Man From Headquarters

"THEY DON'T DARE KILL A REPORTER!" It's easy for an editor to say that, but he knows if he puts the finger on an underworld czar, he is a dead man!

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A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.

Released: Jan 23, 1942

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Frank Albertson

Larry Doyle

Joan Woodbury

Ann Weston

Dick Elliott

Editor Elwin A. Jonas

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