**Emergency Flash!** A crime wave of serious proportions is spreading throughout the United States. Tonight, Saturday December 8th 1945, a serious crime is being committed every forty seconds. 

- Chicago, Illinois, December 8th: One man killed and another wounded in a gun battle with police. 

- Chelsea, Massachussetts, December 8th: Police searching desperately for person who telephoned father of six months old baby, that the child would be returned "in a box".

- Red Wood City, California, December 8th: Sixteen year old high school girl kidnapped by man and woman in green sudan.