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The Empty Chair

Suspense · September 21, 1953 · 29 min · 4,136 words

The transcript of “The Empty Chair”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast September 21, 1953. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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AutoLite and its 98,000 dealers bring you Miss Agnes Morehead in tonight's presentation of Suspense Tonight AutoLite salutes the American automobile association and its traffic safety program as we present a dramatic report called The empty chair our star the first lady of suspense Miss Agnes Morehead This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for the worldwide auto-light family.

Since 1922, the American Automobile Association, with the cooperation of 276 affiliated clubs, has been active in helping schools develop educational programs designed to protect children on their way to and from school, and to make them careful drivers upon graduation.

Traffic safety is, as you know, everyone's business. So our story tonight will dramatize how we all can help ourselves and our children by driving carefully and by cooperating with traffic safety instructions. Later in the program we will hear from Mr. Royce G. Martin, Chairman of the Board and President of the Electric Autolight Company and Mr. Ralph Thomas, President of the American

Automobile Association. And now, Autolife presents transcribed the empty chair, starring Miss Agnes Morehead, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. We all settle down. That's good.

Miss Barbara Warner. You may call me Miss Barbara or Miss Warner either one, which gives you young ladies and gentlemen at least two choices when you wish to attract my attention, so that there'll be no need to yell out, need to yell out, hey teacher.

Besides, 10 B 3, 10 B 3, and your home room, high school at last. And today's the first day, young ladies and gentlemen truly, and today's the day it really starts. So now let's get to know each other, shall we?

All of you will get up and go to the back of the room please. I have your study cards here and I've arranged them alphabetically. We'll start with the first row and the first seat.

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