Leslie Turner - Wash Tubbs 6-25, 1943

The original is water damaged and the copyright sticker has fallen off. But it's still a strong example of Turner at his best. Just look at his use of craftint and pools of black.
It might even be the earliest surviving daily signed by Turner. His first strip was published less than a month before this. Anyone seen an earlier original Turner daily?

Aanyone knows who Leslie Turner gave it to? "another Les" says the inscription. Les who?