Internal Revenue Service IRS Tax News! IRS recognizes Small Business Week! Oh no, they see us! I thought we were under the radar! Once recognized by the IRS, it's best to play possum. The IRS typically pouncing on whatever they see rustling in that green grass of cash. Next week, once the IRS's Small Business Spotlight is turned off, it should be safe for us Small Businesses to go out again and forge for food. In any case, IRS recognizes Small Business Week, information and free resources for starting a business. There's a link to a YouTube video about this from the IRS, IRS Small Business Self-Employed Tax Center. It's an ASL as well, IR 2022-98, May 2nd, 2022, Washington. During National Small Business Week, May 1st to the 7th, the IRS is highlighting the tax benefits and resources tied to the Small Business Administration theme for this year's celebration. Quote, Building a Better America through Entrepreneurship. End quote, there's a link to that here. During the National Small Business Week, the Internal Revenue Service wants taxpayers to know there are free resources on IRS.gov, IRS.gov, IRS.gov, v for victory over tax questions for those that are starting a business. Small Businesses play a pivotal role in the nation's economy. The IRS has a variety of resources available to help employers meet their tax responsibilities as well as help their employees selecting a business structure. So how would, should you select your business structure here? We're typically talking about the type of business that you are running as sole proprietorship, partnership, for example, S corporation, C corporation and so on. So when beginning a business, taxpayers must decide what form of business entity to establish. The form of business determines which income tax return form must be filed. The most common business structures are the sole proprietorship, when someone owns an unincorporated business by themselves. So if you just start business, if you just start doing stuff and earning revenue, then the IRS is typically going to call you a sole proprietorship. If you're doing that basically by yourself, not in partnership with somebody else, easy to format, easy to format, but it doesn't have some of the liability protection and so on and so forth as some other structures. Partnership, the relationship between two or more people to do trade or business. So if two people just start doing business, they will typically just simply be considered a partnership. Now note that if you go into a partnership, there's a significant level of increase in just complexity in the business. So obviously by default, the IRS is just going to say, I want you to report your taxes and pay me my share as your silent partner over here. But if there's two or more people you will typically want to on your own in define exactly who's doing what and what the terms are, what's expected in the partnership because that easily partners can, if that's not clearly designated, even if you know the other person quite well, that will complicate matters a lot. But from a tax standpoint, of course, what's going to happen is you can't really have one schedule C as easily on a form 1040 because now you got one partnership that's going to have to allocate the income to multiple people. So typically you have to have another tax return in order to calculate the partnership income that will then flow through to the partners incomes using what's known as a K-1 form. That also adds a significant level of complexity. So note that if you are a sole proprietorship, for example, and you're basically the driving force of this small business and you're thinking about you want to pull someone else in possibly for more help from for the work and possibly take for a capital, your questions are, do I want to take on an equity interest like a partnership interest or do I want to hire? Do I want to have like an employee situation or something like that? And so that's something just to consider from that perspective. So corporations inform in a corporation a prospective shareholders exchange money property or both for the corporation's capital stock. So when you go to a corporation, a C corporation, a normal corporation, that's usually when you're going from a smaller business to a bigger business at that time, generally, because there's benefits of being a normal C corporation, but there's also complications with it such as the idea of double taxation. And so now you've got another tax return that has to be filed, but it's actually its own kind of separate entity or thought of in essence as its own separate entity. And when there's flow through from the corporation to the owners, it's now dividends and you could be taxed on the dividends as well as the corporation being taxed on the corporate level. So you got that. That's where that double taxation thing comes in. Then they tried to kind of fixed and get the best of both worlds with something like an S corporation and limited liability companies. S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credits through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. So that's going to be more likely a smaller business is going to be the S corporation as opposed to possibly a larger business. That's just a general kind of rule. You can have large S corporations and whatnot, but larger business normal C corporation S corporation might be smaller because you're trying to get a pass through entity or possibly some tax benefit situations through a pass through entity as well as possibly getting liability protection without getting hit with the kind of double taxation situation. You get with the C corporation, similar situation with the limited liability company. The LLC are allowed by state statutes and may be subject to different regulations. The IRS will treat the LLC as either a corporation partnership as part of the owner's tax return, e.g. sole proprietorship depending on elections made by the LLC and its number of members. So it gets a little bit complicated with the LLC. You might be able to pin on the state type like a single member LLC, which kind of is treated similar to a partnership, but I mean similar to a sole proprietorship, but might give you more liability protection than typically you would think of the LLC. If you have multiple people involved that it would be similar to an S corporation that it would be a flow through type of entity typically looking kind of like a partnership type of flow through structure within it similar kind of objectives as the S corporation, but there's pros and cons with it depending that will be dependent upon things like the industry that you're in there might be pros and cons between the S corporation, the LLC and then payroll tax situations have some kind of funny ramifications between them and state taxes might actually tack these two entities, even though they're similar in flow through differently. So wherever the state taxes you're involved in could have implications. So if you're jumping up, so remember that just remember that if you are starting out as a sole proprietorship and you talk to a professional that's that's that's what they do is is they make sole proprietors like S corporations and limited liability companies that just remember that when you talk to them, it's likely that that's they're going to they're going to argue for they go into an S corporation or a limited liability company as opposed to saying a sole proprietorship, but in part that that's because of course that's what they do right they get paid to do to do that change. So that doesn't mean that they're wrong that their arguments are wrong. You're going to hear the arguments of liability protection and and so on. You could have tax benefits between some of these depending on your circumstances, but it also increases the level of complexity in the tax return, which means that you've got to be in compliance with whatever the rules are for an S corporation, limited liability company and it's quite a bit more complicated to do the tax calculations on these entities because you have to do two tax calculations or two tax returns and do a flow through and so on as opposed to a sole proprietorship, which is just a schedule. See even a partnership jumps up a bit in complexity because it's a whole another tax return that might have to be filed from a sole proprietorship. The sole proprietorship's other options, the typical reason people want to move up move over is for liability protection. That's one of the big arguments. You can also just think so your question is do I have enough liability protection with insurance or something like that or do I need the added level? Can I get to a single member LLC? How much liability protection would that give and still have a pretty simple kind of tax return? And you might want to talk to someone when you're looking at these kind of entities and you're being overwhelmed with should I change my entity structure? Talk to someone that you're not paying to level up to a different item here. So and because by doing that you might get an independent decision because if you're talking to someone whose job it is to create S corporations then doesn't mean they're wrong, but that means that they might be biased towards obviously making S corporations. One of the problems with S corporations and limited liability companies and corporations is it's a little difficult to un-make them. And sometimes you get taxed on the state and so the state you got these ghost companies that kind of are still are still going because you can't close the thing. It's easy to make them, but it could sometimes be difficult to close them. And then the state keeps on charging you their minimum tax or fee or whatever they want to call it. And so that can be a tedious thing as well. So you might want to talk to an independent person. I would recommend if you can to get an independent decisions or in your particular circumstances. So understanding business taxes, the form of business being operated determines what taxes must be paid and how to pay them. The following are the four general types of business taxes. You got the income tax. All businesses except partnerships must file an annual income tax return. Partnerships file an information return. You got the self employment tax is social security and Medicare tax primarily for individuals who work for themselves. So once again, let's take a look. These the income tax. All businesses except partnerships must file an annual income tax return. Partnerships file an information return. So the income tax is going to be, you know, report that's the major tax we think about when we actually file the tax returns to form 1040. We majorly think about the income tax with it. There's going to be flow-throughs with the other kind of with the other kind of entities like an S corporation flows through. So you're going to have to have an information return right with the S corporation and the limited liability company, which will flow through to the form 1040 and you got to deal with the income tax. That's the main thing we think about with the most people with the IRS. But then you also got the self employment tax as social security and Medicare tax primarily for individuals who work for themselves. Meaning this is kind of the self employed equivalent to payroll taxes, which are withheld. If you're a W2 employee, if you're a sole proprietorship, you can't get away from the payroll taxes, social security and Medicare typically because they are now tacked on in the form of self employment tax, which if you're a sole proprietor will be reported in a self employment tax kind of calculation payments contribute to the individuals coverage under the social security system. And so we got the employment tax when small businesses have employees, the business has certain employment tax responsibilities that it must pay for and forms it must file. So the employment taxes are going to be taxes that if you have employees, then you're going to be dealing with the employment taxes, which again, a lot of those are social security and Medicare. And there's also a question as to you as the owner, are you an employee of the business? And it kind of depends on the structure. If you're a sole proprietorship, then you're not paying yourself income, but this the net income of the business is going to be subject to self employment tax. Whereas if you're an S corporation, then you're it's kind of like the same thing. It's a separate entity. So it's a separate entity, even though it's a flow through entity. So in that instance, you have you have to be an employee of the business. You have to actually pay yourself a reasonable wage and that's where it gets all kind of tricky with this with the S corporations in terms of what's a reasonable wage and whatnot.  That's basically the reason or what the IRS is kind of looking for on that one. So because it's not going to be taxed on the flow through with the self employment tax, whereas the partnership on the other hand flows through to the 1040. I believe you're still taxed for the self employment tax on the with the 1040. So we have the excise tax. So excise taxes are imposed on various good services and activities. So taxes may be imposed on the manufacturer, retailer or consumer, depending on the specific tax. Note generally businesses, owners must pay taxes on income, including self employment tax by making regular payments of estimated taxes during the year. So you got to make the estimated tax payments during the year because they want their money as the year goes and you might say, well, how do I do that? I have no, I have no idea how much money I'm going to make. I know what I'll do. I'll just figure out how much I make, you know, each quarter and then and then and then multiply that times my tax rate and give that to the IRS. But you can't even do that because there's a progressive tax rate. So how do you know how much you're going to pay them until you actually do the tax return at the end of the year so that you can apply the proper progressive tax rates to figure out. Well, then they have to do a projection. It's messy. Yeah, it's it's not perfect. You got it. You got to make a projection for the whole year and then like divided by four basically and and if you don't do that, then the IRS hits you with the penalty and entry sticks. So those are metaphorical sticks. By the way, I'm not saying the IRS actually hits people with sticks. Just to clarify here, metaphorical penalties and interest sticks are what are what we're trying to avoid knowing when to get an employer identification number, the EIN and employer identification number. EIN is also known as the federal tax identification number and is used to identify a business entity. Generally, businesses need an EIN. This is a free service offered by the internal revenue service and business owners can get their EIN immediately. So the EIN you might think, well, it's an employer identification number. I only need it if I need employees, but not always the case, even if you're a sole proprietorship, then you sometimes have to give your your business number to other people so that they can 1099 you for example, and you don't really want to give your social security number because that's one not secure and two because it doesn't look that professional typically either. So that's another reason you might want the EIN number even if you don't have any employees, which is pretty easy to get. That one's pretty easy to do. Keeping good records, maintaining adequate records will help small businesses monitor their progress, preparing financial statements, identifying sources of income, keep track of deductible expenses, keep track of their business or their basis in property, prepare their tax returns and support items reported on their tax return. Taxpayers should maintain their records for at least three years and that's probably the bottom line or the lowest number of three years, why three years you might ask because that's kind of generally the statute of limitations. The IRS has to come back and try to take you out. They're going to come back and question you or audit you or something and obviously when you make your tax return, you might have a pretty good idea of what happened last year. You're probably like, I don't know. It was pretty tough still, but if you come back three years later and you're trying to answer questions to the IRS and they're like, what did you spend this $500 on April 2, three years, you know, something like, you know, you know, this is going to be difficult unless you unless you have the documentation, but note that so you want to have good records in the event that they come back for an audit because they can't do so for basically any reason after three years, but they can go further than that. If they if there's a significant amount of error that they suspect or if fraud, they can go back basically any time. So you might want to keep them longer than that. And if you have employee records, it's almost pretty much thought that you want to keep those basically for all time because the person that's most likely to sue you unfortunately or cause problems is typically an employee and it's also one of the most complex kind of areas to just keep all the data on because there's so much data with the withholdings and the paycheck stubs and did you did you were you're compliant with the HR and the given the paycheck stubs and whatever and this and that. So you want to keep that records typically for a good a good while choosing the business year small businesses must figure their taxable income on the business basis of a tax year a quote tax year end quote is an annual accounting period for reporting income and expenses. The tax year's small business can use our calendar year. You got the 12 consecutive months beginning January 1st and ending December 31st. That's the easy one. My year's the calendar year. Fiscal year 12 consecutive months ending on the last day of any month except December a 52 53 week tax year is a fiscal tax year that varies from 52 to 53 weeks but does not have to end on the last day of a month. So for more information you got some links down below for some some more reading materials that you can you can curl up in a comfortable place and and peruse. We've got the small business and self-employed tax center. Hobby or business IRS offers tips to decide small business tax workshop 10 steps to start your business industries professions and business tax centers. There's links to all that wonderful stuff here. There's a link to this in the description.


From Hollywood, the Hollywood Radio Theater. We're calling William Holden and Alexis Smith in submarine command. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Erving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. We are all aware of the pearls of the submarine surface and can therefore sympathize with the officer who has command over the lives of men aboard his ship. His fateful decisions are often subjected to minute scrutiny and even his own men may stand in judgment against him. Such is the dramatic situation in tonight's play, Submarine Command. And starring in his original role in this exciting paramount picture, we have William Holden and as his co-star, Lovely Alexis Smith. Now, Submarine Command. Starring William Holden as Kenneth White and Alexis Smith as Carol. If you've ever been to San Francisco, you may have seen the United States Navy Yard at Mayor Island. When the war ended, scores of submarines battled scarred veterans of the Pacific, tied up at Mayor Island and became part of our North Pole fleet, the submarine reserve. This story is about one of those ships, the USS Tiger Shock and one of her men, Commander Kenneth White. About a year ago, Commander White had reason for wanting to see his ship again. It was a century on the dock, but the ship was deserted except for memories that refused to die. You wanted to see her again? What are you hesitating for? Go on. What if you have to? But it won't make any difference. It's over. You finally know that. It was over that day six years ago. Look around and remember, she was never your ship anyway. She was Josh's ship. She always will be. It's funny how things can start with nothing and then pile up so fast it's hard to remember them in any kind of order. I've turned and twisted them a thousand times looking for an answer that never comes. That afternoon, that 13th of August, 1945, the enemy had just about given up at sea. All we'd seen for days was empty ocean, gray, calm and deserted. Not a hint that the first piece of my private jigsaw puzzle was about to drop into place. We were taking a surface run. Josh and I were on the bridge. The usual small talk. Looks like a nice day for a swim, huh? Oh, you wouldn't like it, Ken. That water's about 50 degrees. Well, that's what we call warm back in Michigan. Oh, down in Kentucky, we'd chop it up and pour bourbon over it. Nice to come on the bridge, sir. Grant it. Looks like we got some business playing from one of the carriers forced down in the drink. There's a problem. Floating around the river, right? Any bearings? 075 from Point Yoke, about 15 miles from us. Oh, let's start looking for him. Come right to 310. All ahead, Frank. Come right to 310, all ahead. We picked up the pilot about an hour later. He'd been floating around since morning, suffering mostly from an acute case of boredom. Josh turned him over to me and I fed him and closed him and then took him to my quarters to complete the report for the law. You mean to tell me you're the executive officer in the hands of a room like this? That's right. Now, what's your full name? Mars, Peter Jay. How can you move in this telephone booth? Now, let's see. We were talking about Australia. You were talking about Australia. How lovely. You've never been there? Nope. Oh, brother, you've been cheated. My advice to you is sue. Look, I've got to finish this report. Serial number. 837-661. There was a little whack in Sydney on special duty. Ooh, talk about war, ever. What ship? Psycon the Rogan. Hey, how can you sleep in a box like this? You know, this is the sort of punishment they should give strictly to the Academy guys. I'm an Academy guy. Okay, so I'll kill myself. What happened to your plane? Going inland after a zero. I didn't have enough gas to get back to the carrier. You get to zero? Well, natch. Not only did I... Hey, hey, what have we here? A girl's picture, isn't it? To Ken, oh, my love friend. Hey, that's a very pretty wife you got. Uh, she's not my wife. Well, why not? When did you have your last physical? I think you'll manage your corpuscles. No, but I just couldn't pin her down. Got a mind of her own and a career. Big advertising job in San Francisco. Well, all the better. Friend, if I had a girl like that, I'd get a license and marry her during lunch hour. You know, I think you would. Hey, Ken, some gin rumby later? Yeah, if I'm still awake.  You know what you guys do is lope around here with nothing to do but pick up flyers and play a little gym? Oh, occasionally we do other things. 18 Jap ships. 18? Well, I take it all back.  Yeah, all except me. I just reported aboard. No action at all? I, uh, I was in New London most of the time. Then three cruises on the starfish. I didn't even see a chap at all. Oh, well, what's the difference? The war's practically over and a couple of months we'll all be sitting in some noisy saloon drinking that dirty old whiskey and watching the girls wiggle by. Tell me something, Morris. Sure. Do you ever think of anything but dames? Let me see you. No? Never. Nothing but dames. Morris' question kept bouncing around in my head. No action at all? He'd laughed it off. He could. It was a fine joke and I appreciated it. But I wondered if it had spread to the crew and how funny they would think it was. Later that night, Josh Rice and I were in the ward room having a cup of coffee. How was the topside, Kim? Oh, nice. Calm, peaceful, full moon. Feels like the war's over already, huh? My guess it is. I wonder what's in store for us, Josh? You got me. They'd have been around when they'd wound up a war before. Well, at least we're alive. I've got news for you. Peace time service is no picnic, either. You'll find out when you're the forgotten man. No, worse than the forgotten man because you're still around to get into people's hair. Find yourself stuck with dull office jobs and paperwork and see people out of service making big money. And all you'll have is the knowledge that if the country needs you again, it'll need you desperately. Well, that's something. If you're a naval officer, that has to be everything. Don't kid yourself, boy, from here on in. It'll take plenty. Well, I better get this letter out to Alice. Yeah, give her my best, will you? Yeah, sure. I wonder where I'll mail this from. Captain speaking. Very well, I'll be right up. Station and tracking party, Kim. Sighted some Japs and I think we've got business. I'll take over, Carlson. Yes, sir. One tanker, two small freighters and two west courts. Probably our last shot, huh? All right, let's get going. Battle stations torpedo. Battle stations torpedo, I see. We were leveled off at 60 feet. Josh stood at the periscope a moment longer and then called me over to take his place. This one's for you, Ken. You take over. Get two of them. We'll have an even 20. Thanks, I'll try. 60 feet, sir. Trum satisfactory. Uh, leading ship. Mark bearing. Angle on the bow. 40 port. Downscope. We'll fire three torpedoes at the first ship. Three at the second. Then swing our stern tubes on the tanker. Make ready-all torpedo tubes at depth 10 feet. Make ready-all tubes at depth 10 feet. Mark range. Range 1, 3, 00. Mark bearing. Bearing set. Stand by. Stand by. We got both freighters. But the tanker had turned and was heading for the shallow water, closer to shore. Take it easy, Ken. You got 19 and 20. That's all I asked. What about the tanker? Oh, we'd need wheels to catch her. Let's stick around until those escorts clear out, and then we'll surface, see who we can pick up. Maybe we'll find somebody who'll tell us the latest Japanese... We surfaced at daybreak. Josh, Carlson, Boyer, and I went on the bridge. In the distance, we spotted some of the freighter's survivors. And then suddenly a dive bomber was coming at us from out of the clouds. Watch it, Captain! Sheen guns! Get to look! Get to look! Where would you suppose that came from? Captain Rice! Hey, Captain! Hey, look, he's bleeding. Get down the ladder, Boyer. Stand by to dive. Dive! Dive! What? The Captain's been hit? I told you to get below. The Captain's been hit? It's too late. We're diving. Take her down to 100 feet. As I slammed the hatch, I caught the last glimpse of Josh Rice. He lay on the deck, motionless. That terrible look of surprise still on his face.  But I had no choice. We stayed below till the sonar signals were at all quiet. And then Boyer, the chief torpedoman, walked up to me. Go back up, sir. He's dropped everything he has. How do we know there's only one plane? It'll only take a minute to get out with a rubber raft. I'll take my chances, sir. Captain Rice would do as much for any one of us. How about it, sir? Would he do as much, or would he think of the ship? All I know is that maybe we can still save him. High-speed propellers approaching, bearing 35-0. Left full rudder, steady on course 220. Left full rudder. Sounds like a destroyer. But they can't, and you just can't leave. That's enough, Boyer. Get to your station. Yes, sir. Contact started pinging, sir. Reg for depth charges. Reg for silent running. They're going to make a run on us. Makes sense. But the destroyer was leaving. The sound signals of its engines growing fainter and fainter. And then we learned the reason. The jet was surrendered, sir. I just got word in the radio room. They surrendered. The war's over. War was over.  Lots of ships were coming home those days, and one more south didn't attract much attention. I was glad. The one-day warrior who had lost his captain and almost his ship in his first and only action. Carol was waiting for me on the dock, and in those first few moments, the world seemed very good again. And now, darling, meet an old friend of yours. Hi, if you're all through kissing her, I'll do it. Keith Morris, I thought we dropped you off in Guam. Well, so you did, but I hit Frisco three weeks ago, and we'd been having a lovely time. Carol, you know this character? Well, three weeks ago I didn't. But then an amazing coincidence occurred. I checked all the phone books, all the advertising agencies, and just happened to bump into her. And then when we heard the Tiger Shark was coming home? She couldn't come all the way down here alone, could she? Well, look, I got it all arranged. A big party, some place in town called the Blue Room. So round up your pals and old daddy, he'll show you how to bell a grape. Look, look, I'll have to join you later. I've got to see someone in Coronado. Oh, Ken, not now. Well, well, can I go with you? No, no, you run along with Keith. Well, what if you get lost? Where do we send for the body? Rice's house. I'm going to see his wife. Or rather, his widow. I'll see you later, honey. Here, Ken, please. Sit down. As soon as you've phoned, I broke out the rum. Only proper welcome for the sailor home from the sea. Now tell me, how does it feel? Well, I don't know yet, Alice. Have you seen Carol? Yes. Yes, she was at the dock. Well, my goodness, what are you doing here if she's in town? Well, for one thing, we wanted you to have this from the Tiger Shark.  It's very thoughtful of you, Ken, but you shouldn't stay aboard the ship. She's going in the mouthballs next month. I'm very grateful, but I'd rather have it on board where it belongs. Haven't hurt your feelings? No, no. You'll explain to the others? Sure. There was another thing, Alice. I wanted to tell you what happened between Josh and me. Nothing happened. But you haven't heard. But I have. All about it. How you went back and the hours you spent searching for it. But did you hear I could have stopped the dive? I heard that you might have lost the Tiger Shark if you did. Everyone on board would have been glad to take that chance. Everyone but me. Ken, I'll stop it. Maybe it's a good thing it did come here after all. You see, I not only know what happened, but I think I know what you've been going through. Good evening, Alice. Dad, Ken, this is Josh's father, Lieutenant Commander White Admiral Rice. Glad to see you, White. I've heard a lot about you. Thank you, sir. Alice, give you a dream? Yes, sir. You're lucky. I have to make my own. Ken and I've been talking about Josh. He thinks that maybe people are blaming him for what happened. That's nonsense. I wish I could say the same, sir. Why can't you? Naturally, everybody wanted to go up for Josh. It was your job to stop them. Sometimes it's harder to do the right thing than it is the courageous thing, sir. Were you afraid? No, sir, I don't think so. Neither do I. If you'd have been up there instead of Josh, he would have done exactly what you did. Thought on the ship first. Isn't that so? I suppose it is, sir. The war's over, Ken. Forget the tiger shark. Now go and find Carol. Make her glad you're home. Be glad yourself. I might do that. Promise? That's an order, White. Yes, sir. Good night. Good night. Well, what are you doing? Getting the cards, of course. You didn't think I was going to let you keep that 385, did you? Sit down. I told you. I went back to town and found them at the Blue Room. Carol and Pete Morris and some of the others from the ship.  I've missed you so, Ken. Either that or my blood's thinning out. Hey, that sounds serious. Let's stop dancing and talk about it. You just come with me. Oh, I've got a present for you. Here. What do you call that? It looks like a tooth. Well, that's just what it is. From a female ardbark. It's an African love charm. Did you know that the average ardbark has 63 children? And that's just average. They, uh, where'd you get that thing? Around the corner, one of those crazy joke stories. The man said that in Africa, when a girl wants to marry somebody, she just drops the tooth in his pocket. Like this. It's pure magic. And what if he refuses? Then he's eaten by a crocodile a week or so later. Real cast-iron guarantee, huh? I hope so. Ken, I've quit my job, given up my apartment, and bought all sorts of luggage. And what does that mean? I don't want a crocodile to get you. Well, in answer to your proposal, we'll give it a try for about 30 or 40 years. Oh, Carol, I love you. Friends, you may proceed to congratulate us. He has just won my hand. Well, suit yourself, Carol, but you've just blown your chances for a very poetic life. Well, glasses up, everybody. This is an occasion. Here's the clear sailing for the nicest people I've ever known, Ken and Karen. And here's to all of us. May we be allowed a lot of fun in little times regret. In a moment, we'll continue with Act II of Submarine Command. Make a friend and you make an ally. There's a thought for you to keep in mind, as many another American has. Dr. Frank Laubach kept it in mind and devoted his life to helping others. He first went to the Philippines as a missionary in 1915, and some 10 years later went to live among the then primitive morals. He asked them to teach him their language, not a syllable of which had ever been written. But Dr. Laubach found that by means of phonetic charts, he could teach the illiterate morals how to read and write their own language for the first time. Until the depression, money came in from Americans who'd heard of the doctor's work. And then a moral chief gave Dr. Laubach an idea how he could continue his teaching. Through the theory of each one, teach one, each native who learned to read and write would teach another to do the same, and so on. Within seven years, each one, teach one, help the natives rise from a 95% illiteracy to a point where over 70% of them could read and write. Dr. Laubach enlarged the scope of each one, teach one, to reach other countries, and from his work was born the World Literacy Committee, which has sent teams into 67 countries to spread the theory of each one, teach one in over 200 different languages. In 20 years, over 65 million people learned to read and write through the system, a system which has brought the family of nations closer through education, and proved most graphically that by helping others, you help your country. Now our producer, Mr. Cummings. Act two of Submarine Command, starring William Holden as Ken and Alexis Smith as Cal with Stephen Dunn as Pete Marks. Married that week, and in the years that followed, the bar faded into the past, and I kept busy in the present. I was stationed now at Mary Island under Josh's father, Admiral Rice. I was in maintenance, a cross between a storekeeper, a janitor, and a complaint adjuster. Quarterly material report, monthly inspection, and requisitions for painting brooms. Nine copies each. Brooms? Do I have to sign all copies? Just date. You initial our file copy. No, that's a break. Captain Cornwell's wife called a botian senator. Again, she found soot on the dining room rug this time. And Commander Roberts says there are orange peels on Pier 2. Tell the commander we'll send him a broom as soon as we get one. Hello? Oh, yes, sir. Right away, sir. Admiral Rice. He's probably found an apple core under his desk. I'll sign those papers when I get time. Come in. How are things going? All right, sir, as far as I know. You like your job, Ken? No, sir. You can't say that. I blame you. I hear you've been having trouble with Cornwell's wife. It seems she doesn't like the way we're burning the trash, sir. Old hatchet face has run the entire Navy given half a chance. Well, I've got a difference, so it's all for you, Ken. A reporter from New York is doing a story on the Mothball Navy. I'd like you to show him the submarine. Yes, sir. I'll advise the duty officers on the pier. Give them what you can. Is that all, sir? That's all, Ken. Thank you, sir. All right, Mr. Gavin. 64 submarines all nicely done up in Mothball. And 6 million bucks a piece that's close to $400 million, Commander. That's right.  What if we should need them again? It's my guess the next war will be fought with push buttons. We'd better make sure we've got the buttons first. Maybe you're right. How long would it take to exhum one of those if you wanted to? You know, in an emergency, about two weeks, yeah. But that time would be all over, except the peace treaty. Well, I better get a couple pictures. Yeah, you know, there's one that looks like it saw lots of action. Yes. Yes, it did. Frontier Jap flags on the Corning Tower. What's the name, Commander? Tiger Shark. Tiger Shark, yeah. She's the one who lost her captain the day the war ended, right? Right. Well, her fellow had to take her down. Must have felt like a heel. But he had a lot of sleepless nights after that. Happened to know who he was? Yes. Who? Me. Sorry, Commander. That's okay, Mr. Gavin. Now go ahead and take your pictures. He was right. That officer must have felt like a heel. Who'd I been kidding? He was still the one-day warrior who lost his captain in his only enemy action. And just before you got home, darling, Pete Morris called. He's coming over for dinner. Hasn't he got any other place to go? Can. Oh, I know. Poor, lonely Pete, grounded on the very tough duty of teaching naval ROTC. All right, I'll call him back. Just tell him I've got jaundice. Just what have you got? Nothing. Something happened today, didn't it? What makes you think so? I can tell. All right, I'm fed up. With what?  Ken, why don't you change your job? Oh, sure, sure. Just call the Chief of Naval Operations and tell him I'm bored. I can't change jobs and you know it. I'm in the Navy, remember? I could hardly forget it. And you can hardly forget that you gave up a $300 a week job to marry me, can you? Finish your drink, Ken. I'll go in and set the table. Carol hadn't deserved that. Not any of it. I wanted to apologize, but I didn't know how. So, like every husband, I hoped that a gift and a party at the club might substitute for the words I couldn't find. I planned it for the following night. The next day at the office. More signatures for you, sir. Oh, and a couple of other items. Well, I like what? Well, there's a new chief outside reporting for duty and a call from Parsons at the reserve fleet. He wants to know if we have any qualified submarine men. Why? They just got orders to put the Tiger Shark back into mission. Tiger Shark? How'd they happen to pick her? I don't know. Well, we haven't any men, so tell Parsons... Is Mr. Garbage disposal unit of the United States Navy? Hi, Pete. Hi. Hey. What's this on the desk? Oh, that it's something for Carol. Struck oil, huh? Wrist watches and parties. How you doing? Good.  Ah, yeah, yeah, I guess you're right. Teaching naval ROTC is a lead pipe, Sancho. No courses to give out except navigation, gunnery, engineering, naval history, naval customs and traditions, communications and ship handling. Two or three afternoons a week drilling. One night a week with a naval reserve unit. Two nights preparing examination papers. Three nights correcting them and eight nights and Sundays trying to keep ahead of my students. Most of whom are not sure they want to be in the Navy in the first place. Yeah. Yeah, and in my spare time going to parties like yours. Well, you ready to leave? No, I can't, Pete. I've got some calls to make. I'll see you at the club. It's all right. Oh, thank you. That's all right. Come in. Chief Dr. Peter Mann Boyer reporting for duty, sir. Boyer? Well, where'd you drop in from? San Diego, sir. Oh, uh, Boyer, you remember Commander Morris, the pilot we picked up? Hey, it's good to see you, sir. Hey, I thought you'd be retired by now. Maybe it's time I thought about it, sir. Well, sit down, Boyer. I'd like to. Excuse me, sir. I've just decided to request a transfer to another department. Why? You should be the last person in the world to ask that, sir. All right, Boyer. Report to the reserve fleet, Lieutenant Parsons. They've got just the job for you. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. You've hardly touched your dinner. I'm not hungry. I-I think the orchestra's better this year, don't you?  That was a good band at New London. New London? That's the place. Just a couple of hours out of New York. You can run in for a few chorus girls, see the shows, Big League Baseball. Has the season started? Oh, sure, last week, girls. I guess Brooklyn will win again, just like last year.   It's a league, Harry, not a division. Well, what's the difference? Who cares? Well, if he doesn't know when the season starts, how's he know Brooklyn's gonna win? Which is what I read in the papers again. Would-would anybody give him a- Well, in the last World Series, that's typical. A bunch of guys pay no attention to baseball all year long, and then suddenly the World Series comes along, they read a couple of articles, and then for a week, they're experts. He didn't say he was an expert. Look, look, you're in a bad mood. Knock it off. I'm in a good enough mood. You're just stewing about that Boyer thing. Let's all forget it.  Oh, come on. Ken, this is your party. Let's-let's have a toast. Glasses up, everybody. Glasses up. That's about half your total conversation. It's time you grow up. Excuse me.  I'll be right back. Ken, wait, please. Now, what was all that about? Nothing. Well, you can't walk off this way. It's your part. I don't feel like a party. You did this morning. What happened? What's on this about Boyer? He doesn't enter into it. Ken, Ken, I'm getting sick and tired of these moods. How do you think I feel in front of all those people? They must think you're crazy. I don't care what they think. Well, I do. We can't walk out and leave them. I'm not asking you to. Oh, what's new? Oh, he just has a headache, Pete. Is there anything so wrong with having a headache? Not if you don't have too many of them. I'm going after him. Good night. I had heard Pete's wise crack and he was right. Too many headaches. And having Boyer in charge of the work crew on a tiger shark didn't help the many. But I couldn't stay away from the dock. Something kept pulling me back like North pulls a compass needle. And maybe without knowing it, I was waiting around to keep him up. How's your look, Commander? We're sure making progress. Yeah, yeah. Another week, you'll be ready for dock trials. Yeah, so you told me yesterday.  When you stop them, thank what? Fire belt. Where is it, Sailor? Looks like the forward battery, sir. Keep everybody out of here. All right, well, let's get away. Look up there. It's a fire room. It's a fire room. It's a fire room. Oh, Ken, where is it? Forward battery room. We've got it isolated, but there's a man in there.  We're bringing him down the hatch now, sir. There isn't time for that. Look at that. Come on. Stand back for you. You'd last about 30 seconds in there. There's a man in that room. He'll have to take his chance. His Captain Rice took his chances. I went by the book once. And you'll go by the book again. I'll get that suit on. Stillman, Adam, barehand on that suit. The rest of you stand by with that hose here. Well, Carol, now what's the big problem? First of all, thanks for coming, Pete. Oh, stop it, William. Any more news about that fire? Well, the man was pretty badly burned. It's really too soon to say. Harry Carlson told me that the warrior wanted to go right in. And Ken wouldn't let him? Well, the Admiral had something to say about that, too. He told Kennedy did the right thing. If he hadn't, the lawyer, who knows who else, may have been killed. I heard him say something. Then Ken's all right. Well, Ken said maybe it's time he did the wrong thing. That's exactly what I mean. It's his whole attitude. Pete, I'm really desperate. There are times when I think he hates me. Oh, now wait a minute. Well, he's mad at something. What is it? I'm a sweet child of the field. I know nothing. I've got to have some help. Or this marriage of mine is going to go sky high. That wouldn't be fun for anybody. Except for guys like myself. Don't worry. I'm one of those fellows that, well, we go to all the parties and we eye other men's girls, but when you're free, we don't want any part of it. So, okay, go ahead, shoot. Well, what do you think about Ken seeing a psychiatrist?  Joke. No, joke. I know it sounds silly, but I've even thought about Ken quitting the Navy. What's so silly about that? Then it is the Navy. You do know something. All I know is that your marriage is headed for the rocks. Now, it isn't in the home, so it must be in the job. Get rid of the job. You honestly think that would help? I think it's the only solution. It's time to get busy and look for something. Or better yet, you have the contacts. You promote something. Oh, he'll do fine. You line out this beep between you and you'll both live happily ever after. That'll be $25 for it. I think I'll have a cocktail after all. Good. You know, now that you're happily married again, I'm getting very interested in you. Anything in the mail? Yeah, and I don't get it. A chance to become a captain of industry. Matthew's Electric Company, Portland, Oregon. Here, take a look at this. Dear Commander White, we're in need of a man experienced in maintenance and personnel work. That's me. Suggested to us by Admiral Rice. Nice of him, huh? I can assure you the arrangements we contemplate will be more than satisfactory to you. Sounds terrific. But why should Bryce have picked me? Why wouldn't he? Yeah. How do you feel about Portland? I hear it's wonderful. It means buying umbrellas, long underwear, and finding a good thick roof. Oh, they have lots of nice houses near the plant. They do? Oh, where did you hear that? Oh, I don't know. I think I read it somewhere. What was the name of that businessman you had lunch with a couple of months ago? Businessman? You used to write copy for his refrigerators. A.E. Matthews, if I remember correctly. Ken? What kind of a fool do you think I am, and how long do you think I'd stay a fool? Or maybe you thought I might go for it. What does Matthews get out of this? You're going to write his copy for free? I only said it whoever was working. And what about the Admiral? Are you going to do his advertising, or did you just cry on his shoulder about the hardships of Navy life? I simply asked his advice, and he agreed with Pete that it was the best thing... Pete! Well, who'd you miss, honey? How about the mailman? What'd he think? Did you write your newspaper, your congressman? All right, Ken. I'm sorry. I know now that I was going about it the wrong way, but honestly, I thought it was a solution. For what? For us. Ken, you're at war with your job, and yourself, and with me, and something has to give. Do you want it to be our marriage? No, I don't. You've got to make a change. Meaning, Portland? Meaning anything. Get a farm, take a painting. Only please, please get us out of our trouble. And you think leaving the Navy will do that? Yes, I do. And I? I suppose you're right. Otherwise, the Admiral wouldn't have backed you up. Where are you going? To the office. I'm going to resign from the Navy. Best I'd find you down here at the dock. I thought I'd have a last look at the Tiger Shark. You been waiting long? Quite a while. Who were you talking to? The sentry said that no one was aboard. I wasn't talking to anyone, just looking around. And thinking of Josh Rice and Boyer and... I'm sorry. You don't need to be sorry. You're very perceptive. Well, I've got a dozen things to do. I've got to call a moving company for the reservation service. Portland won't work, Carol. I can't beat this thing by running out on it. Then I... Then I'll still want to get my things moved out. Oh, look, Carol. Ken, please. Maybe we can talk it over. We have. We've beaten the subject to death. You can't seem to solve your problems in Portland, and I can't solve mine and the Navy. Isn't that right? I wish we'd made it. You're nice, Ken Folk. Goodbye, Ken. Is that you? Come in. I'm sorry, sir. I left a letter on your desk. I'd like to take it back if I could. You'd better, because your resignation wouldn't have stuck anyway. Things have changed since I recommended you for that job in Portland. You've just had word that the North Koreans have crossed the 38th parallel. Oh. Will that affect the yard, sir? It will affect you. I've talked to the bureau. Your orders are on the way. What kind of orders, sir? You're to take the tiger shark. You're ready for sea in five days. Act 3 of the Hollywood Radio Theater will continue in just a few moments. All for station identification. The curtain rises on Act 3 of Submarine Command, starring William Holden as Ken and Alexis Smith as Carol, with Sheldon Leonard as Boyer. Aboard the tiger shark as we left for Korea were two old hands, Carlson, now the executive officer, and Boyer. The middle of December found us on patrol in the Sea of Japan. Inland things weren't going too well. Thousands of troops had been caught in a trap. They'd fought their way out towards the coast, and were now praying for evacuation out of the port of Hongnam. But our orders still read patrol duty. Uncle Sam sure sends you on long trips. A thousand miles, brother. Yeah, but for what, Boyer? For lifeguard duty, it says so in the log. Maybe you'd rather be at Hongnam with a couple million reds on your tail. Well, you don't have to go to extremes. Listen, Sally, you're a guest aboard a six million dollar efficiency department with free light, heat, radio, air conditioning, mail delivered by destroyers, a best chow in the world. Only one thing wrong with this ship. Well, what is it? Never mind, I hope you never have to find... Any news, Ken? Nothing yet. The wind's shifting. Oh! I'm about to lose both feet. I'll be up in a couple of minutes, we're leaving. Yeah, they get the mail sorted out yet? Yeah, you've got a dozen letters down there from Sue. Thanks. Uh, you hear from Cal? Yes. Ken, I know it's none of my business, but look, there's nothing you can tell me I don't already know, including what a heel I've been. Permission to come on the bridge, sir? Granted. Oh, it's about time. Sorry, Harry, but I stopped to listen to the news from Hongnam. Beachhead's still holding. They're moving men and equipment off as fast as they can load them. How many to go? Over 20,000. I'll see you below, Harry. All right. Now we're staring 355 through. Safety and negative are flooded. We're ready for diving. Our change of orders came through that night. We were to rendezvous at once with an airplane carrier. Preface, instructions for a special mission. The following noon I was aboard the USS Concord, and there waiting for me was Pete Morris. Well, what are you so surprised about? How did you get here? Simple. I told him I didn't want sea duty. Well, what's the latest on the home front? Oh, all quiet, I guess. Well, and you're not worried? Worried about what? Well, didn't Carol tell you? Well, I got a letter yesterday, the most impersonal hello in history. Tell me what? I think you better ask her. I'm asking you. You know, it's a funny thing I seem to let my Western Union card and my other suit. Now come on, the Admiral's way. And so with any luck, we should complete the evacuation of Hung Nam by Christmas Day. But here, here on the map is a prison camp. It's about 10 miles from the coast. In it with some 200 other Americans, our Colonel Garson Washington's special intelligence team. We have reason to believe the Colonel has information of tremendous value to us. What kind of information, sir? I don't know the details, but our orders are to free those prisoners. Paratroopers will affect the actual rescue. Now about our part. The only possible route for the paratroopers' planes is directly over Coyacan. But there are two big obstacles. Tell them, Commander. Yes, sir. Here at Point Nacomo, the enemy has a radar station. And here at Coyacan itself is a telephone center. Now both installations will have to be knocked out before our planes can approach. And that's where you come in, Commander White. Tonight you will land two demolition parties from the Tiger Shark. One at Point Nacomo and the other at Coyacan. And when you've received signals of the success of their missions, you will then radio to me. You'll be given all further details by Commander Morris. He's going with you. Half a dozen men left the Concorde and came aboard the Tiger Shark. And that night in the war room, we again went over our plan. Though this whole deal hinges on us, unless the Reds are completely surprised they'll massacre the prisoners. And in order to surprise them, we have to cut the communications. Now three of us are going to be responsible for the radar station. Major Kim, Lieutenant Barton and myself. Okay, now we'll put you off in a rubber bolt at Point Nacomo. You'll go ashore and lay low for approximately one hour until 4.30. Right. That'll give us time to take the Tiger Shark to the entrance of Coyacan Harbor. Now that's where you two frogmen can slip over the side. Yes, sir. There's no chance of getting into the harbor. Not all, the harbor's mined. It's okay with us, sir. We'll swim in. Now at exactly 0.4.30, both parties will proceed to destroy their objectives. As soon as you've done this, send me your signals and I'll radio the Admiral. Any questions? No, sir. Captain White? Yes? We've just sighted Point Nacomo, bearing 295. Very well. Be ready in 15 minutes. The three men left in the rubber bolt repeat the Korean Major Kim and Lieutenant Barton.  That gave us a little extra time to brief the frogmen. You can drop us at the breakwater, sir. We'll have about 30 minutes to reach shore. 30 minutes is maximum. We'll do it, sir. Now look, if you're late, the Reds get one word that their radar station's been destroyed. They'll use the telephone center to spread the news. And once they're able to do that, our whole operation's cooked. All right, now what about the... Sir, Chief Engineer requests permission to secure the starboard main motor. What's the trouble, Boyer? Bearing is running hot. How long to fix it? Can't tell yet, sir. At least a half an hour. Mr. Carlson? Sir? Make all speed possible on a port propeller. Pull an overload if you have to. We've got 17 miles to go. They repaired that hot bearing. But until it was fixed, our speed had been cut in half. When we reached the breakwater outside Koyasan Harbor, we'd already lost a full 20 minutes of our schedule. Rockman, are you ready, Ken? Standing by. Tell him to relax. We've lost too much time. Better going in? I know those boys can swim, but even a seal couldn't make it in the time we've got left. Any alternatives? Yeah, just one. We'll take the tiger shark into the harbor. The harbor's mine. We can't get inside. I know, I know. And it's a gamble. But this time the odds are right. Once up against the lives of those 200 prisoners, we'll take our chances. Clear the bridge. Stand by for dive. We went down to 40 feet. From here on in, all we could do was cross our fingers and rely on our instruments to get us through that minefield. Our reading is 15 degrees on. We just bow. There's an echo directly ahead of us. 200 yards and closing. Rightful rudder, all ahead 1-3. Rightful rudder, all ahead 1-3. Objects still closing, sir. I think we're at the entrance. Contacts are up port. Mine cable. Leftful rudder. Downscope. Leftful rudder, sir. Clear, sir. Rudder midships. Rudder midships, sir. Steer 225. Steer 225, sir. Wain her up.  Upscope. 38 feet. 35 feet. Less than 200 yards from shore. The frogmen slipped over the side and disappeared into the water. If they reached their objective, they'd signal back by flashlight. I looked at my watch. We were still 12 minutes behind schedule. The radio just heard from Pete Mullets. They've not got the radar station. That's half the job, but we're 12 minutes late. What's the difference, Ken? Provided the frogmen do as well. The difference is the planes that the pair of troopers took off long ago. Unless they get the all clear to proceed, they'll turn back, and then we'll have to turn back. We'll just have to wait it out and see what happens. Pete, have anything else to say? He said to tell you they'll try to make their way inland that Major Kim knows that country. If they're lucky, they'll turn up the troopers. If they're lucky, and if I don't let them down, we've got to submerge. Secure the hatch. They'll watch the show through the press. They watched and waited, endlessly. A silent ship and a silent crew knowing that the mission would fail, the planes would be ordered to return to their base if we didn't report to the carrier. It was Boyer who reminded me of the time. He wasn't shouting. It only seemed that he was shouting. It's 058, sir. We have to report by 058. Yes, yes, I know. Wait a minute. A signal from the shore. I've got the signal. Downscope. We're going to surface. Well, you know that that shore battery's here in the harbor. It's the only way we can send an all clear to the carrier. As soon as the antennas are out of the water, contact the carrier and report the all clear. Got our message off, and then it started. First the searchlights from the shore, pinning us down, and then the big stuff from the hills. We answered them with everything we had, but it wasn't enough. General Mitzer, she's settling up. All hands carry out demolition orders. All hands carry out demolition orders. Abandon ship. I thought they were all gone, and then in fact of me, I heard Boyer's voice. You'll need this, sir, to get a life jacket. Thanks, Boyer. Let's go, sir. You all right, Captain? Yeah. She was, she was a wonderful ship. Yeah. The best. Swim for shore. There's nothing else we can do. Pass the word. Yes, sir. Swim for shore. Pass the word. Yeah. Sounds like, like paratroopers, right on schedule. And here come the jets. That tells me things ain't going to be so tough on that beach ever. It's hard now to remember just how much time went by, or exactly what happened on the beach. But sometime during the morning. Count it for all your men yet, Commander. All safe, Colonel, except for my men and a radar landing party. Seven of us. We lost 14 paratroopers. But I guess it's not too big a price to pay. We're pulling out nearly 200. What about the intelligence team? Bolshe's out there. Oh, okay. Man, they got what they came for. Hey, Captain, look who's coming. Well, it's nice to see your smiling face. You made it, huh?  Well, you guys sure caught the last trolley. I was nothing, Mr. Boyer. Any hero could have done it. There he is. Major Kim of the South Korea. Well, where's the tiger shark? Oh, uh, she's gone. We ran into a little trouble. A little trouble? Oh, he goes through a minefield submerged. He lays the frogmen so close to show you could plant a crop. He fights a battle with half a dozen shore batteries and gets sunk. He... Oh, hang around, Commander. I'll get you something to eat. Thanks, thanks. Well, you listen, the Boyer. Seems like you won a popularity contest. Yeah. All except one vote. Two votes. What's that mean? Well, I promised Carol I wouldn't tell you because she thought it seemed like dirty pool having all your trouble with Boyer and the ship and so forth. But, uh, I think now's a pretty good time. Your wife's gonna have a baby. I said your wife's gonna...  Come on, I'll start. A couple of weeks ago, another submarine went down the ways and into the water. Bigger and better than anything we've ever known. Carol was there at the launching. She was the one who swung that familiar bottle of champagne. Hey, I've got to admit that for one with so little experience, you sure knew what to do with that bottle of... Well, they'll do something. The baby, she's crying. She's hungry. Really? Well, now it's your turn to get some experience. Here's the bottle, Papa. Get going. In a moment our stars will return. Make a friend and you make an ally. There's a thought for you to keep in mind as many another American has. Elizabeth Vining was an American who probably had more individual success than anyone else in creating a strong feeling of friendship between the United States and Japan. In 1946, she was selected for the important job of teaching English to the 12-year-old Crown Prince Akihito. Her tour of duty was for two years. In Tokyo, she found the class of 20 boys had been assigned to her. By patiently conducting her class completely in English, Miss Vining gradually taught them a language they were eager to learn. Her methods of teaching and subject matter were of her own choice. The boys studied American history and democracy, had discussions on the United Nations, and the Prince memorized Lincoln's Gettysburg address. At the end of her assignment, Miss Vining agreed to stay another year since the Prince's English had reached the point where he could understand the expression of ideas. At the end of the third year, Prince Akihito was well acquainted with English and the benefits of a democratic way of life. Miss Vining's work was finished. The Emperor and the Empress thanked her for the understanding she had brought to the Prince and the Japanese children and gave her many gifts to show their gratitude. And what had Elizabeth Vining learn from her work? That she had contributed much toward the future peace of Japan and the rest of the world. That she opened windows which had remained closed too long. As one of her students told her, you have not only taught us English, you have taught us thoughts. Yes, Elizabeth Vining had learned that by helping others, you help your country. Now here is Mr. Cummings with our stars. And now William Holden and Alexis Smith let me thank you for two fine performances. Whenever I congratulate the stars after the play, I think back to the early silent days when actors didn't receive screen credit. It was only when the fans wrote in and asked the names of the artists that they were properly identified. Of course, some of us didn't want to be identified. Sometimes today, they don't want to be identified either. Why some of us have been known to sneak into this studio after our picture's been previewed. Oh, now you're just being modest, Alexis. I just saw your latest picture and you were simply great. Well, as a matter of fact, Bill, I just saw your latest picture and you were just sensational. Aren't we the Koi ones? By any chance, are you talking about Paramount's new picture, the turning point starring William Holden, Edmund O'Brien and Alexis Smith? Irving, there was no need to mention our latest picture, the turning point. I just thought someone ought to say a good word for Edmund O'Brien. Well, I'll say a good word for Eddie any time and any picture. Be sure to listen next week to Jane Wyman in a heartwarming drama the whole family will love. Arceo's moving story of the Blue Veil. It's one of my favorites, Irving. Good night. Good night. Thank you for the wonderful evening. This is Irving Cummings saying good night to you from Hollywood. From Plymouth Rock to the war-crippled world of today, our nation has derived its greatest strength from its spiritual principles. Our religious beliefs have given form to the whole structure of American living and helped to keep it free. Attendance at church or synagogue builds moral and spiritual character, both for the individual and for the community. Here in our cast tonight were Stephen Donnas Morris, Sheldon Leonard as Boyer, Lamont Johnson as Carlson, Larry Dodkin as Rice, Kay Stewart as Alice, Herb Butterfield as Admiral Rice, and Dan Riss, Robert Griffin, Herb Rollinson, Robert Bruce and Eddie Maher. Our play was adapted by S.H. Barnett and our music was directed by Rudy Schrager. Here is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.


Big news, these were out of stock for two years. But now they're back in stock with the MicroBit V2.2. Small change to these, like it's kind of updated, it's kind of not updated. They were exactly the same as the original MicroBit V2s. But the chip that is used for the USB to serial and programming capability, like the LDAP chip, the whatever, they changed the model because there's a chip shortage. So they found an alternative. Worked exactly the same as before. So if you're looking for a MicroBit V2, this is the one we have, the bare one, not the go kit. This is the only model we have in stock right now. Okay, next up. We've actually already stocked the RGBW version of these mega bright, neopixel compatibles with warm and cool white LEDs. And this is the one with the natural, like neutral white LEDs, took us a little longer to get. But if you want like a three watt LED version of a neopixel on aluminum PCB, these will do the job.  So just, you can see you can chain them. Of course it's one pixel per. Comes with cables, of course you're gonna replace the cables and then you can see this like huge LED chip in the middle with a WS2811 driver and then it's aluminum backed PCB for heat sinking. Oh, and then, sorry if there's, there's the heat sink, yeah. Okay. Okay, next up. Next up, this is fun. This is a curb cut 64 by 64 LED matrix. It's a hub 75 matrix just like you'd expect, but it's got a trick on the back. It doesn't have like a flat corner side. It's not meant to go next to other panels on a wall. It's actually great for making corners and it's curb cut on all four sides so that you can make it into like cubes and other shapes. Otherwise it's identical to another hub 75, 64 by 64 LED matrices, comes with a power cable, comes with the two by eight IDC cable. It's only the only difference is the plastic. It's 2.5 millimeter pitch. This is showing three together making a corner. So this would be great for making cubes or other shapes that, you know, you don't want to have to remove the plastic. Like this is not even, this is how together with tape too. I mean, you'll still want to have a mechanical structure behind it. But, you know, if you want to make it easy to make cubic shapes or rectangles or whatever have you, these curb cut panels are great and they'll line up quite nicely on the edges. You'll get a nice clean seam. Next up from Pimeroni or Pimeroni, we have the Servo 2040. This is a RP 2040 based board that runs C++ or MicroPython and has some PIO code that is designed to run up to 18 servos very cleanly. So great for like Hexapod or other robotic projects or automatons where you want to drive a lot of servos very cleanly. You provide five volt power externally, program it over USB. It's also got some RGB LEDs and some sensor inputs for the analog input ports. It's fully assembled, got some QT port, I think two buttons, you know, big cap. But otherwise it's basically designed specifically for servos or, you know, anything that takes a servo input. I guess you could also use it for driving other PWM-able devices. But I think this will be great for roboticists who want to, you know, make humanoid or arachnid-like robots. Okay, and then starting the Unexpected Maker Tour. Here we go. Yes. We've got three ESP32 S3 boards from Unexpected Maker. This is, I think, the teeny Pico version, which I think has eight megabytes of flash and eight megabytes of PS RAM. All of these start the USB native capable ESP32 S3, which is, as we mentioned, a dual-core ESP32 board. So it's got Wi-Fi, BLE, two 10-silica cores, running at 250 megahertz, 240 megahertz, 500K of S-RAM, and then, of course, external PS RAM.  Lots of GPIO pins, and it's pin compatible, I think, with the teeny S2. So if you have one of those, you can use this as well. So very powerful little chip. Excellent. Here's the Feather S3 version. So it's got two STEMI QT ports with power control, USB-C, GPIO, it's feathering compatible. Although do watch out, the pin numbers are not kind of the, what we like to use for our classic feather configuration. I think it's got 16 megs of flash and eight megabytes of PS RAM. Although check the specs for that. Got Neopixel, two regulators, and 10 and all that good stuff. Okay, and then the next one. Yeah, and the last one is the Pro, which is got cast-lated pads, a lot more pins. It's got a battery port on the end if you do want a battery port. I think this also has 16 megs of flash and eight megs of PS RAM. It's got STEMI QT port and buttons. It looks like it's a little slimmer than the Feather. It's like this, it's like the slimness of the TD Pico, but like extended out. So it's got a ton more pins. Looks like it's got a couple of ground pads as well. So it's got like the most pads if that's what you're looking for. Yeah. All right, and then, you know, they all come with these cards and they show all the pen out of the way and more. And they run Circuit Python. And these, yeah, they're all running Circuit Python. I think there's also MicroPython support. And of course, Arduino supports coming. It's in the release candidate mode. These are the ones that have the updated Wi-Fi. So they're going to have, you know, good Wi-Fi connection. There were a couple that came, that went out earlier from other vendors that didn't have the Wi-Fi fix, but these do. So if you're wondering, these have the Wi-Fi fix. So they've got solid Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. Okay. And then the star of the show, besides UliData, our team here at Adafruit and around the world, our community, our customers. Oh, I want to show this cube. Oh yeah? Yeah. And that's the cube. Yeah, where the cube. Here, let me, let's zoom in and go this way. You can say, yeah. Yes, this is just held on with tape, I think, but you can see these curb cut. UliData, right? All right, so the star of the show this week is, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh. It's the WFL external antenna version of the Feather V2. It's basically the exact same layout as the Feather ESP32 V2, but instead of the PCB antenna module, we're using the WFL antenna module. What's great is that it's got, you know, C and FCC certification and you can attach an external antenna using the built-in WFL connector, which I will show. It's got USB-C, it's got an ESP32, it's got eight megs of flash and I think two megs of PS RAM. It's got auto reset. It's got a reset button and a user button. It's got a STEMI QT connector with power disabling. There's a neopixel, battery charging, all the stuff that you love about the Feather ESP32 V2, we upgraded this version. Pinout is nearly identical, but of course there's just more memory, more flash, more everything. And there's also more labeling because the module is smaller and we got to cram more stuff in because of that. It's like the little Adafruit logo. Yes, well it's, you know, I kind of did that on purpose, I think. I like it. Let's just say I did. So I'll just show what's going on here because it's a little, you want to be close. So, like I said, it's the exact same version of the board as the Feather ESP32 V2, except normally this would be an antenna but you see there's actually no, this module is just cut short. Usually there's a PCB antenna but there's no PCB antenna. Instead, the PCB underneath is visible. And this is a WFL connector. So this can connect to an SMA adapter here or I can grab. This is a, from Digikey, I just picked up a, this is actually a BLE antenna but 2.4 megahertz will work fine for wifi. So why is this good? Let's say you want much better antenna than the PCB antenna. You can do a directional antenna if you're putting in an enclosure that will block the RF signal. You can use this to have an external panel mount but mostly it's for people who want a better antenna than the PCB antenna which is, it's a good antenna, it's not bad but an external antenna will get you more gain and of course you can have it farther away from your electronics, especially if the RF is a Slido affecting your signals or something, it shouldn't but you want to have it far away, you can do that. One thing I will note, because even I got confused by this, it's not a UFL connector, it's a WFL connector. It's smaller than UFL, this is a, it's also called an MHF3 or an IPEX3. It's kind of a third version of, UFL would be called version one, this is smaller than that. So we'll be getting adapters but for now in the product link for this product, I do link to a place you can get these SMA or RP SMA WFL adapters and also on Digikey, there's this antenna that I've tested and works just fine even though it's advertised for BLE, it's still 2.4 megahertz and it's a fine antenna. So, if you like the Feather ESP32 or ESP32 V2 but you want an external antenna, we now have one in an FCCCE module format with a WFL connector that's easy to plug in external antenna. That's the product. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.


In 1986, a child was born. He was a boy. His parents are of African origin. His life took a dramatic turn for the worse when he started falling sick almost every two weeks. He suffered pain from sickle cell anemia and to make matters worse, his poor parents were illiterates who couldn't afford to take him to a good hospital to know exactly what was wrong with him. Born into extreme poverty in a remote village that seemed to be outside the planet Earth with terrible rheumatism, this boy had no hope of ever raising his head in life. However, when he was around 17 he started reading books and some of these books contained stories and biographies of individuals who had gone through terrible situations and despite that achieved greatness in life. The boy had a glimmer of hope. He believed that if certain people had been through similar situations like his and overcome all obstacles, he too could do it. That boy is me. I started life pretty rough and I never knew I could survive my childhood but by the grace of God I did survive and not just survive I thrived. I fought and won the battle against poverty, sickness and mediocrity. One of the instruments God used in helping me overcome obstacles was through reading biographies. Biographies are the best books you can read because it's the stories of people. It contains their pains, problems, obstacles and how they overcame them. I bought five books in the last one month and four of them are biographies. This tells you something. In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you nine biographies every entrepreneur should read. If you're new here consider subscribing so you won't miss other interesting videos like this. Number one, biography of Henry Ford. Most people know his name. He was the guy who revolutionized the automobile industry. A billionaire and one of the richest people in the world. Well there are quite a number of other things most people don't know about Henry Ford. Studying his biography I was amazed by how crazy this man was. When Ford started his company there were hundreds of automobile companies in America. Still by the end of 1920 his company had become one of the most successful auto companies in the world. It wasn't easy for him.  He raised capital and burnt it. He was rejected again and again but he's of a determined spirit. Ford kept on looking for how to build a better business system. How to make his products better and cheaper. He would buy the cars from his competitors and drive them. Take them to his factory and figure out what they were doing better than him. He would look for raw materials where no one was looking. Ford is a great motivation for anyone who wants to build something worthwhile. Number two, biography of Thomas Edison. Some people do not like Thomas Edison because they think he was dubious, a cheat and evil. That may be right to some extent but that is not my concern. As someone who wants to achieve greatness in life, your goal should be to learn what is good from those who have achieved greatness.  This is because they are human. Take for instance, you may like Steve Jobs because he was one of the greatest entrepreneurs in this era but if you dig deep, you'll find that Steve Jobs didn't treat people well. He was a tyrant. Yet you should learn what is good about him and ignore the bad side. What impressed me about Thomas Edison is the fact that he wasn't just an inventor. He was an entrepreneur. While many inventors in his days focused on just inventing stuff, Thomas focused on inventing things that had commercial value. Why should we create things if we can't make money off it? That is how entrepreneurs think. It's a win-win game. Think about it, if your labor doesn't give you a lot of money, you will not be able to hire more people and so you won't be able to serve the world the way you should. When it comes to business, serving the world must bring us money or we won't be able to scale or last in the market. Biography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin was a curious, self-taught young man. What inspired me most about his life was how he left his family at a young age just to go and figure out life. Franklin was a printing press entrepreneur, a scientist, an inventor and a writer. Some people believe that he's the most versatile genius America ever produced. Biography of Winston Churchill Yes, Churchill was not an entrepreneur, but I'll advise every entrepreneur to study this man because of his courage. Churchill was so courageous that as leader of an army, he would go to the war front to fight, even though he was not expected to do so. What I learned from Churchill is courage and everyone who ever dreamed of starting and running a successful business has a lot of courage. Everyone knows his name, but that is not enough. If you want to be successful in life, you won't just know people like Musk the way everyone else knows them. You will want to dig deeper. I love to know what makes a man who he is. I didn't just want to know Elon Musk has been the CO of SpaceX, Tesla and Boring Company. I wanted to know what makes him who he is and how he fought against every obstacle to arrive where he is. And that was the reason I bought his biography, written by Ashley Vance. I challenge you to read that book. Albert Einstein is not an entrepreneur, but his life encouraged me a whole lot. I have Einstein's 718 page biography in my library. I encourage everyone to read it. For me, the takeaway from his biography is the fact that Einstein was never the genius that everyone calls him. He was an ordinary man with extraordinary focus and determination. Yes, this is not about a human being, but think about it. How can you become a great entrepreneur if you don't have the time to study one of the oldest companies in the world? Coca-Cola is 135 years old this year. That company has gone through thousands of faces with millions of changes. I read the biography of Coca-Cola because I don't know why I shouldn't. It's titled Coca-Cola Way by Mark Pendergrast. This is a 774 page book titled Titan by Ron Chernow. Again, John D. Rockefeller was never an angel. He did a lot of things wrong. Yet, his life is worth studying because he did a lot of courageous, innovative and great stuff too. Well, if you want to be an entrepreneur at all, you would love to know some deep things about one of the craziest entrepreneurs that ever lived. He was a perfectionist, arrogant, rude, but at the same time, he believed in his capacity to change the world. And he did.  In my personal life, the more I studied the people who have achieved what I want to achieve, the more I think, act and get the results they got. I hope this video helps you and if you like it, kindly share with your friends and don't forget to subscribe if you've not done so. We love you.


Books and other vehicles could have been seen blocking the downtown area of Ottawa as protesters rallied against vaccine mandates, masks and lockdowns. Several investigations are underway into reports of severe vandalism and criminal behavior, including the desecration of national monuments. Now, they have met the enemy. And the enemy, their enemy, is themselves because they've become what they hated. They've become what they mocked. It's a cult. Yes, it is. What is it I'm always talking about on this channel? That the Democrats and their media mouthpieces want the public to believe that the only legitimate election is one that they win. As well, they want people thinking that the only legitimate protest is one that's endorsed by the left or the Democrat Party. Well, here we have yet another shining example of that Democrat state media enforced standard.


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