The Archive · 1937

Only 220 Now Operate

in Concession Since the beginning of the present crisis, measures have been taken by the French Police to suppress false rumours, Newspapers are only allowed to publish information after it has been obtained from official sources. All "mosquito" papers have been rigorously suppressed. Measures have also: been taken to reduce the large number of newspaper vendors, and only those who are registered with the police may now sell newspapers. Their number is now limited to 220. They are forbidden to cry out anything but the name of the paper. They are also forbidden to jump on to buses when selling their papers.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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