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Johnny Powers builds a tin can turbine for a science fair. He and his friends learn about careers in engineering from Johnny's brother Ed, a General Electric engineer.

GE engineer Ed Powers explains the basics of atomic theory to his younger brother Johnny Powers and highlights early atomic generating projects.

GE engineer Ed Powers takes his nephew Johnny and his friend Jane to Colonial Williamsburg to explore how electricity changed everyday life.

A microphone comes to life and takes young Jimmy on behind-the-scenes tour of the NBC radio studios.

Article about the success of the General Electric comic book program and other educational booklets.

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Hot Off the Press

For 37,000 science teachers and the same
number of social studies teachers, two new
G·E booklets, "The Story…

Article about the success of the General Electric comic book program and its manager, Dwight Van Avery.

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"Education is no joke." This is
the title of a two-page feature in the June
10 magazine section of the New York Sunday
News…

Article about the popularity of the GE comic books in class rooms, listing the popularity of the early comic books.

Biographical article about Frank Panny, an GE Educational Relations employee who worked on the comic book project.

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You put a microphone in front of a performer
or a politician and he becomes
almost incandescent. But not…

Article about success of GE comic book distribution.

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Since they were originated in 1944, more than
125 million educational comic books
have been distributed by the Company's
Educational Relations & Support Service.

Article about the international success of the GE comic books.

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Ubiquitous Atom: General Electric's
educational "comic book" Adventures Inside
the Atom, recently translated into
Urdu and Arabic, has made its debut in
Pakistan and…