The Archive · 1930

Communist Trial at

BELGRADE 1 — Belgrade, Feb. 20

The tnat began here to-day of 29 communists, comprising a doctor, two journalists, a barrister, two civil servants and several workmen. They are charged with belonging to illegal communist organizations and with printing and distributing. seditious tracts, urging the population to overthrow the existing social order and insulting King Alexander, Twenty barristers, including Mil Trifkovitch, the daughter of the former Minister of Justice, are defending the accused—Reuter, Havana, Feb. 19:—The Departs ment of Agriculture estimates that the total Cuban sugar production fox the present season will not exceed 4,300,000 long tons.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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