Depression, Then Wartime Shortages
Newspaper advertising appears to have dropped off considerably, both in quantity and quality, between 1931 and 1940.
During World War II and until 1946, supply of confectionery was restricted; what output there was went to serving troops. Advertising resumed after cessation of hostilities, anticipating eventual availability. Rationing may have been on a state-by-state basis.
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“The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)