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Issue: Extra #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1942
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: 1942
Volume:
Pages: 16
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (5 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): ?; George J. Hecht (publisher) (uncredited, see notes)
Disclose Notes: Intended as a monthly series, likely only one issue published.

No date or publisher listed on comic. Date and publisher is based on the contents of a letter dated January 20, 1943 sent by Parents' Institute President George J. Hecht to Dr. Wilbur Schramm, head of the Division of Educational Services within the Office of War Information.
Copy located in the United States National Archives, Record Group 44 (Office of Government Reports), entry # PI-35 146: General Records, 1942-July 1, 1943 (Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Publications. Division of Educational Services.) Box #1694, Folder: "Correspondence: Division of Educational Services".

Publisher address given, 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N.Y. is that of Parents' Institute, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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He Turned a Mistake into an Important Time-Saving Improvement!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Max Kholas
Character(s): Max Kholas; max's unnamed uncle; Westinghouse Company bosses (all unnamed)
Synopsis: While working for Westinghouse, Max invents a cement that allows rubber to be glued together and not come undone during use.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story starts on cover.
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The Story of Ed Hoffman

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Ed Hoffman
Character(s): Ed Hoffman; unnamed Army Air Corps officer; RCA plant employees (all unnamed)
Synopsis: Ed Hoffman develops silicon iron as a substitute for nickaloi steel for use in military aircraft.
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Pages: 3
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Full-Time American

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): William T, Morris, One Man War Plant
Character(s): William T. Morris; unnamed postal workers; unnamed naval officer
Synopsis: William T. Morris works two jobs, postal carrier by day and making spokes for ships steering wheels at night, averaging over 1000 a year.
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Pages: 1
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Time Out for Victory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Kalva Rossuck (Miasnicov); Sid Rossuck; Rossuck's unnamed children; female at party (unnamed); unnamed aviation teachers; unnamed plant co-workers
Synopsis: Kalva Rossuck, a naturalized Russian-American born in China, decides to help her three nations of origin by working for the Republic Aviation Corporation building airplanes.
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Pages: 4
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Saved 12,000 Hours a Year!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Sam Feiner; Bill; Sam's unnamed son; unnamed co-workers
Synopsis: Sam Feiner, while working at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard in San Francisco, develops a method to speed up production of pipe elbows, saving the shipyard a 1000 man-hours a month.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story concludes on the back cover.

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