Death notices for those killed at the front are theoretically forbidden, but many families find a way of getting round this.
Most papers have a page of death announcements surrounded by a quarter-inch black border, with a reproduction of the iron cross.
'A new type of advertiser who has sprung up since the war began is the one who fears a depreciation of the mark and another inflation.
Purchase of real and house property is under very strict control, so this class of investor offers to buy all sorts of- goods of a more or less permanent value.
This includes old furniture, works of art, cameras, microscopes, field glasses, pianos, carpets and furs.
In all classes of newspaper the section devoted to "Situations Vacant" is the largest. On Sundays, papers like the "Frankfurter Zeitung" publish up to 12 pages of them.
Advertisers also want to buy such things as dirty used oil for rerefining, old rubber tyres past repairing for mending boots, and even old artificial teeth, eyes and limbs.
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