Wheaties presents Joel McRae in 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 McRae 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. Now from the files of the 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.

Case for tonight, the Trigger Men.

At nine o'clock,

at nine o'clock on the evening of May 27th, 1947 Jasper Leach, operator of an independent

service station in 8 Oklahoma was preparing to shut down for the night.

Suddenly two men in a green convertible pulled into the service island of his station.

Close for the night, fellasas pumps are all locked.

We gotta get some gas.

All night place on the highway south, Mr. Big Station, you're heading that way.

I don't like big stations

we're gassing up right here I got a tire you can fix now look I told you I'm close for the

not I'm sorry tell you heard him hick now get moving I'll put a slugging you

all right mister.

I ain't arguing with a gun.

He gets that pump going, make them fill a couple of extra five-gallon cans.

All right, Joe, stop playing the podium and get that flat sparrow out,

use a heart for action.

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