Show 53 ON TRIAL IN I RUSS COAl CASt CASE MOSCOW 1 May 18 AP AP Fifty Russians and three Germans charged with attempting to destroy the coal industry of Russia in the Donetz coal coat basin were placed on trial today before the su supreme reme court The rhe house of commons which was wasa a renowned meeting ground of Russian nobility under the czar and which which- is now the center center conter cen con ter o of revolutionary cultural activities activities activities ties was turned into a a. courtroom for the trial Professor A. A Y Vy- Vy dean of the Moscow university uni uhl- law faculty presided six Fifty-six witnesses came from the coal regions to testify against the defendants The court prosecutors I attorneys for the defense and the tho I three fifty defendants were seated on on the platform while soviet a and d foreign newspaper aper men occupied occupied pied plod the orchestra seats Sixteen hundred workers and members of the civil service will witness the trial dilly alternating so that 50 workers in hi all may g gain entrance en entrance en en- tran trance e throughout the proceedings Radio apparatus will l broadcast ra ast tile the I testimony and th the speeches |