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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Victory Square, 19 June 1949, during. You can tell which. The 138th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square under clear skies. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 13,000.…

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateThomas Fenn, of SalzmundThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 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.

18 June 1949. The Salzhafen Data Protection Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 19. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 26 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. M. S.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Kessel. Ruling: fined 34087 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Keichba: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 852 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Trost: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 2045 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Lastfeld v. Punnoll: Concerning the estate of the late Punnoll. Ruling: for the eldest son. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Wolter v. Datel: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Dammsee. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was full.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

222 births, 109 weddings, 153 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

136 years ago. The Battle of the Reed Line. The regiment holds its position through a night of fog and gunfire. 214 men are lost to enemy action. No enemy is taken. Report.

135 years ago. The first Victory Day parade ends at the newly named Victory Square. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison144
Reedside Athletic126
Weinfeld Vintners117
Tarnmund Lake108
Grauburg Fortress99
Norrwick Printers99
Ostrabruck Bridge810
Hollstadt Workers711
Kessel Iron711
Vellmar Wardens315

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 A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.