Jane Endicott Reporter 42-01-05 No Job For A Lady

Summary

Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio - "Jane Endicott Reporter 42-01-05 No Job For A Lady"

Episode Details

• Title: Jane Endicott Reporter 42-01-05 No Job For A Lady
• Release Date: April 16, 2025
• Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
• Description: Dive into the Golden Age of Radio with thrilling dramas that capture the essence of a time when families gathered around the radio to enjoy captivating stories. This episode features Jane Endicott, a bright and charming reporter navigating the challenges of a male-dominated world.

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Synopsis

In this episode, we follow the engaging story of Jane Endicott, a determined young woman aiming to establish herself in the field of journalism. Set against the backdrop of the Westburn Chemical Plant, the narrative weaves themes of gender roles, integrity, and ambition as Jane confronts societal expectations to carve out her own career path.

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Detailed Summary

Opening Conflict: The Chemical Plant Explosion

• Timestamp [02:30]: The episode kicks off with a startling news report by Anthony Jervis titled, "Kid Thieves Wreck Chemical Plant," detailing a catastrophic explosion at the Western Dyein Chemical plant in Westburn. This incident sets the stage for the ensuing drama surrounding workplace safety and community impact.

  Anthony Jervis ([02:34]): "Here's your headline. Kid Thieves Wreck Chemical Plant."

• Timestamp [02:58]: Anthony elaborates on the repeated intrusions by burglars seeking nitroglycerin, culminating in the fatal third attempt that caused significant destruction.

  Anthony Jervis ([02:58]): "The premises of the plant are open to all who would enter for whatever purpose."

Introduction of Jane Endicott and Captain Endicott

• Timestamp [03:35]: We meet Jane Endicott, the daughter of Captain James Enderka, the director of research at Westburn Chemical Plant. Their interaction reveals the tension between Jane's aspirations and her father's traditional views on employment roles.

  Jane Endicott ([05:02]): "You don't need a secretary. And it isn't very pleasant knowing that the people you work with realize that the only reason you have a job is because your father is head of research."

  Captain Endicott ([05:17]): "Well, there could be worse reasons. Well, what do you want to do?"

Anthony Jervis’ Intrusion and Jane’s Intervention

• Timestamp [05:38]: Anthony Jervis arrives at the laboratory under false pretenses, leading to his immediate arrest orchestrated by Captain Endicott. Jane observes her father's strict adherence to protocol and begins to question the need for transparency and protection at the plant.

  Anthony Jervis ([07:04]): "What goes on?"

• Timestamp [07:18]: As Jervis is apprehended, Jane recognizes potential in him for local news coverage, hinting at her own ambitions.

  Jane Endicott ([09:10]): "Perfectly all right. I suppose your reason for crashing the chemical plant was to cause a number of people to lose their jobs, hmm?"

Revelation and Jane’s Career Move

• Timestamp [12:24]: The climax reveals Jane's proactive stance as she decides to join the Press Chronicle herself, challenging the notion that journalism is not a "job for a lady." This bold move signifies her determination to pursue her passion independently of her father's influence.

  Jane Endicott ([12:24]): "I am? Cross me off your factory payroll. Dad, I've joined the Press Chronicle staff."

  Captain Endicott ([12:30]): "Are you joking?"

• Timestamp [12:49]: Jane dismisses her father's skepticism, affirming her commitment to her new role and setting the stage for future endeavors.

  Jane Endicott ([12:49]): "Future? Oh, well, it's a bit early yet, dad, but he's waiting outside for me now. Good night, darling."

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Key Themes and Insights

• Gender Roles and Empowerment: Jane's struggle to be recognized as a capable reporter highlights the gender biases of the era, underscoring her resilience and ambition.

  Captain Endicott ([04:47]): "No, Jane, no. Working for peace clarity is no job for a lady."

• Integrity in Journalism: The confrontation with Anthony Jervis emphasizes the ethical dilemmas faced by reporters and the importance of honest reporting in maintaining community trust.

  Anthony Jervis ([09:10]): "The Press Chronicle is merely fighting for the good of the entire community."

• Family Dynamics: The relationship between Jane and Captain Endicott illustrates the generational tensions and the pursuit of personal aspirations versus familial expectations.

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Conclusion

"No Job For A Lady" masterfully encapsulates the challenges of forging one's path amidst societal constraints. Jane Endicott emerges as a symbol of determination and progressive change, paving the way for future female reporters. Through its engaging dialogue and relatable themes, the episode resonates with listeners, reflecting timeless narratives of ambition and integrity.

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Notable Quotes

• Jane Endicott ([05:34]): "What's the matter?"

• Anthony Jervis ([06:25]): "The name's Jervis. Anthony Q. Jervis."

• Jane Endicott ([12:24]): "I am? Cross me off your factory payroll. Dad, I've joined the Press Chronicle staff."

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Closing Thoughts

This episode of "Jane Endicott Reporter" not only entertains but also encourages listeners to reflect on the evolving roles within society. Jane's journey is a testament to breaking barriers and pursuing one's passion against all odds.

Transcript

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[Jane Endicott]

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[Narrator]

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[Anthony Jervis]

Here's your headline. Kid Thieves Wreck Chemical Plant.

[Narrator]

Yes, three times have cat footed burglars entered the Western Dyein Chemical plant over at Westburn to rifle stores of nitroglycerin manufactured there. But the third time proved fatal. What exactly happened? No. 1 of Livino but about 3:00 this morning, a terrific explosion leveled an entire wing. Now listen to this, Pete.

[Anthony Jervis]

Editorial for tomorrow's paper. The Sword of Damocles. That's the title. Too long have the citizens of Westburn stood close to sudden death. The Press Chronicle draws attention to the fact that the workers at the Westburn die and chemical plant deserve at least a pretense of protection. But they're not getting it. The premises of the plant are open to all who would enter for whatever purpose. We make this statement in direct contradiction to that of Captain James Enderka, director of research at Westburn, who recently declared no person could enter without the proper credentials. We make the statement that anyone can enter, credentials or no credentials, anytime he wishes.

[Jane Endicott]

The winter.

[Narrator]

In a small private laboratory in the research department of the Westbrand Iron Chemical Plant, a spare gray haired man works alone in the twilight. A door opens softly. His daughter enters.

[Jane Endicott]

Dad.

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, Jane, I didn't hear you.

[Jane Endicott]

It's nearly six. The second shift will be on soon. Don't you think it's time you went home and got some sleep?

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, I'm all right, Jane. You go on. Don't wait for me. I've got to finish up. Oh, hand me that burner, will you?

[Jane Endicott]

Oh, yes.

[Captain Endicott]

Thank you.

[Jane Endicott]

Did you read the editorial on this afternoon Press Chronicle?

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[Jane Endicott]

So unfair. Whoever wrote it didn't know what he was talking about. I'd just like to see him try to get in without permission. He'd be thrown out so fast.

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, it doesn't matter since those thieves blew up the North Wing and themselves as well. Pete Flaherty hasn't had much to write about. Fella has to do something to whip up local interest and keep people reading his newspaper.

[Jane Endicott]

Well, if he's so hard up for local news, perhaps he needs someone to go out and get it for him. You know, dad, he could use a reporter, couldn't he? There he is running a newspaper all by himself.

[Captain Endicott]

No, Jane, no. Working for peace clarity is no job for a lady. Besides, haven't you got a job, dad?

[Jane Endicott]

As your secretary? I'm the most useless person in the plant and you know it.

[Captain Endicott]

But Jane, somebody has to be my secretary. Might as well be you.

[Jane Endicott]

You don't need a secretary. And it isn't very pleasant knowing that the people you work with realize that the only reason you have a job is because your father is head of research.

[Captain Endicott]

Well, there could be worse reasons. Well, what do you want to do?

[Jane Endicott]

Well, Mother and I were talking it over last night.

[Captain Endicott]

I see. Then it's all settled?

[Jane Endicott]

Oh, no, no, not at all. I want to know what you think. If I really went after a newspaper job and I know, and I bet you know I could handle it. I could.

[Captain Endicott]

What's the matter?

[Jane Endicott]

That door behind you.

[Captain Endicott]

Come in.

[Narrator]

Thank you.

[Anthony Jervis]

I wasn't sure if I'd come to the right office.

[Captain Endicott]

This is a private laboratory.

[Anthony Jervis]

So I see. I was looking for Captain Indicate. He sent me from one place to another around this joint till I'm dizzy.

[Captain Endicott]

Who sent you?

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, various people around the place. I'm from the Press Chronicle. Captain Indica told me to meet him here.

[Jane Endicott]

No person is allowed inside unescorted. Mr. Jervis.

[Anthony Jervis]

Anthony Jervis. How are you?

[Jane Endicott]

Particularly not here in the research department.

[Anthony Jervis]

What, you mean this is the. Well, I didn't realize I was on sacred ground to take my shoes off.

[Jane Endicott]

You're not funny.

[Narrator]

You.

[Captain Endicott]

Say you know Captain Endicott?

[Narrator]

Why, you bet.

[Anthony Jervis]

We're practically bosom buddies. Say, miss, haven't I seen you before someplace?

[Jane Endicott]

Mister? Since when have you been working on the Press Chronicle?

[Narrator]

Since two days ago.

[Anthony Jervis]

I'm new to this town, but I hope to know it better.

[Narrator]

Much better.

[Anthony Jervis]

The name's Jervis. Anthony Q. Jervis.

[Jane Endicott]

Oh, Q, huh?

[Narrator]

Yeah. Quintus. Silly, isn't it?

[Anthony Jervis]

Some people say it's Q for quits.

[Narrator]

Quits? Yeah.

[Anthony Jervis]

There's a rumor that when I was born, my father looked down at me and then at my mother and said.

[Narrator]

Let'S call it quits.

[Captain Endicott]

Young man, before you go, would you mind pressing that button behind you? I've got to get on with my work.

[Anthony Jervis]

Why, of course.

[Narrator]

There you are.

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, I guess I've been a nuisance, haven't I? Yes, but could you tell me where. Say, isn't that a high temperature electric furnace I've turned on?

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, yes, yes. Yes, indeed.

[Jane Endicott]

You've seen them before, I suppose.

[Narrator]

Never.

[Anthony Jervis]

Say, isn't it time for you people to knock off? After all, it's after six, isn't it?

[Jane Endicott]

Yes. Were you counting on it?

[Narrator]

Yes, sir. Did you sound the alarm, sir?

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, yes. Come in. Steffens, I think you'd better put this young man under arrest.

[Anthony Jervis]

Wait a minute. What goes on?

[Narrator]

All right, you come along.

[Anthony Jervis]

Hey, now, wait a minute. Take your mitts off me.

[Narrator]

What is this?

[Anthony Jervis]

Boys, come in and get him. Oh, you can't do this to me. I'm a reporter. I want to see Captain Em for coffee. Fl.

[Jane Endicott]

Well, pretty neat, dad, making him press that alarm button himself.

[Captain Endicott]

I. I wonder who he is.

[Jane Endicott]

You think he really works for the Press Chronicle?

[Captain Endicott]

You Might call up and find out. There's the phone.

[Jane Endicott]

Okay. Hello, switchboard. Will you please get the Press Chronicle office for me and Father, Reporter or no reporter, that young man's gonna stay in jail for a while.

[Narrator]

Yes, miss.

[Sergeant]

I'll let Captain Andrew's car. All right. I was just waiting here for you to show up and verify it. Okay, Hannah, you can turn loose that guy himself.

[Jane Endicott]

I thank you, Sergeant.

[Sergeant]

And we could hold them for trespassing, you know.

[Jane Endicott]

Well, we'd rather not. Thank you just the same.

[Sergeant]

Do him good to spend the night in the jail. It was time he was taught a lesson.

[Jane Endicott]

You know him, I say.

[Sergeant]

Just joined up with the paper, invested money in it. Moved into town with his mother a couple of weeks ago. I guess flat he knows a sucker when he sees one.

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, and here he comes now.

[Sergeant]

Well, sorry to see you leave so soon.

[Anthony Jervis]

The pleasure's all mine, Sergeant. Well, if it isn't test tube Tessie. The Laboratory Lulu.

[Sergeant]

Yeah, and you can thank her for not having to spend the night in a cell. Now scram. Beat it.

[Anthony Jervis]

Why, miss? You mean you?

[Jane Endicott]

One of these days, Mr. Jervis, those smart alecky tricks of yours are going to get you into trouble. Good night, Sergeant.

[Captain Endicott]

Good night.

[Anthony Jervis]

Hey. Hey, wait a minute. Hold on. I want to apologize.

[Jane Endicott]

You needn't bother.

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, but I want to.

[Narrator]

I'm sorry.

[Anthony Jervis]

I really am. I didn't mean to cause you any trouble. Oh, I want to thank you.

[Jane Endicott]

Perfectly all right. I suppose your reason for crashing the chemical plant was to cause a number of people to lose their jobs, hmm?

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, it's not that at all. The Press Chronicle is merely fighting for the good of the entire community. The Common Interest plant stops operating through inefficiency or carelessness. Westburn would be practically a ghost town. Then where would my paper be? See how it ties up. It means something to me.

[Narrator]

Oh, now, those old codgers at the.

[Anthony Jervis]

Gates aren't tough enough. Now I got past them. It'll give you a laugh. I got a big yellow badge used to identify one of the poultry judges at last year's fair. Stuck it on my chest and that old guy at the gate didn't even look twice when I walked in.

[Jane Endicott]

Very clever, Mr. Jervis. You'll have a fine story, won't you?

[Anthony Jervis]

And how. Just wait. Old Emma could reads it.

[Jane Endicott]

Your bosom buddy?

[Anthony Jervis]

Yeah. I did want to see him, though. Actually, I've never laid eyes on him.

[Jane Endicott]

I knew that.

[Narrator]

Oh, did you? How?

[Jane Endicott]

He was the gentleman in the laboratory who ordered your arrest.

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, well, what you mean that skinny old guy?

[Jane Endicott]

That was Captain Indicate.

[Anthony Jervis]

Ah, you're kidding me. He didn't look like any old soldier to me.

[Jane Endicott]

Captain Endiquet holds the DSC The Croix de Guerre with palms, and a few other souvenirs of the last war, including a silver plate in his skull.

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, I guess I'm not very bright, am I?

[Jane Endicott]

Such humility is more than refreshing. Well, here's my car. Good night, Mr. Jervis.

[Anthony Jervis]

Wait. I want to thank you again for what you did. I mean, getting me out of the Bastille.

[Jane Endicott]

That's Perfectly all right, Mr. Jervis. It's a very worst. Your partner, Mr. Flaherty, would have sobered up enough by morning to post bail for you.

[Anthony Jervis]

Oh, you're an optimist.

[Jane Endicott]

Good night, Mr. Jervis.

[Anthony Jervis]

No, wait. I left my car in front of the plant. Would you mind driving me over the newspaper offices?

[Jane Endicott]

Your car is parked across the street where the police put it, as you very well know. If you'll step away from the door.

[Anthony Jervis]

My word, so it is.

[Jane Endicott]

Why are you such a liar?

[Narrator]

I don't know.

[Anthony Jervis]

I guess I'm just a bad boy.

[Jane Endicott]

Look, Mr. Jervis, you're a grown man. Act like one. Stop posing.

[Anthony Jervis]

Yeah, well, I'm sorry. Well, good night, Miss. What is your name?

[Jane Endicott]

Jane Endicott.

[Narrator]

Jane.

[Anthony Jervis]

What was that?

[Jane Endicott]

Endicott.

[Anthony Jervis]

And that's what I thought you said.

[Jane Endicott]

Well, good night.

[Anthony Jervis]

Yeah.

[Captain Endicott]

Well.

[Anthony Jervis]

Wait. Captain Indicate is your.

[Jane Endicott]

My father? Yes.

[Narrator]

Oh.

[Anthony Jervis]

Everything has to happen to me.

[Jane Endicott]

I Repeat, Good night, Mr. Jervis.

[Anthony Jervis]

All right, get in.

[Jane Endicott]

What? Wait a minute. Where are you going?

[Narrator]

I'm going with you.

[Anthony Jervis]

Come on, get in. I'll tell you about it on the way to the Press Chronicle office. Ms. Indicate, I have a proposition I think you'll be interested in. Let's go.

[Jane Endicott]

I brought your dinner, dad.

[Captain Endicott]

Thanks, Jane. Oh, did you release that reporter?

[Narrator]

Yes.

[Jane Endicott]

I just sort of had to. Oh. How much longer will you be here at the plan?

[Captain Endicott]

Oh, not long. Not long? I suppose he'll spend the rest of the night writing how badly he's been mistreated.

[Jane Endicott]

I don't think so, dad.

[Captain Endicott]

Don't you? You don't think he will?

[Jane Endicott]

No. Because I'm writing that story myself.

[Narrator]

What?

[Jane Endicott]

I am? Cross me off your factory payroll. Dad, I've joined the Press Chronicle staff.

[Captain Endicott]

Are you joking?

[Jane Endicott]

No, not a bit. I'm the Woman's page editor. Mr. Jervis gave me the job. He owns half the paper.

[Captain Endicott]

You mean that young man?

[Jane Endicott]

Yes. Funny, isn't it?

[Captain Endicott]

My word. Sudden, isn't it?

[Jane Endicott]

I hardly believe it myself.

[Captain Endicott]

Yet But, Jane, does it offer you any future?

[Jane Endicott]

Future? Oh, well, it's a bit early yet, dad, but he's waiting outside for me now. Good night, darling. And try to get home before we do, won't you?

[Narrator]

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[Jane Endicott]

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[Narrator]

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