The Evening Courier, 2 February 1949

Around the country · Vellhausen · 2 February 1949

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Vellhausen.

The Courier can reveal: Electric light is switched on in the market square at Vellhausen. Every window had a face in it. The morning papers had nothing.

In the story: Vellhausen, Well Way.

The Grand Chancellor, Rudolf Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Vellhausen, 2 February 1949, before. You can tell which. Electric light is switched on in the market square at Vellhausen.

Around the country · Grautal

The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Grautal

The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Grautal. Cellars in Warden Street are flooded. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Grautal, Warden Street.

Around the country · Dammberg

The winter fair opens at Dammberg

The winter fair opens at Dammberg. 200 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. You will want to know. In the story: Dammberg, Church Way.

Around the country · Salzhafen

The foundry at Salzhafen burns through the night

The foundry at Salzhafen burns through the night. 20 men are out of work. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Salzhafen, Chapel Quay.

About Town

Who is doing what, and with whom. About Town knows.

Paul Hallin, soldier, is 70 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Thea Moor, mason, is 68 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Friedl Hallin, factory worker, is 66 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Paul Tasel, accountant, is 65 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Else Lenz, shopkeeper, is 59 today. Friends say it shows.

Viktor Brenn, teacher, is 57 today. Not a day over 57, say friends.

Liesl Karnfeld, typist, is 56 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Willem Holt, farm labourer, is 54 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Gone

Marta Brenn, labourer, born Vellhausen 6 November 1889, died 29 January 1949.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

27 January 1949. The Regimental Colours (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It changes The Regimental Colours (Amendment) Act. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Rusk v. Keich: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning theft of twelve mules. Ruling: 6 months. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 68.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 102.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 8.62 marka. A room costs 30.15 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 10,063.30. Bank rate 5.05 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 18,031,802 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

220 births, 99 weddings, 159 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

143 years ago. A fire in Bridge Street at Reedtal destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. Report.

137 years ago. The harvest at Sudholt is reported poor. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1948 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Club	W	L
Marschau Garrison	14	4
Reedside Athletic	12	6
Weinfeld Vintners	11	7
Tarnmund Lake	10	8
Grauburg Fortress	9	9
Norrwick Printers	9	9
Ostrabruck Bridge	8	10
Hollstadt Workers	7	11
Kessel Iron	7	11
Vellmar Wardens	3	15

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.

Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.