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 The Saturday review had planned to defy the New York postmaster by printing the advertisement and, if its issues were not accepted for mailing. send postcards to its sub scriberS giving the reasons.
 Editor Norman Couisns, stating that the postal regulation dealing with indecent" books and maga- zines also applied to private letters. informed Goldman he has written to a friend praising "Strang Fruit" and quoting from it.
 He sent Goldman a copy of the letter and said, Please notify me if the post office. with a knowledge of its contents, now proposes on the same grounds that it has taken against advertising .. to censor or withhold my letters"
 Presumably the New York Post Office will withhold any action on Cousins letter as weI as hayertIs- ing or mailing of the book pending final action in Washington.
 Clayton, Ga. May IS. (UP)-Lil- lian Smith, author of Strange Fruit" said today that she con- sidered the matter of its investiga- ton "an unimportant incident stirred up by some anti-Negro in- diyidual.'
 If they can Strange Fruit they would be forced to ban almost all modern novels" she said.
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sion barges in the ports of southern Englffd" since last Friday.
 Several hundred vessels had been assembled at Bristol alone, the Luftwaffe's main target Sunday night, for what looked like im- mediate action, the German spokes- man said.
 Tacitly confirming Axis reports that the Allies were maSSing the greatest number of ships off Bri- tain since the Dunkerque evacuation the London Evening Standard pub lished photographs of a large con- centration of tank landing ships lying somewhere off the British coast and of a number of other ships captioned. second front land ing craft lying the coast"
 (An American short wave broad cast to Europe recorded by CBS said the London newspapers also pub lished photographs showing large concentrations of transport ships and every type of landing craft lying off the coast of Britain.)
 Though newspapers previously had published photographs of mass es of weapons ashore, these were the first to show large assemblies oi landing ships admittedly lying of the British coast.
 Trains Discontinued
 The British railway executive com mittee announced that in addition to the number of passenger trains already discontinued, many more trains will have to be withdrawn during the summer without notice because of increasing pressure or the railroads" presumably in con- nection with the transportation oi troops and supplies for the invasion
 A Berlin dispatch carried by the Nal-controlled Scandinavian tele- graph bureau reported that Marshal Gerd Won Rundstedt, German com mander in France, rather than Mar shal Erwin Rommel, would have supreme command of anti-invasion forces in western Europe.
 Rommel instead has been placed in command of an army group un- der Rundstedt. as has also Gen Jojannes Blaskowitz, it said. Mar. shal Hugo Sperrle was said to have been given command of the Luft. waffle in western Europe and ar Admiral Francke. command of an- ti-inyasion sea units.
 The Netherlands News Agency Aneta reported the Germans in oc. cupied Holland had extended thu bounds of forbidden territory" ir the Province of South Holland tc the Islands of Putten and Tier cemeenten and ordered sentries tc shoot on sight anyone trespassing
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Strikers Told TheyHorm
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The strike forced the closing last Friday of the Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin engine plant. The Merlin is the engine used in the long range P-5l escort fighter which is uard. ing American bomber formations over Germany.
 If the strike continues, the out- put of Mustang fighters. the type which last week set a new trans continental speed record in flight from the west coast to New York. will shortly be held up for lack of engines.
 The other plants concerned. which are continuing production handis capped by the absence Of the fore men. are producing among other things vital parts for B-iT Flying Fortresses and the new B-2e Super Fortress bombers which are yet to be reported in action.
 Patterson pointed out that while only 5000 forenaen actually are striking. the strike has forced 30,- GOO Packard employees out of pro" duction an dis reducing the effi. ciency and threatening to force inc to idIeness thousands of other work. CTS.
 Patterson said he didn't believe the public was aware of the ser- iousness Of the situation.
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Chinese Gain Near Burma
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(They asserted that the offensive was considered at the Allied confer ence in Quebec last year and agreed to by Generalissimo Chiang Kali shek. The project was abandoned temporarily, but apparently revived when the weakness of the enemy position in northern Burma became evident)
 Southeast Asia Headquarters, Randy, Ceylon, May l6-(UP)-Bri- tish armored forces have cleared a Japanese road block north of Ko- hina and are attacking the last major enemy strongpoint in that sector, a communique reported to- day.
 Official reports indicated the in- vaders were withdrawing from their advanced positions around Kohima under relentless attack by Allied tanks and inSantrymen.
 Sporadic fighting continued in the Imphal area, 60 miles south of Ko- hima, but no important changes were reported on that front.
 Lt.-Gen. Joseph W. Stilwells Chinese forces continued their ad- vance down the Mogaung valley in northern Burma, wiping out pockets of enemy resistance on the ap' breaches to Kamaing.
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Potriorch Sergei Is Deod At v

Moscow, May16.-(UP)-Patriarch Sergei, IT, head of the Orthodox church in Russia, died Monday of a brain hemorrhage, the Holy Sy- nod announced today.
 The death of the aged patriarch was aScribed partly to the strain of conducting all-night Easter services in the Moscow cathedral.
 Sergei, an almost legendary fig ure, attracted worldwide attention last month by disputing the auth ority of the Roman Catholic Pope as the Vicar of Christ on earth.
 In an article published in the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate he cited Biblical texts to support his contention that there is no Vicar of Christ on earth. He conceded there might be central authority to direct ecclesiastical affairs.
 Sergei's last official act was to send Bishop William Thomas Man ming of New York city. warm cable of thanks for relief to the Soviet Unions civil populations.
 As acting patriarch for more than 20 years, Sergei guided the Ortho- dox church through many difficult ties.
 When Russia was invaded he pro- claimed the struggle a patriotic war" and orered all believers to fight to the end. Churches through out the country held Masses for Vic- tory for the Red army.
 Emergence of the church into a wartime role under Sergei saw dis bandment of the Goddess League. Under his leadership, church at tendance increased enormously and church marriages, baptisms and bu- Tials became more frequent.
 Funeral services will be held May IS in the Patriarchal Ephiphany cathedral.
 Metropolitan Nikolai. a member of the state commission now inyesti- gating German atrocities, was cons sidered most likely to be Sergei's successor.
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Controversy Priest Is III
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 of the penalty, Father Orlemanski will be allowed to return to his pastoral duties. However, he will be requested to cease all work outside the parish including his work with the Kosciusko League of the United States, a Polish-American patriotic society.
 No Comment
 At the priests bedside were his brothers, the Rev. Casimar Orle- manski of Pittsburgh, and the Rev. Anthony Orlemanski of Cleveland. Neither would comment on the con- troversy.
 Situation of the monastery to which Father Orlemanski must be banished probably will be kept se- cret, though chancellery officials admit it may be in Cleveland or Pittsburgh to be near his brothers.
 Chancellor George A. Shea of the Springfield diocese reported that, higher church authorities will de- termine future steps to be taken In connection with Father Orlenaan- skis activities concerning the Ro- man Catholic situation in Poland and elsewhere" While in seclusion, he said, the Polish-American priest will be allowed to contact state de- partment officials. but any meetings must be free of public notice.
 Yesterday, five representatives of Father Orlemanski's parish called on Chancellor Shea to protest the penalty imposed on their pastor. The delegation emphasized their belief in the priest who for 27 years has served the parish of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and who aided in build ing its church brick by brick.
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Bad Weather Polls Flyers
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It was the second straight night that the Germans had sent more than 100 planes against the south coast to seek evidence of and dis rupt Allied preparations for an in- vasion of western Europe. The Germans said they attacked Bristol Sunday night.
 Bombs and flares were dropped last night, but anti-aircraft gum ners and night fighters scattered the raiders and shot down at least five of them.
 Some 1,200 Allied planes, includ- ing 200 Flying Fortresses and Lib- orators, carried the pre-invasion bombardmnet of western Europe through its 29th day yesterday with raids on German defenses, railway line and airfields in France, Bell gium and Holland.
 Thick clouds lessened the scale of the offensive, however, from its high of the previous week, when 5000 to 5000 plar 6i raided Europe every day.
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Close Race
 For President
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NNOuJlIluCu HUH Gd6C ~ Dewey, of New York of the four men suggested to them. The others were Wendell L. Willkie and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, before they withdrew.
 A gallup poll was predicated on the European war still being on next November but under circum- stances indicating 1t would be over shortly. The question was limited to MT. Roosevelt and Dewey. Busi- ness and professional groups gave Dewey 58 per cent of their vote and the remaining 42 per cent to the president. The Roosevelt 42 per cent was six points less than the support he received in 1886 from that strata of voters. But it was six per cent increase over the percentage of business and profess sional voters who supported the president in 1940. That represents substantial gain which may be vital in a clost contest.
 The same poll turned up some bad news for the Democrats, too. It showed that total cross section of the population favored MT. Roosevelt with 51 per cent of its support compared to 49 per cent for Dewey. It is true that the presi- dent has a slight edge. But a total cross section which includes the voters of the solid south is heavily weighed. It Is estimated that in a total cross section poll, any Demo- cratic candidate must show 52 or 53 per cent of support to win an election.
 The ou tstanding development from the Democratic standpoint is indicated in Gallup's survey of farm sentiment. On election day in 1940, it is estimated that 51 per cent of farmers outside the south were for MT. Roosevelt. By August of l943 a Gallup poll reported that support had shrunk to 39 per cent. AS of now it was slumpted further to 35 per cent. That means political trouble for the Democrats in the farm belt and in the so-called farm states which. prior to the New Deal, has been considered traditionally Republican.
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 and Burns in the contempt acitam against Laughlin in return for which Rogge and Burns would isd Koehne in a yet-to-be-field contempt action against 6 Washington newspaper.
 Defendant Lawrence Dennis Of New York filed a motion seeking sanity hearing for thre eof his tel- IoW-defendants. Edward James smythe, Prescott Dennis and Lois De Lafayette WashbuFn. He also asked that their trial be made sep. arate from that of the % other al. legged seditionists. including himself.
 Dennis said in his motion that he believed the trio were incapable of understanding properly the na- tuFe of this trial and of conducting for themselves a proper defense" Judge Edward c Richer. who gayeled down q similar oral motion by Dennis yesterday. took the mos ton under advisement but refused to permit aygnmnnk ea A
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The aerial offensive against the Japanese in Dutch New Guinea brought a new attack by Iiberators on Bosnek village and Sortdo air- drome in the 6ehouten Islands, less than 800 miles southeast Of the Philippines.
 solomons based bombers and fighters again raided the Rabual area on New Britain. in the Bls- marck Archipelago, and heavy, medium and fighter-bombers car- Tied out extensive sweeps on enemy positions on Bougainviile. in the SolomonR. Fitting Buka. Matchin Bay. Mumanuma and the short- land Islands.
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Women Must
 RedoubIe Efforts

Albany, ". r., May i6-tUP)- Annual reports were submitted to- day at the annual convention Of the National Society of New England Women, after delegates heard Q plea that women must redouble their war efforts to assure victory.
 The plea was made by 4. Harry Moore, former governor of New Jersey. who emphasized that it vas vital that the flow of supplies cons tnue to reach our soldiers.
 "If they are to win," he said. 'it Is up ot the home front to supply them"
 Gov. Dewey greeted the delegates yesterday In the executive chamber.
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5th Pours Through
 Gap In Gustav Line
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while the l3lst Infantry Regiment 0 fthe 44th Hoch and Deutschmeis- ter Division virtually has been de- stroyed.
 American troops, on the southern flank of the French, walked into Spigno, a mile and half beyond the Casino Formia lateral supply road, almost without opposition yes- terday to find the enemy had de- molished almost every building in the mountain town and footed the populace of foo dand clothing be- fore withdrawing.
 Capo D'Acqua, southeast of Spig- no, also was captured by the Amer jeans, along with Mt. La Civita and Hills 590 and 6l6. The French were credited with the capture of four hills-Cresta Santa Lucia, La Forche, Mt. Fammera and Mt. Castello.
 Alexander reported in q com munique that all organized German resistance now had ceased up to the supply road through Ausonia, while other headquarters sources said the German armies holding high ground to the west were forc- ed to depend on rough mountain trails for communications.
 Naval Support
 American and British cruisers supported the Fifth Army with new naval bombardments from the Tyr rhenian sea. An American cruiser blew up two ammunition dumps near Formia and Itri behind the German line. Enemy shore bat teries returned the fire. but the warsslips suffered neither damage nor casualties.
 Across the Liri River, British Eighth Army forces reached the outskirts of Pignataro after bit- terly- y-contested two-mile advance from San Angelo in Teodice, cap- tured two days earlier.
 The advance deepened the Britt ish bridgehead across the Rapido River below Casino to two miles. The Germans threw Mar III and " tanks into counter-attacks and at some points re-gained ground, but lost it again as the British in- creased their pressure.
 Mapping Up
 Eighth Army mopping-up parties cleared out by-passed German Gskets near the junction Of the !"' and Rapido Rivers.
 Allied artillery and planes sI- fenced German guns which had at- tempted to knock out bridges across the Rapido and an official spokes- man said many" bridges now were pouring troops. ammunition and supplies into the bEfdgehead.
 Nearly two-thirds of the troops in the LiFl Valley were revealed to be British.
 Tn the air. Allied medium, light and fighter bolnbers continued to pound harbors, roads and railways throughout Italy to keep the ene- my's communications disrupted and thus prevent the movement of sup- piles and achievements to the bats uetronts.
 Effective AlF Blows
 The effectiveness of the Allied air offensive was testified to by Italian civilians and German pris- oneFs who told American officers at newly-captured 6pigno that the enemy had been suffering from se- were food shortages for some time
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and were living almost entirely or. the country.
 Poor visibility over the target areas grounded the heavy bombers in the Italian theater yesterday, but other warplaneS in the Allied arsenal flew 1900 sorties at cost of eight planes. Seven enemy air. craft were destroyed.
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 3. Authorization for a siyOO0. .O0o appropriation for seeing eye dogs for blind veterans.
 4 Artificial limbs for disabled veterans.
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German rail centers and comunica- tion lines feeding the front from the Battles to the Carpathians.
 Refitted
 The Soviet tactical air force has been refitted, reformed and massed. The victories on the southern fronts enabled the high command to con- centrate its air power on the denser masses along shorter sectors than were dealt with in earlier cam paigns.
 Air power was expected to play an eve ngreater role in the coming months in softening up German forces deployed over the vast marsh lands in the Soviet-Polish regions.
 Partisans were reported stepping up their attacks behind the German lines coincident with the first stir rings along the recently dormant front.
 Russian planes for the fourth night carried on the drive to soften German defenses for the forthcom- ing offensive.
 The Soviet flyers concentrated the new attackes on German troop and supply depots and five railway centers along the front in pre-war Poland and Latvia to round out the 18th assault on the enemy'S supply and communication lines in less than four weeks.
 One Plane Lost
 One plane was lost as the Rus sianS spread heavy damage among the German installations at Stryj. Rawa Ruska, Ukhanov and Doero- sin, all in the area around Lwow, and Daugvapils, in Latvia, which was hit for the second time in three nights.
 Soviet airmen also ranged over the BarentS Sea to hit a German convoy of l6 transports and 25 es- cort ships of the Norwegian port of Kirenes, 93 miles nirthwest of Murmansk and near the Finnish border.
 Three enemy transports. totaling approximately i9,000 tons, were sunk together with a Self-propelled barge, a motor torpedo boat and an auxiliary vessel. Five other trans ports and some escort vessels were damaged, with three Of the troop ships being set afire and one of them beached.
 Strengthen Hold
 On the lower Dnester river, north- west of Tiraspol, Red army troops strengthened their bridgehead near Chisinau (Kishinev) by driving q German battalion from an "oper- ational zone" on the east bank into the river. It was estimated that about 1000 German troops were killed and many others drowned in the attack.
 On the othe Tactive front. south- east of Stanislayow in southeastern Poland, German Alpine infantry stormed the Soviet positions and occupied Q small height. but . communqiue said the enemy later was thrown back and the Russian positions restored.
 German planes attempted tgo at- taeks on the Soviet forward lines, in an undisclosed area. but Soviet anusaiTeraft gunners and pilots repelled both Of the matter shoot ing down i3 enemy craft.
 The communlque said that in all the actions Sunday, the Soviet forces destroyed % German planes and % tanks
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EffeeiIVe AIF Blows

The effectiveness of the Allied air offensive was testified to by Italian civilians ana German pris- oneFs who told American officers at newly-captured 6pigno that the enemy had been suffering from se- were food shortages for some time
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