Ordeal in Donner Pass
Suspense · November 2, 1953 · 29 min · 3,223 words
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Auto-light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Edmund Dobrian in tonight's presentation of... ...Suspense. Tonight, Auto-light presents a true story. As we dramatize the diary of a man whose unfortunate task it was to set down a report on the death of his friends.
Or deal in Donner Pass. Our star, Mr. Edmund Dobrian. Oh, tomorrow's the day! Yes, Senator, the day when a lot of people will step on the starter and find that their batteries are as dry as a campaign speech, because they forgot to keep them properly filled with water.
I mean election day, Harlow. Right, right. The day when thousands of wise drivers will elect to get to Nautolite stay full. The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use.
I'll vote for that. And that Nautolite stay full is a long time in office. fiberglass retaining mats protect every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking and give that conscientious candidate longer life as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life cycle standards so friends after you vote visit your auto light battery dealer the expert on all
makes of batteries to quickly locate him phone western union by number and ask for operator 25 I'll tell you where to get an auto light stay full the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use.
And remember from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. And now auto light presents ordeal in Donner Pass, starring Mr. Edmond O'Brien, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. My name is Patrick Breen.
I am a Godfearing man who loves his family and tries to do right by his fellow man. If in the months that followed after we started to take the Hastings shortcut to California. If in those months from November of 1846 to March of 1847, I was selfish.
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