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Identifier

WT_1943_06_04

Publication Date

6-4-1943

Description

This black-and-white 18-page newsletter is a typed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 16, published on Friday, June 4, 1943. The Walker Air Base was located between Walker and Victoria, Kansas. The top of the first page features a printed illustration titled “Walker Talker,” depicting an air force plane accompanied by an air force base and tower. Page 1 has 2 printed photographs titled WAAF Represented in Memorial Day Parade. The left photograph depicts Walker Army Air Field vehicles being driven in a Memorial Day parade down Russell’s Main Street, and the right photograph depicts soldiers carrying U.S. flags in the parade. The top of page two has a printed illustration of an air force insignia with wings. Page 3 contains a printing error, in which Male Call and the printed Yankwiz title cover the header. The left column of page 3 is titled “Yankwiz” by Bob Hawk, Quizmaster, followed by a quote reading “‘Thanks to the Yanks.” Beneath the quote is “Saturdays, C. B. S.” Next to it is a printed headshot of a smiling man with black slicked-back hair. Printed sideways along the length of page 3 is an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of 6 panels. Beside the end of the comic is an illustration of a daschound standing on a sign reading “To be continued next week.” The left column on page 4 is titled “902 Quartermaster Corps” within an illustration. The left column of page 5 is titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold, printed letters. To the right of the printed words is a circle with a hawk wearing a bow tie speaking into a microphone. Also on page 5 is a photograph of Joan L. McCate, a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), looking through a microscope in a medical laboratory in New Jersey. Page 6 has an entry titled “From the Mail Box,” in illustrated font. Page 7 has a picture titled “Musical Treat for WAAC Feet,” depicting members of the WAAC band standing in formation. On page 8 is a printed image titled “The Wolf” by Sansone. Page 9 has a 4-panel illustration of a man sleeping against a tree while a beaver disturbs him. The middle of page 9 is titled “USO Activities” in cursive handwriting. Page 10 has 1 printed illustration titled “Life Savers” at the top, and another printed image signed by Cpt. Newcombe. The top of page 11 has a printed illustration of three orchids with the words “Orchids To:” written beneath the illustration. The illustration is printed over the page heading. Page 12 is titled “Movies” in decorated block lettering. Page 13 is titled “Gremlin-Post” in shaded-in lettering. Below the title is a hand-drawn illustration of a military plane with a star insignia on its fuselage and both wings, flying to the right. Hanging off the letter “S” in the title is a monkey, and another is holding onto the plane’s tail fin. At the bottom of page 14 is an illustration signed by Forsberg of a Military Police Officer sternly pointing at a Cadet, and a woman whose breasts are visible is in the background. The top-left column on page 18 is titled “Around the Base with Snooper” in bubble letters, accompanied by an illustration of a man wearing a top hat looking into the keyhole of a door. The top-right column is titled “Medics” in bubble letters. The final entry on page 18 is titled “518 Service Squadron” in an illustrated title. Page 2 has ink spots throughout it.

Physical Description

9"x12" printed newspaper

Rights

This material is in the public domain.

Publisher

United States Army Air Corps

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Language

eng

Walker Talker: Friday, June 4, 1943

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