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Search for Maxine

The Whistler · March 13, 1949 · 29 min · 3,969 words

The transcript of “Search for Maxine”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast March 13, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Whistler plays The Whistler free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The signal oil program. Yes, the signal oil program. The Whistler. Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program. The Whistler. I'm the Whistler. And I know many things before I walk by night. I know many strange tales, hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadow.

Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated tops and popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history.

And Signal gasoline is tops too, tops in quality. It takes extra quality, you know, to give you extra mileage. And Signal is the famous Go farther gasoline. So look for the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies independently operated signal stations from Canada to Mexico.

And now the Whistler Strange story. Search for Maxine. For a long time, it'd been standing in the dark and doorway across the street from the Swank Bachelor's Club. As Ted Pomeroy struggled to make up his mind, he stared up at the second floor windows of the building and puffed nervously to cigarette.

It was the last thing he wanted to do to go to cousin Walter for a favor. But there was nothing else he could do. Ted was a good newspaperman who'd suffered one bad break after the other through no fault of his own.

But he always felt that someday the big opportunity would present himself. Now that opportunity had arrived, but he needed capital. And Walter Pomeroy was the only man he knew who had the kind of money he needed.

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