Summary: Missing Mexican Sheiks (Aired January 3, 1934) Calling All Cars was one of radio’s earliest cop shows, dramatizing true crime stories and introduced by officers from the Los Angeles and other police departments. The narrator of the program was speech professor Charles Frederick Lindsley, and the only other regular voice heard on the program week after week belonged to that of Sergeant Jesse Rosenquist of the L.A.P.D., whose name and voice were so unusually distinctive that he was retained for the show’s entire run. None of the actors on the show ever received on-air credit, but among the talent OTR fans can hear the likes of Elvia Allman, Jackson Beck, Charles Bickford, John Gibson, Richard LeGrand and Hanley Stafford, just to name a few. THIS EPISODE: January 3, 1934. Program #6. CBS Pacific network (Don Lee network). "The Missing Mexican Sheiks". Sponsored by: Rio Grande Oil ("Junior Police" kit premium). A hold-up has taken place on Terminal island. The robbers are both dark, one of them a Filipino. The program opening is upcut. The system cue has been deleted. Charles Frederick Lindsley (narrator). 27:45. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
