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Identifier

WT_1943_10_29

Publication Date

10-29-1943

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 tattered around the edges. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 37, published on Friday, October 29, 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 features a photograph, titled “K-9 Squaron at WAAF,” depicting Sgt. Joseph Flood training a dark-colored dog, surrounded by photographs of additional dogs. The top of page 2 has an illustration of an air force insignia with wings, and the bottom of page 2 has 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. At the bottom of page 3 are two illustrated titles reading “Keynotes” and “Laff O’ the Week.” Page 4 has an illustration, signed by Cpl. Harrison from Goodfellow Field, Texas, depicting two military soldiers on the moon. Below the illustration is an illustrated title reading “Rambling in the Dark.” 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 features a photograph, titled “MP’s [sic] get the dope on Nazis,” depicting a German prisoner attending to another Axis soldier with two American military policemen in the background. Page 7 features an illustration titled “Morning Report” about Capt. James E. Swett. At the bottom of page 7 is an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 8 features a photograph, titled “Aviation Cadets Take Blackboard Flight,” depicting a group of five Army Aviation Cadets studying using a blackboard. Page 8 has an illustrated title reading “The Inquiring Line.” At the bottom of page 8 is a map of Italy detailing the retreat of German forces in the country as of October 1, titled “Germans Set Up New Defense Line.” 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 a photograph of Capt. Bill Poston sitting at a desk, titled “Now It’s Captain Poston!” Page 10 has an illustration of a man scaling a cliffside with another man around his shoulders, titled “American Heroes” by Leff. Page 11 has an illustration titled “The Wolf” by Sansone. 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, October 29, 1943

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