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Identifier

WT_1943_12_03

Publication Date

12-3-1943

Description

This 14-page color newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 42, published on Friday, December 3, 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, titled “Hays U.S.O. Dedicated,” of Col. Hewit speaking at a ceremony. Page 1 also features a photograph, titled “Thanksgiving Chow Line,” of soldiers and their civilian guests serving themselves food. Page 2 has an illustration signed by Sansone titled “The Wolf.” The left column on page 3 is titled “Chapel Corner,” and at the bottom of page 3 is an illustrated title reading “Orchids To:.” Page 4 features a four-photograph collage, titled “A Real Thanksgiving Get-Together,” of men and women eating at the Consolidated Mess on Thanksgiving Day. An entry on page 4 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 5 features a photograph, titled “New Hays USO Dedicated Sunday, 27 November,” depicting Lester McCoy in a suit representing the Governor at the U. S. O. opening. Page 6 is titled “Sports” in decorated bubble letters. Page 6 has a photograph of Alma Carroll, titled “We’re Still Looking for Sport Contributions.” Page 7 features a photograph, titled “How About That!” depicting Jean Strasser in a patterned swimsuit. Page 8 features a collage of three photographs and one illustration, titled “Electric Gun Pointer Makes Dead Ducks of Enemy Planes.” The illustration explains how the gun works, and the photographs show various men working with it. Page 9 features a photograph of two uniformed WACs waiting in the chow line. At the bottom of page 9 is an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week.” Page 11 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 11 features an illustration of a woman walking past a soldier, signed by Cpl. Tom Blaney from Mather Field, California. At the bottom of page 12 is an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 14 has an entry titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold letters. Page 14 features an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of four panels. A red border is printed along the bottom and right sides of page 14.

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, December 3, 1943

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