Pulp Fiction, 1942 · page 5 of 116
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# Page Description This is an advertisement page featuring a comic-strip narrative about how one man obtained a radio job through home training. The page promotes the National Radio Institute's correspondence course for radio technicians, claiming students can earn $5-10 weekly in spare time while learning. The comic panels show a conversation between characters named Bill and Mary, where Bill decides to pursue radio training rather than seek a new job field. Text blocks describe radio industry opportunities, technician salaries ($30-$50 weekly), and military service benefits. A coupon at the bottom invites readers to request a free sample lesson and 64-page book about radio careers. The overall message emphasizes practical home-based training for lucrative employment in the growing radio repair business.
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GETTING ANYWHERE, 3 FIELD TO MAKE. MORE MONEY jobs paying up to $50 a (‘® 6» OUGHT TO TRY A NEW Find out how Pacha It is to TRAIN AT HOME FOR GOOD RADIO JOi GROWING FAST -~ AND THE - NATIONAL RADIO INSTITUTE SAYS THEY RIGHT AT HOME IN SPARE TIME NOW. . S DRAFTED Due to the boom in the Radio repair busi- Week MAIL COUPON. Get ness, practically every neighborhood offers J. E SMITH my Sample Lesson FREE. peri e for a good pert time Radio President Examine it, read it—seo ‘fechnician to make extra money fixing Ra- National Radia how easy it is to under- dio sets. I give you special training to Institute stand. See how I train you ghow you how to start cashing in on these Established at e in spare time tO opportunities early. You get Radio parts 27 Years be a Radio Operator or and instructions for conducting experiments Radio Technician. and building test equipment to you do WHY MANY RADIO TECHNICIANS MAKE $30, $40, $50 A WEEK The Radio repair business is booming due to the shortage of new sets, as the coun- try’s 57,400,000 home and auto sets become older they need more repairs, new tubes, parts, opening now opportunities for fult time and part time Radio Technicians to get good jobs, or to open their own Radio repair businesses. Radio Technicians and Operators hold good jobs in the country’s 882 Broadcasting Stations and in Aviation, Police, Commercial, Marine and Govern- ment Radic. Loud Speaker Systems give good jobs to many. The Government is call- ing for Civilian Radio Technicians and Op- erators, (rovernment orders for millions of dollars worth of Radio equipment offer op- portunities in Radio factories. Men with Radio Training are in line for extra rank and pay in the Army and Navy. Many Radio developments such as Television, held back by the war, will make Radio a live- better, faster Radio repair work. My 50-50 metho—half working with Radio parts I send you, half studying lesson texts—makes learning Radio at home interesting, fascinat- ing, gives you valuable practical experience. FIND OUT HOW I TRAIN YOU AT HOME FOR GOOD PAY IN RADIO MAW THE COUPON. I'll send you a Sample Lesson and my 64-page book FREE. Leatmn about my Course; the types of jobs in different branches of Radio. Read let- ters from more than 100 men I have trained so you can sec what they are doing, earn- ing. MAI“ THE COUPON in an envelopo or paste it on a penny posteL J. E. SMITH. President, Dept. 2GA8 National Radio Institute Washington, D. C. THIS REE | BOOK HAS SHOWN HUNDREDS. = ay7 HOW TOMAKE GOOD MOWED . TLL ALWAYS BE A ‘FAILURE IF 1 STICK TO MY PRESENT JOB LOOK AT THIS “RADIO 1S CERTAINLY f TRAIN MEN FOR RADIO FREE. GUESS I i'M YOU SURELY KNOW}; OH BILL. mM $0 GLAD} SELF THAT YOU : COULD LEARN |: RADIO AT HOME F: YOU SENT FOR THAT }} FREE LESSON AND [| PROVED TO YOUR: |4f LL MAIL THE COUPON AND LOOK INTO LEARNING RADIO THIS WAY 15 GREAT. SOON I'LL BE TRAINED TO MAKE GOOD MONEY FIXING RADIO SETS ~- TO GET A GOOD JOB IN A BROADCASTING STATION --OR A GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN RADIO JOB -- = OR WIN EXTRA RANK G AND PAY IF BUCK UP BILL, WHY NOT TRY AN INDUSTRY THAT'S GROWING -- WHERE THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY "1 DON'T THINK | COULD LEARN RADIO THAT WAY -- BUT THEY'LL SEND ME A SAMPLE LESSON ‘LU ENROLL YES, 1 HAVE A GOOD | | FULL TIME RADIO |. JOB NOW-- AND A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD IN RADIO THANKS. I'VE BEEN STUDYING Hn is eet fides to ies eee SMART TO TRAIN FOR RADIO. MINE ONLY A FEW MONTHS AND | etter pay. Badio offers you RADIO NOW! the opportunity to make Sorte plies hes tack MAKING $5, $10 a week extra in BEGINNERS SOON LEARN TO | : spare time a, few months —_ EARN $5, $10 A WEEK EXTRA SE SEARE: (Ta for good full time Radio IN SPARE TIME TIME, THATS ; 4 g E. SMITH, President, Dept. 2GA8 Wing, Bed: FOG Iie AS ture, i MATIDNAE DIO INSTITUTE, Washington, D. C. @ Mail mo FREE, witheut obligation, Sample Lesson and EXTRA PAY IN @ 64-page book “Rich Rewards in Radio.”” (No Salesman will ARMY, NAVY, TOO g call, Write plainly.) A : : | ge oerseeaece peer ee eee Tvery man likely to go into military serv- r] ice, every soldier, saHor, marine, should & Pt ae ee Se ee Rea ck SHER RER EUS s HUE coe mail the Coupon Now! Learning Radio a heips men get eXtra rank, extra prestige, a OTN yc er pro Oa As 0. BRE CI Lae eT ; more interesting d¥ty at pay up to ser- eral times a private’s base pay. Also pre- # City .......... ccc ccc cece eeeceeces Bile... 2 es 2FR pares for good Badio jobs after service CRE gece gre gee tegs Sapa paONE U ANS eee Soper Please mention ACE FIcTION GROUP when answering advertisements IGDoOo COIN S (C(O)