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r:.-:r-: tl J. I: I ! CI M H ' X7c2. r 3 ' i (Weather ca I ;js 7) itzzzty txuhd yeah 12 PAGES vS ., W yv .". , (OjUft f ( (I j ) ) f f-V U Mi 1 1 1 1 !x " ' 1 j : - ' , IT SEEMS TO ME THAT the commencement exercise now - being held . on college campuses ire as vital to the institutions as to the college seniors They mark not only the end of a course lor . the graduates but of a period for the colleges. They mark the be ginning of a new life for the grad- - uates, and the beginning of a new Stage for the colleges. . i. For with , the 5 1943 commence ment most colleges surrender to the. Invasion of war. " They lose all their able-bodied men students, With few exceptions. In many in stitutions , men in uniform will come for specialized courses which .may or may not be of collegiate rating. Some: institutions may be forced to close their doors for lack of students or lack of financial support. In all schools .the pro- . cram will be greatly altered, as to calendar and .curricula. But this time : of suspension of -normal collegiate routines should be seized by college administra tors as a welcome opportunity for reappraisal of the purpose and the method of ; higher education. In . -stead of shrinking their staffs and starving their faculties I think every healthy college and univer - sity should use the interlude as 'summer fallow" which with wise cultivation will bring; better crops when the war 'ends, and colleges, like service stations, can" once ' gain operate without limitation.:' ; There are three things which the colleges can do now.-; First, for those ' professors ' and. instructors whose work may . be lightened through ' falling off of students, : here is an opportunity "for their own "refresher? courses, for catch ing up on the literature in their own fields, and for Original study. College presidents should check on these professors to see that they lay out and complete a - program of study,, as a condition of their drawing full salary, because col lege professors can be as del in quent as their own students unless there is a check-up. ' Second, preparation 'to meet the post-war rush - of ,, students for higher education. - This is consid ered quite thoughtfully in the (Continued on editorial page) , Weiv Division Given Name of Trail Blazers' IarecomUima of the Old Orervn Trail eentejuilal which is beinr ebserved this year, the ' -ew: division seen to be aeti ' rated at Camp Adair wiU be r designated Trail, Blaser s," Brig. Gen. John E. Dahlquist ' ' explaued at a banqnet follow ing ; ceremonies at the . e amp Tuesday afternoon at which the post headqaarters , Inclading a stew 199-foot Oregon spraee ; flagpole were dedicated, mark lag completion of the last de tail mt the camp's construction. Appreciation of the, opportunity to link .the new 'division's name with recognition of an ; historic event in Oregon was expressed by Brig. Gen,: Dahlquist, who added that he and the other officers hoped the new military unit might exemplify the courage,' determin ation and pride of achievement which characterized the - pioneers. '.. Other officers of the "yet-an-f . born" division mentioned : that Its insignia would be lit keep- lag with the Trail Blasers theme. :iv -. Identification of Camp Adair , with Oregon history was the un rehearsed keynote of the dedica tion banquet; for Charles A. Spra gue, former governor, speaking ; earlier in the -program, had re- : minded the officers that Gen. Phil Sherdian of Civil war fame had built a fort at no great distance -from the , Camp' Adair site and that Gen U. S. Grant also had . gained some of his ' combat ex perience in Oregon. . E. Palmer Iloyt, soon to as- tame a high post la the Office ef War Information, declared 4,that Oregon should take pride I la Camp Adair partlcalarly for . . the reason - that the site was r chosen bees use cf Its perfect (Turn to Paee 2 Story C) ; Racial Riots Rock Mobile . i "MOBILE, Ala May 25-OVMo- bile was heavily patrolled Tues day night following a shipyard ra cial disorder: which resulted in 7, CCO negro . workers ' being called from their , jobs throughout the Three companies of stateguard atood on the alert under orders of Governor Chauncey Sparks await ing a call In event of a spread of the disorder which resulted in ciht men being injured at the 'Alabama Drydock and Shipbuild ing company. v' ( The disturbance, Police Chief D. I). T.IcFayden said, occurred when pero welders were assigned to fwcrk on the same job with white vcl-crs. , Tolice Quelled the out treak and the plant resumed cp crs liens after sending home all ne rjro employes. " . ' . Tax- Tiepp. C? : VS Conferees Agree oh ? Bill to Cancel : Year's Payment J WASHmGTON, -May 25-(tf) Breaking a five day deadlock, a e n a t e and house conferees agreed late Tuesday on a com promise ; pay-as-you-go income tax collection plan which would cancel a full year'g taxes for persons owing $50 or less, and 75 per cent of one year's taxes jfor others. , ! To brifig taxpayers '' onto a "current basis, a 20 per cent with holding levy" (above- basic ex emptions) ' would .be Installed against' wages and salaries effec tive July 1.' ' : - "'-. 'f I sThe : 20 . per - cent withholding lax is designed to capture a 3 per. cent victory tax and 17 per cent J for ? the income tax . - fund, Xbe present victory-, tax is o. per c e n t. Persons .without earnings large enough to pay., an . income tax will have a 3v per cent vic tory tax deducted from their pay after July 1. v -'.y f " The residual 25 per cent of one year's taxes -1942 or 1943, which ever is the lesserwould be pay able over a two year period, 1944 and 1945. : --V.:; r - The decision of the committee, appointed to : adjust senate i and house versions of the long con troverted legislation, was reached by a vote of 11 to 3. i The compromise goes first to ? the house for approval, -then to , the senate. Chairman Dovghtoa ; (D-NC) of the boose conferees said he hoped to call It p late this week and was hopeful of : approval of both hooses. . Dough ton- estimated : the.- bill would abate, $5,CCO,CC0,CCiO of one year's tax liability;tor about .64 per cent of the total taxes for a year., y '. f The agreement broke a" stub born 'deadlock' between ythe -tax experts of the two houses of con gress. The housed passed ' a - bill cancelling the 6 per cent normal and 13 per cent first bracket sur tax on the lesser year's liability of all taxpayers. With a coalition of republicans 'and democrats in the saddle, the senate showed its liking for. the Ruml plan by sub stituting a , bill cancelling a full year s taxes, except for certain windfall incomes,' Both house and senate, approved the withholding tax feature. i Dosghtaat would ' make Be ; gaess as to what effect final ap- proval ef the bill might have en : the ' president's - request for an i additional $16,000,000,000 this' year, in taxes and savings. He said he hoped . the president would approve the compromise. Kaiser Yard AFL Hearing Nears Finish PORTLAND, .Ore, May 25- The Kaiser shipyard labor hear ing, now in its 63rd day, may be concluded next week, - attorneys said Tuesday after National La bor Relations Board Trial. Exem iner Robert N. . Denham denied subpoena applications to ; both Kaiser and board counsel. The examiner denied a Kaiser request for subpoenas to call about 1000 witnesses from Pacific coast AFL unions and a board request to subpoena records of 19 ; AFL unions supplying labor to the three Henry J, Kaiser shipyards in this area. . : Two important defense witnes ses, Edgar F. Kaiser, general man ager of the Keiser yards here, and Harry F. Morton, chief Kaiser la bor1 counsel, remain to-be called. Both may testify Thursday, it was estimated." Mother. Denies Child Slaying ! MEDFORD Oret. ! M y 25-(P) A deputy -sheriff testified in the first degree murder triaj of Miss Tillie Michalski, 22, , Cleveland, Tuesday that she steadfastly de nied the -smothering of her 1 Or weelt-old son. - . - The officer, Vera Smith, said she insisted tne rmoinermg was done by the baby's father, Sgt Bernard L. Lotka, 23, Cleveland convicted of second degree mur der last week and sentenced to life imprisonment.".".:;.'; :; .A '- ' But she said, to as much to blame as he Is. Fve' gotten him in an awful mess, Smith testified. Poll Tax Tiff Herkledby ?'HlNGTON, May 15-VP) 5fied :by sailer wbe - . v .m fthi. O rsr the" Civil war, the - hens voted Tuesday to let the elli- sens of seven sou thera r states ballot in national elections with - oat the payment ef pen taxes. , The legislation; adopted 263 to 110," goes to the senate, where filibusters have killed r, similar measures in the past, -' The 21-year-old sailor, delivered an impromptu speech: fnm the visitors' gallery, demanding: ' "Why does a man -have to pay tribute .for the right rto Tote? H; The second class naval x signal man later said he was Evan Owen Jones,' Jr-.' of Los Angeles, and said che had ' served in . the . navy two years having been in' the bat tle of Singapore. -II climbed to the railing' surrounding' the gal lery just as Rip. Whittington (D Miss.) rose to oppose the bill. J " "Tea; dont have to "pay- to . fight, why "should yen have to pay to vote," he shouted.- Taken to the capital police room, Jones said he came here on 48-hour leave , "to see what makes this county clicks i'i!' ! v Ahd I'm disgusted,", he told Kenneth" Romney, . sergeant r atr arms. .Those people;in ihere (the bouse . chamber) are' fighting the Ciyil war all ' over - again.-- They "should .spend 'their time fighting this, war. . - -h Jones acknowledged he "spoke out ef turn but said the legis lators were "just wasting their time anyhow.; ; T Rubber Plant Strikes Hit ; Fourth Finn By The Associated Press War production stoppage at Akron's three largest rubber companies spread to a fourth concern Tuesday as leaders of the-CIO-United Rubber- Work ers union moved to consider a war -labor board plea that more than 50,000 idle employes "honor their no strike pledge, to the na tion" and "end the walkout at Once. . . i ; General Tire Sc Rubber com pany workers, who left their Jobs Saturday In a protest against a WLB wage decision and returned a day later, started to walk out again Tuesday. ZL B. Harper, president of the URW local at General, said the company's tire division was down and other oper ations curtailed, ; H -v , ; Neither union nor company , made any immediate estimate of the I d 1 e at General, bat agreed the number' was above I 1,909. The company's " workers ! were sot directly affected by the WLB decision 'but Harper. " recalling the local had a similar ease peadlag, said 'Hre are , afraid this move wiU be detri mental to our WLB hearing."' 4 As the WLB issued its back-to-work plea, Sherman H. Dal rymple, the UMW's international president, called a special session of the union's executive board in , . (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Tiivo Awarded Scholarships CORVALlis, May 2MPVEi- ieen JR. Holden, Salem, and Ro bert G. Barnes. McMinnville. are among 52 graduating seniors at Oregon State college who will re ceive scholarship awards at gradu ation exercises Saturday. ,t j: t Miss Holden, secretarial science student, graduates with I second high scholastic honors with an av erage of 3.89 grade points. Barnes Is an outstanding engineering stu dent. By fit Associated Freaa " WASHINGTON, May 25.- Prime Minister Churchill, opti mistic over the- turn ha the tides of war, told "President Roosevelt's press conference Tuesday that the Italian people would be well ad vised to disown their intriguing nazi and fascist leaden and threw themselves on the justice of those they have so grievously offended. The pink-cheeked British war. leader, making his second ap pearance before a White Couse news gather 12 gef. more than 1C3 men and women, also spoke of sound and good conclusions . having been reached at his two weeks of conferences with Pres ident Roosevelt ea plans, for presecsting tl.e war la the Pa cific with the greatest ef vlff or1. He said the tide had turned in Should cJC L3 Germany. Again j - Heavy Bomber Force i v Roars i Oyer Axis ; r Tarcet Unknown r .. ." :-.t. r c:t.: -.r-f LONDON,- Wednesday, May 26-P-RAF bombers' 'attacked Germany again during the night, it was announced today, striking at the' Reich, after .a one-high tf lull 5 following their record ' breaking : a s s a u 1 1 on Dortmund Sunday. , - ? I T h e prelirninary announce ment of the raid, as usual, fail ed;' to .disclose; .the .target or ; the weight of iht. attack. Advices from the I British southeast coast, how ever, Indicated the operation was carried v out - in force, residents there reporting that large num bers of British planes-apparently . LONDON, May tS.-(JpyMiU ehell bombers escorted by-Spit fire fighters attacked the Ger man airfield at Abbeville la northern France, an air minis try communique said . tonight. Two bombers and two fighters were reported missing. heavy bombers - ? were ' heard sweeping eastward acroi s the channel around midnight. . The planes headed in the di rection followed previously when the RAF raided southwest ; Germany or Italy.:-.:.: For half an hour the drone of their combined motors was heard almost constantly at some points along the coast. -.- r - Tuesday, mighty forces of al lied aircraft slammed hard ataxia Europe from the west, while evi dence piled up that inhabitants cfj the enemy S Mediterranean islands and the toe of the Italian: boot were being shoved back by the gi- (Turn to Page 2 Story B) , Gty Budget Still Need More Cutting : For two hours,- without argu ment and with, almost no discus sion, members of the citizens bud get committee cut and fitted to gether estimates submitted to them to form a new, city budget Tuesday night and came out still $25,234.59 over the maximum. To cut the budget by at least this figure, so that the resulting levy may be within the six per cent limitation set by state stat ute, appointment of a special committee was authorised.. That . committee of three - members will be named this morning by ; Chairman W. W. Chadwiek. Making the -motion for the spe cial, tailoring : committee. Alder man David O'Hara, veteran chair man ; of the city , council's " ways and means committee, declared "I don't want to be on it, and I think this larger organization should be able to do the work, but a pmall group can do it more -rapidly but with, lots of grief to its mem bers, I suppose."r.:;;? .;-.; -.,. Unusual, in that it lacked fire. Tuesday night's budget -' meeting could not be stirred to argument. Alderman Dan Fry, bringing up a question which was hinted', at last year, received no backing or even much information as he asked whether under war condi tions it was wise for the city to maintain b oth engineering and building inspection departments. ; (Turn to Page 2 Story C) . Quit . disputably in "favor . of the allies, that Japan is looking at Russia with opportunist eyes but that it was not for him to advise the So viets on that score since they were doing such a wonderful job against the Germans, and that he still counted on a knockout blow ra ther than internal axis collapses for final victory.;- - - . h Sitting; at ease at President : Eoosevelt's right, the .p rime minister, -dressed la black eoat and gray trousers and polka dot bow tie, chewed ea a drar ani leaned far back ia Lis cLair to answer the rapid fire BestIEs. that covered every phase of the global war. lie were his siren salt shoes with" Ce trick-fas- -teners and at. t! s conclusion cf, the nearly one hovr of cross ex amination he jjzr.rel c;n his 0 -i 'Dies EDSEL. FORD Sieriry: FordV Son Is i DETROIT,- May 28 -ypy- Edsel Ford,-49-year-old. president, of the Ford .Motor-company, died this morning at Jiis home at Gross pointe shores following an illness of, six', weeks.; - : . Edsel, the only son of Henry Ford, founder of the vast Ford in dustrial empire, died from a con dition developing from a former stomach malady for which! an operation was' performed 16 months ago, undulant fever gjso was present : ';.""'. ;;. An improvement was reported in his condition during the week end, but he, took a ; turn for the worse Tuesday night and physi cians were said to have despaired of his recovery. , v ; i Edsel, who had been .chief ex ecutive of the Ford company for 24 years, was in the midst of one of . his company's greatest' efforts, an r-out production, of war ma terials - to, ass is t this country and its allies In thewar. V'ti I His father, now 79,. had done that before him, when - he was head of the Ford company during World i War ' one. - It was under Edsel's guidance, however, that Ford performed Its tremendous . conversion to ' war production, and r from its plants flow . 4-engined bombing , planes. tanks,, jeeps, amphibious Jeeps, anti-tank units and much other war equipment. Edsel is regarded as one of the leading executives among the world's industrial leaders. Despite the fact that his father's fame overshadowed him. Flood Damage Report Made Meeting Tuesday with the Wil lamette river basin commission at the chamber of commerce in Sa lem, Marion county court mem bers presented their report on da mage to county lands by last win ter's - floods and discussed with the commission its program. That plan for action is not to be decided upon definitely until courts of other 'counties affected have been given an opportunity to study it and ; discuss it with commission members.",--" Mexico Settles ' Ten-Cent Suit It.: .. . ."'"" fl MEXICO CITY.'May 25-(ff) The " supreme court Tuesday set tled a suit over ten cents which had worked - its way up through the lower courts over an 18-month period. The court ruled that Man uel Bonifant should pay 10 cents damages for tearing a Chinaman's coat during a' fight.' . Churchill .chair, smiled and held his fin gers ia the V-sign. - As the crowd rushed out to the echo of the traditional : "thank you marking the end of a pres idential interview with the press the president called In a loud voice" that, the strategy, conferen ces were not over; that they were continuing under coyer. Earlier in the; day the joint Anglo-American chiefs of staff and subordinate of ficerssome 63 in all had lunch with the two allied leaders which gave rise to some speculation that the talis rr.tsM be nearing an end. Tlcst f lie prime minister's remarks were an elaboration ef ill- 3-L.:at speech befsre ecErress list TTednesday. - All were la resrocse" to questions -pat by the rews and rtIa rep-" resentatives. ?.Iany foreign cor respondents also were rreseni. - Only lakeriby Death Glosiinig f ,s . . i - I.Ierchanls Follow r " V Cohseryjation of . Jlanpowcr Plan ' Motivated by a, desire to eon serve manpower . In the critical period just ahead, 'agreement . to close on Sundays starting June has , been , reached by '-. downtown grocery stores : which in recent months have been open on Sun day and by the larger grocery es tablishments' whose branch stores have operated on that day, it was Lannounced Tuesday, Explalnug . that this curtail sent of, rernlar working boors would 'enable employes to par ticipate more' fully m. emergen cy part-time work in sapport f the war program, merchaats - expressed the hope that custom ers would cooperate by arrang- - tag! to do all their ' shopping en ' week 'days." '' - '-'.'"'; .. Approval of the step taken by these grocers was expressed by chamber of commerce officers and by Loyal A. Warner, president of the . Salem ' Retail' Trade Bureau, who remarked: Z.jCZ 3'":' '" ; "On behalf of the Salem Retail Trade Bureau, I wish to congrat ulate the grocery stores on the pa triotic move they have made , in shortening their store hours to release, workers for vital war and emergency jobs. I am sure the consumers will follow through and do their shopping on - Saturday and Monday. : Declaring that the Salem chamber of commerce farm la bor - committee appreciates the merchants cooperation ; toward relieving the labor situation, I. M. Kamage as chairmaa ef L that eorawsfttee ..said: - "W especially appreciate, hav ing some of the local merchants who - have been- accustomed to keeping their stores open on Sum day close on that day, thus giv ing their help a chance to partici pate in the processing of foods. We feel sure 'that their custom ers who have been in the habit of trading on Sunday will appreciate the situation and will respond with a' larger Saturday ana aaonaay business." Carl W. Hogg, chamber of commerce president, " observed: ; "Closing of the grocery store ea Sanday Is a most worthy eeatribatioa to , the program ef , creating 'additional working boors la oar war effort, and the whole membership of the Sa lem chamber of commerce sa lutes this geaaine cooperation. As we continue with all other organizations, grasps and indi vidaals ' ia pressing forward to meet any, emergencies that may arise fas the protection aad pres ervation of oar foods, may-we hope for the eentipuatioa of this kind of spirit toward unity of pnrpose. : EL" B. Miller, district manager for Safeway stores, said: . ' " "Safeway stores are in hearty agreement with 'all out' effort in definitely ascertaining that every pound of farm products grown in this area is efficiently harvested and duly processed at time of ma turity. i-':;'t:j-. '.-r "3 "The part Marion county farm produce will play in guaranteeing, not only ample food supplies for the home front but most impor tant of all adequate food supplies for our boys on the fighting front, is evident to no small degree. "Initiation of a Sunday closing program will make it possible for many of our employes to assist in the harvesting and processing of crops in this area. We are happy to have the privilege of cooperat ing in this "win the war effort,. Unessential Driving Hit PORTLAND, May 25-a5r- The office of war information report ed Tuesday a weekend check dis closed numerous Oregon motorists were Ignoring the plea to halt un erteritial driving. " " '. 3 j CPA mvestigators - found 153 Portlanders fishing on the Des chutes river near Maupin, many cf them holders of B and C ration cards, the OWI said. : - - rCurr.erous others .were found on outings at Multnomah falls and at t'.a beach, and irresu'arities in use cf rations and wincLiicI J stickers were reported to ration boards, the OWI said. Z::.'.lT checks were promised or ceding weeks.' O'bIv 4 Mb PI Escape --Li !?iffhiiteF Attacks ; Piecemeal Destruction of Trapped f Enemy Continues Steadily on Attn; J - SeaBees Said Ready j to Build Field , . )- WASHINGTON, May 25P)-Piecemeal destruction of en trapped Japanese troops still clinging to'Attu island continued steadily Tuesday, as hew reports" disclosed that an attempted en emy counter-stroke by air had met almost complete disaster. ; I1 A navy communique reported that .12 to 18 Japanese twin engine bombers which attempted to raid American positions and Illin W - j-e , f-- Levees 01S Out 90 Miles i Oii Miissippir By the AsMocUted Pr . : J ; A host of soldiers and towns- men fought last Tuesday) night to hold levees ' still standing against ' the devastating waters sweeping down the Mississippi and Illinois river valleys. iLieut Col. W, F. Lawlor of the US engineers reported every' lev ee on the Illinois side of the Mis sissippi from Columbia to Gale approximately 80 miles had bro ken, but the walls on the Illinois bank between Alton and East St Louis withstood the terrific pressure.'";.'''- -."',.'" "..' . . '.'.,. 4 Northward, a weak spot de veloped in the : earthen levee i protecting the east part of low lying Beardstown, BL, from the rampaging Illinois" river, and sandbags ' were , rushed to the strained section." '..- Meanwhile, with, 160,000 persons homeless in. a six-state area- and more "thaii"r,000,OOQ ; acres inun dated, state and federal ' of ficials took steps- to help the refugees and plan measures to get food pro duction under way again. ' '! Downstream more than 10,000,- 000 sandbags were put in place in an attempt to save Dupo from the flood. " ' " From ' Gale to ; Cairo ' there were no levees, ' bat the two sixable eommanities Thebes and Fay vine are ea high ground.'' '.'"-"' C ,r.- Vr,:' f Scott Field sent 2460 soldiers to Dupo, Columbia and Granite City. " where 800 high "schoolers were released from classes to help fill sandbags. ''. At Beardstown, the Illinois riv er remamea virtually srauonary at 29.e5 feet about seven feet above the level of downtown streets. ; " . '.''" ' Farther unstream. at Peoria, the river was at a 28.58 stage and dropping slowly. " ' v McNary Balks At Subsidies For Staples WASHINGTON, May 23-(P) An indication that congress may balk - at authorizing subsidies to underwrite a 10 per cent roll-back n retail prices of ; butter, coffee and meat come , from Senate Mi ority Leader McNary (R-Ore.) Tuesday. - , '. - -"- . - -" ' Questioning Secretary of Com merce Jesse Jones on details of the roll-back order at a senate agriculture subcommittee hearing. McNary drew from Jones a state ment that be hoped to get author ization for subsidy payments "be fore congress leaves. "I think, commented McNary, that congress will leave first. Jones, head of the reconstruc tion finance corporation, testified that he believed , the purpose of the subsidy payments is to pro vide more funds to producers to increase production rather than to reduce the cost to consumers. 'I thought the purpose was to prevent spiraling of prices, ob served McNary, adding: . . "Couldnt a subsidy be taken up by the consumers who are getting the highest wages in history In stead of the United States treas ury? Tm not . prepared to answer that,- replied ; Jones. T r : " 'Does, that staU you.! McNarr asked. " . Tm stalled," Jones acknowl edged.. f.Ieetiirr Slated Army officials will conduct a meeting at Leslie .school at 8 o'clock tonight which will serve as a class for civilian airplane spotters and will provide ir.fcrma tioiv f cr persens ret members cf the observation service. u u .es r' u snips were either definitely or probably destroyed. Previously the navy had said that five were shot down in the Sunday encounter. Tuesday's war bulletin added sev en additional bombers probably wiped out and declared that tv f remaining four fled westward, ia . the direction of their supposed base in 'the Kuriles islands, 23 nautical miles west of Attu. . ' ; This havoc among the- bomWrs was wrought by six army Light ning fighters which intercepted them over, the eastern part of At tu, far from the battlezone. When the fighter squadron was sighted by the enemy "the bombers un loaded their bombs but did not . attack any of the US positions," the navy said. Two United States planes were lost but one of the pilots was rescued. Previously, ' on' Saturday, 13 twin engined Japanese bombers had 'unsuccessfully attacked two United States service vessels lit the Attu area. Apparently they en countered no opposition and the Japanese command was led to x pect successful operations next day. j " . m v - The communique reported en operations . ashore only through Sunday, saying that army forces were4 wntinuingk"thejr. advance, through the mountainous area at the northeastern tip of Attu where the enemy remnants ' still pos sessed a toehold on the island but that operations on that day had been handicapped by sleet, snow and rain. . . - - . .The weather has been a fre quent problem In the two-week-old campaign to restore the island to American control. Conditions, ii fact, appear to have been ad verse not only to ground but al so to aerial operations throughout the Aleutians area.; The commu nique said that army planes, pre sumably . operating from the American base in Amchitka island, had bombed, the Japanese" main camp area t Kiska Sunday. That was the first raid on Kiska tinea Friday when it was reported that "due to weather conditions, re sults were not observed. Word that the assured American victory on Attu has not been com pleted came from Secretary Knox, who told a press conference todayi "The fight is continuing." Knox said that the American fereea ashore there incla-o a unit of "Seabees, men of the navy's :. construction battalion whose Job tt ia te go with the eombai forces Into battle and coastraet the base from which operations are eeadacted. One ef the first Jobs ef the construc tion crew snay be to complete aa alrbase which the Japanese . began building en the inhospit able Island several months ago, Knox said he had no reports yet on the feasibility of the airfield project, "Bat I assume that what the Japs have started the Yanks can finish." The secretary was questioned about recent Japanese claims cf having destroyed the American warship Force at Attu and des cribed it as "another fishing ex pedition, with the enemy hoping to elicit from the United States some information about the naval force in those waters. Subsequent to the conference, a navy spokes man said flatly that the enemy claims were "not true." 4 Jap Bac23 . Kit Ijy Ccrnba ALLirD IirADQTJAnTHnS IN AUSTRALIA, V.'edr. ciy, Key 25-(A5) Single allied bombers ir i-1- ed four Japanese bases Tu in adverse weather which ed cperstlcr.s in t:.e r. ut!.' cilic, tl'.e Uh ce:',",n:.:.:v i l 7 Cf nounced. The only C ic'.'tn frc i sinrie p Is- r !, '! In r smill fcrrr.: a cf It New Guinea viilcs cn t' i: . peninsu'a. . Even t' 11 wr ' c": save j..Vs t:uth Vu.-r r.I air tare cf Carmata frc:t t:.! its fcux'Ji E'.r:'.t c!:y !