WALL NEWSPAPERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 4

WALL NEWSPAPERS

POPULAR IN THE BRITISH ARMY. PRODUCED IN VARIOUS CAMPS. (Special P.A. Correspondent.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 5. Newspapers stuck on the wall, written by soldiers, for soldiers about soldiers, are becoming increasingly popular with the British Army. _ The newspapers are usually published weekly and produced by editorial staffs volunteering from the ranks. All the articles are typewritten. Then, with original cartoons and pictures, they are pasted on a stout sheet which is stuck on a wall. There are at least thirty such newspapers published in various camps throughout Britain. The editor of one says: “Wall newspapers are stimulating and often reveal talent in unexpected quarters. We report real camp news, interviews, pew arrivals and visiting senior officers.” All the articles are annonymous and so also are “grouses,” which can reach the commanding officer without anyone breaking disciplinary rules. The cost of production is estimated at Is 6d weekly. Airborne troops are producing the “Troopship” and a Royal Armoured Corps training unit “The Turret.” It is understood that these wall newspapers, which were first popularised in the Russian Army, have the unofficial but enthusiastic support of the Army educational authorities.