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Identifier

WT_1944_02_05

Publication Date

2-5-1944

Description

This 16-page color newspaper is a printed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 51, published on Saturday, February 5, 1944. 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 Pvt. Amos W. Hood, Jr., titled “No Longer.” Page 2 features an illustration, titled “Do You Pattern Yourself after ‘Sloppy Joe,’” of a disheveled soldier. Page 3 features a photograph of Capt. Harold I. Johnston wearing a military dress uniform. Page 4 features an illustration of “The Wolf,” signed by Sansone, and the bottom of the page features an illustration of two planes, titled “Which One Would You Fire At?” 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.” Page 5 features a photograph of Lillian C. Jordan receiving a bond from Lt. Col. L. L. Lewis. The left column on page 6 is titled “Chapel Corner.” Page 6 features an illustration of a woman and man speaking on a couch, signed by Pvt. Vic Herman. At the bottom of page 6 is a photograph of Laura B. Jett wearing her son’s Medal of Honor in bed. Page 7 features a photograph of Cpl. Jack W. Landon, titled “King for a Day.” The bottom of page 7 features an illustration, titled “Morning Report,” about Pfc. Frank Petrarca. Page 8 features a map, titled “It’s a Long Way, Men, But the Japs Aren’t Going to Stop Us!,” outlining the distance between islands in the Pacific Theater. At the bottom of page 8 is an illustrated title reading “Laff O’ the Week” and an illustration titled “Life Savers.” Page 9 features a photograph, titled “Action in Garden City Tilt,” of men playing basketball. Page 10 features a photograph of Tommy Harmon. Page 10 also features an illustration of a large soldier, signed by Chas. Kuhn. Page 11 features a photograph, titled “Indian,” of actress Linda Darnell in Native American clothing. Below this photograph is an illustrated title reading “The Inquiring Line.” Page 11 also features a photograph, titled “Graceful Co-Ed,” of Muriel Smith in a bathing suit mid-dive. At the bottom of page 11 is a photograph, titled “They Keep the Coal Piles High,” of Ray J. Vonfeldt, Alfred Billinger, Gus Ruder, Mike Schmidtberger, Aloysius Bieker, Peter Sander, and Delmar Michaelis. Page 12 features a photograph, titled “‘Lambie Girl,’” of Mara Schell. Page 13 features a photograph, titled “Tradition Breakers,” of Shirley Entwistle and June Paul dressed in drum majorette uniforms. Page 14 features an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of a collage of images. Page 15 features a photograph, titled “cute” of Carole Landis. Page 15 has an entry titled “Answers to Bob Hawk’s Yankwiz” in bold letters. Page 16 features an illustration of “The She Wolf,” signed by Cpl. David Kleiman from Walker, Kansas. A red border is printed along the bottom and right sides of page 16.

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, February 5, 1944

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