Michael Shayne: Investment in an Invention 06/18/1945

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John Lang0:13

The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective. [dramatic music] The people who make 76 Gasoline and Triton Motor Oil, Union Oil Company present [dramatic music] The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayor and Kathy Lewis. [dramatic music] For once, Mike Shane, San Francisco's favorite detective, is in his office high up in the Rust Building attending to business. Phyllis Knight, his easy-on-the-eyes assistant, is taking notes as their latest clients, inventor William Belsey and Miss Hess, try to explain the unexplainable.

Michael Shayne1:08

Now, let me get this straight, Miss Hess. You had been visiting your aunt in New York?

Miss Hess1:13

Yes, for six months. I wired Daddy that I would arrive Wednesday, but I managed to get an earlier train and arrive Monday.

Phyllis Knight1:20

And the house was all in order when you came home Monday at 10:00 in the morning?

Miss Hess1:23

Yes, that's right. I expected Daddy for dinner, but, well, he didn't come home.

Michael Shayne1:27

You didn't call his office and tell him you had arrived