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Identifier

WT_1943_11_26

Publication Date

11-26-1943

Description

This 12-page color newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 41, published on Friday, November 26, 1943. The Walker Air Base was located between Walker and Victoria, Kansas. A red border is printed around the top, bottom, and left side of page 1. Page 1 features a photograph of Lt. Potter saluting Major Coles, titled “Reporting for Duty.” Page 1 also features a photograph, titled “WACs Arrive at Walker for Week Stay,” of Capt. Stanley Mayer and Lt. Gleen E. McClure greeting members of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Page 2 has an illustration signed by Sansone titled “The Wolf.” The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” accompanied by a photograph of a white chapel. The right side of page 3 has an illustration titled “Morning Report” about Pfc. Albert I. Nendza. Page 4 features a photograph, titled “At Motor Pool,” of Cpl. Elsie Obermeier filling a staff car with gas. Page 5 features a photograph, titled “Who Cares What the Show Is,” depicting a crowd of WACs and other military personnel watching a movie. Page 5 also features a photograph, titled “In Operations Office,” depicting Pfc. Emanuel Morgenlander and Pvt. Edith Fowler in the Base Operations Office. Page 6 is titled “Sports” in decorated bubble letters. Page 6 features a photograph, titled “Why this picture on sport page? We think it’s good anywhere,” depicting Adele Mara in a gown, accompanied by a handwritten note reading “To the men of Walker Army Air Field, Best of luck, Adele Mara.” Page 7 features a photograph, titled “Everything but the Fireplace,” depicting Cpl. Jane Bimestefer playing the piano while Pfc. Helen Rash, Cpl. Jannet Igleski, and Sgt. Battle listen. Page 7 also features a photograph, titled “Show Goers,” depicting Pvt. Bill Carlin taking a ticket from WAC Sgt. Battle. To the right of this photograph is an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week.” Page 8 features a photograph, titled “Something New in Special Service,” of Cpl. Jannet Igleski working on this issue of Walker Talker beside Sgt. H. N. Schoepf. Page 8 also features an illustrated title reading “Rambling in the Dark” and an illustration titled “Life Savers.” 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.” 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 a soldier mopping up the blood of another downed soldier, signed illegibly. Page 12 has an entry titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold letters. Page 12 features an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of a collage of illustrations. A red border is printed along the bottom and right sides of page 12.

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, November 26, 1943

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