This is Conrad Nagel inviting you to stay tuned for the next half hour for one of radio's outstanding dramatic productions on Proudly We Hail Proudly We Hail and now another Proudly We Hail one of radio's outstanding dramatic half hours transcribe coast to coast in cooperation with this station and presented by your army and your Air Force From Radio City, New York. Here is your host and star on Proudly We Hail the distinguished star of the theater screen radio and television Conrad Nagel Thank you, thank you. Hard. Hello everyone. Welcome again to Proudly We Hail Conrad I believe you said that this was one of the most frightening stories you've ever read indeed it is Ken It's a tale of terror Well, these are the best words. I can think I have to describe it the title of our play is The Trial and our first act curtain will rise in a few minutes after this very important message Air Force enlistments have been restricted for a long time, but they're open again now Go to your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station and enlist in the United States Air Force Today and now with your star Conrad Nagel in the role of Roger Lewis your army and your Air Force present the Proudly We Hail production the Trial This is a story about two emotions anger and fear How one developed the other and how one became the other It concerns mainly Roger Lewis a lawyer and Leo Collier a man. He sent to prison for life Now remember darling drive carefully. Yes, sir. And you remember to take care of yourself Oh, Mary will come in the Queen on Thursday Tom will be around to take care of the lawn and things on Saturday.   You're good.   I lost 10 days. Don't worry You know, I'm awfully busy anyway. I suppose you spend most of your time in the city. Yeah, good part of it That's where I've got to get now. We've got a beautiful day to drive. So take off sweet And I love you darling. I'll miss you. I'll see you in 10 days kiss Couldn't I go tomorrow you scat Yes, mr. Lewis captain O'Neill is on the phone. He'd like to speak to you. Nice miss Cole. Put him on Hello, Ned, what do you know? Hi, right? How's the defender of truth and justice? Well, I can't complain Sherlock. Yeah, listen, right? Remember a guy named Leo Collier. Well, I should about a year ago wasn't he killed his brother open and shut case He got life. I got a good memory Well, there's no need to get worried, but I thought you ought to know Collier and two other lads escaped from state prison About two hours ago. Well, why should that worry me Ned? I just think you and your boys would do the worrying Oh, we'll catch him soon enough. All right, but Collier swore he'd break out and when he did he'd get you why because I Proved he was guilty of a crime that was obvious. Don't ask me boy Where you staying now staying where I always stay at home It might be a good idea if you and your wife moved into the city until we caught Collier No point in taking any chances.  She didn't come to stay with you. Hey, you really want to frighten me now look Ned Go catch Collier and don't worry about me if I need any help. I'll holler Well, if you do I hope I can hear you calling stop sounding so melodramatic Look if there's anything under the bed, I'll send up a red rocket. How about lunch sometime? Hey, who's that? It's me, Mr. Lewis. Oh, Tom What are you doing here? It's kind of late to be working isn't it? I thought you weren't coming till Saturday It's going to blow tonight, Mr. Lewis Thought I'd better get the lawn chairs in a few things like that I knew the wife was away and didn't know when you'd get back from the city Well, that's money thoughtful of you, Tom It makes you think it's going to blow tonight The sky looks clear Oh, I can tell Mr. Lewis going to blow hard Well, I'll take your word for it, Tom. Thanks I'm glad to be blind. Night, Mr. Lewis Good night, Tom What, what, what? Oh, for the love of Pete You might know It's three o'clock Tom wasn't kidding He closed everything and locked it He didn't stay shut and let a tired man sleep Oh, hey Say, one of the pains has broken Some wind Locked themselves That's right, Lewis They don't Well, you won't turn on the light again Kyle Even in the dark, you know me, don't you, Lewis? You'll forgive my little prank I thought it might upset you So that meeting me would upset you even more I see that I've gained the desired effect Well, I don't know what you have in mind, Kyle If you've got any sense at all, you give yourself up That's a rather ridiculous statement on the face of it Do you know why I'm here? I can guess You want to kill me for doing my duty Duty, pal You're now in the courtroom now You did your duty all right You saw to it that I was doomed to the life of a caged animal You saw to it that I was buried alive In a tomb of gray rock and iron bars What do you know of the days and nights The endless days and nights without hope And without future You should have thought of that before you killed your brother Listen, I killed my brother Because if anyone needed killing, he did But you and no one else cared about that All you were interested in Was to see that your precious laws were upheld What happens to be my job? I don't make the laws, Carlier A cold-blooded killer, you called me You were very eloquent What did you know of Ben?   I'll settle for you I suppose too much I suppose two murders on your conscience is no worse than one Not a bit But who said I was going to kill you? No, I'm not going to kill you You're going to kill yourself when I'm through with you You see, Lewis, I was lying out there in the bushes When your wife left I know that Mary comes on Thursday and Tom on Saturday And I know we've got ten days and nights ahead of us You've forgotten I have a job You know, my office is going to wonder what's happened to me Oh, no, they're not Because you're calling them in the morning You're going to tell them your wife isn't well And you'll be out of town You're going to tell Mary the same thing It won't be necessary for her to come and clean As for Tom, he can mow the lawn all he likes He won't bother us The police will trace you here This is the last place they'll trace me Things are going to work out very nicely And I guarantee when the ten days are over I've made you suffer what I've suffered in a year You'll be very happy to die, Mr. Lewis Lewis Davis and Platt, Miss Brown speaking Hello Hello, Miss Brown, it's Mr. Lewis Yes, sir, good morning Miss Brown, I won't be in My wife called us and she's not feeling well I'm going up to Sear I probably won't be back for ten days Oh, I'm sorry, sir I hope it's nothing serious No, nothing serious, thanks But I think I better go If anything important comes up, should I call you there? Mr. Lewis No, no, that won't be necessary I think I'll make it a kind of a vacation Yes, sir I hope your wife will be feeling better Thank you, Miss Brown I'm sure she will Goodbye Goodbye Very convincing Not quite up to your best courtroom style But not bad considering You know, your face doesn't look very good After you've picked yourself up, we'll call Mary But Mr. Lewis, the house will need cleaning You can leave a key on the back porch And then when you come home, the house will be nice and clean No, no, no, that won't be necessary We'll call you when we give back, Mary Oh, you'll get in the doghouse for sure, Mr. Lewis Well, I'll have to take that chance Goodbye, Mary Ha! The doghouse That's a good one You know, I'm hungry After I've had some breakfast, we're going to have a workout And I'm going to use you for a punching bag And then we're going to have a talk I'm going to tell you what it's like to be in a real doghouse Come on And stay on your feet Time to wake up Didn't you sleep well? Boy, you're a mess here Sit up I've been listening to the radio You know where I was seen? In Philadelphia It's a good place for me to be The city of brotherly love Ha!  Where's your law and justice now? Still believing them, Lewis? You can beat me to a pulp But you can't change what I believe Oh, no Suppose I was to give you this gun Would you shoot me? Or call a cop? Give it to me You'll find out I'll give it to you all right Right in the kitchen The flesh is weak, but the spirit is strong, eh, Lewis?  Bit by bit Did you think I'd let you get away that easily, you crazy fool? When you've picked yourself up down there Come back up here to bed You need your sleep Those starring in the role of Roger Lewis In the proudly-we-held production The Trial Will return in just a moment for the second act I have a message for the young men of America Enlist in the United States Air Force By doing this right now when the Air Force is expanding You have the opportunity to really get ahead The Air Force needs specialists in radar, radio, weather, aircraft maintenance And numerous other technical fields Yes, the Air Force can train you For one of its many technical jobs Go to the nearest Army and Air Force recruiting station Have a talk with the recruiting sergeant Find out for yourself the advantages you can gain By enlisting in the Air Force now You are listening to Proudly We Hail And now with your star, Conrad Nagel In the role of Roger Lewis, we present the second act Of The Trial Who's that? I don't know Get in that closet Come on, on your feet I can't Can't, eh? Get you in that closet Yes, what is it? Mr. Lewis, my name is Jeb I'm on the school board here in town My name isn't Lewis Mr. Lewis is away I'm living here until he and his wife return Oh, I see I beg your pardon Can you tell me when he'll be back?  Roger, are you all right?    Do you still call the police if I gave you a gun?  Well, you give me a gun I'll show you I said you'd change I said you'd come to see it my way I'm teaching you new laws, aren't I? You know, Carter, I... I learned how to use a bullweb when I was a kid To kill rattlesnakes I had a bullweb, I'd show you What would the court say to that? Oh, and to your own hands I think you said that was the right of no man You're not a man of convictions Although you're able to get lots of convictions No, no, stay away from me Not on your life, George On your feet Now, you know fear, don't you?   Now you'd like that, wouldn't you?  I hardly think you'd recognize yourself You know anyone who'd be calling you? Answer me, you're out No, no, I don't You remind me of a crab trying to scuttle away Well then, we'll just let it ring And pretend we're not here You'll fear now, don't you? You fear the sound of my footsteps You fear my look, my words, my touch, don't you?   I said how do you plead? Speak up or I'll get rough No, no, I plead, I plead Not guilty Not guilty, eh? Well, Mr. Lawyer, get up on your feet And let's hear you plead your case Let's hear you really plead Be convincing No, I can't We'll see about that You see this? I think he's really fainted Well, there's always tomorrow He'll be in bed of voice in the morning He's gone to the kitchen The kitchen, eh? They're going to find that whip Find that whip Where? Thank, thank The whole closet No, no attic Up to the attic Get there Pull myself up to the banister And I must hurry I must hurry, he'll come back Just one more flight One more flight There it is They're on the wall Right from me I'll find you Up here, Kalia Up here Come up and get me Whatever that'll like Here I am, Kalia You gave me a scare Thought you might have gotten away You'd have been smart if you tried I'll have to punish you for this You broke another one of my laws What are you doing up there? Come up those stairs and find out Remember, I have a gun But I don't think I'll need it You want me to plead my case, Kalia? All right, I'm ready Well, sing out Listen to my voice Listen to my voice and feel its lice You'd kill me You won't do that now He's up on the second floor Watch him I guess I didn't honor quite a lot enough, man I... Grab him Well, like yourself and when I saw your last Yeah, it was quite a sight, wasn't I? Want to tell me about it? Oh, it'll keep What about Kalia? I don't think he's gonna make it Yeah Poor devil You can feel pity after what he did to you Well... Yes Yes, I can, Ed Nothing else to feel He wasn't responsible He couldn't be blamed for a twisted mind I suppose not He sent you a message Well, what is it? He said, if we hadn't come If your wife hadn't gotten suspicious and called He would have won No No, not he could never have won, no matter what he did to me You know, you can break the law And you can break people But you can never really destroy either Star Conrad Nega will return in just a moment With a word about next week's show You Air Force veterans listening to our show Here's some good news for you For you veterans with experience And special training are needed now You can enlist with your old grade or better Skip basic training and be assigned Initially to a nearby Air Force base And this deal holds good for veterans Of other branches of the service too If they've had the kind of special training The Air Force needs If you had training and experience In such fields as radio, radar Maintenance, weather, armament, photography And many others You can build a fine future in our Fast growing Air Force But why not get all the facts Just stop at your nearest army And Air Force recruiting station And find out where you are needed In the world's greatest Air Force Enlist now This has been another program on Proudly We Hail Presented transcribed in cooperation With the station by the United States Army And the United States Air Force recruiting service Proudly We Hail stars Conrad Nagel Supporting Mr. Nagel in the role Of Leo Collier with Joe DeSantis The trial was written by DeWitt Cop This program was produced under the Supervision of Charles and Roger's Productions And directed by Charles Wilkes This is Kenneth Banghart speaking And here again is your host and star Conrad Nagel Well friends, next week over this same station On Proudly We Hail Journey with us for an adventure story Into the wilds of the jungle in South America Our play is entitled In The Dead of the Night Until then, goodbye


7 Subtle Signs A Shy Girl Likes You Not everyone is as confident or outgoing as Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. Instead of wearing bold, bright pink every day, some girls might shy away from that and wear more muted tones. For a shy person, common struggles they face are public speaking, going to parties, and of course, confessing their feelings to someone they like. Are you wondering if your shy coworker, friend, or classmate likes you? Here are 7 signs a shy girl likes you. 1.  If you find her fidgeting with her fingers too, it means she's nervous around you. Help her relax and show her it's okay to be silly with you. 2.  What she'll do instead is find small open windows at your schedule just to be around you. Whether it means hanging out in a group setting, or knowing when you'll be at the library or coffee shop, she'll make sure to show up at your favorite spots. A shy girl wants to be noticed too. 3. She looks away first Strong eye contact is usually a good sign someone is into you, but shy girls often have a hard time with this one. When you talk to her, take note on how quickly she looks away from you. If you notice that she does this frequently, it's because she's nervous around you. Eventually though, shy girls want to boost their confidence. So the more you talk to her, the better she'll be at holding her gaze. 4. She eavesdrops on you When a girl likes you, she'll want to know every little detail about you. She might not be the best at asking questions to you. So watch out, she'll be sleuthing in the background. If you catch her leaning in as you talk to others, or notice that she's asking your friends about you, chances are she's collecting information to make a good impression. Pretty cute, right? 5. She laughs at your jokes A girl, whether she's shy or not, will often laugh at a guy's joke when she's into him. Consider it a shy girl's subtle way of flirting with you. Even if you weren't being intentionally funny and she suddenly laughs at what you said, this is a clear indicator that she's into you. People tend to find others funny when they find them attractive. 6.  But this is actually not the case at all. When a shy girl is into you, she'll feel nervous and awkward when you're around. But if you catch her comfortable and at ease around other guys, she could either be trying to make you jealous or has no idea how to act towards you. Don't be discouraged by her flightiness. Instead, approach her confidently and see how she behaves. If she acts strange or blushes, then this is a clear sign she likes you. 7. She's more interactive with you online Shy girls might not be as talkative in person because they're worried about saying something weird or unsure about what to talk about. So if you receive lengthy text messages or notice that she's putting effort in to keep the conversation going, then it's a sure sign she's into you. Don't worry too much about the time she takes to respond. If she's quick, then it's a strong giveaway. But if she takes her time, know that it's also possible she could be playing hard to get. Or you know, she could be busy too. But hey, it makes it all the more obvious she's taking time to get back to you. Do you think a shy girl likes you? Please share your thoughts with us below. Remember, shy girls have a hard time being forward. So maybe it's time you make a move and ask her out already. She'll be relieved you did it first. For more helpful information, please check out our video 5 Ways Women Fall in Love. Also, don't forget to subscribe for more content from Psych2Go. And check out our Patreon. Thanks for watching and good luck. Hey everybody, I just want to give a personal thank you video for you guys for always supporting Psych2Go and making this all possible for us. Our vision is to make psychology as accessible as possible so that it promotes self-awareness and it helps you guys grow. However, we want to make more content for you guys. And would love your support in buying one of these bracelets from our partner, Introvert Palace. Check out the bracelet. It's pretty cool and it even includes Pluto. The link to purchase will all be in the description below and I hope you guys have an amazing day. Bye!


Wheaties presents Joel McCrae and tales of the Texas Rangers. On stage tonight transcribed from Hollywood another in the Wheaties big parade of exciting half-hour presentations. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Pearson. Texas more than 260,000 square miles. And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact. Only names, dates and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record. Peace for tonight, the White Elephants. It is January 16th, 1950. The time, 628 p.m. A freight train just outside of a west Texas town gained speed and rolls through the gathering dust. Inside a gondola car, a hobo crouches in a corner as the breakman comes toward him. Oh, this is where you get off. Now listen pal, just let me get to the next town. I said this is where you get off. But we're moving. Now you get on where we was moving, you can get off.  Now listen, don't, don't, don't do it. Get on your feet like this. Don't let me alone. Slug me with it. Tales of the Texas Rangers will continue in just a moment.  And what have you got? A wheatie. Do that over and over and over again. Do that enough times. And pretty soon you have a whole bowl full of wheaties and you can sit down to breakfast. Now of course, you and I know not many people go to all that work to get their breakfast wheaties. They just tip up that big wheaties box and let those crisp little flakes tumble into the bowl. And you know what? When you do that, you get the very same 100% whole wheat goodness and energy that you would get if you rolled out your own wheaties flakes kernel by kernel. And the best tip I can give you is to tip the wheaties into your own bowl first thing in the morning and see how wheaties at 7 can help at 11. At 2.55 a.m. of the morning following the freight train incident, a rancher named Banker noticed a small coupé parked on the shoulder of the road. It bore Oklahoma license plates. Banker turned his spotlight on the car so a man slumped down on the driver's seat. A half hour later, Sheriff Caldwell, notified by Banker, began investigation of the murder and called in the Texas Rangers. Ranger Jase Pearson was assigned to the case. And a few hours later, Pearson, Banker and Sheriff Caldwell stood at the scene. Pearson listened to Banker. It was just about 3 this morning when I saw it, Ranger. How come you were driving along this road that late? I've been to a rancher's meeting in Elmiras. I was going to spend the night there and change my mind. Did you take this road when you left for Elmiras? Yes, sir. What time? Yesterday morning, about 7.30. Then this car came here sometime between 7.30 yesterday morning and 3 this morning? I guess so. You never saw the dead man before, huh? It was the first time I laid eyes on him. All right, Mr. Banker, you can go. Hey, if you need me, I'll be home. No identification on the body at all, huh, Sheriff? Nothing in the pockets. Pick clean as a whistle. Anybody else been around the car? Nope. Deputy kept his eyes on it. Car's facing west. Going west when it was stopped. Tire tracks on the shoulder tell that. Blood on the seat. Yeah, 38 bullet on it. 38. Might be a police special. Banker got one? Banker, but... Just asking. For now. You see I... You see something? Look here, Sheriff, huh? Set of tracks leading up to the car. Ordinary shoes, not boots. Heal marks are too broad for boots. Yeah, it looks like it. Look at this one. Soul print with a hole in it. Now look. The prints lead from that way, north, up to the car. A little scuffle. Then the prints turn back north. In other words, Sheriff, somebody walked up to the car, stood there, then turned and went back north. Oh, and here's something else. Grease. Looks like grease. Smirred on the car door. Same side footprints are on it. Grease might be from the car. Looks too stiff and heavy for that. Yeah. What about it coming from a freight train, Jason? Why? Well, there's tracks about a mile north of here. Freights use a side and a pull on when passengers got a pass. Hmm. Maybe it all ties in, Sheriff. A shoe with a hole in it, grease, freight siding. Yeah, might be worth going after. Where do we start? Here at the car first. I'm gonna check it over inch by inch. Meantime you get hold of a freight schedule. I'll meet you at your office. When I checked the car inside and out, I found a few things that were interesting and a little puzzling. I sent a sample of grease to the laboratory for analysis and took plastic casts of the footprints. Then went on to Sheriff Caldwell's office. He had the information I'd requested. Here it is, Jace. Schedule of freight's went through yesterday. How many? Three of them. You can check those, all right. Of course, we might be sending the dogs up the wrong tree. Looks like a hobo to me. Let me see the dead man's fingerprints. Sure, here you are. These match with some of the prints in the car. See? Closed delta. Yeah. How about those others you got? Pick these up on the door that had the grease on it. Smeared all over. A couple clear enough to use only. Only what, Jace? You know, there wasn't a single print on the steering wheel.  Gloves? I didn't find any gloves on him nor in the car. Yeah. Oh, by the way, I got a call out if any hobo picked up or seen on those trains. Good. Now, I found these tucked under the sun visor in front of the driver's seat. Gas lean receipts made out to Carl Thompson. Oh, that'll save a lot of checking. Move forward with the dead man's prints, anyway. That steering wheel bothers me. Excuse me, Jace. Sheriff called, won't. Oh, yeah. Good. Hold him. We'll be there as soon as we can make it. Something else, Jace. Breakman in one of those freight we've been checking has a story. Some hobo slugged them and jumped. OK. Let's go. The breakman took us to the approximate spot the hobo jumped off the freight. Sheriff Caldwell and I picked up the trail and followed it by horse. We hoped to apprehend the suspect before he could reach a town and lose himself and us. After six hours, we stopped. What's the matter, Jace? Tracks are different. Come here and take a look. Different? Yeah, look. Right prints a little deeper. Favoring his left a little. Heard himself, huh? Must have twisted his leg when he took the jump off the freight. Kept getting worse. Sat down here, smoked a cigarette. Here's the butt. He ain't going to make such a good time with a bum leg. We've been traveling at a steady trot. Uh-huh. OK. Let's get going. The suspect's trail showed increased favoring of his left leg. His progress became slower. More and more often, he stopped to rest and the trail became fresher and fresher. Evidence in the deserted shack showed suspect had rested there for quite a while. We picked up the trail again. We're getting close, Sheriff. How do you know? Notice something just now. Take a look at these prints. Same as the ones we've been following. Not quite. Hole in the right shoe. Not that. I'm talking about this ant hill he crushed. Well, what about it? Quite a few of the prints had ant hills in them. Crushed and rebuilt. So? Ants start working on a new hill when the old one's been trapped down. This one's so fresh they haven't had time to rebuild. Hey, that's right. He can't be far off. Yes, we better leave the horses tied up here, Sheriff, and start moving on foot. He was asleep. He gave us no trouble and he denied anything and everything about the crime. We took him back and I kept questioning him, but he stuck to his story. I never was there. I didn't do it. Ever owned a gun? 38 police special? I told you a hundred times. I never owned no kind of gun.  I don't know. Fairly maybe. You got that while you were running away. When you jumped off the freight, after you slugged the brake... No, no. Grease on your jacket. How'd it get there? Maybe, maybe off in the freight. Sure. That car we showed you, the one you said you never seen before. It's a truth. Is it? Hold up your right foot. What? Hold it up. Hole in the right shoe. Whatever. Here's a plaster cast. Cast at the print of the scene of the murder. Take a good look. But I wasn't there, I tell you. Ever hear of fingerprints? Oh, sure. Here are yours. And here's a set found at the crime. They match. You still say you weren't there? I didn't kill nobody. Let me see your hands. When'd you wash them last? I don't know. Maybe a couple of days ago. You know we can tell if you fired a gun. I never had no gun. Did you rob the man in the car? No, no. Look at me. You were there, weren't you? We can prove it. The way... Oh, hey. All right, it was there. But I didn't kill him. Why'd you lie? I was scared. If you're innocent, you don't have to be scared. I got a couple of wraps, bag wraps. That all? Sure. We can check that, too. All right. I got a couple of wraps, pinching stuff. Nothing big. Now, look. Tell me exactly what you did. Well, coming off afraid. I was walking across when I seen the car. I figured it was funny, something funny. Why? A car parked like that. Then I walked over, seen the fella in there. He was dead. I beat it, hopped the freight. That all? You know what else? Hopped now. Did you get in the car at all? No, sir. No, sir. Did you touch the body or take anything from it? I swear, Ranger. Didn't I? Did you touch the steering wheel and then wipe it off? Wipe it? No, no. What for? Look, I'll tell you. Jayce? Yeah, Sheriff? Come here, will you? Sure. You stay put. I got no place to go. Here's all the dope on the murdered man, Thompson. Come in just now. Carl Thompson, resident Tulsa, Oklahoma, traveling salesman for Prince Extract Company. This checked? Double. Tally's with a gasoline receipt. What about him? The hobo? Yeah. I think the only crime he committed was failure to report what he saw. His fingerprints were all over the outside of the one door of that car and none inside. Seems to me if he thought of cleaning up the inside, he'd have done the same outside. Yeah, looks like it. We'll give him the paraffin test anyway and see if he's fired a gun lately. And if he didn't? Start all over and start with that clean steering wheel. In just a moment, we continue with tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McRae as Ranger Jayce Pearson. I guess nobody gets much of a taste treat out of taking their calcium and iron and phosphorus or their vitamins straight. But you simply have to have all those things to keep feeling good. And you should have them first thing in the morning, too. Because morning's the time you do most of your big day's work. That's when you really need the energy. You see, morning is the time when you really... Wait a minute, Frank. Why don't you just tell them this? See how Wheaties at 7 can help at 11. Well, you took the words right out of my mouth, of course. Wheaties at 7. Because Wheaties have all those vitamins and minerals. That's how Wheaties give you the zip it takes to feel eager and ready for anything all morning long.  And Wheaties do you another big favor. Wheaties wrap all those vitamins up in a wonderful, sunny, toasty, nut-like flavor that fairly hollers, give me some more. Wheaties are crisp. They're munchy. They're all fun to chew on. Tastes as good going down as they make you feel when they get there. So do this, will you? Not for me, but for yourself. Hurry on down to the Wheaties tomorrow morning and just see for yourself how Wheaties at 7 can help at 11. The result of the paraffin test was negative. We held the hobo pending further investigation. I reported back to my captain, Stinson, at company headquarters. I told him I was pretty sure that the hobo story checked out. Yeah, it looks like it, but somebody killed Thompson. Killed him and then drove him in his own car to where that rancher spotted it. There wasn't anything on Thompson, huh? No money, no papers, only these. Gasoline charge account receipts. Somebody went to an awful lot of trouble to clean him, but they overlooked these. On top, this looks like a plain case of murder with robbery as the motive, but if that was it, why go to all the risk of being spotted in a car with Oklahoma plates? Why not just kill him and leave him? I don't know, Jase. What's your thinking? Well, Thompson was a traveling salesman, traveled a lot in a few days. Now, suppose the killer realized that with Thompson far enough away from the scene of the crime, we'd have a pretty tough time finding out just where the murder was committed. Yeah, that could be. But why? Well, maybe the killer couldn't leave the spot. So he did the next best thing, took Thompson's body away. And maybe it wasn't just robbery. Well, what else? I don't know yet, but I got some more checking to do. It'll take maybe a couple of hours, and then I might have some answers. Who's Jase? You getting anything new? It's more dope on Thompson, Captain. He never carried much money, never was known to have picked up a hitchhiker, and I got a pretty good idea of where he was killed. These gasoline receipts tell a fair story. Yeah, how? Well, this one, for example, dated the 15th day before he was killed, made out in Bannon. He got 16 gallons of gas there. Oh, did you ever think somebody else might have been using his credit card? Yeah, but Thompson traveled that route pretty often. Chances are he was well known at the service stations. Yeah, that's right. Okay, go on. I ran a mileage test on his car. He got about 17 miles a gallon. Now his tank holds 16. I did a little figuring. Just about enough gas was used to get him from Bannon to where his body was found. But he could have been killed anywhere between Bannon and where he was found dead. Sure, I know that. But it still looks like my next stop is Bannon. Hey, Ranger. Howdy. How many? Whatever she'll take. Ah, sure thing. You the owner here? Ah, yes, sir. How long? Oh, a couple of years. You work alone? Well, nights, yeah. Take a look at this, will you? One of my receipts. Credit card stuff. You know this Carl Thompson? Yeah, I see him ever, oh, four or five months. When'd you see Thompson last? The evening he bought that gas. Why, anything wrong, Ranger? Was Thompson alone that evening? Uh, yeah. I never remember him ever having anybody alone. What else do you remember about that evening?  Hit like a... I'll be tough for him to drive, then, huh? Oh, sure. Hey, he was asking about some place to stay. He never stayed in Bannon before? I don't know. Least ways, he didn't know much about the places. I told him to try the hotel. He said it was full up. He said the motels were jam-packed. He knows where he went. He said he was going to try and find a place along the highway. Why, anything wrong? Plenty. Here's for the gas. I might come back and ask you some more questions. Thanks. I began a check of every possible place Thompson might have stayed that night. But I drew one blank after another. Then I got a lead at a motel on the outskirts of Bannon. Sure, Ranger, I remember that night. Sleet was an inch thick. We was full up here, but I sent him to a place down the highway, the Star Motel, been closing up for sale for quite a spell, but I heard it was opened up again. I went to the Star Motel. It was closed tight. Every cabin was locked. The windows boarded. There wasn't a soul around. I was just about to leave when I noticed something. The electricity must have been on somewhere in the place because the little wheel under the dials of the meter was spinning. It was enough to send me back to the town to ask a few more questions. Now, let me see you, Ranger. Star Motel. Yes, sir, here's what we want right here. Are these all electricity bills? Yes, sir. Let me see. Up to three months ago, the bills were just for meter installation, minimum service charge. That's right, Ranger. But for the last three months, 475, 389, 560. Kind of funny, isn't it? The place is closed, but for the last three months, the bills have averaged over $4 a month. Didn't that seem peculiar to you? Well, Ranger, we just... Sure, sure, I know. Now can you give me the name of the person to whom these bills were sent? Get it for you right away. Why, yes, Ranger, Mr. Kalson's here. I believe he's on the phone right now, but if you come in... Thank you, ma'am. You miss us, Kalson? Yes. I hope I'm not bothering you any, Miss Kalson. Not at all, Ranger. My husband's here. I see. Well, I think that can be raised. Yes, sure. Tell you what, I'll come out a little later. I'll bring the client with me. Sure. Thanks for calling. Goodbye. Andy, this is Ranger Pearson. Oh, hello. Sorry to barge in like this, Mr. Kalson, but I got a few questions. Questions? Sure, what about it? You own the Star Motel, don't you? Yes, I do. Star Motel? Oh, that white elephant. White elephant? Yeah, I've been trying to get rid of it for two years. Why? Well, like Basie said, it ain't been worth the hoot since the new highway went in two years ago. We have the traffic that used to pass it. It hasn't been used for two years? Well, I guess I didn't mean exactly that. What did you mean? I tried to keep it going for a year after the highway went through, but couldn't rent enough rooms. It wasn't worth trying to save. You got the keys to it? Keys? Sure. Is there something wrong, Ranger? Might be, ma'am. Can you take me through the motel, Mr. Kalson? Anytime. Right now, suit you. Couldn't be better. Let's go. I ain't been out here for close on three or four weeks. Did you go through the cabins then? No, just take a look. See, kids sometimes fool around. That's why I boarded up the windows. Want to take a look in the office? Yeah. Go ahead, Mr. Kalson. Sure. Nothing in here, Ranger? No, there's not. Anything in particular you're looking for? Yeah. You have this floor washed lately? Oh, heck no. Ain't no use paying for something like that. It's been washed recently. Huh? But why? How do you know? Scrubbing wood with hot water always raises the grain, and hot water isn't as good as cold to wash out blood stains. Blood? Blood? Reach! What's wrong with you? Get away from the cons, Ranger! Pull the air! Sit down! What the devil is this? Who are you, fellas? My guess is a couple of men I want from murder, Mr. Kalson. Let's get the telephone wire. Everything okay? Yeah, of course that guy. Me, why? I never carry a gun. Well, we just make sure. Yeah, he's clean. All right, now strip the Ranger's gun, Belk. Wait a minute. You've got the drop on me. Maybe I'd have to be a fool to draw. But if you don't want me to be a fool, don't touch these guns. You try and take them off me, and I'll go down using them, and I might get lucky. All right, Locke. Let him alone. He's too smart to start anything.  Well, what about them? We can lock them in. Fix their car so they can't get out of here for a while after we leave. If they try to come out while we're still here, we'll blast whatever door or window they try to come through. Get that, Ranger? I get it. Okay, I'll be outside, Chuck. So your name's Chuck, huh? What is any? What are you and that other fellow doing in my place? Go ahead, Chuck. Tell him. It's another time, friend. Now you two listen, because I ain't gonna say this twice.  Now stay put. Oh, they got us locked in. Yeah. Oh, don't go near that window. You heard what he said. A little crack in the boarding. I'm just taking a look. What are they doing? Come here and take a look for yourself. Oh, I should have watched the place more. I never knew anyone who's used it. Then use plenty. Look what they're taking out. Furs, all kinds of stuff. Let's begin it to make sense. Closed-down motel made a nice storage bin for stolen and smuggled goods till they could run it to the markets. Oh, they'll get away. You said there was a murder. Take it easy, Mr. Carlson. We'll get them. Oh, they'll be across the border in a half an hour before we could even reach the phone. Maybe you better take a chance and get shot down in cold blood. No, but we'll get them all right. Okay, Mr. Carlson. Why? Because you'll help. I pinned Carlson with a quick headlock and then got one arm up high and even applied pressure so I could keep him still while I had a free hand. I reached into his jacket and found what I was looking for under his shoulder. Then I pushed him away. Oh, you crazy. He almost broke my arm.  Don't you think I saw this gun bulging under your coat? And they deliberately missed it when they frisked you? You played it real smart, almost. I don't know what you're talking about. This gun and the electric bills. You paid them.  It seemed kind of funny you never complained to the power company. So what? So you got a phone call from your friends out there. They tipped you because they saw me nose and around here earlier, right? No. Okay. Okay, take a look out there. They're almost finished. In a couple of minutes, they'll be gone. In half an hour, they'll be over the border. How about you?  There's nothing you can prove. There's plenty we can prove, Calson. And you're holding the bag. You'll have a tough time explaining those electric bills and them missing your gun. I didn't kill that man. Did this chuck do it? Yeah, yeah. That sails him come in. He saw what was going on. Chuck killed him. Then drove him away. All right. Now listen real careful to me. I'm going to fire this gun of yours. Then you hammer on the door and holler for him. Get it? What do you want to do then? Just listen.  Tell them to open the door. Tell them to open the door. Then, Mr. Calson, step back and out of the way fast. They'll be gone in a minute. Make up your mind. All right. Go ahead. I'll do it. Any funny tricks and you get it first. Now, ready? Hey! Turn that door and holler. Chuck! Rock! Give me a pen. Open the door. Now, when it's open, step back. What's the matter? Calson! Open the door. I had to kill him. He was making a break for it. Reach! Hey, what's a bigger idea?  Meantime, let you and me get back to town. I got you a deal for this white elephant motel. You can trade it for a jail cell. And now, here is the Wheaties Man, Frank Martin. All right, sound effects man. Ring the alarm clock. Yeah, I used to grow into when I heard that sound. But one morning I said to myself, now look, Martin, you gotta get up. Why fight it? Think about something pleasant. And right away I thought, Wheaties, that's about the pleasantest thinking a man can do. Why, when you figure you can sit down to a bowl of good, crisp Wheaties and then feel like tackling the world, when you know a bowl of Wheaties and milk and fruit can help you work good because you feel good, why it almost makes you want to shake hands with your alarm clock. And when you hear it come morning, roll out happy, reach for the big orange and blue box and see how Wheaties at 7th can help at 11. Next week, Joel McCrae and another authentic re-enactment of a case from the piles of The Texas Rangers. Joel McCrae will soon be seen starring in the Universal International Technicolor production, Saddle Tramp. Tonight's cast included Tony Barrett, Paul McCrae, Lou Krugman, Jeff Corey, Robert Bruce, Byron Kane and Jeanette Nolan. This story was transcribed and adapted by Russell Hughes. The program was produced and directed by Stacey Keese. And this is Hal Giffney speaking. 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Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome you to the port of Wilmington for the commissioning commemoration of the USS Delaware. I am Lieutenant Commander Adam Parkinson, the ship's executive officer. On behalf of the crew, your submarine Delaware, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for joining us here today. Before our celebration begins, please silence your cell phones. Thank you. We are here today to commemorate the commissioning of USS Delaware, the 7th ship to bear the name of the first state. The first USS Delaware was a 24-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy that had a short career in the American Revolutionary War, as the British Royal Navy captured her in 1777. She was built under the 13th December 1775 order of the Continental Congress in the yard of war with coats of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under the direction of the Marine Committee. The second USS Delaware was a ship that served the United States Navy and was designed by naval architect William Dottie and built in Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1794 as a merchant ship Hamburg packet. The Navy purchased her on May 5th, 1798. Captain Stephen Decatur was appointed to command and outfit her for sea. Delaware crews to protect the American merchant shipping from privateers. She guarded convoys during their approach to Philadelphia and New York, patrolled the West Indies and escorted convoys in Tavana. The third USS Delaware was built in 1861 at the Harlan and Hollingsworth Iron Ship Building Company of Wilmington, Delaware. She was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. She had a very active naval career as a gunboat for over three years, and after the war served as a revenue cutter for 37 years. The fourth ship to be named for the first state, the USS Piscataqua, a screw steamer was lost on 11 June 1866 by Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was commissioned on 21 October 1867 with captive Daniel Ommond in command. On 16 December 1867 she sailed for the East Indies via the Cape of Good Hope arriving Singapore on 18 April 1868. Serving as the flagship for the Asiatic nation she visited ports in China, Japan, and the Philippines. From 1868 to 1869 a civil war raged in Japan. During the course of this war the Piscataqua protected the lives of United States citizens and American interests. On 15 May 1869 her name was changed to Delaware and on 23 August 1870 she departed Singapore for the United States. She arrived in New York on 19 November and was decommissioned on 5 December 1870. The sixth Delaware was a Dreadnaught battleship of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down in Newport News Ship Building in November of 1907, launched in January 1909, and completed in April 1910. The sixth ship to be named for the first state Delaware was armed with the main battery of 10 12-inch guns all on centerline making her the most powerful battleship in the world at the time of her construction. She was also the first battleship of the US Navy to be capable of steaming a full speed for 24 continuous hours without suffering a breakdown. Delaware served the Atlantic Fleet throughout her career. In the years immediately following World War I the United States, Britain, and Japan all launched huge naval construction programs. All three countries decided that a new naval arms race would be ill advised and so convened the Washington Naval Conference to discuss arms limitations which produced the Washington Naval Treaty signed in February of 1922. Under the terms of article two of the treaty, Delaware and her sister North Dakota were to be decommissioned as soon as the new battleships Colorado and West Virginia then under construction were ready to join the fleet. On 30 August 1923, Delaware accordingly entered dry dock in Norfolk Navy Yard. We are honored to continue the tremendous legacy established by the previous ships to proudly bear the name Delaware. The new Delaware moored before you affectionately referred to as a boat by members of the submarine community and the crew will soon join America's silent service. Delaware is a Virginia class submarine and with her sister ships she represents a revolution in submarine design, construction, and mission capability. Brimming with leading edge technology and advanced engineering this vessel brings versatility and firepower to the fleet. Delaware and the Virginia class are among the most effective platforms in the United States Navy and this warship takes another step forward in advancing the superiority of our submarine force. Capable of operating in the far corners of the world's oceans undetected while connected to air, sea, and land-based forces these submarines are equipped to wage multi-dimensional warfare around the globe. Delaware's adaptability makes it highly responsive to changing mission requirements and provides the nation with capabilities required to be a decisive factor in any conflict. In addition to anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare, Delaware will support surveillance, special operations, and covert strike missions. Thank you all for allowing each of us the privilege to serve our nation as part of your Navy while proudly bearing the name Delaware. Construction began on the submarine you see behind me in September of 2013 and it was christened on October 20th 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia. Due to the global pandemic by the orator of the secretary of the Navy she was commissioned administratively and without a traditional ceremony on April 4th of 2020. She is the first ever ship to be commissioned while under water. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition, the Honorable James Hondo-Gerds made a promise to our crew, our sponsor, and the people of Delaware that we would have a traditional U.S. Navy ceremony. Today the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro honors that commitment. The USS Delaware is tested in battle ready. We're all very proud to serve the newest attack submarine in the United States Navy. The commissioning ceremony is a time-honored tradition that began with the commissioning of the Navy's first ship, a captured British schooner the Margarita in 1775. Since then thousands of ships have undergone to this transition from silent hall to fully alive warship. My shipmates are crew here after known as plank orders are in formation and ready. Will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of our official party honors the presentation of colors our national anthem and the invocation. Ladies and gentlemen our platform guests. Mr. John Riley USS Delaware commissioning committee Captain Matthew Boland United States Navy commander submarine squadron 12. Rear Admiral Barry Black Chaplain Corps United States Navy retired and chaplain to the United States Senate our ceremony chaplain. The Honorable Mike Perzicki Mayor of the City of Wilmington Delaware. Mr. Kevin Graney President General Dynamics electric boat. Ms. Jennifer Boykin President Newport News Shipbuilding Executive Vice President Huntington Ingalls Industries. Admiral Daryl Caudill United States Navy Commander United States Fleet Forces Command. Admiral Michael Gilday United States Navy the 32nd Chief of Naval Operations. The Honorable Carlos Del Toro the 78th Secretary of the Navy. The Honorable Lisa Blunt Rochester United States Representative at large State of Delaware. The Honorable Christopher Coons United States Senator State of Delaware. The Honorable Thomas Carper United States Senator State of Delaware. The Honorable John Carney Governor State of Delaware. Ladies and gentlemen our ship sponsor Dr. Jill Biden First Lady of the United States escorted by Senior Chief Petty Officer Travis Grammer the Chief of the boat. Ladies and gentlemen the Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr the 46th President of the United States of America escorted today by Commander Matthew Horton Delaware's commanding officer. Ladies and gentlemen honors to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. Platform ready to advance the colors. Tire the colors. We'd like to thank the United States Navy Band, Navy Submarine Base New London Groton Connecticut Saluting Battery and the United States Navy Ceremony Guard Battalion Color Guard for their participation in our ceremony today. Ladies and gentlemen Chaplain Black will deliver the invocation. Would you join me in prayer? Eternal Father strong to save. We thank you for this beautiful Delaware day for the presence of our President and First Lady and for the majesty of this ceremony. We're grateful for the USS Delaware SSN 791 Lord use this Virginia class fast attack submarine as a guardian for freedom and a deterrent to aggression. Give wisdom to Commander Matthew Horton and Lieutenant Commander Adam Parkinson as they provide leadership to the crew of 136 plank owner sailors. Give these sailors aboard this submarine and optimistic outlook and a vigorous work ethic. Make them poor in misfortune and rich in blessings. Give them enough challenges to keep them humble enough hurt to keep them humane enough failure to keep their hands clenched tightly in yours and enough success to make them certain they are walking with you. Do for us all more than we can ask or imagine according to your power working in and through us and Lord we continue to pray for the Ukrainian people. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. Thank you Chaplain Black. Will the guests please be seated. Delaware parade rest. Ladies and gentlemen the Honorable John Carney. What a beautiful day in the first date. This indeed is a day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Reverend Black, President and First Lady Biden, Secretary del Toro, Admiral Gouda and Admiral Caudall, Commanding Officer Horton, Lieutenant Commander Parkinson, Chief of the Boat Grammar, all the crew of the boat, other distinguished guests here on the riser, members of the Congressional Delegation, other elected officials to the crew and family of the USS Delaware. To our visitors, welcome to Delaware. To our President and First Lady, welcome home. This is a big and special day for our state. I'm so glad to see Senator Carper here on this stage but didn't see him up here. I was going to suggest we send a party out in the submarine to look for him. In addition to being a recovering governor, Senator Carper is a recovering Navy captain. It seems like a lifetime ago that I joined First Lady Biden, Senator Carper in Newport News, Virginia in September of 2018, to christen this ship. Dr. Biden did an impressive job, as impressive I've ever seen in smashing that bottle of champagne against the ship. She really made it, Mr. President, and that bottle just exploded. It was something to behold. Since that time, I've been so inspired by the crew and their leadership. First Commander Hogan and now Commander Horton, as we've watched their progress, training and learning everything about their new home on the sub. They even came to a University of Delaware, Blue Hen's football game. So they're learning what they need to know about our state. And it was quite a moment at half time of the game. Watching the Blue Hen fans react as they saw and recognize the sailors on the field in front of them. Finally dawned on them who they were and what they stood for. Quietly at first. And then with a rising crescendo of applause, the fans took to their feet for a standing ovation. It was quite a powerful moment. The people of Delaware have embraced this ship and especially this crew. I was so excited to join Commander Officer Horton for a tour of the ship yesterday. And I got to tell you, I was simply blown away. Not only by the incredible technology and industrial craftsmanship on this boat, but most importantly by the talent and commitment of every crew member. From the food mess to the control room, the service and sacrifice of every sailor on this ship is incredible. And we all salute you. We are so lucky here in Delaware to be a coastal state. So we're actually able to have the privilege of our namesake ship gracing our shores. The ship's motto is first defenders of liberty. And it's fitting for a ship named after the first state to bear that motto. And it's in keeping with the role of a long line of USS Delaware's dating back to the Revolutionary War. And while we certainly hope this USS Delaware will see nothing but calm waters, the events in Ukraine remind us that liberty still needs her defenders. Senator Carper no doubt will tell you about the very Delaware way in which this whole day has come about. So while that while it's been a long time coming, we couldn't be more excited and proud to have this ship bearing our state's name. I want to thank John Riley and everyone who worked over the last three years to make this day a reality. And most important, I'd like to acknowledge and thank all of Delaware's veterans, especially our Navy veterans and those still serving today. This ship reminds us all of your service and sacrifice. The crew of the USS Delaware joins you today in becoming part of Delaware's proud patriotic military history. And as they used to say in Congress, I'll yield the rest of my time to the senior senator from Delaware, Senator Tom Carper, who you'll hear from later. Thank you, Governor Carney. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Carlos del Toro. Good morning, Delaware. What a great day. What a great Navy day. Before I introduce the guest speaker, I think I should take just a moment because yesterday I asked a great chaplain black if he would actually say a little bit of an extra prayer for good weather. And on the way here on the bus, I asked him, chaplain, would you please just say a little prayer for fair winds? And I think he's come through on both occasions. So how about a round of applause for Chaplain Black? Dr. Biden, thank you for all that you have done as a leader, as an author, as an educator to care for our service members and military families throughout the years. The part of the Navy and our entire military is much stronger because of Dr. Biden's leadership and your empathy, not just for our military, but for all Americans. President Biden, thank you for your staunch defense of freedom around the world. As a refugee who once fled from a communist country, I could not be prouder of the example that you said as our commander in chief. And I am proud to serve as your secretary of the Navy, sir. Governor Carney, Senator Carpers, Senator Coons, Representative Blunt Rochester, thank you for all you do as well every day to support our Navy and Marine Corps team. As the first warship to be commissioned beneath the waves, USS Delaware is already a trailblazer in her own right. Delaware's quiet entry to our fleet in April of 2020 symbolizes the stealth of our silent service. But a great ship, a great crew, and a great state deserves this great moment in the sun. So bravo Zulu to Commander Horton, Lieutenant Commander Parkinson, and Senior Chief Grammar for your success so far. And I thank the entire crew of the USS Delaware for the missions that you've already accomplished in service to our nation, and the many more that follow in your future. The sailors who power undersea fleet are an elite breed. They're skilled, they're disciplined, and they're determined. They make enormous sacrifices, achieving amazing things over the horizon and under the waves. I thank you all. I especially thank your families for your service to our nation. I wish you all fair wins in following seas. And now it is my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker, Senator Tom Carper. Tom Carper, Senator Tom Carper, is the last Vietnam veteran serving in the United States Senate. He has a retired Navy captain as the governor stated earlier, and he was a naval flight officer for more than 20 years. He has been elected to statewide office 14 times, served as Delaware State Treasurer, Congressman, Governor, and now its senior United States Senator. He currently chairs the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works and co-authored major portions of the landmark infrastructure bill signed into law by President Biden in this December. He is also a senior member and a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. On a personal level, Tom Carper is also the son and nephew of a Navy Chief Petty Officer and the grandson of Gold Star mother whose son was killed in a kamikaze attack on his carrier in World War II at the age of 19. Husband of Martha for 36 years, and father of three sons. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you our keynote speaker and longtime champion for the building and naming of the USS Delaware Senator Tom Carper. Please remain standing. It's just kidding. It's the Marines over there that are still standing. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your kind introduction. And more importantly, thank you for all that you and your team have done to make this day and this event possible. Good morning, Delaware. Good morning, USS Delaware. All right, there you go. Shift fonts for Joe Biden and your plus one President of the United States, Delaware's Joe Biden. Thanks for bringing him with you, Jill. Mr. President, welcome home. Another round of applause. Go ahead. Give it to him. Both of them. Both of them. Governor John Carney, Chris Coons, my wingman in the United States Senate. Lisa Bluntrodchester, our wing woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Chapman, Barry Black, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gilday, Mayor Mike Prezicki, Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall Long, and County Executive Matt Meyer. And a warm Delaware welcome to the crew members of the USS Delaware, led by commanding officer Matt Horton, Executive Officer Commander Adam Parkinson, and Chief of the boat, the Cobb. Let me hear you say Cobb. There you go. Chief of the boat, Travis Grammer. And a huge Delaware welcome to we have family members here that come from all over the country to be with us today. Huge Delaware welcome, please, to the family members of this crew. Thank you for sharing your loved ones with our country. Let's give them some love. Give them some love. And while we're at it, if you're a veteran, if you're a veteran of the military service or serving today in any branch of our armed forces in this country, on your feet, please. If you can stand on your feet, please. Just give them a great round of applause for our veterans, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coasties, National Guard. And thank you to everyone who's worked so hard for weeks and even years to make this amazing event possible. Including members of my own staff, the Department of the Navy team, Secretary of State Jeff Bullock and his team, part of Wilmington Navy League and the many generous donors whose support has been a godsend. Let's give them all a nice round of applause. God bless you all and thank you. As many of you may know, SSN 791 is not the first Navy vessel to bear the name Delaware. First USS Delaware was launched in 1776. Its role delaying the British fleet's approach to Philadelphia and thus impeding the ability of the British Army to resupply in their battle against us for our war of independence. The 6th U.S. Delaware was completed in April of 1910 armed with 10 12-inch guns. It was the most powerful battleship in the world. Go ahead. Over 100 years would pass before another U.S. Naval vessel would bear the name USS Delaware. Then one day in 2012, I came across a letter to the editor in a local paper by a Delaware named Stephen Lonzo who noted that it had been a long time since a naval vessel named after our state had sailed the high seas. I thought about it for a while and after several weeks gathered my staff together and said, let's do something about this. The very next the week I was on the phone with the secretary of the Navy Ray Mabers, like me, former governor, longtime friend. I explained the situation to him. He graciously heard me out and three months later he called back to say that over the next couple of years several ships brand new Virginia class submarines would be built and the first one off the line would be named the USS Delaware. Ray is the longest serving secretary of the Navy. He can't be with us today. He's at home in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Patriot if there ever was. Ray, if you're watching this, if you're live streaming this, if you're watching this, just know we love you. Give them another round of applause. Thanks a million, Ray. Ray Mabers, thank you for everything. Before I go any further, let me just take a couple of minutes to introduce the USS Delaware to the people of Delaware and after doing that I'll briefly introduce the state of Delaware to the crew of the SSN791. Then we'll have lunch. No, he won't. We're kidding about the lunch. The USS Delaware is a Virginia class fast attack submarine as you know. Delaware carries 26 Mark 48 torpedoes which are able to conduct the subs more traditional missions of tracking and sinking, if necessary, enemy submarines in a wide range of surface vessels. Delaware is also designed for versatile operations in shallow waters close to land performing reconnaissance missions and delivering special forces, think Navy SEALs. It's also configured to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles which can strike targets a thousand miles away with pinpoint accuracy. This is one hell of a fighting machine. To our adversaries, let me just say this, don't mess with the USS Delaware. As it turns out, there are 136 crew members across aboard the USS Delaware. They hail from 20 states in our country as far away as Hawaii and Alaska. The crew includes 15 officers and 121 enlisted men of whom a dozen or so are cheap petty officers like my dad was. With that said, and having introduced the crew of the USS Delaware to the people of Delaware, let me take a minute now to introduce Delaware to the crew of the state that they whose name they bear. Delaware is comprised of three counties and one million people. We're 100 miles long from north to south and 50 miles from east to west along the Maryland border. Native Americans including the Lenape Indians lived here for hundreds of years before the Dutch arrived some 400 years ago and established Lewis where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Delaware Bay. Later on in 1638, the first Swedes and Finns sailed right by this very spot, right behind it, right behind this fund, made a right turn, a left turn to go head west on an unnamed river and they named it the Christina River after the Sweden's 12 year old child queen. Where Wilmington now stands today, they established the colony in New Sweden. The colony in New Sweden was what became Delaware, became Wilmington. The church they built there in Wilmington and the colony is believed to be the longest serving church, continuously serving church in North America. And they're now, believe it or not, they're more Swedish Americans than there are Swedes in Sweden. Then in 1682 William Penn would sail up the Delaware, just behind us again, up the Delaware, under the bridge, no the bridge wasn't there then. On his way to Penn's Landing, some 25 miles north of us, carrying within the deeds from the King of England to what would later become the colony of Pennsylvania and the lower three counties. That would be us. But the real Penn's Landing was not 25 miles up the river. It was right down south of us at Newcastle, Delaware, where not only did William Penn stop but he actually spent the night. Later on he was asked, why do you go there first? He answered famously, tax-free shopping. A few hundred years later, further up the Christina River, 10,000 shipbuilders, mostly women, would build many of the ships, destroy escorts, troop landing ships that enable us to emerge victorious in World War II. And that's only part of this forward-to-hearers history that the USS Delaware joins today. Throughout the Delaware history, the letter C has figured prominently on our state. Our first settlers planted corn, a lot of it. They raised chickens, a lot of them. Our state bird is a fighting blue hen, and today there are nearly 300 chickens for every person who lives in the first state. They got us outnumbered, folks. Later we came known as the chemical capital of the world, thank you, DuPont, for hundreds of amazing inventions. Delaware's coastline is not large, but I believe it's still home to more five-star beaches than any other state coastline in America. And not long ago we built more cars in Delaware per capita than any other state. And while we have no sales tax here, Delaware is the home of incorporation to half the Fortune 500 and the New York Stock Exchange. And finally, I don't know what's in your wallet, but there's a good chance that it's issued by a bank here with operations in Delaware. And it's okay with us if you don't pay down your balance every month. Now that's a lot of seas, and even our political leaders have gotten to the act with names like Carville, Castle, Carney, Coons, and Carper. And even Joe Biden didn't start out as one of the seaboys. He was close. Biden, you know, all off by one letter. And anyway, he has ended up as our nation's commander-in-chief. That's a lot of seas. Not bad for his grapikin, for Scranton, Pennsylvania. But by far the greatest contribution that Delaware has made since the founding of our country occurred on December 7th, 1787, when Delaware became the first state to ratify our Constitution. For one whole week, Delaware was the entire United States of America. Constitution would become the most enduring Constitution in the history of the world, and by far the most replicated. None of us are perfect, and our Constitution wasn't perfect either. But over time, we've made it better. A lot better. It has provided a framework and a path that has made our country the envy of much of the rest of the world. But at the end of the day, however, our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence are words on a piece of paper without the resolve made real by the commitment and the sacrifice of the men and women who wear and have worn the uniform of our nation. Let me end with this. To one of you in our audience for today, remember studying, maybe when you were a kid, studying the Constitution, maybe even reciting the preamble of the Constitution. I do. My sister and I did that in middle school. You'll remember it began as with these words. We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union. It doesn't say a perfect union. Rather, it says a more perfect union. Why is that? Because a citizen of this great country, it's up to us, each of us, to do our part to ensure that the arc of American history bends toward perfection and toward justice, even knowing that we may never fully achieve them. The men who serve and will serve aboard the USS Delaware will bear our state's name for decades to come as they defend our nation. Through their sacrifice and service, may we grow even closer, even closer to that more perfect union. Before Dr. Biden speaks in a moment, I want to ask all of you to do something that the audience did with us at the christening of the USS Delaware a few years ago in Newport News. I want to ask everybody to stand. Everybody who's able to stand, just stand. We want you to please stand. I want to ask you to take the hand of the person standing next to you on either side. Take the hand of the person standing next to you and either side. I'm going to ask you to join us in reciting that same preamble together. I'll say a few words at a time and then you repeat and eventually we'll recite it all. Are you ready?  I think they're ready. All right, let's do it. We're the people of the United States. In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty, to ourselves and our posterity, to ourselves and our posterity, to ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America forever and ever. I just added those last few words. I'm an optimist. Why shouldn't we be? All right, have a seat. God bless and protect the crew of the USS Delaware both now and in the decades to come and may each of you and each of us, may each of us live our lives in ways to ensure that America remains a nation worthy of their sacrifice so that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people will not perish from this earth. May God bless you all. May God bless the USS Delaware. Long may she sail. Thank you so much. God bless you. Thank you, Senator Carper. Executive Officer, set the watch. Aye aye, sir. Officer Deck, set the first watch. Aye aye, sir. The officer of the deck is the commanding officer's direct representative, and while on watch is responsible for the safety and smooth operation of the ship. The long glass is the traditional symbol of an officer of the deck's authority in the ship of the line. Captain Thomas Carper, United States Navy retired and United States Senator, will assist in setting the first watch by passing the long glass to our first ship's duty officer, Lieutenant Stephen Walsh from Southboro, Massachusetts. The petty officer of the deck is fire control technician second class Keaton Smith from Round Rock, Texas. The topside century is torpedo man's mate third class Noah Westfall from Ripley, West Virginia. And boatsman's mate of the watch is boatsman's mate second class Cody Platt from Grantsville, Pennsylvania. Section one. The watch is set. The first watch is set. Ships company, attention. Ladies and gentlemen, the Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. My name is Joe Biden. I am Jill's husband. It's always a good day when I get to celebrate Delaware or spend time with service members of their families or introduce Jill. That's a trifecta in my family. Governor Carney, Senator Carper, Senator Coons, Congresswoman Blunt Rochester, Secretary del Toro, Commander Horton, and all the crew members and families of the USS Delaware. I'm genuinely honored to be with you. This latest ship to carry the USS Delaware is part of a long, the name is part of a long tradition of serving our nation proudly and strengthening our nation's security, security of the United States of America. Not just us, but our allies and partners around the world as well. In fact, it's already been doing that for some time. So I just want to say thank you to everyone, to everyone involved in bringing this submarine to service, for those who laid the keel, for those sailors who will crew it and all through all the years to come. And I want you to know that I've had an incredible partner. Jill has watched over the progress of the USS Delaware for years. The daughter of her Navy singleman during World War II, the mother of a member of the Delaware National Guard, the grandmother of children who experienced having their father deployed away from home for a year at a time. She always holds our military and their families in her heart. And that is not hyperbole. That's real. And I'm deeply proud of the work she's doing as First Lady with Joining Forces Initiative. She started with Michelle Obama when she was Vice President and now carries on. As First Lady, she's been to more military installations around the world. She's hosted more than 20 events for military families. And she's working, working to expand economic opportunities for military spouses, who by the way, in the words of Keats, they also serve will only stand and wait. And a submarine or spouse stands and waits a lot to help military kids for the support they need. And to make sure survivors and caregivers have the resources they deserve. It's a true passion for Jill and for our entire family. As your Commander-in-Chief, I believe it is our sacred obligation as a nation to prepare and equip those troops that we send in a harm's way and to care for them and their families when they return home. Now, now it's my honor to introduce your First Lady, the sponsor of this great vessel, Jill Biden. Thank you, Mr. President. I must admit, I never get tired of saying that. As this ship's sponsor, it's my pleasure to welcome so many distinguished guests, and especially the Secretary of the Navy and Admiral's Gilday and Caudill. Commander Horton, Senior Chief Grammar, and the entire crew of the USS Delaware, it's an honor to share this special day with you and your families. I especially want to welcome some of my good friends from Delaware Boots on the ground. You know, working with you connected me to a community of incredible military families. And all these years later, your work continues to inspire me. And I hope you can see your influence in our Joining Forces initiative. So where are my Delaware Boots on the ground members today? Where are they sitting? They're down. They're down. Okay. Wow, you're down there? Eight of Delaware has loved the Bidens and cheered for us in most of our triumphant moments. It has carried us through the darkest times in our lives with the kindness that asks for nothing in return. Delaware is family. I'll never forget the pride I felt when I stood at the Pentagon with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mavis as well as Hugh Tom to announce that I would be the ship's sponsor. The USS Delaware was nothing more than a drawing then. In 2016, my grandson Hunter joined me for the keel laying. And I think he felt the important connection that our family has to service then. And it was such a special moment for both of us. Then in 2018, I traveled to Newport News for the christening, seeing that simple drawing come to life in a shower of champagne. And I saw the truth of what Secretary Mavis said when it all began, that this vessel will always uphold the first state's motto of liberty and independence. So it's difficult to put into words how much it means to be a part of the USS Delaware family. It's an incredible honor that I take seriously. I have cherished getting to know this community from bowling with you at Newport News to spending time with your families at Fort Groton for the holiday last December. I've seen the heart of this crew and it makes me feel both proud and humbled to be your shipmate for life. Today's celebration like so many things in the past few years is just a bit out of the ordinary. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Delaware became the first ship ever commissioned while underwater underway. It was a challenge to put a ship in service in the middle of a global pandemic, but you rose to the occasion as you always do. Even if we are a little delayed in our celebration, today marks the beginning of an incredible journey. The ship's long and faithful service to our country. We may not know what's to come, but we do know this. The challenges will be met with honor, distinction, and valor of the 125 sailors who serve on her decks with uncharacter and courage. Of course, commissioning is also mark a beginning for the families of the sailors as well. Though the spouses and the children, parents and siblings with us today will stay on dry land, a piece of their hearts will sail away again and again. You too have a mission. You too serve our nation. And as we look at this warship, we see it's steel bulkheads and unbreakable hull. We see that it's strong enough to withstand the most crushing pressure and slip silently through the deadliest waters. And yet so much of its power is unseen. The engines and sonar, the rudders that give it direction and purpose. You, the families of this crew, may not wear a uniform, but with your love and support and with your sacrifice and devotion, you are as critical to our mission as the rudder is to this submarine. Sailors, as you venture to new waters, know that the families who remain ashore will not be forgotten by your president or by me. We are working every day to honor the sacrifices that all of you make. When our son Bo deployed to Iraq, another military mom shared with me a prayer, one that I said every night while he was deployed. And it goes like this, may the deep waters bring you more solace than strife. May the friendships you find warm the cold walls of this vessel with laughter. May you feel the glow of each goodbye embraced long after the horizon has lost the shore. May that light illuminate even the dimmest birthing. May you always return home safely to the arms of the people who love you most. And may God bless our troops and your families, no matter where your journey takes you. Amen. Governor Carney, Senators Carper and Coons, Congresswoman Blunt Rochester, thank you for this celebration today. And to our sailors, thank you for your service and sacrifice. Thank you for allowing me to be your shipmate for life. Everybody's here? Okay. Okay, shipmates, officers and crew of the USS Delaware, man our ship and bring her to life. Ladies and gentlemen, the crew of USS Delaware salute you. We are proud to serve in America's Navy. Ready to thank the Delaware Air National Guard, 166th Airlift Squadron for their support today. USS Delaware is placed in commission and I assume command. Today her watchman said she had been brought to life. USS Delaware reports for duty. Mr. President, request permission to break your flag over USS Delaware. Permission granted. Break my flag. Break your flag, aye, sir. Executive Officer, break the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. Break the flag, Commander-in-Chief, aye, sir. Court of Master, break the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. Captain, the flag of the Commander-in-Chief is folly flying over USS Delaware. Very well, Exo. Ladies and gentlemen, Commander Matthew Horton, United States Navy, commanding officer, USS Delaware. Delaware. Parade, rest. Good morning, Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Governor's Cardin and Coons, Senator's Cardin and Coons, Congresswoman Rochester, Secretary Del Toro, Admiral Gilday, distinguished civilian and military guest, family, friend, and shipmates. Thank you for joining us today to take part in commemorating the commissioning of USS Delaware. In 1910, shortly following her commissioning, the battleship Delaware visited the Port of Wilmington to receive guests and display her capabilities. This week, we had the pleasure of sailing the beautiful Delaware Bay up the river and past Fort Delaware and continuing the tradition of Delaware warships, calling on their namesakes and presenting our fine warship to the First State. Of course, as you heard, the visit was slightly delayed due to the restrictions of the COVID pandemic. On the day we placed Delaware in commission to see, I had conversations with our sponsor, Dr. Biden and Senator Carper, who were steadfast in their commitment to keeping the dream of this visit alive. I would like to thank them as well as the Secretary of the Navy and submarine force leadership for bringing us here today. Governor Cardin, Mayor Brezeke, thank you for a warm welcome. Bringing a submarine to a commercial port is no small feat and we appreciate your hospitality and accommodation. The welcome we have received from the First State has been outstanding and we look forward to a continued relationship. Dr. Biden, thank you for your graciousness and kindness which you have bestowed on the families and crews as our sponsor. Despite the impacts of the pandemic and your duties as First Lady, you have made our families a priority. The personal interest you have shown in the well-being of the families of USS Delaware is unmatched. Perhaps there's no person more qualified to serve the ship's sponsor than in the mother of service members. Since antiquity, sailors have recognized that the ideal way to conduct naval warfare was from beneath the waves. The very qualities of the Leviathan which terrified them, its power and surprise, were the long sought qualities of the ultimate naval vessel. Since those days, nations have worked to master the science and engineering necessary to gain mastery over the deep. USS Delaware stands before you as the world's best effort to master the undersea domain. When I was a junior officer serving aboard USS Los Angeles, a plaque hung in the cruise mess which I thought captured this feeling perfectly. It borrowed a quote from Jules Verne's Captain Nemo praising the qualities of his submarine which all again repurpose. Below the waves aboard Delaware, your heart never fails you. There are no structural deformities to worry about, no rigging to be worn out by rolling and pitching of the waves, no sails to the wind to carry off, no boilers to burst open, no fires to fear, no cold to run out of, no storms to brave. There's the ideal ship. Delaware stands before you as the ideal ship, limitless in range, unmatched in power, precision and stealth. Her engineering renders her nearly undetectable and her sensors reveal the presence of her foes. Capable of dominating across the spectrum of warfare, she excels in all her assigned missions. From the depths of the ocean ensuring sea control to delivering precision strike and supporting naval special warfare. But Delaware carries a secret weapon one that even Captain Nemo could not imagine, the United States sailor. The submarineers who make up Delaware come from all parts of our great country and their dedication to the profession of submarine warfare is unmatched. They stand before you not as a crew fresh out of new construction, but a crew has been evaluated in engineering and tactical performance and taking their place in the battle force. Today Delaware upholds a proud tradition of the submarine force, ready to sail in harm's way, alone, forward and unafraid. Thank you. Delaware, attention. Will guests please rise, chaplain Black will deliver the benediction. Let us pray. Eternal father, grant we pray. To all of us both night and day, courage, strength and skill. Our land to serve, your law to fulfill. Bless and keep us.  Lift the light of your countenance upon us and give us your shalom, your peace and God. Bless America, this land that we love. Stand beside her and guide her. We pray in your holy name. Amen. Thank you, chaplain Black. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated and remain seated for the departure of our official party.