1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:37,000 This is the Man in Black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Tonight as we premiere our new Saturday evening series on the air, Ms. Agnes Moorhead returns 4 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:55,800 to our stage to appear in the study in terror by Lucille Fletcher called Sorry, Wrong Number. 5 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:01,000 The story of a woman who accidentally overheard a conversation with death and who strove frantically 6 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,280 to prevent murder from claiming an innocent victim is being repeated by popular request 7 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,600 as tonight's tale of Suspense. 8 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:14,320 If you've been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery and 9 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,080 suspicion and dangerous adventure. 10 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:23,000 In this series, her tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious 11 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,520 situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 12 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:36,520 And so it is with the story Sorry, Wrong Number and the performance of Ms. Agnes Moorhead, 13 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:57,880 we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 14 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Your call, please. 15 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,040 Operator, I've been dialing Murray Hill 70093 now for the last three quarters of an hour 16 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,280 and the line is always busy. 17 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,160 I don't see how it could be busy that long. 18 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,160 Will you try it for me, please? 19 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,920 I will be glad to try that number for you. 20 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:27,920 One moment, please. 21 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,360 I don't see how it could be busy all this time. 22 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,800 It's my husband's office. 23 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,440 He's working late tonight and I'm all alone here in the house. 24 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:39,000 My health is very poor and I've been feeling so nervous all day. 25 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,880 Ringing Murray Hill 70093. 26 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,880 Hello? 27 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Hello? 28 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,880 Hello? 29 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:55,480 Is Mr. Stevenson there? 30 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Hello? 31 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,480 Hello? 32 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,480 Hello, George? 33 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Yes, sir. 34 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,480 This is George Speedy. 35 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,480 Hello, who's this? 36 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,480 What number am I calling, please? 37 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,480 I'm here with our client. 38 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,480 Oh, good. 39 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,480 Is everything okay? 40 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,480 Is the coast clear for the night? 41 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,480 Yes, George. 42 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,480 He says the coast is clear for the night. 43 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,480 Okay, okay. 44 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,480 What's the address? 45 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,480 Yeah, yeah, I know. 46 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,480 At 11 o'clock, the private patrolman goes around to the bar on Secna Avenue for a beer. 47 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,480 That's right, at 11 o'clock. 48 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,480 I will make sure that all the lights downstairs are out. 49 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,480 There should be only one light visible from the street. 50 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,480 Yeah, yeah, I know. 51 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,480 At 11.15, a train crosses the bridge. 52 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,480 It makes a noise in case a window is open and she should scream. 53 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Oh, hello, what number is this, please? 54 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,480 Okay, I understand, I tell you. 55 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,480 That's 11.15, the train. 56 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Yeah. Do you remember everything else, George? 57 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,480 Yeah, yeah, I make it quick. 58 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,480 As little blood as possible. 59 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,480 Because our client does not wish to make her suffer longer. 60 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,480 That's right. You'll use a knife? 61 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,480 Yes, a knife will be okay. 62 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:16,480 And afterwards, I remove the rings and the bracelets and the jewelry in the bureau drawer. 63 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,480 Because our client wishes it to look like simple robbery. 64 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,480 Don't worry, everything's okay. 65 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,480 I never... 66 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,480 Oh, how awful, how unspeakably awful. 67 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,480 Oh! 68 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,480 The operator. 69 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,480 Oh, my God. 70 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,480 Oh, my God. 71 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,480 Your call, please. 72 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,480 Operator, I've just been cut off. 73 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,480 Sorry, what number were you calling? 74 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,480 Why, it was supposed to be Murray Hill 70093, but it wasn't. 75 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,480 Some wires must have got crossed. 76 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,480 I was cut into a wrong number. 77 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,480 And I've just heard the most dreadful thing, something about a murder. 78 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,480 And, operator, you simply have to retrace that call at once. 79 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,480 I beg your pardon. May I help you? 80 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,480 Oh, I know it was a wrong number and I had no business listening. 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,480 But these two men, they were cold-blooded fiends. 82 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,480 They were going to murder somebody. 83 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,480 Some poor, innocent woman who was all alone in a house near a bridge. 84 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,480 And we've got to stop them. We've got to. 85 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,480 What number were you calling, please? 86 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,480 Well, that doesn't matter. This was a wrong number and you dialed it for me. 87 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,480 And we've got to find out what it was immediately. 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,480 What number did you call? 89 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,480 Oh, why are you so stupid? What time is it? 90 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,480 Do you mean to tell me you can't find out what that number was just now? 91 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,480 I'll connect you with the chief operator. 92 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,480 Oh, I think it's perfectly shameful. 93 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,480 Now, look, look, it was obviously a place of some little slip of the finger. 94 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,480 I told you to try Murray Hill 70093 for me. 95 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,480 You dialed it, but your finger must have slipped and I was connected with some other number. 96 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,480 And I could hear them, but they couldn't hear me. 97 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,480 Now, I simply failed to see why you couldn't make that same mistake again on purpose. 98 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,480 Why you couldn't try to dial Murray Hill 70093 in the same sort of careless way. 99 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,480 Murray Hill 70093. 100 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,480 Yes. 101 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,480 I'll try to get it for you. 102 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,480 Oh, thank you. 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,480 Oh, I'm sorry. 104 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,480 Murray Hill 70093 is busy. 105 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,480 I'll call you in 20 minutes. 106 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,480 Operator, operator, operator, operator. 107 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,480 Your call, please. 108 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,480 You didn't try to get that wrong number at all. 109 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,480 I asked you explicitly and all you did was dial correctly. 110 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:15,480 I'm sorry. 111 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,480 What number did you call? 112 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:18,480 I don't know. 113 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:19,480 I don't know. 114 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,480 I don't know. 115 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,480 I don't know. 116 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:22,480 I don't know. 117 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:23,480 I don't know. 118 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,480 All you did was dial correctly. 119 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,480 I'm sorry. 120 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:27,480 What number are you calling? 121 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,480 Well, can't you for once forget what number I'm calling and do something for me? 122 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,480 Now, I want to trace that call. 123 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,480 It's my civic duty and it's your civic duty to trace that call and apprehend those dangerous killers. 124 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,480 And if you won't... 125 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,480 I will connect you with the chief operator. 126 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:39,480 Please. 127 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:51,480 This is the chief operator. 128 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:52,480 Oh, chief operator. 129 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,480 I want you to trace a call, a telephone call immediately. 130 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,480 I don't know where it came from or who was making it, but it's absolutely necessary that it be tracked down 131 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:05,480 because it was about a murder that someone's planning a terrible cold-blooded murder of a poor innocent woman tonight at 1115. 132 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:06,480 I see. 133 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:07,480 Well, can you trace it for me? 134 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:08,480 Can you track down those men? 135 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:09,480 I'm not certain. It depends. 136 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:10,480 Well, it depends on what? 137 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,480 It depends on whether the call is still going on. 138 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,480 If it's a live call, we can trace it on the equipment. 139 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,480 If it's been disconnected, we can't. 140 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:17,480 Disconnect? 141 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,480 If the parties have stopped talking to each other. 142 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,480 Oh, but if of course they must have stopped talking to each other by now, 143 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,480 that was at least five minutes ago and they didn't sound like the type who would make a long call. 144 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,480 Well, I can try tracing it. 145 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:28,480 May I have your name, please? 146 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:29,480 Mrs. Stevenson. 147 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,480 Mrs. Albert Stevenson. 148 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:32,480 But listen, I... 149 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:33,480 And your telephone number, please. 150 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:34,480 Plaza 4-2-2-9-5. 151 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,480 But if you go on wasting all this time... 152 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,480 Why do you want this call traced, please? 153 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,480 What? 154 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:40,480 I don't... 155 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:41,480 Well, no reason. 156 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,480 I mean, I merely felt very strongly that something ought to be done about it. 157 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,480 These men sounded like killers. 158 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:47,480 They're dangerous. 159 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,480 They're going to murder this woman at 1115 tonight. 160 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:50,480 I thought the police ought to know. 161 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,480 Have you reported this to the police? 162 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:53,480 Well, no, not yet. 163 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,480 You want this call checked purely as a private individual. 164 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,480 Yes, yes, but meanwhile I... 165 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,480 I'm sorry, Mrs. Stevenson, but I'm afraid we couldn't make this check for you 166 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,480 and trace the call just in your say-so as a private individual. 167 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:04,480 We'd have to have something more efficient. 168 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Oh, for heaven's sake. 169 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,480 You mean to tell me I can't report that there's going to be a murder 170 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,480 without getting tied up in all this red tape? 171 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,480 Why, it's perfectly idiotic. 172 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,480 Well, all right, I'll call the police. 173 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:15,480 Thank you. 174 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,480 I'm sure that would be the best way to... 175 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,480 It's ridiculous, perfectly ridiculous. 176 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:25,480 I can't see why you have to go through all this trouble. 177 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,480 Oh. 178 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,480 Your call, please. 179 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:37,480 The police department. 180 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:38,480 Get me the police department, please. 181 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:39,480 Thank you. 182 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,480 Oh, dear, do you have to dial? 183 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,480 Can't you ring them direct? 184 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Ringing, the police department. 185 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,480 It's ringing. 186 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,480 Oh. 187 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,480 Oh, man, look at me. 188 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,480 Police station, precinct 43, Sergeant Martin speaking. 189 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:04,480 Police department, this is Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Albert Smyth Stevenson, 190 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,480 of 53 North Sutton Place. 191 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,480 I'm calling up to report a murder. 192 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,480 I mean, the murder hasn't been committed yet, 193 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,480 but I just overheard plans for it over the telephone 194 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,480 over a wrong number that the operator gave me. 195 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,480 I've been trying to trace down the call myself, 196 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,480 but everybody is so stupid, 197 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,480 and I guess in the end you're the only people who can do anything. 198 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,480 Yes, ma'am. 199 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,480 It was a perfectly definite murder. 200 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,480 I heard their plans distinctly. 201 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,480 Two men were talking, and they were going to murder some woman at 1115 tonight. 202 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,480 She lived in a house near a bridge. 203 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,480 Are you listening to me? 204 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,480 Yes, ma'am. 205 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,480 And there was a private patrolman on the street. 206 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,480 He was going to go around for a beer on 2nd Avenue, 207 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,480 and there was some third man, a client, 208 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,480 who was paying to have this poor woman murdered. 209 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,480 They were going to take her rings and bracelets and use a knife. 210 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,480 Well, it's a nerve-mining red play, and I'm not well, and I just don't know... 211 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,480 I see. When was all this, ma'am? 212 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,480 About eight minutes ago. 213 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,480 Then you can do something. You do understand. 214 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,480 What is your name, ma'am? 215 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,480 Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Albert Stevenson. 216 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:02,480 And your address? 217 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,480 53 North Sutton Place, 53 North Sutton Place. 218 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,480 That's near a bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, you know, 219 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,480 and we have a private patrolman on our street. 220 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,480 And what was the number you were calling? 221 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,480 Murray Hill 70093. 222 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,480 But that wasn't the number I overheard. 223 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,480 I mean, Murray Hill 70093 is my husband's office. 224 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,480 He's working late tonight, and I was trying to reach him to ask him to come home. 225 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,480 I'm an invalid, you know, and it's the maiden night off, 226 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,480 and I hate to be alone even though he says I'm perfectly safe 227 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,480 as long as I have the telephone right beside my bed. 228 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,480 Well, we'll look into it, Mrs. Stevenson, 229 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,480 and here we can check it with the telephone company. 230 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,480 But the telephone company said they couldn't check the call 231 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,480 if the parties had stopped talking. I've already taken care of that. 232 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Oh, you have? 233 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,480 Yes, and personally, I feel you ought to do something far more immediate 234 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,480 and drastic than just check the call. 235 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,480 What good is checking the call do if they've stopped talking? 236 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,480 By the time you've tracked it down, they'll already have committed the murder. 237 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,480 Well, we'll take care of it, don't you worry. 238 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,480 Well, I'd say the whole thing calls for a search, 239 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,480 a complete and thorough search of the whole city. 240 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,480 Now, I'm very near the bridge, and I'm not far from Second Avenue, 241 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,480 and I know I'd feel a whole lot better if you'd stand around a radio car 242 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:03,480 to this neighborhood at once. 243 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,480 And what makes you think the murder is going to be committed in your neighborhood, ma'am? 244 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,480 Well, I don't know. Only the coincidence. It's so horrible. 245 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,480 Second Avenue, the patrolman, the bridge. 246 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,480 Second Avenue is a very long street, ma'am, 247 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,480 and you know how many bridges there are in the city of New York alone. 248 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Yes, I know. 249 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,480 Not to mention Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx. 250 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,480 I know that. 251 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,480 How do you know there isn't some little house on Staten Island 252 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,480 on some little Second Avenue you've never even heard about? 253 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,480 How do you know they're even talking about New York at all? 254 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,480 But I heard the call on the New York dialing system. 255 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,480 Maybe it was a long-distance call you overheard. 256 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:35,480 Oh, don't. 257 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,480 Telephones are funny things. 258 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,480 Look, lady, why don't you look at it this way? 259 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,480 Supposing you hadn't broken in on that telephone call. 260 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Supposing you'd got your husband the way you always do. 261 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,480 You wouldn't be so upset, would you? 262 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,480 Well, no, I suppose not. 263 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,480 Only it sounded so inhuman, so cold-blooded. 264 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,480 A lot of murders are plotted in this city every day, ma'am. 265 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,480 We manage to prevent almost all of them. 266 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,480 But a clue of this kind is so vague. 267 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,480 It isn't much more used to us than no clue at all. 268 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:03,480 But surely you... 269 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,480 Yes, of course, you have some reason for thinking this call was phony 270 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,480 and that someone may be planning to murder you. 271 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,480 Me? Oh, no. 272 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,480 Oh, I hardly think so. 273 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,480 I mean, why should anybody? 274 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:17,480 I'm alone all day and night. 275 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,480 I see nobody except my maid, Eloise, and she's a big girl. 276 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,480 She weighs 200 pounds. 277 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,480 She's too lazy to bring up my breakfast tray. 278 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,480 And the only other person is my husband, Albert. 279 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,480 He's crazy about me. He just adores me. 280 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,480 He weighs on me and on foot. 281 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,480 He seriously left my side since I took sickwell 12 years ago. 282 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,480 Well, then there's nothing for you to worry about. 283 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,480 Now, if you'll just leave the rest of this to us, we'll take care of it. 284 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,480 But what will you do? It's so late. It's nearly 11 now. 285 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,480 We'll take care of it, lady. 286 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,480 Well, when you broadcast it all over the city and send out squads 287 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,480 and warn your radio cars to watch out, 288 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,480 especially in suspicious neighborhoods like mine... 289 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Lady, I said we'd take care of it. 290 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,480 Just now I've got a couple of other matters here on my desk 291 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,480 that require immediate attention. 292 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,480 Good night, ma'am, and thank you. 293 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,480 You... you... idiot. 294 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,480 Oh, so why did I hang up the phone like that? 295 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,480 He'll think I am a fool. 296 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:13,480 Oh, why doesn't Albert come home? Why doesn't he? 297 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,480 Why doesn't he? Oh. 298 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:29,480 Oh, so nervous. 299 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Your call, please. 300 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,480 Operator, for heaven's sake, will you ring that Murray Hill 7093 number again? 301 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,480 I can't think what's keeping him so long. 302 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,480 I will try it for you. 303 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,480 Well, try, try. 304 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:49,480 I don't see why he's not answering. 305 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,480 I'm sorry. Murray Hill 70093 is busy. 306 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:58,480 I can hear it. You don't have to tell me. I know it's busy. 307 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:03,480 I can only get out of this bed for a little while. 308 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,480 And I can get a breath of fresh air 309 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,480 or just lean out of the window and see the street. 310 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:14,480 Hello, Albert? Hello? Hello? Hello? 311 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:19,480 Oh, what's the matter with this phone? Hello, hello? 312 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,480 Hello? Hello? 313 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,480 Over him and say, who is this? Hello? 314 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,480 Oh, hello! 315 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,480 Oh, I'm trying to... 316 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:41,480 What is she getting at? 317 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,480 Your call, please. 318 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,480 Hello, operator. 319 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,480 I don't know what's the matter with this telephone tonight, 320 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,480 but it's positively driving me crazy. 321 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,480 I've never seen such inefficient, miserable service. 322 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Now, now, look, I'm an invalid and I'm very nervous, 323 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,480 and I'm not supposed to be annoyed. 324 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,480 But if this keeps on much longer... 325 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:58,480 That seems to be the trouble, please. 326 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,480 Well, everything's wrong. 327 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,480 I haven't had one bit of satisfaction out of one call I've made this evening. 328 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,480 The whole world could be murdered for all you people care. 329 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,480 And now my phone keeps ringing and ringing and ringing 330 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,480 and ringing every five seconds this hour, 331 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,480 and when I pick it up, there's no one there. 332 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,480 I'm sorry. If you will hang up, I will test it for you. 333 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:13,480 I don't want you to test it for me. 334 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,480 I want you to put that call through, whatever it is, at once. 335 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,480 I'm afraid I cannot do that. 336 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,480 You can't? And why? Why, may I ask? 337 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,480 The dial system is automatic. 338 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,480 If someone is trying to dial your number, 339 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,480 there is no way to check it without the call is coming through the system or not, 340 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,480 unless the person who is trying to reach you complains to a particular operator. 341 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,480 Well, I'm all the stupid. 342 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,480 And meanwhile, I've got to sit here in my bed suffering 343 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,480 every time that phone rings, imagining everything. 344 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,480 I will try to check the trouble for you. 345 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,480 Well, check it, check it. That's all anybody can do. 346 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,480 Oh, what's the use of talking to you? You're so stupid. 347 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,480 Oh, I fix her, oh, the impudent. 348 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,480 How dare she speak to me like that? How dare she? 349 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:56,480 Call the operator. Oh, I'm a big stupid fool. 350 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,480 Your call, please. 351 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,480 Young woman, I don't know your name, but there are ways of finding you out. 352 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,480 And I'm going to report you to your superiors 353 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,480 for the most unpardonable rudeness and insolence that's ever been my privilege. 354 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,480 And give me the business office at once. 355 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,480 You may dial that number direct. 356 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,480 I'll do no such thing. I don't even know the number. 357 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,480 The number is in the directory, or you may secure it by dialing information. 358 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,480 Listen here, you... Oh, what's the use? 359 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Oh, dear. Oh, for heaven's sake, I'm going out of my mind, out of my... 360 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,480 Hello? Hello, stop ringing me. Do you hear? Answer me. Who is this? 361 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,480 You realize you're driving me crazy? Who is calling me? What are you doing it for? 362 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Now stop it, stop it, stop it. Hello? Hello? 363 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,480 If you don't stop ringing me, I'm going to call the police. 364 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,480 You hear? The police! 365 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,480 Oh, if that would pick one of me, come on. 366 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,480 Oh, let it ring. Let it go on ringing. 367 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,480 It's a trick of some kind. I won't answer. 368 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,480 I won't, I won't. I won't even if it goes on ringing all night. 369 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,480 Oh, you ring, go ahead and ring. 370 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,480 Ow. 371 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,480 Now, now what's the matter? Why do they stop ringing all of a sudden? 372 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,480 Oh, what time is it? 373 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,480 Why did I put that clock? Oh, here it is. 374 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,480 Five to eleven. Oh, they decided something. They're sure I'm home. 375 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,480 They heard my voice answer them just now. That's why they've been ringing me. 376 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,480 Why no one has answered me. 377 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,480 I'm afraid I'll get... 378 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,480 Oh, where is she? 379 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,480 Why doesn't she answer? 380 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,480 Why doesn't she answer? 381 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Your call, please. Where were you just now? Why didn't you answer at once? 382 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,480 Give me the police department. 383 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,480 Oh, she's calling. 384 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,480 I'm sorry, the line is busy. I will call you... 385 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,480 Busy? But that's impossible. A police department can't be busy. 386 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,480 There must be other lines available. 387 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,480 The line is busy. I will try to get them for you later. 388 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,480 No, no, I've got to speak to them now or it may be too late. I've got to talk to someone. 389 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,480 What number do you wish to speak to? 390 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,480 I don't know, but there must be someone to protect people beside the police department. 391 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,480 A detective agency? 392 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,480 You will find agencies listed in the classified directory. 393 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,480 But I don't have a classified. 394 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,480 I'm too nervous to look it up and I don't know how to use it. 395 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,480 I'll connect you with information. Perhaps she will be able to help you. 396 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,480 No, no. 397 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,480 Oh, you're being spiteful, aren't you? You don't care, do you? 398 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,480 What happens to me? I could die and you wouldn't care. 399 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,480 Oh, stop it, stop it, stop it. I can't stand it anymore. 400 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,480 Hello, what do you want? Stop ringing, will you? Stop it. 401 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,480 Hello, is this Plaza 42295? 402 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,480 Yes, yes, I'm... 403 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,480 I'm sorry, this is Plaza 42295. 404 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,480 This is Western Union. I have a telegram here for Mrs. Elbert-Stevenson. 405 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,480 Is there anyone there to receive the message? 406 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,480 I'm... I'm Mrs. Stevenson. 407 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,480 The telegram is as follows. Mrs. Elbert-Stevenson, 53 North Sutton Place, New York, New York. 408 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,480 Darling, terribly sorry. 409 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,480 Tried to get you for last hour, but lying busy. 410 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,480 Leaving for Boston 11 p.m. tonight on urgent business. 411 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,480 Back tomorrow afternoon, keep happy, love sign, Elbert. 412 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,480 Oh, no. Do you wish us to deliver a copy of the message? 413 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,480 No, no, thank you. Thank you, madam. Good night. 414 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,480 Good night. 415 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,480 Oh, no. 416 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,480 No, I don't believe it. He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it. 417 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,480 How many knows I'll be all alone? 418 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,480 It's some trick. Some finished trick. 419 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,480 Oh, I... 420 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,480 Oh, I'm so tricked. 421 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,480 What is this? 422 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,480 Your call, please. Operator. 423 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,480 Try that Murray Hill 70093 number for me. Just one more, please. 424 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,480 You may dial that number direct. 425 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,480 Oh. 426 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,480 Oh. 427 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,480 Oh, I love you. 428 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,480 Oh. 429 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,480 Oh. 430 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,480 Oh. 431 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,480 Oh. 432 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,480 Oh. 433 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,480 Oh. 434 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,480 Oh. 435 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,480 Oh. 436 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,480 Oh, Elbert, how could you? 437 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,480 How could you? 438 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,480 How could you? 439 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,480 I can't be alone tonight. I can't. 440 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,480 If I'm alone one more second, I'll go mad. 441 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,480 I don't care what he says or what the expense is. 442 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,480 I'm a sick woman. I'm a tired... 443 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,480 I'm a star. 444 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,480 Oh. 445 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,480 Oh, my special someone. 446 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,480 You're so... 447 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,480 Information. May I help you? 448 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,480 Hi. I want the telephone number of Henshley Hospital. 449 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,480 Henshley Hospital? Do you have the street address? 450 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,480 No, no. It's somewhere in the 70s. 451 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,480 It's a very small, private and exclusive hospital 452 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,480 where I had my appendix out two years ago. Henshley. 453 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,480 H-E-N... 454 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,480 One moment, please. 455 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,480 What is the time? 456 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,480 You may find out the time by dialing Meridian 7-1-2-1-7. 457 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,480 Oh, for heaven's sake, I've no time to be dialing. 458 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,480 The number of Henshley Hospital is Butterfield 7-0-1-0-5. 459 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,480 Butterfield 7-1-0-5. 460 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,480 U-7-0-1-0-5. 461 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,480 Oh. 462 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,480 Oh. 463 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,480 Oh. 464 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,480 Henshley Hospital, good evening. 465 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,480 Nurse's registry. 466 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,480 I want the nurse's registry at once. I want a trained nurse. 467 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,480 I want to hire immediately for the night. 468 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,480 I see. And what is the nature of the case, madam? 469 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,480 Nerves. I'm very nervous. I need soothing companionship. 470 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,480 You see, my husband is away, and I'm... 471 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,480 I know, but I really don't see why all this catechizing is necessary. 472 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,480 I just want a trained nurse. 473 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,480 I was a patient in your hospital two years ago, and after all, 474 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,480 I do expect to pay this person for tending me. 475 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,480 We quite understand that, madam, but these are wartimes, you know. 476 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,480 Registered nurses are very scarce just now, 477 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,480 and our superintendent has asked us to send people out 478 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,480 only on cases where the physician in charge feels that it is absolutely necessary. 479 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,480 Well, it is absolutely necessary. 480 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,480 I'm alone in this house, and I'm an invalid, 481 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,480 and tonight I overheard a telephone conversation that upset me directly. 482 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,480 In fact, if someone doesn't come at once, I'm afraid I'll go out of my mind. 483 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,480 I see. Well, I'll speak to Miss Phillips as soon as she comes in. 484 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,480 And what is your name, madam? Miss Phillips? 485 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,480 And when do you expect her in? Well, I really couldn't say. 486 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,480 She went out to supper at 11 o'clock. 11 o'clock? But it's not 11 yet. 487 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,480 Oh, my clock has stopped. I thought it was running down. 488 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,480 What time is it? Just 15 minutes past 11. 489 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,480 What? What was that? 490 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,480 What was what, madam? That...that click just now 491 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,480 in my own telephone as though someone had lifted the receiver 492 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,480 off the hook of the extension telephone downstairs. 493 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,480 Well, I didn't hear it, madam. Now, about that... 494 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,480 But I did! There's someone in this house. 495 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,480 Someone downstairs in the kitchen, and they're...they're listening to me now. 496 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,480 Right there. I won't forget how... 497 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,480 I won't let them hear me. I'll be quiet, and they'll see. 498 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,480 Oh, but if I don't call someone now, 499 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,480 while they're still down there, there'll be no time. 500 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,480 Oh, oh, I've got to find somebody. 501 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,480 Oh, my God. Why is it she is? 502 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,480 Your call, please. Operator. Operator. 503 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,480 I'm in desperate trouble. I...I... 504 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,480 I'm sorry. I cannot hear you. Please speak louder. 505 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,480 I don't dare. There's someone listening. 506 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,480 Can you hear me now? I'm sorry. 507 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,480 But you've got to hear me. Oh, please, you've got to help me. 508 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,480 There's someone in this house, someone who's going to murder me, 509 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,480 and you've got to get in touch with... 510 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,480 Oh, there it is. There it is. Did you hear it? 511 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,480 He's put it down. He's put down the extension phone. 512 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,480 He's coming up. He's coming up the stairs. 513 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,480 Give me the police department. The police department. 514 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,480 The police department. Give it to me. 515 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,480 One moment, please. I will connect you. 516 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,480 I can...I can hear him. I can hear her. 517 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,480 Oh, I hear him. I hear it. 518 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,480 Hurry. Hurry. 519 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,480 Oh, oh, no, he can't hear me. 520 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,480 I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. 521 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,480 I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. 522 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:28,480 I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. 523 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,480 Police department, Sergeant Martin speaking. 524 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,480 Police department, Sergeant Martin speaking. 525 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,480 Police department, Sergeant Martin speaking. 526 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,480 Police department, Sergeant Martin speaking. 527 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,480 Police department? Oh, I'm sorry. 528 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,480 I must have got the wrong number. 529 00:25:46,480 --> 00:26:09,480 Don't worry. Everything's okay. 530 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:14,480 And so closes Sorry Wrong Number starring Agnes Moorhead. 531 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,480 Tonight's tale of suspense. 532 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,480 This is your narrator, the man in black, 533 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,480 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour 534 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,480 in suspense with us again next Saturday, 535 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,480 when we'll have another starring Hollywood cast, 536 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,480 headed by Miss Dolores Costello, with Martin Koslick, 537 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,480 Ian Wolfe, and George Zuko. 538 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,480 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, 539 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,480 who with Ted Bliss, the director, 540 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,480 Ludd Gluskin, the musical director, 541 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,480 and Lucille Fletcher, the author, 542 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:22,480 collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 543 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,480 The entire country is waiting in suspense 544 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,480 for the answer to this important question. 545 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,480 Will the United States Cadet Nurse Corps 546 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,480 reach its goal of enrolling 65,000 student nurses 547 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,480 before the end of 1943? 548 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,480 For if it doesn't, this country faces the prospect 549 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,480 of needless suffering and loss of life 550 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,480 at a time when our full health and energy are needed to win the war. 551 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:48,480 What are you girls from 17 or 18 to 35 going to do about it? 552 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,480 If you're a high school graduate in good health, 553 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,480 you're eligible for a scholarship which will pay you all your expenses 554 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,480 while you're learning to be of service to your fellow man. 555 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,480 Not only will you receive a personal spending allowance 556 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,480 of $15 a month for the first nine months in training, 557 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,480 $20 a month for the following 21 months, 558 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,480 and then $30 a month until graduation, 559 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,480 but you will, in addition to this personal allowance, 560 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,480 receive allowances for room, board, health and laboratory fees, 561 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,480 books, and other incidental expenses. 562 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,480 This is your chance to do something for yourself 563 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,480 while you're doing something big for your country. 564 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,480 You're needed now, so write immediately to the U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps, 565 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,480 Box 88, New York, or to any nursing school of your choice, 566 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,480 and they will furnish you with all the essential information. 567 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,480 You are needed now, so act now. 568 00:28:39,480 --> 00:29:06,480 This is a test.