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Actor Fredric March, Wife Branded By FBI As Active In Communist Party Work WASHINGTON. June 9. P A secret FBI report read to the jury in Judith Coplon's espionage trial Wednesday identified "Fred eric March, the actor" as a Com munist Party member in 1947. The report, read over the vigor ous opposition of the government, also described Marc"i and his ac tress wife, Florence Eldridge, as active in numerous Communist front activities. The long report was read by Miss Coplon's attorney. Achibald Palmer, in his usual rapid man ner. Reporters and court room spectators were able to under stand only snatches of it. The report said that "confiden tial informant 402" told the FBI that March was a Communist Par ty member in 1947. The report mentioned many other confidential informers as providing the FBI with informa tion on Mr. and Mrs. March as well as other persons well known in the entertainment field. The report was captioned "Stuart Legg Possible Russian Espionage Agents," with this add ed notation "re Frederick March, security matter C." The report said the FBI infor mant was "satisfied" that March was a member of the Communist party. He also described March as ac tive in the "Communist infiltra tion of the motion picture indus try." The same Informant advised that he was satisfied that Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Don ald Ogden Stewart, Ruth McKin ney, Alfred Maltz, Alva Bessie, Dalton Trumbo, Millen Brand and Michael Blankfort had been used by the Communist Cultural Com- German Toilers Block Effort To Dismantle Plant DORTMUND, Germany, June 9. (.IP) Hundreds of German workers formed a human wall Wednesday and blocked British at' tempts to begin dismantling a synthetic gasoline plant. Ten German workmen had been sent to the plant to begin removing the machinery. They were accompanied by British of ficers. Workers who would lose their jobs if the plant is dis mantled blocked their way, and they left, indicating they would return. The plant Is one of those the British have announced would be dismantled as a prohibited in dustry. It makes paraffin, gaso line, oil and other products by synthetic processes which have been outlawed in Germany by the four occupying powers. The British announcement had brought protests from Germans and mass meetings were sched- j i rru uicu luutty j I uie xiuiu Hied, i lie state parliament of North Rhine Westphalia adopted a resolution yesterday urging their officials to take steps to "preserve these vital industries." As the dismantlers approached the Dortmund plant they saw a dummy dangling from the gate. It hrtra a stun- "Thou tnnir mv a sign: "They took bread I had no choice but death." The Germans contend thou sands will be made jobless by the dismantling program. Paul Classen, chairman of the Plant Workers Council, told a reporter workers of condemned factories will resist entry of dis mantling crews. Epsom Salts Seep Into City's Drinking Water TEMPLE, Tex., June 4. UF Something new has been added to drinking water here epsom salts. Water Supt. N. E. Trostle con firmed the suspicions of many that something was different. Ho blamed an uncapped salt-water well, or possibly rainfall concen trated in an area where the soil is rich in these minerals. Epsom salts is used most frequently as a laxative. Trostle left hurriedly for Aus tin. He thought the State Board of Water Engineers may be able to help. The date at which gunpowder was first used in artillery in bat tle is uncertain, but is believed to be 1331. Hra ias hilo K- BOWNlSTSOREA;iS: lfcHANGSHilbiJlllil CANTOHWpgg 0 250 : rfi&A Teltphalol BEDS ROIX OX Chinese Com munists, galn on the move, re portedly captured Tslngiao (1, last pocket of Nationalist resist ance north of the Yangtze River. Meanwhile Nationalist forces are reported evacuating the rail city ol Changs Jl, and Gen. Pal Chung Hit Nationalist commander in central China. U believed moving an army of 300,000 troops south ward. He Is expected to establish new headquarter at Hengyang (3). mittee in furtherance of the par ty's aims. Another section of the report described March and Canada Lee as "Communist Party Fellow Travelers." Listed in this category alsc was Daniel L. Marsh, identi fied in the report as president of Boston University. Double Corn Yield In Garden By Weed Kill Instead Of Cultivating Thur.t June 9, 1949 The Newi-Review, Roteburg, Or. 13 Amateur gardeners of experi mental bent may double the yield on a small sweet corn patch by planting twice as many plants as usual, and using 2, 4D to kill the weeds, Instead of cultivating. The U. S. Department of Agri culture advises that the pre-emer- gem spray or 2,4U may be ap plied at any time from the third day after sowing, until three days after the corn seedlings emerge. Best for the purpose is a heavy i Use li to 2 pounds of 2, 4D acid soil, well fertilized. At least 4 pounds should be spaded Into every 100 square feet, even if the soil 'is fertile to begin with. Sow three or four seeds to a -foot in drills a foot apart, thinning out to six inches for early varieties, and one foot apart for tall, late kinds. equivalent (the man at the store will understand) per acre. This spray will control weeds for four weeks, after which the corn plants should be tall enough to shade the ground, and keep down competi tion. , When to Get Best Results Best results are obtained when the temperature Is high enough and the soil moisture sufficient to cause prompt germination of both weed and corn seed. In sandy, porous soil, or if it rains hard after spraying a heavy soil, the chemical may be carried down to the corn seed and injure it as well as the weeds. If the corn borer is active In your vicinity, when the plants are knee high dust them with five percent D. D. T. Repeat this in 10 days, as a minimum protection. it is better to dust lour times, five Seed should be sown as soon as 1 Fir Lumber Cut So Far danger of frost Is over. I . oeiow itare lost iear days apart. Sow In Short Rows A sowing should be made in four short rows rather than in a single long row. This insures that when the pollen Is ripe, a cross wind will carry it to the silk in the young ears of an adjoining row, rather than wasting It on the ground, as might be the case in I Deep cultivation of corn must a single row. Each silk must be 'be avoided because the plants fertilized by pollen, in order to I have shallow roots; but all weeds produce a kernel, and many fail-1 should be kept down until the ures with corn are traceable to i plants are half grown. Side shoots PORTLAND. Ore., June 9! Sawmills of the Douglas fjr re gion so far this year have cut 430 million feet of lumber less "W&tl poor pollination. 'and suckers need not be removed. than for the same period last year, said H. E. Smith, secretary. West Coast Lumbermen's Associ ation, as he released figures for the period ending with May out- . put. Smith said the weekly average cut for May of 172,269,000 board feet is about the same as weekly average production during March and April. May shipments of 170,028,000 board feet weekly were only slightly more than two minion feet below May weekly production. is I ' If Thafs our BIG WSSt PCfl I V 1( DAIRY MONTH JW If CELEBRATION Kt l00y SPECIAL! 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J CATSUP TASTE TELLS bot. 10c KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP RIO RITA APRICOTS 2Vi MILK CHERUBLIMIT 6) MARGARINE DALEWOOD PECTIN bot. 19c PORK & BEANS DNNIS0NS N0 ' 08c With Meat Balls, No. 1 12-OZ. fin 09c lb. 19c BOY-AR-DEE SPAG. mm AMERICAN CHEESE Dutch Mill 2-LB. PKG. 7 KRAFT AMERICAN CHEESE Another Dairy Month Favorite Mb. noc Loaf 70 TILLAMOOK AMERICAN CHEESE Rindless, flavor ful favorite Per KRAFT ASSORTMENT Lb. 59 Cheese Spreads SSL. 19s Olive Pimnto, Plmtnto, PinwppL, Limburg.r R.liih Cream Cheese 2 Pkg,.35c Kraft Cottage Cheese 28c CHATHAM AMERICAN Genuine Cheddar No Rind JB FC Mild, LB. Pork and Beans VAN CAMP'S, No. 300 Karo Syrup ,V..i Dill Pickles Columbia Pickles 57c 9T. Ubby Horn. No. 303, made ityle Jar Del Mont Sliced .33' Pancake Flour No. 2i Caa 2Vi-lb. Pk. 39' 25' 19c Candy Bars RITZ Crackers Goes good with anything! 5c Slit (ox of 24 lore Mb. Box Can Wieners Oiear Mayor Dinner Napkins fo 2 for 25 Waxed Paper 49c I Gum Zoo Roll 19c All Favorites Carton 24 pkg.c. 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