Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1938-39 Dennison. — Something I haven’t heard? Haynes. — Yes. Reports from all over the country. Doll’s weakness is pretty girls. Has been known to visit Alice Kahn of New Orleans, Mildred Barling of San Francisco, Lucy Weber of Denver, Joan English of St. Louis. . . . There’s a long list of them here, sir. Sound. — Dictograph buzz . . . click. Haynes. — Inspector Haynes. Filter i. — Report on Doll, sir. Used to pal around with ICathryn and Machine-gun Kelly. We have his fingerprints . . . specimens of his handwriting, and a good picture of him. Haynes. — Send it aU in immediately. Sound. — Click of dictograph. Haynes. — Well, Dennison, we’re not very far ahead. Dennison. — Wait, Inspector, here’s information I’ve dug up. Doll is fond of motion pictures . . . especially gangster pictures. And get this. . . . He has tattoo marks on both his right and left forearms. A heart and an anchor and figure of a girl on his right forearm ... a cow girl and pierced heart on his left forearm. And he’s quoted as having said that eventually he’s going to retire to a chicken farm. Haynes. — Well, now we’re getting somewhere! {Dictograph buzz . . . click) Inspector Haynes. Smith. — {Filter) Men at one of our Western field offices have just been to the jail and talked with Machine-gun Kelly. They didn’t let Kelly know they wanted information on Doll . . . but they asked a lot of questions about other things, and Kelly intimated that about 9 months ago Doll married a girl by the name of Janet Galaton in New York. Haynes. — Thanks, Smith. Sound. — Click. Dennison. — Doll’s already married. Inspector. Haynes. — That wouldn’t stop him from marrying again. Um . . . that’s the best tip we’ve had yet. 378