Pulp Fiction, 1938 · page 5 of 116
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# Advertisement Page Analysis This is a full-page advertisement from a pulp magazine, dominated by a comic strip sequence at the top depicting men dismissing a young person's job prospects, followed by a large pitch from the National Radio Institute offering home training in radio repair and installation work. The ad promises earnings of $30-$75 weekly for spare-time radio servicing, with full-time positions paying up to $6,000 annually. It emphasizes practical training, includes a mailed equipment kit, and features a mail-in coupon for a free 64-page booklet titled "High Rewards in Radio." The text appears designed to appeal to Depression-era or post-Depression readers seeking income opportunities, presenting radio technician work as an accessible career path requiring no prior experience.
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Many Radio Experts Make’) $30, $50, $75 a Week Do you want to make more money? Broadcasting stations employ engi- neers, operators, station managers and pay up to $5,000 a year. Spare time Radio set servicing pays as much as $200 to $500 a year—full time serv- icing jobs pay as much as $30, $60, $75 a week. Many Radio Experts op- erate full time or part time Radio businesses. Radio manufacturers and - jobbers employ testers, inspectors, foremen, engineers, servicemen, pay- ing up to $6,000 a year. Radio oper- ators on ships get good pay, see the world besides. Automobile, police, aviation, commercial Radio, and loud speaker systems offer good opportuni- ties now and for the future. Television promises many good jobs soon. Men I trained at home have good jobs in all these branches of Radio. Many Make $5, $10, $15, a Week Extra in Spare Tirne While Learning Almost every neighborhood needs a good spare time serviceman. The day you enroll I start sending Extra Money Job Sheets showing how to do OF FERS REAL OPPORTUNITIES 70, THERE JUST AREN'T ANY GOOD JOBS J. E. SMITH, President National Radio Institute she Established 1914 "E Radio repair jobs. Throughout your training I send plans and ideas that made food spare time money—from $200 “to $500 a year—for hundreds of fellows. I send you special Radio equipment, show you how to conduct experiments and build circuits, illus. trating important Radio principles. my training gives you Practical Ex- perience while learning, I ALSO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE, MOD.- ERN, PROFESSIONAL ALL WAVS#, ALL PURPOSE RADIO SET SERV. ICING INSTRUMENT TO HELP SERVICE SETS QUICKER—SAVE TIME, MAKE MORE MONEY. Washington, D. C, 1. 6Radio,”’ Plainly.) NAME J. E. SMITH, President National Radio Institute, Dept. 8FA8 Dear Mr. Smith: Without obligating me, send “R Rewards in which points out the spare time and full time oppor- tunities in Radio and explains your 60-560 method of training men at home in. spare time to become Radio Experts. (Please Write eee eeere err eeepervr eee eeevee eee ea eeeeege *eeeere AGE eeete CVE 6 6064000 00s Cite eT Cee eee STATIC Find Out What Radio Offers - Mail the coupon now for “Rich Re- wards in Radio.” It’s free to any fellow over 16 years old. It points out Radio’s spare time and full time op portunities, also those coming in vision; tells about my training in Radio and Television; shows you lef- ters from men I trained, telling what they are doing, earning; shows my Money Back Agreement. MAIL THE COUPON in an envelope or paste it on a penny postcard—NOW ! J. E. SMITH, President National Radio Institute, Dept. 8FA8 Washington, D. C. : Btandwace ane ® Please mention Ace FICTION Groupe when answering advertisements Eomichbooks (E(@)