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WT_1945_11_10

Publication Date

11-10-1945

Description

This color 12-page newsletter is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. The document is listed as Volume 3, Number 34, published on Saturday, November 10, 1945. The Walker Air Base was located between Walker and Victoria, Kansas. The first and last page have a red ink border. The title page includes three headlines: “Wanna Buy Some Surplus Goods?” with the subscript “Page 3”, “Victory Loan Drive Needs Your Support!” with the subscript “Page 5”, and “Walker Quintet Plays Fort Hays November 14” with the subscript “See Sports Page.” Below the three headlines is an illustration signed by Kleiman with a black box in the middle sporting the text “WHY THE VICTORY LOAN?” Leading out from the box are eight black lines all leading to small illustrations accompanied by text. The text reads “G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS,” “PREVENTION OF INFLATION,” “PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS IN ACHIEVMENT OF VICTORY,” “SAVINGS FOR THE FUTURE”, “TO KEEP AMERICA—AMERICAN,” “HOSPITALIZATION, CARE AND REHABILITATION,” “VETERANS MUST BE BROUGHT HOME FROM OVERSEAS,” and finally “ARMY & NAVY MUST BE MAINTAINED.” In the red border along the bottom of the page reads “SERVE IN SILENCE.” Page 2 features an illustration by Pvt. W Skorski and a black-and-white photograph of Dan Woods. The article on the top left is titled “The Story of a Separation Center.” The column on the right features the article “Dan Woods, ARC Field Director moves to Camp Grant.” The article details how the field director of the Red Cross, Dan W. Woods, was positioned at Camp Grant following eight months of service at Walker Army Air Field. Page 3 includes an illustration in the bottom right corner. The top right article on the page is titled “Interested In Purchasing Surplus Goods? 3 Disposal Agencies In This Area.” The top left article sports the title “U.S. Civil Service Offers Jobs, Vacations, Security.” On the top left of page 4 the masthead for the newsletter appears. Before listing the editors, the commanding officer is named as “MAJOR HARRY C. SMITH.” The editors are listed as follows: “EDITOR…Sgt. David Kleiman,” “ASSOCIATE EDITOR…Sgt. Marvin E. Tong,” “SPORTS…Sgt. H. W. Sharpley[,]Cpl. H. Morales.” and “PRINTER…News Pub. Co., Hays, Kansas.” Under the masthead is the Commanding Officer’s Message, urging readers to invest their money into victory bonds. The top right of the page features the recurring comic “The Wolf” by Sgt. Sansone. Under that illustration is another illustration, featuring the headline “LAUGH—...if you must!” The bottom left of the page features the question-and-answer segment “HAWKWIZ” by Bob Hawk. Page 5 features one black-and-white photograph in the middle column at the top of the page. Featured in the photograph are a group of people resting at a Halloween party held at the NCO club. Below the photo and caption, among the articles on the page, is an article titled “Victory Loan Drive Needs Your Serious Cooperation.” On Page 6, the top of the page holds a “MALE CALL” comic from Mitlon Caniff titled “Braille Detail.” Along the left side of the page is an article titled “Not Too Serious News of Nation,” which covers small-scale news from across the country. Below “MALE CALL” is an article titled “Courts Weigh World War II Vets Reemployment Rights.” Page 7 is the sports page. The title of the page is printed in the top center in a hand-brushed font. Below the title of the page are two black-and-white photographs of football players Glenn Davis, Dick Whiting, Tony Minishi, and John Martin. There are four other articles on the page covering the left and right columns. Page 8 has an illustration in the top right and a black-and-white photograph near the bottom left. The photograph is of Betty Ann Simms. There are more sports articles on this page, alongside the article “Just For The Rise, USO Camp Show To Play At Base Theater Nov. 21.” Page 9 has an illustration near the bottom right of two women. Other articles on this page include the continuation of “the inquiring line” and “BOB HAWK ANSWERS HAWKWIZ.” Page 10 has a black-and-white photograph of a church below the article titled “Chaplain’s Message.” The article on the right side of the page is labeled “Propose Laws of Interest To Veterans of War II.” Near the bottom right is an illustration with the caption “... must be the bottom of the barrel!” Page 11 has a cartographic illustration of Manchuria alongside the article “Manchuria Goes Back to The Chinese.” There are two more articles on the page and an illustration on the bottom right. Page 12 features “The She Wolf” comic in the top center column. There are articles surrounding the comic featuring more news, as well as listings for movies in the area. On the bottom and right side of the page are a printed red border. There is minor damage on the right side of the newsletter, often covered with tape. On the cover, above the words “Victory Loan” are the words “November 10,1945” written in pencil. On the top lefthand corner, “K 358 W151W” is written.

Physical Description

8"x 11" printed newspaper

Rights

This material is in the public domain.

Publisher

United States Army Air Corps

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Language

eng

Walker Talker: Saturday, November 10, 1945

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