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At War44-07-2557Lost Island

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The Johnson Wax Program Words at War with Clifton Fattemann. The makers of Johnson's Wax were home and industry in cooperation with the Council on Books and War Time, proudly presents one of the most widely discussed programs in America, Words at War, dramatizations of the most representative books to come out of this great world conflict,

and pinch-hitting for Carl Van Dorren tonight is that good judge of fine books, of letters, and nationally known radio personality, Mr. Clifton Fatima. Mr. Fatima. Traveler from Tokyo, which we talked about last week, has been postponed to a later date in the series.

Tonight, we tell the story of two people. Did you ever hear of two young people named George Dodd and Ruth Lehman? No, I thought not. They're not very important people in this great war, actually.

And yet I think you'll be interested in their story, because in another way, the same thing might have happened to you. But more about the story in the author in a minute. First a message from Jack Costello.

Folks, we had such a nice letter from a very young lady this week. She writes, I heard Harlow Wilcox tell about all the uses of your wax. So this morning I had mother polish my brown shoes with Johnson's wax.

The wax took off all the black marks and scratches, and made my shoes look so bright, I thought I would tell you about it. My mother says Johnson's wax is better than shoe polish. I am five and a half years old and in the high kinder garden, with love.

Now, isn't that a nice letter? I could tell that young lady, many thousands of people use Johnson's wax on their shoes, and on all their leather things like luggage, golf bags, and briefcases. The wax helps to keep the leather from drying out, protects it from wire, besides giving it a nice polish.

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