# The Big Blow

Heard 1940. 1 episodes.

The story follows to Nebraskans, Wade and Aunt Jane, as they arrive at their new home in Florida. Wade and Jane swapped the land sight unseen, and feel cheated by what they find. Wade and Jane meet a neighbor, a young woman named Sealy and her hand Clay. There is also a gang of rough men, led by a tough guy named Connie. Jane shoos Connie off their land with her gun. Some time later Wade talks to Sealy about having their string bean crops stolen. She explains that Connie and his men don't like Wade because he is an outsider. She also explains that the men don't like her because she sides with Clay, a black man. Connie arrives with a bag of string beans for Sealy. Connie threatens Wade with a knife when confronted about the stolen crops. In the next scene, Sealy comes crying to Wade. She relates how Connie tried to get fresh with her, Clay protected her, beating Connie. Sealy is worried that Clay will be lynched, and has gone to hide in the woods. The men have set the woods on fire to force him from his hidi

## Sets

- The Big Blow (1940-12-15) (Listeners' uploads): CC BY-NC 4.0, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive. Source: https://archive.org/details/aapb-cpb-aacip-80-3976j2zq

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [70422.2 LT5393 EQ](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/big-blow/1b13c3893ba0), aired 15 December 1940 (25 min): https://archive.org/download/aapb-cpb-aacip-80-3976j2zq/cpb-aacip-80-3976j2zq_The%20Big%20Blow.mp3

Uploaded to the Internet Archive by the person named, outside its radio collections.

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