Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1918 — U. S. ORDERS BIG SLASH IN SIZE OF NEWSPAPERS [ARTICLE]

U. S. ORDERS BIG SLASH IN SIZE OF NEWSPAPERS

Washington, D. C., Aug.—Regulations for the reduction of the size of •newspapers by approximately 15 per icent on week days and 20 per cent on Sundays, were announced yesterday by the pulp and paper section of the war industries board. It is also ruled that no new newspapers shall be established during the period of the war, and that as still another conservation measure wasteful practices of circulation shall ibe cut to a minimum, In this connection the discontinuance of the {return of unsold copies is made a . mandatory policy. ! Rigid rules are made for the reduction of the space to >be used by : newspapers on both week days and Sundays in the publication of “reading matter,” which is defined as “all matter except paid advertisements.” There is no restriction placed upon ; space used for paid advertisements.