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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grauburg, 7 July 1941, this morning. The Courier's camera was there. A crowd of 4,000 watches the Pfahl match at Grauburg. There are 48 arrests.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateOtto Hallin, of HagenkirchenThe 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regimentenemy action3 July 1941

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

3 July 1941. The Pensions (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 4. Every town above 1000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1942. It changes The Pensions (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Gerst v. Marrow: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The gallery was packed.

The High Court. Kamm v. Brenn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 196 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Gerst: Concerning assault at Grautal. Ruling: fined 196 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Mochschich: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 196 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Mahler: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: bound over. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 39.3 pfen the loaf. Beer 58.9 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 4.57 marka. A room costs 15.98 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 8,168.40. Bank rate 5.32 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 9,941,670 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

203 births, 104 weddings, 151 deaths this week. Population 545,799.

On this day

136 years ago. The harvest at Berging is reported poor. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

134 years ago. The brewery at Tarnmoor burns through the night. 48 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1940 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison153
Weinfeld Vintners144
Reedside Athletic126
Tarnmund Lake108
Grauburg Fortress810
Kessel Iron711
Norrwick Printers711
Hollstadt Workers612
Ostrabruck Bridge612
Vellmar Wardens513

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 7 out of ten and the ferry 3.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.