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Identifier

WT_1943_07_30

Publication Date

7-30-1943

Description

This black-and-white 12-page newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. All 12 pages of the newspaper are slightly tattered around the edges. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 24, published on Friday, July 30, 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 is titled “WAAF Pool Opening,” accompanied by a photograph of two rows of women with dark, curled hair posing in bathing suits and heels. Pictured in the front row from left to right are Peggy Goetz, Mary Transue, Florine Esther, and Beth Westbrook, and in the back row from left to right are Helen Fuerch, Della Ann Fox, Rita Mae Doerfler, and Evelyn Ross. The top of page 2 has a printed illustration of an air force insignia with wings. Toward the middle right of page 2 is an illustrated title reading “From the Mail Box.” The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” accompanied by a photograph of a white chapel. The middle of the right column is titled “Yankwiz” by Bob Hawk, Quizmaster, followed by a quote reading “‘Thanks to the Yanks.” Beneath the quote is “Saturdays, C. B. S.,” accompanied by a headshot of a smiling man with black slicked-back hair. The middle of page 4 has an illustrated title reading “Around the Base with Snooper.” Page 5 is titled “Movies” in block letters surrounded by a decorated border. At the top-right of page 6 is an illustrated title reading “Sgt. Snafu Says.” At the bottom of page 6 is an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 7 is titled “Sports” in decorated bubble letters, accompanied by figures playing different sports. The middle of page 8 has an illustrated title reading “Keynotes.” Page 9 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 on to the plane’s back fin. The top-left column of page 10 has an entry titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold letters. To the right of the words is a circle with a hawk wearing a bow tie speaking into a microphone. The top of page 11 features an illustration of an injured soldier being told to jump out of a plane and pull the rip cord. The bottom of page 11 features a photograph titled “Another Shot of the Candidates for Beauty Queen,” depicting (from left to right) Helen Fuerch, Della Ann Fox, Peggy Goetz, Mary Transue, Florine Esther, Beth Westbrook, Rita Mae Doerfler, and Evelyn Ross in the same outfits and heels from the photograph on page 1. The bottom of page 12 has an illustration titled “The Wolf” signed by Sansone. Printed alongside the right side of page 12 is an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of four panels.

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, July 30, 1943

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