mr. Kent. I'll put this whole matter before them and warn them. Notify me if those men appear again. Swell, Mr. Aiden. Jim. Yeah? You better stick around here for a while and report progress. Okay, but be careful. In fact, all of you, be careful. You see the men we want, report them at once. But don't tangle with them. We know now they're the type of hate mongering snake who won't stop even at murder. So be careful. Repeating his warning to avoid danger, Lark Kent leaves Metropolis High School for the district attorney's office, unaware that the man he is about to begin his search for, the tall, thin man with the pasty face and small glittering eyes, is just emerging from a car in an alley near the school building. That means there's more action ahead in the exciting climax of today's episode. So stand by. Say, gang, what's more fun than prizes? And what prizes are more fun? Or as easy to get as those nifty comic buttons in that new series you're all collecting from packages of Kelg's Pet. First off, it's exciting to see which button is inside every time mom opens a package of pep. There were 18 new and different buttons in this series. You know, old funny paper favorites like Brenda Starr and Cindy and Spud and the Little Moose and Goofy and Beezy and Superman, of course. And say if you happen to get a duplicate, well, that's even more fun because then you can trade with your pals and you still get a new button for your collection to wear with your others on your jacket or your dresser cap. So get busy, gang. Collect all 18 different buttons in this new series. Just ask mom to get you some Kellogg's Pet. That's all you do. You don't send it any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy these prizes anywhere. You just look inside every package of Pep you open and there's your new comic button. And say pep's a prize package for good eating at breakfast, too. Remember that Crisp and tender, whole wheat flakes and fresh as can be and loaded with that catchy sunshine flavor that's the Sunshine cereal, gang. It's super delicious. So ask Mom For P E P the Sunshine Cereal. Kellogg's Pep as we continue now, shortly after Clark Kent's departure, it is the luncheon period at Metropolis High School. Jack Wilson, center and captain of the basketball team, is sauntering toward Jim Olson in the schoolyard when Jim calls to him to hurry. Hey, Jack. Jack Wilson. Come here quick. What's the matter, Jim? What's cooking? That guy, the one who passed out pamphlets and made speeches? Yeah, what about him? He just came out of the lunch wagon across the street. He did? Uh huh. He's talking to a couple of the students. See there? There he goes. Gosh, that's the guy, all right. Come on. We'll tell Mr. Raiden and he can call the police. No, wait. He's going down the street now. He'll be gone before we can get help. What do we do? Come on with me. We'll follow him. But wait, Jim. Mr. Ken. I know, but we'll be careful. Come on. We've got to see where he goes and what he's up to. But gee whiz. Come on before he gets away. Afraid that the agitator might get away, Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson disregard Clark Kent's warning and set out after the tall thin man who is walking rapidly toward a nearby alley. This man, as we know, is responsible for beating up Tony Rizzuti and Casimir Pulaski and is the associate of the murderous Knights of the White Carnation. Will he lead Jimmy and Jack to an important discovery or into danger? We'll know tomorrow, gang. So don't miss tomorrow's thrill packed episode. Be sure to tune in, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pep for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at this same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine Cereal. Say, gang, answer me this. What does snap, crackle and Pop stand for? That's right. Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Those golden bubbles of oven popped rice that snap, crackle and pop in milk. They're so crisp, they. Why they fairly sing. You probably heard them at breakfast time and you've seen those famous little elves Snap, crackle and Pop in cartoons and on the Rice Krispies package. So tomorrow morning, ask mom for the cereal that's fun to listen to and fun to eat. The one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal. Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. 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. Kellogg's PEP E E T Hep Kellogg's Path to sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, Clark Kent is waiting for Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson to contact him. Not realizing that the boys have become dangerously entangled in the very plot they all are trying to solve. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. You know, it would be kind of too bad to lose out, you know, to let your friends get ahead of you in collecting those nifty comic buttons in that new series Kellogg's Pep is putting out. Because these buttons are so easy to get, you don't have to spend any of your allowance. And you don't even have to send in a box top. And you wouldn't want to miss the fun of trading duplicates either and showing off your collection on your jacket or your dresser cap. So keep right on working on your collection. You know, there are 18 new and different buttons in all. Every single one an old funny paper favorite like Vitamin Flint Heart or Pat Patton. And Superman, of course. And every single one is a colorful, true to life picture. But remember, you can't buy these Pep commie buttons anywhere. You get them the easy way. One in every package of Kellogg's Pep, you open and say you get something else, too. A super delicious whole wheat breakfast cereal that tastes just as good as it is good for you. Yes, sir, Pep helps start your day right with energy, vitamin B1 and good old sunshine vitamin D. And say Pep gives your appetite a lift with that catchy sunshine flavor and loads of crisp, golden toasted goodness. So remind mom to get you some Pep the sunshine cereal, Kellogg's pet, and now the adventures of Superman. Although Clark Kent is certain that hate mongers are responsible for the murder of a prominent citizen and for the false arrest of two Metropolis high school athletes on the charge of throwing a basketball game, he does not yet know who the bigots are. His only clue is the description of a man who passed out vicious hate smearing pamphlets to the high school students and then stirred them into a near riot against what were intolerantly called foreign athletes. Leaving cub reporter Jimmy Olsen at the school with orders to contact him at once if the man was seen again, Kent left for the district attorney's office. A short time later, Jimmy and Jack Wilson, the captain of the team, spotted the agitator leaving a lunch wagon near the school. As we continue. Now they are following him down a quiet tree lined street. Listen, suppose he turns around, Jim? What if he does, Jack? All he'll see is just a couple of high school kids out for a walk during lunch period. Yeah, but this guy is bad medicine. He beat up Cass Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti last night. And Mr. Kent says he's mixed up in the murder of Mr. Canfield, the millionaire. Sure, that's why we've got to follow him and see where he goes. Then we can call Mr. Kent, get the police out and grab him. But you heard Mr. Kent say we we shouldn't take any chances to just call him or the police if we saw this fella. But how are we gonna stop off and call up anybody and still not lose this guy? Tell me that. Oh, gosh, I don't know. But. Oh wait, he's turning around. Stop, you dummy. You want him to know we're trailing him? Oh, come on. Gee whiz, Jim. Come on, I tell you. See, he's going on. Oh yeah. Boy, my heart jumped right up into my mouth when he turned around. Relax. I've trailed plenty of bad actors. Guy's just as dangerous as this one. All you have to do is keep on your toes but not act as if you're trailing. Wait, he's gonna cross the street. No, don't follow him across yet. Just slow down a little and see where he goes. Okay. I guess you know all the ropes, Jim. I know a few. I'm a reporter, you know. Yeah, I know. Hey, look, he's going into that alley. Uh huh. Come on. Gotta go after him. After him. Into the alley? Sure. Come on. Golly, Jim, frankly I. I'm not too keen about following that guy into an alley. You want to see Cass and Tony clear, don't you? Sure, but. Well, the only way we can do it is by trailing this guy. Wait. Hold it, Jack. Now what? He stopped at that car, see? Behind the old lumber yard. Yeah, I see him. Quick, tuck behind this telephone pole. Can you see what he's doing? Yeah, he's getting into the car. Oh, this is where he loses us. Try to get his license number. Can you make it out, Jack? Kind of tough. There's mud on it. Probably put it there on purpose. The rat. I can make out a Y and the number six. That's all I can see too. Jeepers, if only you were headed this way. Then he passes and maybe we could get his number. What do you kids think you're doing, huh, Jim? A little spying maybe huh? Who, us? No, we were just. This is one of the guys. Who was it? School this morning? Gee whiz. Come on, break away. Don't stand still or I'll bat your brains out. Stand still, I said. You can't get away. Okay, okay. We're not trying to get away. Oh, no, no. You see, I caught these two kids trailing you. Joe, they were. No, we were just. Right. I want you to walk over to that car. Wait. Let go. Will you relax, Jack? This is what we wanted. Come on, now you're being smart. This is bad, Jim. Oh, it's perfect. We wanted to meet these guys, didn't we? Sure. Didn't we want to get in with them? You know what? Maybe even get to work with them. Work with them? Hey, what are you kids talking about? Well, you see, mister, we like what you said in those pamphlets you passed out at school today. We. We agree with you 100%, see? Oh, you do, huh? Yeah, so we thought. Wait a minute. Tell it to my. My friend here. What's going on here, Fog? I don't know, Joe. This freckled character is handing me some line about wanting to get in and work with us. Is that so? Yeah, you see, mister, we get up and get into the car. Look, mister, we get in, I sit in the back. Okay? Sure, we'll get in. We want to talk to you anyhow. Come on, Jack. Jeepers, Jim, what do we do? If I had just followed my lead. I got him back with the kids. Faggo, you get in front and be ready for a kid quick getaway if I give you the word. Okay, Joe. Now look, you kids, I want the truth and fast. What's the idea of following me? Well, you see, mister, it's like I started to tell your friend Jack and I heard you talking outside school this morning. And we read the pamphlets you passed out and we. Well, we agree with what you said about Pulaski and Rizzuti and the other foreigner basketball players giving us a dirty deal. You do, huh? That's right. You see, we. Hey, wait a. Wait a minute. Aren't you Jack Wilson, captain of the Metropolis High team? Yes, I am, but Wilson, what are you trying to do, pull a fast one on me? No. Call it. What's your name, kid? Me? Jim. Jim Adams. Adams, huh? That's a good American name. Yeah, I'm a good American, all right. That's why I wanted to talk to you. See, Jack and I want to get back at the guys who threw the game last night. I don't know if you should go for this, Joe, after all, it would take. Quiet, Fargo. I'm handling this. Okay. Okay. Now you boys want to get back at the dirty little foreigners who threw the game on you, huh? We sure do, don't we, Jack? Then how? Well, maybe I'll give you the chance tonight. How would you like that? Boy, that's swell. What do you want us to do? If you're on the level, I'll tell you tonight. Okay, Just say where and when. Both of you be in Pete's lunch wagon across the street from the school at 8 o'clock, call you on the phone there and tell you where to meet me. Can't you tell us now? You heard me. I'll phone you at the lunch wagon tonight at 8. Okay. Let's go, Jack. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Here's a couple of flowers. Wear them when you come to meet us tonight. White carnations. What's the idea? A mining idea. Just do as I say. And if you do a good job, you'll not only get back at those basketball players, but you'll make a little money besides money. Yeah. Now fade. Be at the lunch wagon at 8:00 for my phone call. Don't forget to wear the white carnations when you come where I tell you to. Oh, we won't forget. Come on, Jack. We'll be there, mister. Okay, get going, Fargo. Gosh, Jim, do you think we ought. Save your breath for a run, Jack. We've got to see Mr. Kent and fast. Come on. What happened then, Jim? Nothing, Mr. Kent. They drove away and we came right over here to the Planet. Let's see. You're to be at this lunch wagon at 8:00, right? Yeah. This guy Joe said he'd phone us there and tell us where to meet him. All right. Now get this. When he phones you, I want you to call me at once and tell me where he told you to come. I'll be at the district Attorney's office. Understand? Uh huh. And you and the DA will meet Joe instead of us, huh? That's the idea, Jim. Now, what about these flowers? The white carnations that he told us to wear? Yeah. What do you think that's for, Mr. Kent? Well, they're obviously for purposes of identification. We'll find out more about that later. Now, you boys got everything straight? Sure. We go to the lunch wagon tonight and wait for Joe's phone call. Then we call you at the DA's office and you and the DA take it from there. Right after you Call me. You two are to go right to the DA's office and wait there for us. No more going places on your own. Is that understood? Oh, sure. And how. I don't want to meet those guys again, especially at night. All right, then. Everything's set for tonight. If all goes well, we'll have those hate peddlers and murderers behind bars by morning. What will happen at the Lunch Wagon tonight? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. Say, you like to have pictures of your favorite friends, don't you? Well, there's one reason why those comic buttons in the new series from packages of Kelg's Pep are making such a hit with you fellas and girls. Because those comic strip characters are old friends. You followed their adventures in the funny papers for a long, long time. So collecting those Pep comic buttons is bound to be mighty exciting. And are these pictures true to life? Chief Brandon looks so dignified and official. And Goofy has that silly grin on his face. And Superman looks as if he's all ready to take off to the skies. Yes, sir, those 18 new and different Pepcomic buttons are really slick. You'll be proud to wear them pinned on your jacket or your dresser cap. So don't let your pals get ahead of you. You keep working on your collection. Ask mom to get you plenty of Kellogg's Pep. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy these comic buttons anywhere. You just look for one inside every package of Pep you open. And say, look for some downright good eating at breakfast, too, because that's what Pep's famous for. Those good whole wheat flakes are loaded with golden toasted sunshine flavor that makes a hit on a frosty morning. That's P E P gang. The Sunshine cereal. Kellogg's Pep. As we continue now it is evening. Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, trying not to betray their nervousness, are sitting at the counter in Pete's lunch wagon across the street from Metropolis High School. There are no other customers and the proprietor, a stout bald headed man, is polishing a coffee urn at the far end of the counter. Why doesn't that guy phone? Relax, Jack. He'll call. Jim, look. Holy smokes, it's that guy. Joe. What's he doing here? I thought he was gonna call us. Boy. Hiya. I thought you were gonna call us. We decided to come down and pick you up. Our. Let's go. Go where? I'm going to give you a chance to get back at Those dirty little foreigners who threw the basketball game last night. Oh, well. Come on. We're in a hurry. But. But you were supposed to call us up. You heard him. We changed our minds. Gee whiz, Jim. What do we do? Come on, come on. What are you stalling for? Oh, we. We're not stalling. It's just. Go ahead. Start walking out to that car. Go on. Their faces pale. Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson walk to the door of the diner on rubbery legs, their eyes casting desperate appeal at the lunch wagon proprietor who, unconcerned, pays no attention to them. Jim's plan to trap the agitators and murderers has backfired. Now the boys themselves are trapped. What will happen now as Clark Kent and the district attorney wait tensely for a phone call from Jimmy and Jack. A phone call which now cannot be made. Whatever you do, gang, don't miss Monday's thrilling episode when the new plot against American boys and girls planned by the intolerant knights of the white carnation is further unfolded. Monday's episode is packed with chills and thrills. So be sure to tune in same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pep for excitement. The adventure yours of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine Serial. Say, gang, you know what it means when Kellogg's Rice Krispies go snap, crackle and pop in milk? It means they're crisp. Crisp as crisp can be. Sure, Kellogg's Rice Krispies are the only cereal so crisp they snap, crackle and pop. That's why you see so much of those three famous little elves Snap, crackle and Pop in cartoons. And on the Rice Krispies package, they stand for the crispiness of Kellogg's golden bubbles of oven popped rice. The one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal. Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us on Monday for the thrilling Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bo up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's pet P E P Pep. Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, while Clark Kent worries about not hearing from Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, the young boys, completely enmeshed in the hate mongering plot face immediate peril of their very lives. Hello there, gang. This is your pal Dan McCullough. Say, did you ever check up and see whether the fellas or the girls in your crowd have collected the most different comic buttons from that exciting new series that now come in packages of Kellogg's Pet? Well, from what I've seen, both fellas and girls are mighty busy with their collections. And no wonder why. It's a heap of fun to get a brand new button whenever mom opens a new package of Pet. Maybe it'll be Vitamin Flint Heart or Pat Patton or Superman himself. And say if it's a duplicate, well, that's even more fun because then you can swap with one of your pals. And you know what the best part is? These 18 pep comic buttons are so easy to get you don't have to send in a single penny. Not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But every time mom opens a new package of Kellogg's Pep there's your slick looking comic button inside. And say Pep gives you something else too. A super delicious dish for breakfast. Yes, sir. Pep is called the Sunshine Cereal. It's loaded with catchy sunshine flavor. Golden toasted and good. And Pep is on the beam with Sunshine Vitamin D too. That good old vitamin that helps build strong bones and teeth and energy. Vitamin B1. Yes, sir. Kellogg's Pep is sure a prize package any way you look at it. That's P E P, the Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep and now the Adventures of Superman. As you remember, agents for the hate mongering Knights of the White Carnation beat up two star players of the Metropolis High School basketball team before a championship game. And then when Metropolis lost a professional gambler falsely testified that he had bribed the boys to throw the game. The next morning at school, the same group precipitated a riot against the accused players. But Cub reported Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, captain of the team, trailed the agitators. Pretending to agree with their hate smearing tactics. Jim and Jack offered to help the bigots and were told to be at a certain lunch wagon that evening when they would receive further instructions by telephone. After contacting Clark Kent, the two boys went to the lunch wagon. But to their dismay, the agents appeared in person and ordered them into a car. As we continue now, we find Kent in the office of District Attorney Frank Agnew. Listen. Ten minutes past eight, Mr. Agnew, we should have heard from the boys by now. Relax, Kent. They said they'd call us as soon as this agitator phoned them, didn't they? Yes, but he was supposed to ring them at 8 o'clock. Well apparently he hasn't done so yet. It's my hunch he won't. Why not? Well, I don't know exactly. Look Kent, do you really think there's a hate gang involved in this mess? I certainly do. I believe they framed the two basketball players and murdered Charles Canfield the millionaire to keep him from exposing their subversive un American activities. If you're right, those fellows are very clever because they fooled me and they fooled Inspector Henderson and the Hall Police Department. They are clever. Oh, why doesn't Jim call? Relax, will you kid? It's only 8:12. How can I relax when I know that those hate peddlers are more dangerous than rattlesnakes? I know, but the boys are in no great danger. I'm sure of that. Well, I'll wait just a few minutes more. We don't hear from Jim by then, I'm going out to that lunch wagon. Wild Clark Kent anxiously paces the floor of the district Attorney's office. A small black sedan carrying Jimmy Olsen, Jack Wilson and the two agents for the Knights of the White Carnation has traveled across the city and come to a stop in a dark alley behind the huge unlighted bulk of Metropolis Benjamin Franklin High School. Commanded by the thin pasty faced man called Joe. The two boys leave the car and walk up the alley beside him while the other man remains at the wheel. Okay, hold it kids. Here we are. This is the Ben Franklin High School. Yeah, I know. What are we doing here? It's so loud. Wilson. Now here's what I want you to do. Each of you take a bunch of these handbills here. Huh? What are these? I told you handbills. Like the ones I passed out of Metropolis High this morning. Oh, these are gummed on the back seat. And I want you boys to paste them up in the halls on the students lockers. Every place where all the kids can see them when they come to school them. You, you mean inside the school? That's right. Cheer. Uh oh but, but what's the idea? Just this to get the real American kids soar at the foreigner kids so that they'll get to fighting each other, see? Cheaper. Then maybe I can work up a good riot here tomorrow like I did at your school this morning. Gee whiz, but what Wilson? Oh nothing. Look, don't you want to see the dirty little foreigners get kicked around and maybe get so scared they'll quit school? I, I. Yeah, shut up, Jim. Well what Wilson? You getting chicken hearted? No. Or were you trying to put something over when you said you wanted to play ball with us? No, wait. Don't get us wrong, Joe. It's just that you told us we were gonna get back at the guys on our basketball team for throwing the championship game. See? So this. That's it. This. This isn't exactly what we were expecting to do. I see. It doesn't hit right at those foreign kids on our team. Sure it does. These handbills tell how Pulaski and Rizzuti and Kaplan and Kelly through the game. And they show that no foreigners can be trusted. You get it? Oh, yeah, sure. But just the same, you see, we want to get all the kids in Metropolis so sore, they'll turn on every kid with a name like Pulaski or Rizzuti or Kaplan or Kelly. Then when that happens, your basketball players will be run out of school. A waste. Jeepers. Yeah, I get it, all right. Okay, now, as soon as I get this handkerchief wrapped around my hand, I'll break a window and let you into the school. Nah. All set now. Here goes. Gosh, Jim, what'll we do? I don't know yet, Jack. Keep your fingers crossed. Maybe we should run for it. No, we wouldn't have a chance. But we can't go through with this. No, but we gotta make it look like we are. But, Jim. Kate. Come here, kids, and hurry. Now, here's a flashlight. Now climb inside and start pasting up those hand pills. Look, Joe, suppose somebody hears us? There's nobody in the place to hear you. But what if somebody shows up at night? Nah. But if anybody does, I'll be right out here with Fargo. We'll take care of any nosy guys. Go on. I'll get going. Well, okay. Come on, Jack. Yeah. All right, Jim. Remember, do a good job, or you'll be a couple of sorry kids. I don't like the way he said that, Jim. Neither do I. Oh, boy, are we in a spot. If only he'd phoned us at the lunch wagon like he said he would so we'd have had a chance to call Mr. Ken. Maybe he figured we might do something like that so he wasn't taking any chances. He? And maybe. Look, Jim, you're not figuring to paste up those dirty handbills like he said, are you? Are you kidding? Of course not. Then how do we get out of this mess? I don't know yet. I. I've got to think. Wait. Hey, how about hiding these Handos someplace, then going back out after a while and saying we pasted Them? It's too risky. Joe might decide he wants a look at the job. He sees we double crossed him, it'll be too bad. Yeah, that's right. Wait. I've got it, Jack. Come on. Huh? Where are you going, Jack? To the principal's office. The principal's office? What for? There must be a phone in there. Phone? Oh, you mean, uh huh. We'll call Mr. Ken at the DA's office, tell him where we are, and then we'll get busy slapping up these handbills until he and the police get out here. We can tear them down later. Boy, that's a swell idea. Wait. What are you stopping for? We've gotta find the principal's office. Why don't I throw the lad around? There it is. Right across the corridor. Yeah. Come on. Oh boy, if only this works. It's got to. Yeah. It's our only chance to trap those hate murderers. And here we are. Oh, gosh. I just thought of something. What? What if this door is locked? Oh, brother. Well, there's only one way to find out. Here goes. Hot dog. It's open. Yeah, there's the phone on the desk. Come on, Jack. Keep your fingers crossed. But hard. Their hearts beating rapidly. Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson hurry to the telephone on the principal's desk to call Clark Kent. Will their plan work? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. You know, gang, you can have fun with your collection of comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet. Any kind of weather, any day of the week. Both fellas and girls can get a kick out of it, too. For instance, when you meet up with one of your pals, there's that business of comparing notes on how many you've collected so far. And say, it's even more fun trading duplicates. You know, like an extra button with Pat Patton's picture in exchange for Tess Trueheart, if you don't have one like that yet. Or the Little Moose traded for Judy or Corky. Or maybe Brenda Starr for Superman. Yes, sir, for fun. And for dog gone good looks. These Pep comic buttons are really keen. And they're so easy to get. You can collect all 18 buttons in this new series just by asking mom to keep you supplied with plenty of Kellogg's Pet. You don't have to send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy these prizes anywhere. But there's a comic button inside every package of Pep you open. And that's only one reason that you like pep. You get a kick out of Pep's catchy sunshine flavor. That golden toasted goodness that goes so good first thing in the morning. Pep's crisp freshness too. Yes, you like everything about Pee the Sunshine cereal, Kellogg's Pep in the principal's doc office in Benjamin Franklin High School. Jack Wilson, his hand shaking with excitement, is holding the flashlight as Jimmy Olsen dials the number of the district attorney to summon Clark Kent and the police. Hurry up, Jim. Give me a chance. I've got a dial, don't I? Yeah, but they are. They're ringing. Put that phone down, you little rat. Who said that? Huh? Put that phone down, I said. Holy smokes, it's Joe. Yeah, that's right. Hey, careful with that knife. You dirty little double crosses. I ought to cut your hearts out right now. What? Look, Joe, we were only gonna. Yeah, yeah, I see what's going on. You are only gonna turn me into the cops, weren't you? No. See, lying won't help you now. Nothing will. What? What do you mean? Did you think I was so dumb? I just take your word that you were on my side. No, this was a testsea. I was checking up on you. But now wait. Quiet. You're all through talking and all through everything else. Turn around and walk back out to the alley. Go on, walk. And fast. Small eyes filled with hate, Joe the tall thin hate monger menaces Jim Olson and Jack Wilson with a long knife as he forces them to turn and walk back to the dark alley. Meanwhile, alarmed at the failure of the boys to call him from the lunch wagon, Clark Kent as street there as Superman. And as we join him now, he is questioning the stout bald headed proprietor. Pete called for the boys? That's right, Superman. Then they all went in a car. I, I didn't know there was anything wrong. What kind of a car? Well, I. I didn't notice except it was a dark sedan. You say one of the men was tall and thin, pasty faced? Yeah, that's right. It was Joe, the man described by Coach Reed and Jack Wilson. How's that, Superman? Never mind. I've got to find those boys before something serious happens to them. Thanks, Pete, and good night. Up and away, leaping high from the little lunch wagon, Superman streaks away through the night skies to begin a desperate search for Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson. What is Joe agent for the evil knights of the white carnation planning for the two boys? And how will Superman find them? In time for all the answers. Don't miss tomorrow's thrill packed episode. Fellows and girls, be sure to tune in again tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's path for excitement. The Adventures of Super Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Say, gang, you know how crisp Kellogg's Rice Krispies are? So crisp they snap, crackle and pop in milk. Sure, that's their song of Christmas. Means that those golden bubbles of oven popped rice are crisp as crisp can be. Whenever you see those famous little elves. Snap, crackle and Pop in cartoons or on the Rice Krispies package think of how light and delicate and crisp this grand breakfast dish is. Tomorrow morning, ask mom for the one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the thrilling adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep P E P. Pep. Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine Cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, while Clark Kent anxiously faces the DA's office, certain that Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson have stumbled into some great danger. The boys are helpless prisoners of the murderous Vincent Kirby, picketed later of the night of the white carnation. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. You know, it's something like a picture gallery. A collection of those comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet. Because every One of those 18 characters is really famous. Take Vitamin Flint Heart, for instance. You followed his adventures for years and years. And Brenda Starr, everybody knows how pretty she is. And Superman himself and all the wonderful things he does. So it's a real thrill to wear those comic buttons pinned on your jacket or your dress or cap. Not to mention that they're so keen looking and bright. And is it a load of fun to swap duplicates with your pals. And it's fun to get a new comic button every time mom opens a new package of Kellogg's Pet. That's the only way you can get these prizes, you know. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But you get a comic button in each package of Kellogg's Pep you open. That's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Pep the golden toasted whole wheat flakes with a catchy sunshine flavor. Pep the Crisp Fresh breakfast cereal that's so good for you with its added energy, vitamin B1 and sunshine vitamin D. Yes, sir, gang Mom's mighty glad to have you. Eat lots of P E P. The Sunshine cereal, Kellogg's Pap and now the Adventures of Superman. In a malicious attempt to spread intolerance among Metropolis youngsters, the hate mongering Knights of the White Carnation manufactured evidence that led to the arrest of two high school athletes on the charge of throwing a basketball game. Then, when cub reporter Jimmy Olson and Jack Wilson, captain of the team, stumbled on the trail of an agent for the hate organization, they offered to work for him in order to obtain evidence against the bigots. That night, the agent, known to them only as Joe took them to another high school where he ordered them to break in and paste up vicious race smearing hand bills. Making their way into the principal's office, Jimmy and Jack were about to phone Clark Kent when Joe entered and caught them. As we continue, a short time later, Vincent Kirby, wealthy and aristocratic leader of the Knights of the White Carnation, answers the phone in his library. Listen. Hello? Mr. KBY yes. Is it Joe? Joe McMillan. McMillan? Didn't I tell you never to call me at my home? Yeah, but this is important. Well, it better be. What is it? You know those two kids I told you about? The ones who followed me today and said they wanted to work with us? Yes. Well, I found out they're spies. Spies? Yeah. One of them who said his name was Jim Adams, isn't a high school kid at all. His real name was Jim Olsen and he's a newspaper reporter. A reporter? Are you sure? Positive. What's more, I caught the little punk just as he was calling up the district attorney. Good heavens, did he complete the. Don't worry. I stopped him before he could shoot his mouth. Good. Where are these boys now? I got them in my place and I thought before I do anything, I better check with you. All right, stay where you are. I'll be right out. Okay, Mr. Kerny. Sit on. Here's one in a. Mr. Mr. K. Which one is this? Joe, this is Jim Olson, a reporter for the Daily Planet. How do you know? He had his wallet on him with his identification in Prescott. Look, who are you? What's the idea of wearing a mask? You afraid I'll run? I'll ask the questions. Now, why did you pose as a high school student and say your name was Adams? What are you trying to find out as if you didn't know? Answer me. My answer is you better let Jack and Me go. I. Oh. Let go of my arm. Talk fast and answer the questions, kid, or I'll break your lego. Ow. Well, Olson, you gonna talk dirty? Cowards. If I was just a little bigger. Never mind. Talk. Okay, okay, let go. I just as well know we're on to what you're up to. Really? This should be interesting. Go on, Olson. Tell us what made you stick your foolish young neck out. Oh, I used to go to Metropolis High School. Cass Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti, the two boys who were arrested for throwing the championship basketball game the other night, are friends of mine. Oh, they are all right, Joe. Come on, Olson. I was sure they didn't throw the game. And the gambler who testified he bribed them was lying. I couldn't figure out why he was framing Tony and Cass until this morning, so. And what did you discover this morning, Olson? Well, when I found out that your boy Joe here was around the school passing out pamphlets that smeared Tony and Cass and generally stirring up the students against all others who happen to have foreign sounding names, I knew then what was cooking. You did, eh? Yeah. Cause I've seen Hate manga's work before. When I told Mr. Ca. I mean, another Planet reporter about it, we figured out right away that some dirty hate mongers had framed Cass and Tony in order to spread race prejudice among the school kids. Indeed. You're a real bright boy, ain't you, Willis? No way, Joe. So you and Mr. Clark Kent figured all this out, huh? I presume you mean Clark Kent, huh? No, wait, I didn't say anything. I know. And I'm reasonably sure you were referring to Mr. Kent because he's made a nuisance of himself before. No, wait. Mr. Kent didn't have anything to do with this. I tell you, it was all my idea. We'll get to him later. Put Olson back in the other room of the Wilson boy. Joe, tell Fargo to watch them and come back here. Okay. Come on. No, wait. What's the idea of keeping Jack and me here? What are you gonna do to us? You'll find out, you dirty little spy. Now go on, get going. But now wait a minute. Shut up and get in there. Take care of this rat, Fargo. Oh, Joe, this isn't so good, Mr. Kirby. This Olsen kidnapped Kent guy have got our play all figured out. Relax. There's nothing to worry about as long as they don't know who's behind us. But they may have other spying on us. This Kent sounds like a smart apple. Yes, he's very clever. Too clever as a Matter of fact, because from something he said to Mr. Mortimer, the chairman of the school board he even suspects that we murdered Charles Canfield. Now, don't get excited. He can't ever prove it, but how can he even suspect. Listen, we gotta take care of that guy in a hurry. I don't want to go to the chair. Don't get excited, I said. We'll take care of everything and everybody in due time. Yeah, yeah. Unfortunately, we got Olson and the Wilson boy before they could do any harm. And we're gonna make use of them very good. Use of. How do you mean? You'll see. First, I'm gonna call up Clark Kent. Kent? What are you calling him for? A very good reason. Joe, be quiet a minute. Is Clark Kent there, please? I wonder if you could tell me where to locate him. It's quite important you say. The district attorney's office. District attorney? Oh, very well. I'll try him there. Thank you. Good night. Listen, Mr. Ker. Hand me the phone book, please, Joe. Oh, wait a minute. I said hand me the phone book, please. I want to look up the district attorney's number. Kent is there with him. Will you please tell me why you want to talk to Kent when right now? That guy has dynamite. I'll explain everything later. Hand me the phone book. I'm worried about Jim Olson and the Wilson boy, Mr. Agnew. Why, Kent? Well, because I'm afraid that man Joe is suspicious of the boys which is why he called for them personally instead of phoning them as he said he would. Now, look, Kent. According to Olson's story, Joe said he had a job for them, didn't he? Yes. Well, when they've done the job, whatever it is, then we'll hear from them. Now, that worries me too. What if he's on it? Where's my phone? District attorney's office. Agnew speaking. Hello, is Clark Kent there, please? Yes, just a minute. For you, Kent. For me? Yeah. Here. Thanks. Clark Kent speaking. Mr. Kent? My name is Davis. Yes, Mr. Davis. Two boys were just in my store. They wanted to use the telephone, but both booths were occupied. Then one of them said his name was Jim Olson. Jim Olson? What about Jim Kent? Wait, Mr. Agnew. Olson said that he and his friend were in a great hurry and asked me to do him a big favor. Yes, Mr. Davis. Go on. He asked if I would call you at the district attorney's office and tell you that he and Jack were all right. Oh, and not to worry if you didn't hear from them tonight. They had A hot lead on the basketball frame up and were following it. What? Listen, Mr. Davis, where are you located? Oh, yes. They also asked if you would phone their mothers and tell them not to worry. I think that's all. Good night. Wait a minute. Where's your store, Mr. Davis? Hello? Hello, Mr. Davis? Hello? Hello? What is it, Kent? Hello? Oh, he hung up. Will you please tell me who that was? And what about Jim and Jack? Wilson was a fellow named Davis who said Jim and Jack had just been in his store. And since both phone booths were occupied, Jim left after asking him to call me here and tell us not to worry that he and Jack were following up a hot lead on the basketball frame up. Oh, where is this fellow? Davis said. I was trying to find out, but he hung up without answering. Probably in a hurry. Well, Kent, anyhow, it's a relief to know the boys are apparently okay, isn't it? Not too sure they're okay, Mr. Agnew. But this fellow just said so. Yes, but there was something phony about that call pony. What do you mean? Well, Jim wouldn't go off on his own again that way after I gave him strict orders not to. And my hunch says that he and Jack Wilson are in trouble. Real serious trouble. Uneasy Clark Kent frets the sixth sense, telling him that his young friends are in trouble. And as we know, they are. Why did Kirby make that call to Kent? We'll know in a moment when we return to the exciting climax of today's episode. So stand by. You know, every once in a while, it's a good idea to take stock of your collection of comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pet and see just exactly how you're coming along. Because you don't want to miss out on a single one of those 18 new and different comic buttons. You want to get right in on that fun that all the fellows and girls are having. And you want to be in there pitching when they're swapping duplicates. You know, these bright colored buttons really show up when you wear them pinned on your jacket or your dresser cap. They're pictures of your favorite comic strip characters like Cindy and Spud and Superman himself. 18 of them in all. Every single one a real humdinger. So remind mom to keep you stocked up on Kellogg's Pet because that's the only way you can get these nifty prizes. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But every time you open a package of pep there's your comic button inside. And there's some mighty swell eating too, believe me. Kellogg's pep is so crisp and fresh. These toasted whole wheat flakes are so loaded with that catchy sunshine flavor that, well, you practically can't resist them. So ask mom for lots of pee. The Sunshine cereal. Kellogg's pap. As our story continues, we return to Joe McMillan's apartment, where Vincent Kirby has just replaced to the telephone after speaking to Clark Kent. His eyes wide in shocked amazement, McMillan recovers his voice and turns to Kirby. What was the idea, that call to Kent? Why did you say you were somebody named Davis? And Austin and Wilson were Okay, Simple Joe. I did bet because I don't want Kent or the police looking for the boys yet. Oh, I get it. I want them to think they're all right until they find them. What do you mean, until they find them? You see, Joe, I have a very special use for those two boys. Yeah? Like what? Well, within the next 24 hours, you're going to see hate sweep through Metropolis. Red hot, murderous hate directed against all people of foreign ancestry in the city. Yes, Joe. This is the moment the Knights of the White Carnation have been waiting for. His cold, aristocratic face reflecting maniacal cruelty, Vincent Kirby Lee of the UN American Knights of the White Carnation contemplates with evil pleasure the wave of falsely inspired hatred which he plans to make run like red fire through Metropolis within the next 24 hours. What is the murderous Kirby's plan? And how will Superman, who only suspects that Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson are in danger, find and save them and prevent the hate mongers from starting a race riot based, as always, on a pyramid of lies. Tomorrow's episode is packed with thrills and suspenseful excitement, gang. So don't miss a minute of it. Be sure to tune in again tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Tap for excitement. The Adventures of Super Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at this same time by Kellogg's Pap the Sunshine Cereal. Snap, Crackle, Pop. Hey, that's a swell song to hear at the breakfast table, isn't it, gang? Means your bowl of Kellogg's Rice Krispies is crisp as crisp can be. Means doggone good eating. Why, these golden bubbles of oven puff rice Are so fresh and crisp they snap, crackle and pop when you pour on milk. That's why those famous little elves named Snap, Crackle and Pop are around so much these days. In cartoons and on the Rice Krispies package to remind you to ask mom for the one and only Snap, crackle and pop cereal, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the thrilling adventures of Superman. This is the mutual broadcasting system. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep P. E. Pep. Kellogg's Pep the sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, while Clark Kent searches frantically for Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, bigoted Vincent Kirby plans a vicious smear campaign with the imprisoned boys as his unwilling tools. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan mccullough. Say it. How you coming along with your collection of comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's pet. You got any duplicates around that you want to swap with your pals? And are you all your pet comic buttons pinned firm and sturdy on your jacket or your dresser cap so everybody can tell how many you've collected. Say, you want to keep track of these prices. You know, they're mighty good looking. They're pictures of favorite funny paper characters like Brenda star and Spud and the little moose and Cindy and Superman, of course. Yes, sir, you want to collect all 18 of them? So hop to it, gang. Ask mom to get you a package or two of Kellogg's pet. That's the prize package where you get these swell prizes. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. But there's a comic button in every package of pep you open and say, pep's a prize package. When it comes to good breakfast eating too crisp and fresh and golden toasted tastes just as sunny and golden as you'd expect. When it's called the sunshine cereal, believe me, these toasty whole wheat flakes give breakfast and your day a grand start. So ask mom for Pep the sunshine cereal, Kellogg's pap. And now the adventures of Superman. In an attempt to trap Joe McMillan, an agent for a group of vicious bigots who have begun a campaign to spread race hatred in the city schools. Cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, captain of the Metropolis high school basketball team, were caught and taken to a hideout. McMillan summoned Vincent Kirby, the wealthy and aristocratic leader of the hate mongers, who telephoned Clark Kent and, posing as a storekeeper, told Kent that Jimmy had asked him to forward a message that the two boys were safe and on the trail. Of a big story that done. Kirby turns back to McMillan, exultant, his eyes gleaming with maniacal excitement. Listen now, Joe. Within 24 hours you will see hate, murderous hate, rage through Metropolis like fire. And no youngster of foreign ancestry will be safe on the streets of the city. Are you serious, Mr. Kirby? You bet I am. You see, this is the moment the knights of the white carnation have been waiting for. Joe, look, you're going too fast for me, Mr. Kirby. I don't get it. All right, listen. We've already got a lot of high school kids furious for those two basketball players, Pulaski and Rizzuti, because they think they threw the championship game the other night, right? Well, sure, that's right, but I don't. You even managed to get a pretty good riot started, didn't you? We sure did. But what's up now, Joe? Such riots will take place in every school in Metropolis. How do you figure to do that? I intend to use the two spies you caught. You mean Jim Olson and Jack Wilson? That's right. They've got good American names and Wilson is captain of the Metropolis High team. So? So when Olson and Wilson disappear and everyone is led to believe that foreign youngsters were responsible for their disappearance, we'll have the spark we need to set off city wide riots against foreigners, you see. Well, yeah, but how you gonna make everybody think foreign kids are responsible? I'll show you. Here. Well, I got my mask on again, Joe. There. Now bring in Jim ol Olson. I want you to phone in a little story to your newspaper, the Daily Planet. Yeah, what kind of a story? A story to the effect that you and Jack Wilson have uncovered evidence revealing that Metropolis High's Phil Kaplan and Michael Kelly were also paid off by gamblers to help Rizzuti and Pulaski throw the championship basketball game the other night. Hey, what a nice day. Are you kidding? Your story, Olson, must also say that Wilson will present your evidence to the District Attorney in the morning. That's all, huh? That's all. Well, get this, Mr. Maskface. The only story I'll write is to repeat that Cass Pulaski and Tony Rizzuti didn't throw the game. And that tinhorn gambler who said they did lie. Also that Phil Kaplan and Mickey Kelly weren't involved with any gamblers either. Now look here, old friend. Furthermore, my story, when I write it, will say you guys deliberately framed Cass and Tony for the sole purpose of starting race trouble in our schools. Isn't that true? He's a real bright boy, ain't he, Mr. K? He certainly is, Joe. That's why I'm sure you'll see that it's to his advantage to do as I say. Oh, yeah. I can see what you guys are up to. Story like that came out. Olsen, be smart and do as I say. Pick up the phone and give that story to your newspaper. Like fun. I will. You will? All right. It's what you think. Neither you nor anybody else can make me do a dirty thing like that. Oh, no? We'll see about that. Nah. I don't care to break my arm. I won't do it. You'll sing another tone in a minute, buddy. I won't. Dirty. Hate spreaders. I don't care what you do to me, but I won't help you in your rotten way. Let him go, Joe. Just give me a couple more seconds. Let him go, I said. Won't be any good to us if his arms are broken. Okay. How you gonna make him phone in that store? You can't make me. I think we can. Olson, listen carefully. You wouldn't want to see anything happen to your friend Jack Wilson, would you? What do you mean? The other night before the game, Pulaski and Rizzuti were beaten up. Remember? Sure. Joe here and Fargo, that big mug in the other room, beat them up so they wouldn't be able to play well, and it would look as if they were throwing the game. Yes, well, those boys didn't get a very bad beating, Olson. No, they lived. You follow me, huh? No, I. You see, Joe and Fargo are very skillful at that sort of thing. If they were to beat up Wilson now, and I neglected to tell him to go easy on him, Wilson might not live. No might about it. No, you wouldn't do it. You're just trying to scare me. You think so? Joe, tell Fargo to bring a Wilson boy in here. Yes. No, wait. You wouldn't do it. Hey, Fargo, bring that Wilson punk in here. We're gonna do a little job on it. Okay, Joe. This I'm gonna like. No, wait. You wouldn't dare. Wait. I'll do what you want. I thought you would. Take it back, Fargo. Anything you say. Please go, Wilson. Close the door, Joe. Okay. All right. Olson, pick up the phone and give your story to the Daily Planet. You mean now? Naturally. I want it in the first edition tomorrow. But it's night. The Planet is a daily pay. I know all about that. There's a night man on duty to take stories and a night city editor. So quit stalling and phone in the Story. But wait a minute. Go on, Olson, pick up that phone. Wait a minute. I can't dictate a story right off the top of my head. Anyhow, there are no rewrite men there at night. So if you want this in the first edition tomorrow, you'll have to let me write it up. Very well. Shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to write it up. You got a pen? Yeah, but I haven't any paper money. Over there in that desk. Now get busy. Oh, okay. Boy, what an idea. I think I've got it all figured out, Mr. Kirby. Quiet, you fool. Don't mention my name. He can't hear. After this story breaks in A Planet tomorrow you come out with another story in your base for the Blade saying Olson and Wilson didn't show up at the DA's office because foreign kids crammed them. Right? Exactly. Well, Olson, what's holding you off? Take it easy, will you? I'm not a very fast rider. He's st. I'll give you exactly five minutes, no more. Then you phone the story to the Planet or it'll be the end of Jack Wilson. With his forehead furrowed in thought and perspiration beating his thin, freckled face, Jimmy Olsen sits at Joe McMillan's desk composing his story for the Daily Planet. A desperate prayer propelling his laboring pen. These hate rats don't catch on to what I'm gonna say. And if only Mr. Kent is at the Planet tonight to see this story. It's gotta work. It's gotta. It's just gotta. What does Jimmy mean? What desperate chance is he taking? We'll return in a moment for the tense climax of today's episode. So stand by. Say, I know you fellas in the gang don't wanna let the girls get ahead of you in anything. And particularly when it comes to collecting comic buttons in that new series from packages of Kellogg's Pep. So you better hop to it, because I've seen a good many young ladies wearing a good many comic buttons pinned to their jacket or dress. Look mighty keen too. Yes, sir, these Pep comic buttons are so bright colored and gleaming you want to collect all 18 in that new series you'll want Pat Patton and Tess Trueheart and Chief Brandon and Vitamin Flint Heart Judy and Corky and all the rest. So hop to a, gang. Remind mom to get you some Kellogg's Pet because that's the only way you can get these comic buttons. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them Anywhere but you get these prizes along with some dog gone swell eating in every package of Kellogg's Pep. Yes, sir, if you're half to pep your breakfast bowl full of these sunny whole wheat flakes is a real treat. Pep tastes golden and good. So ask mom to get P E P the Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And say, gang, there's a special surprise coming up for you in a couple of days. Boy, oh boy, will you get a kick out of this one. Keep listening. I'll be telling you all about it soon. As Jimmy Olsen labors over the story Vincent Kirby has commanded him to write for the Daily Planet. Clark Kent is at the office of his friend Andy Myers, the private detective to whom he has just confided his fears. See, Candy, the DA Isn't convinced that Jim and Jack Wilson are in trouble. But I am. That phone call from a supposed storekeeper saying that the boys are okay sounded phony to me. Why can't. Because in the first place, he hung up too fast when I asked him where his store was. He might have been busy customers or something. Maybe. But there's also this. The agent for the hate mongers, the fellow called Joe came for Jim and Jack at the lunch wagon tonight instead of phoning them as he'd arranged to do. That makes me believe he suspected they might be spies. Uh oh, if he does, the boys are in trouble. Sure they are. I want you to put every man in your organization on the case at once, Candy. Never mind the expense the Planet will pay you. Forget the pay. Jim's a friend of mine. Well, also, I'll do anything I can to slap those hate rats behind bars. Good. What do we get to work on? What? Clues, I mean. Well, not very much, I'll admit. Except we know what this fellow Joe looks like. Tall, thin, pasty face, nothing distinctive there. Oh, I know. Then there's this handbill Joe passed out at Metropolis High. Did you look at it? No. Printerless label on it, Kent. Hard to trace. What else? Just the white carnations. White? Oh, you mean the flowers Joe gave Jim and Wilson. That's right. Now, maybe if you can find the florist who sold the carnations to Joe. See, it's just possible that he buys a lot of them. That's a sweet assignment, covering all the florists in town, especially at night. I'll help you cover them. We've got to act fast, Candy. You don't have to tell me that. I'll call all my boys off any other case they're on. And put them on this. Where will you be, Kent? Oh, well, I'll keep in touch with you, Candy. And for heaven's sake, let's have some action. Now, as Clark Kent and Candy Myers begin their desperate search for Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, the night reporter in the almost deserted Daily Planet city room, walks hurriedly to the night city editor's desk. Hiya, Sam. Hey, take a look at this story. Jim Wilson just phoned in. Uh oh, two other kids involved in the high school basketball scandal. Eh, isn't that something? It sure is. You say Jim phoned this in? Uh huh. That's funny. I thought Jim and Mr. Kent were positive those kids had been framed. Yes, they were mistaken. Yeah. Jim say he was coming in? No, he said to run the story exactly as is. Okay, I'll put it in a box on page one. If Jim calls in again, tell him his story. He'll be on page one in the first edition. Shaking his head, the night city editor prepares to place the hate smearing story that Jim was forced by the leader of the knights of the white carnation to write on page one of the Daily Planet. We know Jim was praying for Clark Kent to see that story. But Kent, as Superman, is now searching the city for his young friends, following only the slimmest of clues. What will happen? The moment was never tenser, fellows and girls. So don't miss tomorrow's excellent, exciting episode. It's packed with thrills, so be sure to tune in tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast it's Kellogg's Pep. For excitement, the Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC Comic magazine and is brought to you Monday through Friday at this same time by Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Say, gang, let me tell you about a breakfast cereal that's fun to listen to and fun to eat. It's Kellogg's Rice Krispies, the Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal. Sure, you've seen those famous little elves snap, crackle and Pop around in cartoons and on the Rice Krispies package. And you know how they can dish out the crispiness of those golden bubbles of oven popped rice, so freshly crisp they snap, crackle and pop when you pour on milk. Remind mom to get you the one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the thrilling Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive. Able to leak tall buildings at a single boundary up in the sky, it's A bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep. P E P. Pep. Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of today. While Clark Kent continues to track down a slim clue to the whereabouts of Jim Olsen and Jack Wilson, he is unaware that the cub reporter is a victim of the brutal hate mongers. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. You know, there's literally no end to the excitement when you're collecting those swell comic buttons in that new series Kellogg's Pep is putting out. No sooner have you added a new button to your collection than you're looking forward to getting another one when mom opens a new package of Pep. And then there's that business of swapping duplicates with your pals too. And comparing notes to see who's collected the most different pet comic buttons. There were 18 in this new series, you know. And everyone is mighty smart looking and mighty amusing too. Like the one of the little moose with his feather headdress or Goofy with his silly grin. And say, here's how easy it is to collect these exciting prizes. You don't send in any money, not even a box. Stop. And you can't buy them anywhere. You just ask mom for Kellogg's Pep. And look for your comic button in every package you open. That's Pep the Sunshine cereal. Pep the golden toasted whole wheat flakes with that catchy sunshine flavor. Ask mom for P E P the Sunshine cereal, Kellogg's Pep. And say, remember that surprise that I told you about yesterday? Now, I can't tell you all about it yet, but I can give you a little hint. There's a new Pep collection for you to start on. And it's a honey. A little later. I'll tell you when this offer starts, so stick around. And now, the adventures of Superman. When cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, captain of the Metropolis High School basketball team, fell into the hands of the Knights of the white Carnation, a secret group of vicious hate spreaders. Vincent Kirby, wealthy and aristocratic leader of the group, saw his chance to stir up race riots in all the city schools, threatening Jack's life. Kirby forced Jimmy to phone in a storage of the Daily Planet, falsely stating that four players on the Metropolis High team had accepted bribes to throw a championship game. As we continue now, Superman, who has searched vainly through the night for Jimmy and Jack, has resumed his guise of reporter Clark Kent. And we find him in editor Perry White's office in the Daily Planet. Listen, between us, Candy Myers, his men and I visited every Florist shop that was open last night and drew blanks. Candy and his boys are covering the rest of them. Now, what in the world are you talking about, Kent? Those white carnations that the agitator, Joe whatever his name is, gave Jim and Jack Wilson yesterday. What about those white carnations? Well, it's my hunch that the hate mob used them for identification purposes. I just thought if we could find a florist who's been selling white carnations to a man answering Joe's description, we could trace him and so find Jim and young Wilson. Find them, huh? What for? You mean, what for? You kidding? Of course not. Of course not. Jim and the Wilson boy are okay. They are? Of course they are. Well, how do you know? Holy cow, don't you read your own paper? I haven't had a chance to look at a paper this morning. What is it? Hurry up, Chief. Put me out of my misery. Oh, here, read it for yourself. That box on page one. Two more high school players involved in basketball scandal. Kaplan and Kelly revealed as taking bribes by young Planet reporters. What the. Terrible, isn't it? Where did you get this story, Chief? Why, Jim phoned it in last night. Jim phoned it in? Sure. That's how we knew he was okay. Apparently he and Jack Wilson dug up the evidence and then. But Jim couldn't have phoned this story. I tell you he did. It's impossible. None of those basketball players took bribes to throw the game. It was all a frame up. Jim knew that and so did Jack, so they couldn't. That's how much you know about it. Read the story. Print it exactly as Morgan, the night man, took it over the phone from Jim. Now, go on, go on, go on, read it. All right. Forfeiting Honor for Fortune 4 basketball players are now involved in the forbidding scandal which is raking high school athletics fore and aft, forcing attention on the most forlorn scene in four score years. Say, Jim wrote that lead, Chief. Yeah. Pretty flowery, isn't it? Sam Eller, who was on the city desk last night, wanted to rewrite it, but Murphy said he insisted that Jim wanted it to go just exactly as it is. He did, eh? Yes. Since it was a scoop for the kid, Sam decided to let it go. That'll take Jim in hand and teach him how to write a decent lead. Jim didn't write this story, Chief. Why do you say that, Kent? I tell you, Morgan spoke to him. Don't you think Morgan knows Jim's voice by now? Well, he ought to but. Well, he does. Wait a minute, I'm getting an idea. Well, if it's as bad as your last one. Basketball business. You just say. Wait. Hold it. According to the rest of this story, Jim and Jack Wilson were to appear in the District attorney's office at 9:00 this morning and present their evidence against Kaplan and Kelly. Right. And they're probably there now. I doubt. Oh yeah? Well, call the DA and see for yourself. Just what I'm going to do. I'll take it. Never mind. I'm right here. Hello? Clark Kent speaking. Oh, hello, Mr. Agnew. I was just going to call you at the va. Yes, well, that's what I was going to call about. Are they there? They're not, eh. Jim and Wilson aren't in his office. Well, what the. Yes, I know it's 10:00, but I. You did, eh. I see. No, they're not here. But I think I know what this is all about. Listen, please, Chief, wait a minute. I'll be right over to explain, Mr. Ragneau. Right. So long. If Jim isn't there, Kent, then where? Where is he? He's in the hands of the hate mob. Of course. They must have made him phone in that story last night. Adieu. Certainly. It's as plain as the nose on your face, Chief. Here, wait a minute. Look at Jim's story now. Read his lead again. He couldn't have written a lead that badly unless he wanted to. And obviously he did want to because that lead is a code. Are you serious? Sure. Look. He says, forfeiting Honor for Fortune 4 basketball players are now formally involved in the forbidding scandal which is raking high school athletics fore and aft and forcing attention. Etc. Etc. Notice all those fours. Well, yes, but. Well, I think that's Jim's code for the message in the story. The letter four for every fourth word. Wait a minute. Let's try underlining every fourth word in the next paragraph. Like this See. This morning, Jim Olson of the Planet and Metropolis High Captain Jack Wilson will appear in the office of Troubleshooting Frank Agnew. All right, read those underlined words Chief Olson and Jack in trouble. Exactly, can't you? Well, that's underlining every fourth word. Following we get. Let's see. We need help. Phony story. Do not prep Great Caesar's cult. You see, Chief, those hate mongers are using Jim and our paper to frame two other innocent American boys, Kaplan and Kelly, whom they call foreigners. And in that way to create race trouble among our youngsters. That means Jim And Jack Wilson are in even more serious danger than I thought. No, no, wait a minute, Cap. Wait a minute. Maybe we'll use something kidding ourselves. Jim and Jack must know who the hate gang is now. And since that gang has committed murder, abduction, assault and battery, sedition, conspiracy, almost every rotten crime in the books. You don't think they're going to turn Jim and young Wilson loose to expose them, do you? No, no, of course not. Well. Well, just don't stand there, Ken. Do something. Do something. Only I knew where to look. Get the DA back on the phone. Get Inspector Henderson. Get the FBI. Wait a minute, Chief. Wait a minute something, will you? Let's not lose our head. It's Jim's head that I'm worried about. I know, I know. Now, listen, the first thing to do is to rip Jim's story out of the Planet before it can do any more damage. Yes, yes, of course. But Jim. Jim and the Wilson boy. If we only had a single clue to them. We've got two clues. The white carnations and the rotten pamphlet the agitators passed out. But you said those clues were blank. So far, yes, but they blame got to pay off. Don't give up, Chief. We're not licked yet. See you later. As Clark Kent leaves the Daily Planet to resume the search for Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, the two boys are alone in a locked, windowless room in Joe McMillan's apartment where we find Jimmy peering through the keyhole. Millen just went out. How about Fargo? That big lug is still here getting some rope out of a closet. Rope? What for? Millen told him to tie us up, then take us down through the basement to the alley door where he'll have the car. Then they're gonna take us up to some mountain lodge. Jeepers, what for? Can't you figure it out? We're supposed to show up at the DA's office this morning to present evidence against Phil Kaplan and Mickey Kelly, see? Well, we won't. So what happens then? Well, when we don't show up and just disappear, this dirty hate gang will say Kaplan, Kelly, Pulaski and Rizzuti and their pals did something to us to keep us from testifying against them dirty rats. Yeah, then this outfit will pass out more pamphlets that smear kids they call foreigners. That way they figure to start race riots all over the city. Jeepers, we've got to do something about that. Jim, I don't know what to do now. I was hoping Mr. Kent would see that story I phoned into the Planet last night that he'd know the story was a phony. Guess he didn't see it in time. How do you know? Cause McMillan was just on the phone to the big shot. You know, the guy with the mask, the One he calls Mr. K. And he was tickled when he heard the story came out in the Planet. Gee whiz. What are we gonna do, Jim? I don't know. I don't want to go up in any mountains with these guys. We know too much. And, well, I've got a hunch we might never come back. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Gosh, if we could only wait. Jack, maybe this is our chance. What do you mean? Well, Fargo is all alone. Now when he comes in here to tie us up, let's try to make a break for it. What? We wouldn't have a chance. Wait. He's strong as an ox. Would you rather just give up without a fight? No, of course not. Okay, then. Wait. He's got the rope. He's coming to the door. He is? Yeah. Now, look, Jack. When he opens the door, I'll throw this chair at him, see? Gosh, Jim, go up his hands to block it. Then we make our break. Then the door out of the apartment is straight across the living room. Okay, but if we fumble it, think about that. Get set, Jack. Here he comes. Lifting the cheap kitchen chair. Jimmy Olsen braces himself. Jack Wilson gets set beside him as part of the burly henchman of the hate mongers. Unlocks the door. What will happen? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. You know, every once in a while, there seems to be a difference of opinion between the members of the gang. Lots of fellows and girls have a different idea of where is the best place to wear your collection of comic buttons from packages of Kellogg's Pet. Some say that they look best pinned on your jacket or your dress. Others insist that they go better on your cap. But actually, gang, no matter where you wear them or how you use them, they're mighty smart looking. And these Pep Commie buttons are so true to life. Test Trueheart and Cindy and Superman and all the others look so real, they can almost speak. And you know, to top it all, these prizes are so easy to get. You don't have to send in any money, not even a box top. And you can't buy them anywhere. But there's a comic button inside every package of Kellogg's Pep you open, and there's a load of mighty delicious eating in these golden toasted Whole wheat flakes, too. Kellogg's Pep tastes so catchy and sunny that, well, your spoon just naturally keeps going right back for more. So ask mom to get you plenty of pea The Sunshine Cereal, Kellogg's pet. And now for that big news. Tomorrow's the day. Sure, tomorrow I'm going to tell you all about the terrific new collection Kellogg's Pep has for you and how to get started on it. So take it from me, it's a super duper. So be on hand tomorrow. As we continue now, the burly Parker opens the door of the room in which Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson are imprisoned. Then quickly, Jimmy heaves a chair at the man's head. What's that? Okay, Jack, come on. I'm with you. Jim, you don't. You little punch. He's got me, Jim. But I've got Jack. Run, Jim. You'll get away. Come here, Ron. Don't Jerry me. I'll fix you but good. Jim, look out. He's got the chair. His arm. Jack, don't. That'll show you your little punk. I'll try to get away. Jim. Jim. Oh, golly. Oh, golly. His eyes filling with tears, Jack Wilson kneels beside the limp, motionless figure of Jimmy Olsen. What has happened to the boy reporter? Has Jimmy, like Charles Canfield, the millionaire who dared to defy the knights of the white carnation also become a fatal victim of the men of hate? This story of a fight against the forces of hate and intolerance now becomes even more suspenseful. So don't miss tomorrow's startling and exciting episode. Fellows and girls, be sure to tune in again tomorrow, Same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's Pet for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at this same time by Kellogg's Tap the Sunshine Cereal. Say, gang, here's an easy question. What's the Snap, Crackle and Puff cereal? Why, Kellogg's Rice Krispies, of course. The only cereal so crisp it goes snap, crackle and pop in milk. Whenever you see those famous little elves snap, Crackle and Pop in the cartoons or on the Rice Krispies package you think of how crisp these golden bubbles of oven Pop Rice can be. And when you hear their song of crispiness in your cereal bowl you know that you're in for some good eating. Yes, sir, it's the one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop Cereal, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us tomorrow for the Thrilling Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look. Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pap. He he, he Pap. Kellogg's Pap. The Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, while Clark Kent pursues his one slim clue to Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson's whereabouts, the boys are helpless prisoners of Vincent Kirby's murderous henchmen. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Well, this is the big day. I can now give you all the details of that wonderful collection that I've been talking about. There's a special one for the boys and one for the girls. And we're gonna start with the girls. You know, ladies first. But stick around, boys, because you come next. Now, for the girls, Kellogg's Pep has a shiny silver like charm bracelet and 12 different charms to go with it. Now, for the bracelet only, you send one box top from Super Delicious Pep and 10 cents, that's a diamond cash, to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's for the bracelet only. And there are 12 nifty charms, so write down which ones you want. They're nifty small scale models of a piano, a cuckoo clock, binoculars, a Scotty dog, a violin and a telephone, among others. Now, if you didn't get them all down, along with your first order, you'll get a printed slip with the names and pictures of all the 12 charms. And you can check them off as you order them till your collection is complete. Now here's how you get started on your charm collection. For each of the charms that you want, send one pep box top and one dime, plus the names of the charms you want to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's one dime and one pet box stop for each of the charms and one dime and one pep box top for the charm bracelet. Just remember, girls, to print your name and address clearly on your orders and mail them to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. And say, boys, in just a few minutes it'll be your turn to hear what Kellogg's Pep has for you. So stick around. And now, the adventures of Superman. As you remember, cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, captain of the Metropolis High School basketball team, were captured While trailing Joe McMillan, an agent for the intolerant Knights of the White carnation who are conducting a vicious campaign to create race riots in the city schools. While Superman searched for the missing Boys. They made a desperate attempt to escape from McMillan's apartment where they were being held. In the ensuing struggle, Jimmy was struck on the head with a chair wielded by a strong arm ruffian named Pargo. And the young reporter fell to the floor, unconscious. As we continue now, Jack Wilson leans fearfully over Jim's limp, motionless body. Listen, Jim. Jim. Never mind him, Wilson. Get up. You and me are going places. Jim. He doesn't answer. He. He's dead. I don't think so. Jim's dead? Yes. He had it coming to him. I. Get up. You killed him, Fargo. Shut up. You murdered him in cold blood. He never did anything to you, but you killed him. Shut up, I said. You'll pay for this. I'm gonna get the police. Wait a minute. Let go of me. Let go of you? You rotten hate murderer. I'm not going to the police. You bet I'm gonna get the police. Dirty little spy. I'll fix you. Hey, what's going on? Cut it out. I. What for, Joe? Why don't you let me finish? I'll let him go. Okay, Jim. Poor Jim. Hey, what happened to us? Fargo killed him. What's the matter with you, Fargo? Have you gone nuts? He tried to get away, Joe. I didn't mean to knock him off. But you did. You're a murderer. You're both. Shut up. I won't shut up. I'll holler. I'll get the police and I'll get on. Come right in the room and lock the door. Come on. Come on. Now get in there. Remember, yo just wants a night over your brother. Well, you messed this up. Goodbye. Kirby didn't want these kids rubbed out. Well, Olson asked for it. He was. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I think he's a lie. Is? Yeah, he. His heart's beat, but he's in pretty bad shape. You must have given him an awful clout. I guess I did. What are we doing him? Kirby wants us to take both kids up to his lodge in the mountains and keep him there while he spreads the weight around that foreign kids grabbed him. That's too risky. I mean now. Because if Fsen fades out and we caught with him, it'll be curtains. I know, but we got to do what Kirby says. Now, where's that rope? Heads around someplace. But listen. Stop talking and get that rope. We got to work fast. Hurry. Hello? Clark Kent speaking. Kendall, this is Bill Jackson, one of Candy Meyer's operations. Oh, yes, Jackson. What's up? I think I found the flower shop where that Guy Joe buys his white carnations. You did? Yeah, the florist recognized the guy when I described him. He doesn't know where he lives, though. Uh. Oh, but he thinks his delivery boy might. We're waiting for the kid to come back from a delivery now. Good. Where is this shop? On Second and Maple. Smite's florist shop. I'll be there in two seconds. Jackson, these clothes, this is a job for Superman. Now, if only I'm not too late to help. Jim. Jack Wilson there, all set up with this window. Now out to that florist shop. Up and away. Hello, Jackson. Huh? That delivery boy get back yet? But. Holy Jemima Kent. How did you get here so soon? Oh, never mind that. How. How about the delivery boy? But I just talked to you on the phone. How did you. Stop wasting time. Where's that delivery boy? He's not back yet. Oh. Oh, but here comes the florist. Mr. Smythe, I want you to hear what he has to say. Okay. Oh, Mr. Smythe, this is Mr. Kent. You know, the Daily Planet reporter I told you about. Yes. How do you do, miss? How do you do, Mr. Smyth? Jackson here tells me you've been selling white carnations to a man we're very eager to find. Well, a certain man has been buying quite a few white carnations for me lately. He never buys any other kind of flower, but I don't know. I wonder if you'd describe him for me. Well, he's a tall, thin man, about 30, I'd say sallow complexion and rather strange eyes, Small and glittery. That's our man, Kent. Yes, it certainly sounds as if it might be. Do you know his name, Mr. Smythe? No, I don't. Although I seem to recall that another man who came in with him once or twice called him Joe. Joe? He is our man. Look, Mr. Smythe, I understand your delivery boy knows where he lives. I think he may know because about a week ago, this man came in to purchase some white carnations, and he asked me if my delivery boy, Robert, could run a small errand for him. I say he's quite a good customer. And since Robert wasn't busy at the moment, I said all right. Oh, here's Robert now. Come here, please. Robert. Yes, Mr. Smythe. Look, Robert, Mr. Smyth tells us that a few days ago you took a package to the post office for one of Mr. Smythe's customers. I did? Yes. A tall, thin man with a pasty face and small, glittering eyes. He comes in here frequently to Buy white carnations, remember? Oh, him. Yeah, yeah, I remember. Well, listen, do you recall where he lives? Sure. About three blocks up Second Street. He's got an apartment over Baron's pool hall. Now you're talking. Which apartment, Robert? Well, there's only one, Mr. Kent. Good boy, Robert. Thanks a lot. Let's go, Jackson. Here's the door, Kent. I'll ring. Never mind. Look out, Jackson. What are you going to do? Break this door open. Oh, wait. Look out, can't you. Holy Jemima, you did it. Yes, but just as I thought. Nobody's here. We were too late, Jackson. They've left with the boys. Now take it easy. We don't know for sure that Jim and the Wilson boy were here. Oh, yes, they were. Look. What? This hat. It's Jim's. Are you sure? Yes. See his initials, J.O. are on the inside band. Yep. You're right, Kent. I know I am. But heaven only knows where they are now or what's happened to them. I'm stumped, Jackson. Now I'm really worried. Holding Jim Olsen's hat in his hand, Clark Kent realizes that the only clue he had to his young friends has paid off. But too late. What will he do now? We'll return in a moment for the tense climax of today's episode. So stand by. Attention, fellas. Here's where I tell you all about the swell new collection you can start. Kellogg's Pet, the Sunshine cereal has a super duper keychain for you. Sure. A big silver like he man chain that you'll be proud to wear. And there are 12 nifty lucky pieces you can attach to the chain. Now here's how you get started on this wonderful collection. For the keychain only, send one box top from Super Delicious Pep and 15 cents. That's a dime and a nickel to Superman. Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. Then there were 12 lucky pieces you can start collecting. You know, nifty small scale models of a locomotive, a football, a skull and crossbones, a trolley car, a skate and a Scotty dog, among others. Now this is a get acquainted offer. And so in the package, when you receive your first order, you'll find a printed slip with the names and pictures of all the 12 lucky pieces on it. I bet you when you see them, you'll want to keep ordering until your collection is complete. Now here's how you get the lucky pieces. For each one, send one Pep box stop and a dime, plus the names of the lucky pieces you want to Superman. Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's one dime and one pep box stop for each of the lucky pieces you want. And for the keychain, send 15 cents. That's a dime and a nickel and one pip box stop. Remember fellas, print your name clearly on your order when you send it in. And be sure that you have the address right. Send your letters to Superman. Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. As Clark Kent is momentarily stymied in Joe McMillan's apartment, the thin, pasty faced agent for the Knights of the White Carnation is driving a station wagon along a country highway leading into the blue hills. Beside him sits Fargo. Behind, under a canvas tarpaulin lie the unconscious Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, who was bound and gagged. I think maybe you're right, Fargo. We're sitting on a keg of dining room. Sure we are, Joe. If this Olsen kid dies and we're caught with him, we'll give the chair. I don't like this setup. Not at all. And why don't you listen to me, Joe? Let's finish the kids and dump them someplace. Then we can make a clean getaway. Yeah, what about Vincent Kirby? He's a dangerous baby to cross and you know, so what? Will he help us out if we get caught with these kids? No, no, not him. Brady tell you never saw us before? Sure he would. He don't care about us. Except that there was dirty work for him. He's always awful careful to keep his own nose clean when there's a job to do. Nobody can prove he told me to knock that millionaire Canfield or to frame those basketball players or anything else. You see, that's what I mean. We gotta think of our own skins. I think you're right, Spargo. Look, I tell you what. Yeah, what? Heavy is going to check with me at the lodge in an hour, either in prison or by phone, see? Yeah, but right after that, today we'll finish Oson in a Wilson kid like you suggest. And then we'll scram. Now you talking, Joe. Now you're talking. Sailing the fate of Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, the murderous agents for the hate mongering Knights of the White Carnation, head into the hills. Meanwhile, having fruitlessly searched Joe McMillan's apartment, Clark Kent, accompanied by private detective Jackson, has suddenly stopped short of the doorway of the small windowless room in which Jimmy and Jack had been held prisoner. Wait, Jackson. There we are. What's the matter, Kent? Look over there on the floor. I don't see any in the corner. Don't you see those flower petals? What about them? They're the petals of white carnations. And I think they've been arranged to give us some kind of a message. A message? Yes. Don't you notice how they seem to follow a definite pattern? Yes, but I don't know. Can she? Jim or Jack must have left this as a message for us. Probably a clue to where they're being taken. It could be. Let's see. Wait a minute. Don't move, Jackson, and don't talk. Just think, we can figure this out. I think we'll have the answer to where the boys are. His face drawn in concentrated thought, Clark Kento with Superman, crouches above the small pile of faded carnation petals searching for the message. He is sure the boys left him there for him. Is Kent right? Did Jack Wilson, in a few minutes, alone in the room before he was taken away, conceive a means of getting a message to Kent? And if so, will Kent be able to interpret it in time to locate his young friends before they fall victims to the frightened agents for the men of hate? This is a tense and exciting moment in our story, gang. So whatever you do, don't miss Monday's exciting episode. Yes, be sure to tune in again on Monday, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast, it's Kellogg's path for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Pap the Sunshine Cereal. Snap, Crackle, Pop. What's that, gang? Why, it's the one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal. Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Sure, you've seen those famous little elves in cartoons and on the Rice Krispies package. And you know how they dish out those golden bubbles of oven popped rice so crisp they snap, crackle and pop when you pour on milk. That's their song of crispiness. Yes, sir. Kellogg's Rice Krispies are fun to listen to and fun to eat. Ask mom to get you the one and only Snap, Crackle and Pop cereal Kellogg's Rice Krispies. And be sure to be with us on Monday for the thrilling adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep. E P PEP Kellogg's Pep. The Sunshine Cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today as Superman streaks to the rescue of Jim Olsen and Jack Wilson, the hate mongering. Knights of the white carnation meet again to plan further vicious deeds against democracy. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Say, I'll bet you're all excited about the swell new collections Kellogg's Pep has for you boys and girls. And you know I can't blame you. The one for the girls is nifty. I'll tell you all about that one in just a minute. Now, for you fellas. You know it's a super duper keychain, a big silver like he man chain that you'll be proud to wear. And there are 12 lucky pieces you can attach to the chain. Now here's how to get started on this humdinger of a collection. You got a pencil and paper handy? You don't want to miss any of this. For the keychain only, you send one boxed off from Super Delicious Pep and 15 cents. You know that's a dime and a nickel to Superman Department 1R Battle Creek, Michigan. That's just for the keychain. And of course you'll want to start collecting the lucky pieces. There are 12 in all. Nifty small scale models of a locomotive and a football and binoculars, a skull and crossbones, a trolley car and a Scotty dog, among others. Send for just as many as you like to start with. And in the package with your first order, you'll find a printed slip with the names and the pictures of all the lucky pieces on it. So you can keep ordering until your collection is complete. Now, for each lucky piece, send one pep box stop and one dime, plus the names of the lucky pieces you want to Superman Department 1R Battle Creek, Michigan. That's one dime and one pep box stop for each of the lucky pieces. And for the keychain send 15 cents. That's a dime and a nickel and one pep box stop. But please remember to print your name and addresses clearly on your order and be sure that you get the address right. Mail all orders to Superman Department 1R Battle Creek, Michigan. Now stick around girls, because I'm going to tell you all about your collection in just a few minutes. And now, the adventures of Superman. When cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson, captain of the Metropolis high school basketball team, tried to escape from the apartment of Joe McMillan, an agent for the viciously intolerant knights of the white Carnation. Jimmy was slugged and lost consciousness. By order of Vincent Kirby, wealthy and aristocratic leader of the hate terrorists. McMillan took the boys to a secluded mountain lodge. But on the way up there, he and Fargo, his Strong arm companion decided that their own safety depended on doing away with the two youngsters. Meanwhile, hunting desperately for his young friends, Clark Kent, accompanied by Bill Jackson of Private Detective, followed their trail to McMillan's empty apartment. As we join him there. Now Kent and Jackson are puzzling over an odd pattern of white carnation petals on the floor of the room in which Jimmy and Jack had been imprisoned. Listen, these carnation petals couldn't have just fallen this way, Jackson. They're arranged in a definite pattern. See an indented line moving upwards? Now that you mention it, Kent, it does look as if somebody laid them out that way. But who and why? I think either Jim or Jack Wilson did it to tell us where they are. Now, if we can just figure it out. Let's see. I can't make anything out of it. Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, Jackson. I think I've got it. Now, what's your guess? Look. Notice how the line keeps going up, then dipping, then going up again. Well, that could indicate a series of hills. Hills? Yes, or even mountains. Some of these peaks are pretty tall. Boys might have tried to tell us that the hate mongers took them into the hill somewhere or up in the mountain. Say, maybe you're right, Kent. Oh, but where does that get us? There are a lot of hills around Metropolis, you know. Yes, but it won't take me long to search them. It won't take you long, huh? What do you think you are? Oh, well, let's skip. We've no time to waste. You contact the district attorney and the state police. Tell them what we know and to move fast. I'll see you later. But wait, Ken, where are you going? Be surprised, brother. Get busy. Now. I think we're headed for the payoff. Hurrying from joke macmillan's apartment, Clark Kent stops in a deserted alleyway and swiftly resumes his true identity of Superman. Then up and away, leaping high above the great city, the man of steel streaks away through the late afternoon skies to begin his search among the small hills across the Metropolis river. For an hour he searches there, ranging and darting above the wooded crests like some giant hawk. And then, failing to find any sign of his quarry, he bears and rockets away through the gathering twilight to the range of mountains 50 miles away known as the Blue Hills. Meanwhile, in the huge beam ceilinged living room of Vincent Kirby's magnificent lodge, situated on a flat shelf of rock beneath a towering peak, at Joe McMillan, the sallow, glittering eyed agitator and killer for the knights of the White carnation, completes a phone call Turns to face Fargo, his beefy, heavy shouldered companion. Kirby wants us to play nursemaid to Olsen and Jack Wilson up here while he spreads the word that foreigner kids grab him. That's how he figures to stir up race riots in the schools. Yeah, him and his race riots. What about us? Supposing the Olsen kid kicks off and we're caught up here with him. Then what? Don't worry. We're not gonna get caught up here or anyplace else with those kids. Now you're talking, Joe. What are we gonna do? We're gonna play safe, that's what. Only Kirby and the two kids know we snatched them. Kirby won't dare open his face. And we'll make sure Olson and Wilson can't. You mean we get rid of the kids like I wanted to all along? You bet we do, Fargo. We'll take them out in the woods right now and make sure they stay there. Then we'll put a lot of distance between us and Vincent Kirby. Come on. Get that Wilson. Kidding. Let's go to wake. Hey, this Olson kid is getting heavy, Jo. How much better are we going? Just a little way, Fargo. To a spot I know where the woods are thicker. I don't want anybody to find these kids for a long while. What do you mean? What are you going to do to us? You'll find out soon enough, Wilson. Won't he, Joe? Yeah. Stay on a path, sonny boy, or I'll tie up your legs too and drag you. Okay, okay. Listen, you oughtn't to be carrying Jim like this. He's unconscious. He needs a doctor. He won't need a doctor where he's going. What do you mean? Here's where you find out. This is far enough, Fargo. Okay. Now look, you better shut up. Rap Olson, Fargo. That'll be a pleasure. Be careful, you stupid Luck. Jim's hurt. Ain't that too? Okay, let's get it over with. You put a slug in Olsen. I'll take care of Wilson. Right. No, don't. Oh, wait. Put those guns down. That's it, Fargo. One, two. Well, looks as if I got here just in time. I'll take those guys. Superman. Let him have a joke. I'll fix his clock. Oh, you want to play like that, eh? Okay. Sweet dreams to you. Oh, and to you. Oh, boy, what a haymaker. Listen, Superman. Yes? Did you find those carnation petals I left in Jones Joe's apartment? That's right, Jack. What happened to Jim here? Hit him on the head with a chair. What? Poor guy's been unconscious Most of the time since, uh. Oh, we've got to get him to a doctor in a hurry. Up with him there now. Get under my other arm, Jack. Okay. All set? Sure. Okay, here we go. Up and away. You sure Jim will be all right, Doctor? Yes, I'm quite sure he will, Mr. Kent. Oh, that's fine. Of course, he'll have to remain in the hospital for a little while. Sure, a week or two, we should be as good as new. Oh, is that a relief. Oh, by the way, Mr. Kent, the nurse tells me that Mr. Agnew, the district Attorney, is waiting for you downstairs. Oh, Says it's very important. Yes, I know. I'll join him at once, Doctor. Please give my regards to Jim, will you? And tell him I'll be in to see him as soon as he can receive visitors. Yes, I'll be glad to do that, Mr. Kent. Thanks, Lords, Doctor. Goodbye. Look, I. I think I know what you're going to tell me, Mr. Agnew. You can't possibly know, Kent, because nobody knows this except Superman and myself. Really? Superman? Hey, that's right. But since you've been so valuable to the police on this case, I'm going to give you a break and let you be in on the killing. Well, thanks. Okay, now get this. The two fellows Superman caught, Joe McMillan and Fargo, talked to me in Superman. And they told us Vincent Kirby, a member of one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in Metropolis, is the leader of the hate mongers who call themselves the Knights of the White Carnation. What? Now, wait. And that Kirby ordered the murder of Charles Canfield, the millionaire because Canfield was going to expose the. Furthermore, Kirby framed the high school basketball players on false gambling charges and arranged the abduction of Jim Olson and Jack Wilson in order to stir up race hatred and riots among the youngsters of the city. Is that the story? Yes, but how in thunder did you know, Ken? That would be telling. I gather that we move in on Kirby now, huh? You said it. Gee, I can hardly wait. Okay, then, let's go. What will happen when Clark Kent and the district attempt confront Vincent Kirby? We'll be back in a moment to find out, so stand by. Well, girls, it's time for you now. Yes, here are all the details of that wonderful collection Kellogg's Pep has for you. It's a shiny silver like charm bracelet and 12 different charms to go with it. Some of the best looking things you ever saw. Now, here's how you get them. Have you got a pencil and paper handy for the bracelet? Only you send one box stop from Super Delicious Pet and 10 cents that's a diamond cash to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's for the bracelet only. And now we come to the charms. And there are 12 all terrific, nifty small scale models of a piano and a cuckoo clock and binoculars, a Scotty dog and a violin and a telephone, among others. Now, if you didn't get to writing them all down, that's okay. Because, you see, this is a get acquainted offer. And so in the package with your first order, you'll find a printed slip with the names and pictures of all the 12 charms. And you can keep ordering them till your collection is complete. Now, here's how to get started on your charm collection. For each of the charms, send one box top from Kellogg's Pet, the Sunshine cereal and one dime plus the names of the charms you want to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's one dime and one pet box stop for each of the charms and one dime and one pep box top for the charm bracelet. Just remember, gang, to print your name and address very clearly and send your order to Superman Department, 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. Now get busy. See who can be the first to have the complete collection. Accompanied by a dozen plain clothes detectives, District attorney Frank Agnew has driven Clark Kent to the home of Vincent Kirby. There, as the detectives post themselves in the darkness outside Kirby's imposing Agnew rings the bell. And when the butler opens the door, he is seized and taken away before an outcry can be raised. Then the DA Leads Kent quietly across the lofty flagstone foyer to a closed oaken door in front of which he stops. Meeting of the Knights of the White Carnation is going on now here in Kirby's library. Oh, I see. Wait, I'll open the door a crack so we can see without being seen. Slowly and carefully, he turns the doorknob and the heavy door moves inward an inch or two on silent hinges. Great Scott. There's Burton Wood and Martin Hart and Phineas Cameron and George Adams. All important men, each one as big as Vincent Kirby. Right? Wait. Kirby's standing up. He's going to talk. Knights of the White Carnation. The moment we've been waiting for is now at hand. As you know, the entire city of Metropolis is stirred up over the disappearance of Jim Olson and young Jack Wilson. Tomorrow, my newspaper, the Daily Blade, will say that evidence points to Olson and Wilson having been abducted by the foreign named basketball players at Metropolis High School in order to prevent the two boys from testifying against the player is mentioned in regards to bribery. Hear that, Kent? Yes. Are these babies gonna be surprised? Pamphlets which have already been prepared will be distributed outside every school in the city reprinting our story as urging the students to act now against all boys and girls with foreign sounding names like Rizzuti and Pulaski and Catlin. I'm a dirty racist. Right now I can. I promise you gentlemen that by this time tomorrow foreign blood will run in the streets. And no youngster of foreign ancestry will be safe outside his home. I've heard enough, Kent. Let's go in. I'm with you. No. Move. Mr. District Attorney. What in the. Are you either Mr. Kent, I have a gun pointed at each of your backs. Just make one move and these guys guns go off. Stephanie. Clark Kent and District Attorney Agnew peel the guns at their backs. Realize they have been trapped in the headquarters of the men of hate. Clark Kent, as we know, is Superman. But how can he act to save the district Attorney's life without revealing his identity of Superman to the world? Don't miss tomorrow's smashing episode, fellows and girls. When Superman pulls a new one stuck. Be sure to tune in again tomorrow. Same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast it's Kellogg's Pep for excitement, the Adventures of Superman. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leak tall buildings at a single boat. Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman. Kellogg's Pep P E P Pep. Kellogg's Pep the Sunshine cereal presents the adventures of Superman. Today, as Superman corrals the knights of the white Carnation Metropolis murderous bigots, another dangerous adventure of international significance looms on his horizon. Hello there, gang. This is your pal, Dan McCullough. Say, have you started your new collection yet? Well, if you haven't, you better get busy. This new collection Kellogg's Pep has for you is a honey. A special he man one for the boys. But more of that later because first I want to tell you girls what a wonderful surprise is in store for you. It's a shiny silver like charm bracelet and 12 different charms to go with it. This bracelet is a peach and here's how you get it. Now you better get a pencil and paper because you don't want to miss any of this. For the bracelet only, you send one box stop from Super Delicious Pep and 10 cents, that's a dime in cash to Superman Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's for the bracelet only. But of course, you'll want some charms to start with. And there were 12 shiny small scale models of a trolley car, a piano, a cuckoo clock, a locomotive, a violin and a telephone, among others. Now this is a get acquainted offer, you know. And with your first order you'll get a printed slip with the names and the pictures of all the 12 charms. And you can check them off as you order them until your collection is complete. Now here's how to get started on your charm collection. For each of the charms send one box top from Pet the Sunshine Cereal and One Dime plus the names of the charms you want to Superman. Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. That's One Dime and One Pet Box Stop for each of the charms and one diamond. One Pet Box Stop for the charm bracelet. But just be sure and get that address right. It's Superman, Department 1R, Battle Creek, Michigan. And remember to print your own name and address clearly on your orders. Now, in just a few minutes I'll give you boys the dope on your collection. So stick around. And now, the adventures of Superman. After Superman had rescued cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Jack Wilson from the murderous agents of the Knights of the White Carnation he resumed his guise of Clark Kent and accompanied District Attorney Agnew to the home of Vincent Kirby, the wealthy and aristocratic leader of the hate spreaders. A meeting of the rabble rousers was taking place in Kirby's library. But just as Kent and Agnew were about to enter the room a henchman of Kirby's slipped up behind them and jabbed two guns at their backs. Unable to extricate himself and Agnew from their dangerous predicament without revealing his identity as Superman, Kent stands still, his mind racing desperately as Vincent Kirby approaches them from the library. Listen. Well, well, if it isn't my old friend the District attorney. Tell your stooge to put his guns down, Kirby. I think not, Agnew. Who is this other fool with you? My name is Clark Kent, Mr. Kirby. Clark Kent, eh? Yes. Well, I've been wanting to meet you for a long time. You know, you've been making rather a nuisance of yourself, Mr. Kent. Really? Well, listen, Mr. Kirby. Hold it, Kent. You listen to me, Kirby. We know all about you and your rotten Knights of the White Carnation. Really? Yes. We know you had Charles Canfield murdered because he was going to expose you. And we know that you framed those high school basketball players on gambling charges in order to spread race hatred in our schools. You seem to know a great deal, Agnew. Too much in Fact. Now, tell your gorilla to put his guns down. Because for your information, my men have your house surrounded. So I understand. I suggest that you tell them you've made a mistake and send them away. That chance? What do you take me for, a fool? Look here, Agnew. You think you're going to take me, Vincent Kirby, to jail like a common criminal? I'll send your man away, I tell you. And then you'll take care of us, is that it? Yes, of you. And of all who dare to stand in my way. Holy smokes. This guy is crazy, Kent. Of course he is. Better do as he says, Mr. Agnew. What? Send your man away and leave this to me. Agnew, this is your last chance. Will you send them away? No. Please, mister. All right, Craig, shoot them. Not today, Kirby. As Vincent Kirby shouts his hysterical order to shoot Clark Kent raises his foot and crashes it down with all his superhuman strength opening a great gaping hole in the floor into which he, District Attorney Agnew, Kirby and the gunman fall down into the dark basement. They plunge wildly as Kent, working with the speed of light resumes his true identity of Superman. Reaching the floor first, he breaks Agnew's fall. What the. What happened? Kent, where are you? It's okay, Mr. Agnew. And everything's under control. I'm taking over now. What happened? Who are you? I can't see you. Superman. Superman. Superman. Let me out of here. I'll cool Mr. Kirby off for you like this. That'll hold him until you get him to headquarters. Wait. There was another one. The gunman. The fall knocked him out. All right, let's go up for those other white carnations. Rats. And your men can take over from there. Up we go. Up. This is your Daily Planet news reporter bringing you the latest news of the day. Vincent Kirby, prominent businessman and six other well known Metropolis citizens were captured today by District Attorney Agnew in a raid on Kirby's home. Kirby and his cohorts, now lodged in the city jail are accused by the District attorney of murder, abduction and conspiracy to spread race hatred and violence in the city schools and are scheduled for trial early next week. Vincent Kirby, stand up. You've heard the verdict of the jury finding you guilty on the three counts of murder, abduction and conspiracy to incite riots. Have you anything to say? It's not true. I was only trying to purify America to make it free of foreigners. In doing what you did, Kirby, you committed crimes not only against humanity but also against American democracy. Only the bigot and the demagogue, the creature whose own mind and heart is twisted and poisoned, stoops to such practices in order to corrupt his countrymen. He's like a vicious rattlesnake. But I didn't attack my countrymen, you, Honor. My attack was against foreigners. A foreigner. A foreigner Mr. Kirby deems a citizen of another country. High school basketball players you framed on false bribery charges are not citizens of another country. Well, I made a mistake. You, Kirby, made the fatal mistake of giving way to blind, unreasonable hatred. You fed your desire for power by discriminating against minorities. And you used your money and influence to corrupt, to murder, to become a traitor to your country. Vincent Kirby. Justice will be well served when I, with the power vested in me by this state, sentence you and your accomplices to die in the electric chair for the crime of murder. Here's the story, Chief. Vincent Kirby and his two agents, Joe McMillan and Fargo, got death sentences, and, well, they deserved it, too. And the other members of the white carnation got 20 years each. Good, good. What about the other character, Lois? The chairman of the school board, Mr. Mortimer? He's out of a job, Chief, for playing into Kirby's filthy hands. Well, now, don't forget that when you're writing the story. Oh, I didn't forget it, Chief. It's already in my story. And that gambler, the one Kirby paid to testify he bribed the high school basketball players got five years. Fine. Well, that washes the whole thing up. Now, will you both please forget the Kirby story for a moment and listen to me? Something very important has just come up. Really? What is it, Chief? Well, here it is. Now, you two remember Hobie Taylor, don't you? Hobie Taylor? Oh, yes, yes. He was one of our foreign correspondents. Oh, that's right. Say, didn't he die a year or two ago? He didn't just die. What? What do you mean, he didn't just die? I mean he was murdered. Murdered? Yes. He was murdered in Sweden just before the war ended by Nazi Gestapo men. Good heavens. Why, Chief? He was killed to prevent him from releasing a story he'd been following for months. A story he assured me would affect the future of the whole world. After the war ended. No kidding. Great Scott. Why have you kept this secret? Because I didn't want to take a chance of endangering Bucky. Who's he? Who's that? Well, Bucky is Hobie's young son. A fine little fellow who I met a couple of times in Europe. You see, Mrs. Taylor had died many Years ago. So Hobie took the boy with him wherever he went. And now he has no father or mother. Poor kid. How old is he, Chief? Let's see, he'd be about 13 now, I think. I see. But look, Chief, what was this story Hobie had? Frankly, even I don't know what the story was because Hobie was shot just as he was about to give it to me over the transatlantic telephone. Oh, good. Great. But from something he said before, I'm quite sure that his son Bucky knows at least something about it. Well, the. Chief, why didn't you send to the boy right away? I mean, as soon as Hobie was. Well, for the simple reason that Bucky disappeared immediately after his father's death. And it wasn't until a couple of months ago that I was able to trace him through the Displaced Persons Bureau who found that he'd been taken to a German concentration camp. A 13 year old youngster? That's right. He wasn't the only youngster in a German concentration camp, Lois. But go on, Chief. What then? Well, the boy had managed to escape from the camp and wandered over half of Europe dodging the Nazis. Sounds like a game, kid. Yes, well, I made arrangements to have him sent over here immediately, of course. And he's arriving today on the Nautilus. Today? Yes, within an hour. Now, naturally, I'm very happy about that and I'm going to do all I can to provide a good home for it. Sure. And I'm also hoping that he can give us more of the big story that his father died for. So you two get right down to the pier, pick up Bucking and bring him here. Okay, I'll run out and buy some things for him and have a big welcome early. Go on now. Go on, get started. Practically all the passengers have already left the ship, Clark. But where's Bucky Taylor? And imagine, Lois, have to clear through this customs gate. We couldn't have missed it. Oh, of course we couldn't. Look, the crew is leaving the ship now. That means all the passengers are off. What do you suppose is wrong? I don't know. Look, here comes the ship's officer. Let's ask him. All right, Clark. Pardon me. Yes, sir. We're looking for one of the passengers, a young boy named Bucky Taylor. We were wondering if you could help us out. Did you say so? Yes, that's right. We know he was on the ship and we couldn't have missed him. We were here when the north. You're friends of his, are you? Certainly are. Very Good. Then I'd advise you to speak to Captain Barker. Captain Barker? Why? What's wrong? Well, there's quite a bit wrong, sir, but I'm not at liberty to discuss it. You'll have to see the captain. Puzzled and alarmed, Clark Kent and Lois Lane start up the gangplank of the Nautilus to interview the captain. What is wrong? We'll be back in a moment with the startling climax of today's episode. So stand by. Hey, you ready, fellas? Here we go with the details of that he man special collection I was talking about a few minutes ago. It's a humdinger, believe you me. Now, for you fellas, Kellogg's pet, the Sunshine cereal has a big silver like keychain that you'll be proud to wear. And there are 12 nifty lucky pieces you can attach to it. And in the package, when you receive your first order, you'll find a printed slip with names and pictures of all the 12 lucky pieces on it. Now, here's how you can get the lucky pieces. For each one, send one pep box stop. And one dime plus the names of the lucky pieces you want to Superman Department 1R Battle Creek, Michigan. And remember, gang, print your names and your addresses very plainly on your order and send it to Superman Department 1R Battle Creek, Michigan. When young Bucky Taylor failed to disembark from the liner Nautilus, Clark Kent and Lois Lane were advised by a ship's officer to see Captain Barker. We join them now in the captain's quarters. Why were we told to come to your quarters, Captain Barker? Why is everyone so mysterious? What's happened to Bucky Taylor? Take it easy, Lois. Apparently something serious has occurred. Oh, quite right, Mr. Kent. Something most serious has occurred since this boy, young Taylor, came aboard my ship at Plymouth. Yes? Well, where is he now? I don't know, Miss Lane. What? You don't know? No, Mr. Kent. You see, Bucky Taylor has disappeared. Shocked utterly speechless for a moment, Clark Kent and Lois Lane stare at the grave faced captain who has just said that Bucky Taylor has disappeared from the giant ocean liner. How could the boy have disappeared? What has happened to the youngster who is supposedly in possession of a story of world shaking importance? The story for which his father was murdered. We'll learn more tomorrow when Superman goes into action on one of the most exciting and mysterious adventures of his career. Be sure to tune in tomorrow, same time, same station. And remember, for breakfast it's Kellogg's Pet for excitement. The Adventures of Superman. Superman is a cotton copyrighted feature appearing in Superman DC comic magazines and is brought to you Monday through Friday at the same time by Kellogg's Path, the Sunshine Serial. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. We just heard Knights of the White Carnation from Superman. That will do it for this week's show. Thanks so much for joining me. I hope you'll be back next week for more more Old Time Radio Crimes and crime fighters. In the meantime, you can check out Stars on Suspense, my other Old Time Radio podcast. New episodes of that show are out on Thursdays. If you like what you're hearing, don't be a stranger. You can rate and review the show and Apple Podcasts or wherever you find it. And if you'd like to lend support to the show, you can visit buymeacoffee.com I'll be back next week with more Old Time Radio Detectives. But until then, good night and happy listening. Now here is our star, Vincent Price. Ladies and gentlemen. In a prejudice filled America, no one would be secure in his job, his business, his church or his home. Yet racial and religious antagonisms are exploited daily by quacks and adventurers whose followers make up the irresponsible lunatic fringe of American life. Refuse to listen to or spread rumors against any race or religion. Help to stamp out prejudice in our country. Let's judge our neighbors by the character of their lives alone and not on the basis of their religion or origin.