The Evening Courier, 30 March 1949

Around the country · Dammberg · 30 March 1949

The telegraph reaches Dammberg. The first message sent is the front-line…

The telegraph reaches Dammberg. The first message sent is the front-line report. And you thought it was a quiet week. The Courier's man was on the spot by at noon. Watch this space.

In the story: Dammberg, School Street.

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

**Our picture:** Dammberg, 30 March 1949, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. The telegraph reaches Dammberg. The first message sent is the front-line report.

Around the country · Hollhausen

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Hollhausen

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Hollhausen. Watch this space. In the story: Hollhausen, Tanner Square.

Around the country · Sudfurt

Gas lighting is installed in Old Gate Walk, Sudfurt

Gas lighting is installed in Old Gate Walk, Sudfurt. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. Details inside. In the story: Sudfurt, Old Gate Walk.

Around the country · Oberbach

The telegraph reaches Oberbach

The telegraph reaches Oberbach. The first message sent is the front-line report. The Courier can reveal no more tonight. In the story: Oberbach, Market Lane.

Around the country · Oberbach

The first train reaches Oberbach

The first train reaches Oberbach. The journey from Vellmar takes 5 hours. You heard it here. In the story: Oberbach, Orchard Street.

About Town

What the morning papers will not tell you.

Tomas Kolm, official, is 63 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Tobias Fenn, farmer, is 61 today. Friends say it shows.

Magnus Wendl, factory worker, is 61 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Arno Tolmann, shopkeeper, is 59 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Erna Brenn, shopkeeper, is 56 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Willem Mistes, mechanic, is 56 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Edvard Haunn, housekeeper, is 55 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Rudolf Rusk, farmer, is 54 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Gone

Egon Punnoll, engineer, born Salzmoor 5 July 1893, died 29 March 1949.

Arno Rusk, clerk, born Hagenkirchen 9 December 1880, died 27 March 1949.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private

Bernd Lenz, of Ostrabruck

The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment

enemy action

30 March 1949

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.

26 March 1949. The Telephone (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 24. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 1070 marka. It changes The Norrbruck Telephone Act. It took them all afternoon.

25 March 1949. The Markets (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 15. Sets the duty at 10 pfen in the marka. It changes The Markets (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Hallin v. Hallin: Concerning the estate of the late Hallin. Ruling: will upheld. You should have seen the faces.

The High Court. Ehrlich v. Tarn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 5113 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Soner: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: 2 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning assault at Grauburg. Ruling: 10 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: 15 months with hard labour. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

239 births, 101 weddings, 134 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

143 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sudfurt and fells the old lime in Cooper Row. Report.

135 years ago. The bells of Tarnmund church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.

Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.

Libra The scales tip your way on Saturday.

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

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

Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.

Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.

Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier 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.