Their entreaties to the managing editor for a chance to prove their mettle as reporters are met with conditional consideration, contingent upon a dinner engagement for deliberation.

However, an unforeseen development transpires in the editor's absence, as Moe inadvertently intercepts a critical communication from one of the newspaper's reporters, Smitty, regarding the theft of classified documents by foreign operatives.

The ensuing sequence of events unfolds with the trio embarking as unwitting stowaways aboard an ocean liner, propelled into the perilous expanse of the high seas.

Their ingenuity and resourcefulness enable them to outmaneuver Borscht, reclaim the pilfered microfilm, and emerge victorious in their pursuit of journalistic acclaim.

Even though the last four shorts were remakes of earlier Shemp efforts, Palma's services were needed to link what few new scenes were filmed to the older stock footage.