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Issue: How Boys and Girls Can Help Win the War #[nn]
Publication Date: June 1942
 
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
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Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute, Inc. [War Services Division]
On Sale Date: 06/24/1942
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George J. Hecht (publisher)
Disclose Notes: Notation about the indicia publisher: The indicia lists Parents' Institute, Inc. only. However, based on the research of Elena Hristove, in her dissertation from the University of Sussex (UK), "Imagining Brotherhood: The Comics of the American Jewish Committee, 1941-1946" (no date, circa 2010, retrieved 10 November 2014: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/44211/1/Hristova,_Elena.pdf), the actual producer of comics was done by the War Services Division of Parents' Institute, Inc. and is included in brackets here for historical accuracy.

On sale date from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Books; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers of Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Address for Oral Delivery, and Maps; 1943, New Series, Volume 40, Number 4. Submitted as a book. Copyright registration number AA 425234.

All proceeds went to buy War Bonds.
Copyright 1942 The Parents' Institute, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.
Only copyright date listed in comic. Date is confirmed 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: "Correspondences: Division of Educational Services".
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Uncle Sam; unnamed boy; unnamed girl
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You Can Help Win the War...and the Peace!

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Character(s): Inside front cover.
Synopsis: Text piece encouraging readers to aid the war effort.
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Know What We're Fighting For

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt; unnamed American citizens; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
Synopsis: Summarizes the principals as outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms".
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Join Up!

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Character(s): Peter; Susan
Synopsis: Encourages youth to join organizations like the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Junior Red Cross, and the Camp Fire Girls.
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Know Your Stuff!

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Synopsis: Encourages youth to get a good education.
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Keep Fit!

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Character(s): General Douglas MacArthur; Young Sloppy Sam; sam's mom; unnamed lifeguard; Healthy Harry; Harry's mom
Synopsis: Encourages healthy eating, exercise, and good hygiene.
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Foods for Strength and Victory

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Character(s): unnamed doctor; unnamed army recruits; unnamed recruit's family
Synopsis: Encourages healthy eating to be a good soldier.
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You Can't Keep Fit Unless You Eat the Right Foods Every Day

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Character(s): Unnamed athletes
Synopsis: Encouraging eating of the "right foods" to stay fit.
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Call to the Colors

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Garden for Victory

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Character(s): Sue; Vic
Synopsis: Encourages to growing of "victory" gardens.
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Learn First Aid

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): unnamed English children and adults
Synopsis: Drawing from the example of three English children and their actions after a bombing raid, the story encourages children to learn first aid.
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Ways to Earn Money

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Jerry; Bob; Mrs. Clark; George; unnamed adults and children
Synopsis: Encourages the young to engage in odd jobs to earn money to buy war bonds and stamps.
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Disclose Notes: A mention is made in the story that one could sell subscriptions to Parent's Institute comic titles; True Comics, Real Heroes, and Calling All Girls, as a way to help make money.
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Buy War Bonds and Stamps!

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Synopsis: Encourages the purchase, even in small amounts, of war bonds and stamps--listing items that can be purchased even in small amounts.
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Get in the Scrap

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Character(s): Pudge; Bill; unnamed children
Synopsis: Encourages children to collect scrap metal, rubber, and paper for the war effort.
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Collect Books

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Character(s): unnamed children and adults
Synopsis: Encourages children to give "good" books to service personnel through the Victory Book Campaign.
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Help at Home!

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Character(s): unnnmaed children and adults
Synopsis: Encourages children to do their chores at home.
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Take Care of Your Things!

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Character(s): unnamed family
Synopsis: Encourages children to maintain the things they have as buying replacement goods taxes money and supplies better used in the war effort.
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Save the Family Car

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Character(s): unnamed family
Synopsis: Encourages limiting the use of the car so it is not wasting valuable resources.
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Don't Get Hurt!

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Character(s): Unnamed boy
Synopsis: Encourages safety in daily activities.
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Write 'em Often.

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Sergeant Johnny Doughboy; Corporal Blake
Synopsis: Sergeant Johnny Doughboy is no longer unhappy now he gets mail.
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Don't Help the Enemy

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Character(s): Unnamed man; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
Synopsis: Encourages the reader not to spread rumors, military information, and to engage in racial tolerance.
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Don't Believe Nazi Lies

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Character(s): Joseph Goebbels
Synopsis: Encourages the reader not to believe Nazi propaganda and to trust official statements of the U.S. Government and the United Nations.
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What to Do in an Air Raid

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Synopsis: Giving instructions on what to do during an air raid.
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4 Pals Go Through Their First Raid

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Johnny; Eddie; Dick; Jimmy
Synopsis: Four friends keep their composure while properly doing what needs to be done during an air raid.
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This Is the Way to Fix Up a Refuge Room

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Character(s): Unnamed boys and girls
Synopsis: Demonstrates how to prepare a refuge room to use in case of an air raid.
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Victory Quiz

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Disclose Notes: A quiz about what the reader just read.
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Don't Miss These Swell Comics

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Promoting Parents' Magazine Press comic titles. Cover reproductions of True Comics #14 (July 1942), Real Heroes #5 (July 1942), and Calling All Girls # 4 (March 1942).
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Tell the World You're Doing Your Part

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Character(s): Uncle Sam; Minuteman; Bald Eagle; unnamed boys and girl
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Disclose Notes: Sticker cut-outs for children to paste up to show they are doing their part for the war effort.

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