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Identifier

WT_1944_01_01

Publication Date

1-1-1944

Description

This 10-page color newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document, listed as Volume 1, Number 46 and published on Saturday, January 1, 1944, is the New Year edition. 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 “Their Faces Tell the Story of an A-1 Dinner,” depicting Walker soldiers and their guests eating in the Consolidated Mess. Page 2 features an illustration of an soldier cutting a ribbon amidst enemy fire, signed by Sgt. Bill Newcombe from Ft. Knox, Kentucky. An entry on page 2 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 3 features a photograph, titled “The Stars and Stripes,” depicting an American flag flying from an incinerated palm tree in Butaritari. Page 4 features an illustration of “The Wolf,” signed by Sansone. Page 5 features a photograph, titled “Softball Champs and Trophy,” of N Walck, A. Grabowski, H. Miller, First Sgt. Malloy, S. Monella, Lt. E. Rasmussen, F. Kraemer, H. Sheedlo, J. Fortino, E. Blaker, W. Grovers, H. Killby, J. Magana, C. Syc, E. Grott, and F. Ambuske after being named the champions of the Walker Field Softball League. Page 6 has an entry titled “Chapel Corner.” The top of page 6 has an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week,” and the bottom of the page has an illustration of two planes, titled “Which One Would You Fire At?” Page 7 features an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of four panels. Page 7 has an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 8 features two photographs, titled “Post Engineer Employes.” The top photograph depicts Clarke Poole, Frank Fenoughty, Andrew Brungardt, Edna Goetz, Joseph Rome, Ben Weigel, and Clarence Cummins of the Property Section and Warehouse Personnel, and the bottom photograph depicts Herman Dreiling, Jacob Korbe, Boyd Helverson, and Victor Bay of the Electrical Department. The top of page 9 features a photograph, titled “Cheerfully ‘Sweating Out’ the Mess Line for Christmas Dinner at Walker Field,” depicting a line of soldiers and guests waiting to enter the Consolidated Mess on Christmas Day. Page 9 also has a photograph of actress Leslie Brooks wearing a feathered headpiece, dress, and heels. Page 10 features an illustration, titled “A Case of the Gripes, or, Why Nurses’ Nerves Get Edgy,” depicting Donald Duck lying in an infirmary bed, signed by Pfc. Latsbaugh. Page 10 has an entry titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold letters. At the bottom of page 10 is an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week.” A red border is printed along the bottom and right sides of page 10.

Physical Description

8"x 11" printed newspaper

Rights

This material is in the public domain.

Publisher

United States Army Air Corps

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Language

eng

Walker Talker: Saturday, January 1, 1944

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