Pick-Up

of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jason Pearson, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers. Dates and places in the following story are fictitious for obvious reasons.

The events themselves are a matter of records. With only six shopping days till Christmas, thoughts go quickly to the many happy, hurried preparations for this wonderful religious feast day. There are presents for the children, the turkey for dinner, and a thousand and one important things to plan and arrange before December 25th rolls around.

Sunday is probably your day to rest, your day to take it easy. And it's on Sunday that NBC brings you a whole evening of great entertainment to help you relax. Put you into a holiday mood and provides you with many hours of pleasant radio listening.

Today here the big show with stars including Roslyn Russell, Phil Silvers, Jack Carson, Theravon and many more. Yes, a full 90 minutes of great entertainment as yours. Comedy, drama, music, it's the big show. Then Phil Harris and Alice Fay are featured in a half hour of Mirth and Music. Later, theater guild on the air presents Teron Power and Loretta Young

and Aerosmith by Sinclair Lewis. Stay tuned to NBC, now entering its second quarter century as the leader in radio programming. And now from the files of the Texas Rangers, the case It's called pick up.

It is 11.30 on the night of July 15th, 1948, in a hobo jungle just outside the freight yards of stone Canyon, Texas. Two men crouch beside a small fire. Ain't that coffee ready yet, Whitey?

For you know it, the freight will be here. Well, it ought to be ready now. Hand me them two tin cans. Just catch. I wish we was already right in that rattlet, Joe. I'm getting cold.