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Identifier

WT_1943_04_30

Publication Date

4-30-1943

Description

This black-and-white 12-page newsletter is a typed document about the Walker Army Air Base. This document is listed as Volume 1, Number 11, published on Friday, April 30, 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 11 is mislabeled as page 12. Page 1 displays a large photograph titled “Jeep Driver Says He’s War Bond Salesman,” depicting 12 female Hays High School students posing around and inside a military jeep. Two girls with shoulder-length, curled brown hair are wearing knee-length, collared dresses and sitting on the jeep's front fender. Two girls with similar hair wearing the same uniform are on either side of the jeep. Inside the jeep, Private Harry Stein is grabbing the steering wheel in a military uniform and cap. Sitting around him in the jeep are 8 more female students, smiling and waving. The top of page 2 has a printed illustration of an air force insignia with wings. Printed sideways along the length of page 3 is an edition of the comic Male Call by Milton Caniff, consisting of 3 panels. An illustration of a wolf character signed by Sansone is also printed at the bottom of page 3. The top of page 4 has a hand-drawn illustration of three orchids with the words “Orchids To:” written beneath the illustration. Page 5 has four photographs from the air base’s Easter Sunrise Service titled “0630 April 25th.” The top-left photo shows Colonel Cahill standing at a microphone, addressing a crowd of soldiers and civilians, as photographed in the bottom-left photo. The top-right photo depicts a row of soldiers in uniform attending the service, standing with their hands clasped in front of them. The bottom-left photo shows a small group of soldiers. One soldier holds a large American flag, and another holds a rifle pointed upward. The right column on page 6 is titled “Rambling in the Dark,” accompanied by an illustration of a small figure holding a rifle. The left column on page 7 features the illustrated title “Walkerettes,” alongside illustrations of women. Page 8 is dedicated to a printed graphic titled “If the Japs use Gas,” explaining and showing what to do in the event of a gas attack. Page 9 is titled “Gremlin-Post” in handwritten 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 onto the plane’s tail fin. Page 10 has three printed images, and the bottom image is titled “Life Savers.” Page 11 has a reprinted letter dated April 21, 1943, addressed to all personnel of the Army Air Forces from Commanding General H. H. Arnold, General of the Army Air Forces. The letter mentions the comrades whom the Japanese killed during the first Tokyo raid, encouraging Army Air Force personnel to keep these comrades in mind during combat against the Japanese. At the bottom of page 11 is a column titled “Kernal Nutski” with a squirrel drawn on either side of the title. Page 12 is titled “Fun For You” in illustrated lettering. The left column is titled “Places to go,” and the right is titled “Things to do.” Small circles separate each of these words as well. The middle of page 12 is titled “Movies” in handwritten lettering. The first three pages and the last are especially yellowed, and each page has two holes punched at the top.

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, April 30, 1943

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