([1942])
Parents' Magazine Press,
1942 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- [none printed]
- Editing
- ?; George J. Hecht (publisher) (uncredited, see notes)
- Color
- full color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- newsprint cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue 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.
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.
He Turned a Mistake into an Important Time-Saving Improvement!
Max Kholas / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- in True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #20 (January 1943)
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Indexer Notes
Story starts on cover.
The Story of Ed Hoffman
Ed Hoffman / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- 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.
Full-Time American
William T, Morris, One Man War Plant / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- in True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #23 (April 1943)
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Time Out for Victory
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- in True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #22 (March 1943)
-
Saved 12,000 Hours a Year!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- in True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #29 (November 1943)
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Indexer Notes
Story concludes on the back cover.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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1.
He Turned a Mistake into an Important Time-Saving Improvement!
Max Kholas -
2.
The Story of Ed Hoffman
Ed Hoffman -
3.
Full-Time American
William T, Morris, One Man War Plant -
4.
Time Out for Victory
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5.
Saved 12,000 Hours a Year!
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- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
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