Desperate Times Calls for Desperate Measures
Walter’s childhood wasn’t always rosy; he couldn’t stick his face in a book all the time. He also had to work many odd jobs to make extra money for the family.
Source: blogs.uoregon.edu
Cronkite’s father became an alcoholic in 1929, just as the Great Depression was settling in. to make matters worse, the sheer lack of money forced his family to get creative (or rather desperate) as they had to resort to eating dog food.