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January 1941 QST
 Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL
for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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 Take a
look at the list of National Company's employee list wishing their customers a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year. Every one of them is a licensed Ham radio operator. It
appeared in the January 1941 issue of QST, but was for the 1940 Christmas. National
Company was a major producer of amateur radio gear in the day. Little did they suspect
that by the same time a year later, America would be newly engaged in World War II
after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Interestingly, the American
Lung Society's
Christmas
Seals stamp that appears in the upper left corner is authentic and must have been
applied by humans. That means thousands of copies had to be manually stamped before mailing.
As a long-time philatelist (stamp-collector) myself, I have one of these 1940 Christmas
Seals center blocks (they're not worth much - none of my stamps are, unfortunately).
National Company Christmas and New Year Greeting
 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from
National's Company
Samuel Samour W1AMB
Lester Harris W1AOP
Thomas P. Leonard W1AUJ
Rufus Turner W1AY
Herman S. Bradley W1BAQ
James A. Ciarlone W1BHW
Dana Bacon W1BZR
Calvin F. Hadlock W1CTW
Seth Card W1DRO
Gene Simms W1DXD
John F. Bartlett W1EU
Donald E. Hinds W1FRZ
Robert Murray W1FSN
Claude W. Darling, Jr. W1GDI
Richard Minichiello. W1HBR
Wallace Battison W1HE
Richard Chaloff W1HME
Robert Moses W1HMH
David Smith W1HOH
Vicent Messina W1HRW
Jack Ivers W1HSV
Earle D. Benson W1HXF
Matthew Sokolowski W1ISR
Joseph Homan W1IYA
Sumner Herrick W1JDF
Edmund Harrington W1JEL
Kenneth Nagle W1JGD
Delbert Hood W1LD
Richard Ireland W1LDT
Richard Gentry W1LEN
Walter McMillen W1LIS
T. M. Ferrill, Jr. W1LJI
F. A. Waden,Jr. W1LNV
Edward Mallumian WILOE
Walter Lannan W1LOQ
R. Johnson W1LZG
Richard Heileman W1MWT
William S. Doyle W1TV
Arthur H. Lynch W2DKJ
Myrl B. Patterson W5CI
Herbert Becker W6QD
Posted December 19, 2018
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