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This article reports on the launch of a scheme of radical finance reform by Herr Rudolf Hilferding, Minister of Finance for the Reich of Germany in 1923. Under the scheme, the Reichsbank will be the only source of issue for paper currency. The scheme will require real-value notes to be secured by a real-value capital levy. Meanwhile, the police in Berlin started a search for foreign currency.

The article focuses on the significance of founding the "Jewish Weekly" by Karl Marx in 1946 and its contributions to politics in Germany. It states that the paper has played a major role in shaping policies of the country and has also served as the undisputed voice of the diminished Jewish population. The relevance of the paper on the speculation of the press concerning the appointment of Kurt Georg Kiesinger, who is a close and trusted friend of Marx, as German chancellor is explained.

The article features publisher Axel C. Springer who aims to enter the publishing industry in Berlin, Germany through the publication of his periodicals. It states that Springer owns the right of three daily newspapers in Berlin and two Sunday papers which circulates over five million copies. It mentions that Springer operates the publication of five magazines which circulation had totaled to 4,680,000. Moreover, it adds that the periodicals of Springer present various topics such as politics.

The article reports that the mistake made by the Army's Stars and Stripes in Germany in the middle initial of Lieutenant Colonel Richard F. Whitcomb, who was convicted of plundering a requisitioned house, has grown out of proportion by the media. Some of the issues published about Whitcomb include the discrepancy in his home town and his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial election in 1938. After Whitcomb clarified the issue, a jury awarded him 65,000 U.S. dollars for the lawsuits he filed against newspapers that published the stories about him.

The article describes the visit of Queen Elizabeth to West Germany. It states that when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip is driving passed the Soviet War Memorial in the British sector, Soviet officers smartly saluted. It notes that Elizabeth proceeds at the streets where more than a half a million cheering West Berliners greeted her and waving paper Union Jacks. It mentions that her motorcade has stopped in West Berlin's city hall, where John Kennedy delivered his speech in 1963.

The article reports on the financial problems facing "Die Fliegende Blaetter," a comic weekly published in Munich, Germany. It discusses the increase in the magazine's operating cost in 1923, while its circulation has declined during the past years. The article also reports on the popularity of "Die Fliegende Blaetter" throughout the world because of its cartoons and the grossness of its humor.

The article provides information on the House of Ullstein which was considered as the wealthiest publishing company in Europe before German political leader Adolf Hitler came to power. The company was started by Jewish paper dealer Leopold Ullstein in 1877. It has published the "Berliner Morgenpost" which is one of the biggest newspapers in Germany and its illustrated magazine the "Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung." Aside from these, it has published two weeklies, three other daily newspapers in Berlin, Germany, and 10 monthlies.

The article focuses on Sergeant David Lee Klapp who was attracted to join the Army in Germany due to its blandish re-enlistment posters. It states that after his arrival in the country, Klapp discovered the conventional methods still imposed in Germany such as the caste system, harassment by superiors, and deprivation of a soldier's constitutional rights. Therefore, it notes that Klapp filed a lawsuit against the army for its false advertisement and argued his right to quit to the military.

The article discusses the contribution of German artist Kurt Schwitters in the area of assemblage art. As stated, while he was alive no one understood his concept of the all-enveloping work of art that could draw on a whole range of media including paint, sculpture and architecture. As stated, it was only after his death in isolation in 1948 did he get credit for his collages and his contribution in the development of art.

This section offers news briefs in Germany as of January 7, 1924. Herr Ernst Lissauer, author of the German war-song "Hate," relates the importance of poets, philosophers and scientists to the country. A sausage manufacturer shared that he plans to erect a barricade around his business to minimize the number of people looking for work in his shop. The French and Belgian francs have been legalized by the government of Germany in the Rhineland and Ruhr through a special decree.

This article looks at the reactions of newspapers to the play "The Dismissal (of Bismarck)," written by Emil Ludwig, presented in Berlin, Germany, in 1923. The play received mixed reactions from German newspapers. The newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" criticized the performance of actor Kaiser Wilhelm. In contrast, the author had been praised by the newspapers.

The article reports on the student demonstrations against Axel Springer, considered the number one press entrepreneur in Germany. In response to the demonstration, Springer has sold five of his magazines. In spite of the move, some critics are not satisfied since he still controls nearly 40 percent of Germany's newspaper circulation. It mentions that Springer has no plans to remove another part of his media empire.

The article discusses journalist Charles P. Arnot's role as director of Amerika-Dienst, the news and feature service of the U.S. High Commission in Germany. West German editors are described as using almost 400 pictures and more than one million words put out by the service in April 1950. The service culls the best articles from U.S. newspapers, books, and magazines, then translates and mails them to various newspapers. The service is said to enjoy the trust of German editors because it does not slant its stories.