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Calling All Cars: Two Against Six

Calling All Cars · January 15, 1935 · 28 min · 4,823 words

The transcript of “Two Against Six”, an episode of Calling All Cars first broadcast January 15, 1935. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). North Pole Radio: Holiday Specials plays Calling All Cars free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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following all cars, the presentation of the Rio Grande Oil Company. Plus I was police calling all cars, attention all cars broadcast 60, regardless of the sticker. Again, the six men just held up the Chrysler Creamery.

That's all, rose in question. Cars, attention all cars. Go to an independent service station selling Rio Grande Cracked gasoline.

There's one in your neighborhood. Learn why more police cars in California and there's only use Rio Grande Cracked than any other gasoline. For the same prize as ordinary gasoline, we'll grant the crack of the tetraethyl, gives you police car performance, and so on.

And now it is our pleasure to introduce to you, Captain Harry Siga, in command of the robbery and narcotics squads of the Los Angeles Police Department, Captain Siga. Good evening, friends. We whose life work it is to keep the peace have all heard ourselves called dumb coppers, and big flat seats.

Our reaction to such epithetes is not as might be supposed one of anger, but one of tolerant amusements. The average police officer each day is called upon to employ more practical psychology than many of the professors of psychology has ever dreamed existed.

A modern policeman uses his brains much more often than the use of his gun. He is a highly trained specialist, as capable and important a member of society as is your to the dentist or your lawyer or your doctor.

The story we are bringing you tonight from our confidential files is an excellent example of the way through the men under Chief Davis's command face possible death with their wits. It is late in the afternoon of April Fool's Day in 1928.

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