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Identifier

WT_1943_10_15

Publication Date

10-15-1943

Description

This black-and-white 10-page newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 34, published on Friday, October 15, 1943. However, it should be Volume 1, Number 35. The Walker Air Base was located between Walker and Victoria, Kansas. Pages 3 and 4 are untattered, unlike the rest of the newspaper's edges. 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 a photograph of Major R. B. Sullivan C. O. at a desk, titled “The Fighting ’71st!” Page 1 has another photograph, titled “Butch,” of a brown cocker spaniel. The top of page 2 has an illustration of an air force insignia with wings, and the bottom of page 2 has an illustration titled “Life Savers.” The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” accompanied by a photograph of a white chapel, and at the bottom of page 3 is an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week.” Page 4 features a photograph of the pilots lounge of the ’71st squadron. Below the photograph is an illustrated title reading “Rambling in the Dark.” Page 5 has an illustration titled “The Wolf,” signed by Sansone, and an illustrated title reading “Around the Base with Snooper.” An entry on page 5 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 6 is titled “Sports” in decorated bubble letters, accompanied by figures playing different sports. 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. An illustration on page 7, titled “American Heroes” by M. and S. Leff, depicts a soldier hitting another soldier with the butt of his gun. Page 8 has an illustration, signed by Lt. Milians, of a soldier being captivated by a flower from the “Early Victory Garden” while he stands on a TNT trap inscribed with “Axis Reserve Power.” 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 along 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, October 15, 1943

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