The 1930s and 1940s were dark years for "The Crimson"; reduced financial resources and competition from a publication established by ex-editors meant serious challenges to the paper's viability. In 1943, the banner on the paper read "Harvard Service News" and the stories focused almost exclusively on Harvard's contribution to the war effort. Under the authority of so-called wartime administrative necessity, alumni discouraged the "Service News" from editorializing. The paper was administered during the war by a board of University administrators, alumni, and students.