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Well now it is time for this week's episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers. The original

air date December 3, 1950, and the title is Room 114.

The national broadcasting company presents Joe McRae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.

Tonight, transcribe from Hollywood another authentic reenactment of a case from the

Files of the Texas Rangers. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joe McRae as Ranger

Jace Pearson. Texas walled in 260,000 square miles, and 50 men who make up the most famous and

oldest law enforcement party in North America.

Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts. Only names, dates,

and places are fixtures for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record.

Case for tonight, Room 114.

It is 4.47 p.m. the afternoon of October 29, 1927. Liz Ferris, a chambermaid at the Hotel

Alamo in the town of Limpia, Texas. Approaches Sam Bixby, the desk-clip.

Mr. Bixby. Oh Liz, aren't you going home?

I can't see the levergett home until I get the room finished.

And it's still ain't been in Room 114.

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