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Identifier

WT_1943_08_20

Publication Date

8-20-1943

Description

This black-and-white 10-page newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. All 10 pages of the newspaper are slightly tattered around the edges. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 27, published on Friday, August 20, 1943. The Walker Air Base was located between Walker and Victoria, Kansas. The top of the first page features an illustration titled “Walker Talker,” depicting an air force plane accompanied by an air force base and tower. The left side of page 1 features a photograph, titled “Deputy Group C. O.,” of Lieut. Col. Kalberer, wearing headphones. On the right side of page 1 is a photograph, titled “Walker Fight Headliners,” depicting boxers in the Armed Forces. From left to right, the boxers are Sam Soussi, Junior Rinks, Jimmy Marzano, George Cleckley, and Benny Black. Kneeling in the front is Eddie Vasques. The top of page 2 has an illustration of an air force insignia with wings. The bottom of page 2 has an illustration of three orchids with the words “Orchids To:” written beneath the illustration. The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” accompanied by a photograph of a white chapel, and the right columns have an illustrated title reading “Keynotes.” Page 4 has a photograph titled “WAAF Welterweight,” depicting Junior Rinks in boxing attire and boxing gloves. Page 4 has an illustrated title reading “Around the Base with Snooper.” Page 5 has an illustration, signed by Pfc. Art Gates of Keesler Field, Mississippi, of a man with a machine gun on a flying carpet. Below the illustration on page 5 is an illustrated title reading “Rambling in the Dark.” Page 6 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. Page 6 has an illustration of a man ogling a woman in a gown, signed by Cpl. Bob Koch. Page 7 has an illustration titled “The Wolf” signed by Sansone. An entry on page 7 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. Page 9 has a photograph of a large group of people sitting at picnic tables inside, titled “New Civilian Mess Hall Opens.” 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. Printed alongside the right side of page 10 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, August 20, 1943

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