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In the original radio broadcast
version of "A Christmas Story," author and New York City's
WOR station talk
show personality
Jean Shepherd mentions* how during the
Great Depression,
desperate men fell victim to the magazine ads promising fortunes to be made repairing
radios**. Some, of course, actually succeeded, but doing so was difficult without
substantial financial resources to fund test equipment, inventory, transportation,
a workshop, etc., to get started. Two things electronics servicemen had in their
favor at the time this National Schools Radio Home Training ad appeared in the October
1942 issue of Popular Electronics magazine was that many service-age
men were going off to fight the Axis forces (or were planning to go), and that
new radio production had ceased in order to dedicate resources to the war
effort***, so replacing a broken radio with a new one was not an option. The
copy appeals to both the man aspiring to run his own business and the man
planning to apply his knowledge and services to the military.
*
Duel in the Snow, or, Red Ryder Nails The Cleveland Street Kid," from "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash."
** See
National
Radio Institute,
RCA Institutes Home Training Ad,
Cleveland Institute of Electronics,
Coyne Electrical School,
National Radio Institute.
***
War Production Board from the War Powers Act
National Schools Radio Home Training Ad
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Now, as never before, the urgent need for Trained Radio Men has created a tremendous
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