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Identifier

WT_1943_09_10

Publication Date

9-10-1943

Description

This black-and-white 12-page newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 30, published on Friday, September 10, 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. Page 1 features an illustration titled “American Heroes” by Leff, depicting a man struggling to open a submarine hatch from the inside. The top of page 2 has an illustration of an air force insignia with wings. The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” accompanied by a photograph of a white chapel. The bottom of page 3 has an illustration of three orchids with the words “Orchids To:” written beneath the illustration. Page 4 has an illustration signed by Sansone titled “The Wolf.” Page 5 has a headshot of popular film star Walter Abel. At the bottom of page 5 is an illustration, signed by Corr. T. J. Blaney from California, of a girl talking to her father. Additionally, an illustrated title reading “Laff of the Week” is also at the bottom of page 5. Page 6 features two illustrated titles, one reading “Around the Base with Snooper” and the other “Rambling in the Dark.” An entry on page 8 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. Page 8 also has an illustrated title reading “Sgt. Snafu Says,” and below that title is an illustration titled “Life Savers.” 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. Page 9 has an illustration of Uncle Sam and a uniformed soldier holding a gun, wearing a pack and a military helmet. The text over the illustration reads “All we ask of you is a loan. They give their lives.” A line of text is blacked out using ink on page 9, and a lighter ink mark is on the right side of page 10. Page 12 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 along 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, September 10, 1943

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