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Identifier

WT_1943_09_03

Publication Date

9-3-1943

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 29, published on Friday, September 3, 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. On page 1 is a photograph of Col. R. H. Carmichael, wearing a military uniform and cap, titled “Col. R. H. Carmichael New Group Commander.” 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. Page 4 has an illustration titled “The Wolf” signed by Sansone. Below the illustration are two illustrated titles, one reading “Rambling in the Dark” and the other reading “Sgt. Snafu Says.” Page 5 has an illustrated title reading “Around the Base with Snooper, and page 6 has an illustrated title reading “Keynotes.” An entry on page 6 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 printed image of a headshot of a smiling man with black slicked-back hair. Toward the bottom-right on page 6 is an illustrated title reading “Laff of the Week,” and below that is an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 7 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 8 features an illustration signed by Pvt. Vic Herman of two topless women wearing straw skirts, with a uniformed soldier walking by in the background. 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, September 3, 1943

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