The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-04


 is no detailed word of damage on the island.
 WASHINGTON - Former Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull, ill at Bethesda hospital, spent a more restful night last night but his condition continues grave.
 BEVERLY HILLS-Barney Old field, 69, one-time auto speed king oi the dirt tracks died at his home today, as result of an attack of the heart. Oldfield, who was the first man ever to travel a mile min ute, was found dead in his bed by his wife, Bessie, whom he remarked 10 months ago after a separation of 21 years.
 SALEM, Ore.-Joan Cloudy of Ketchikan, Alaska, has been pledg- ed to Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at Willamette University.
 ANCHORAGE-A G. Fuller was indicted by the district court grand jury yesterday charged with the second degree murder of Mrs. Jean Mackey She was found dead July 18. Ii convicted, Fuller would receive a 15-year sentence under Territorial law. No awaignment ! date was set.
 BERLIN There was another shooting in Berlin last night, but the overtones were romantic in- stead of international. The victim was a Red Army CT. He was shot in the leg while strolling through a park with German fraulein.
 BERLIN The Soviet military government in Berlin has announc- ed plans for repatriatins 21,000 Germans, including women and children. They will be returned to Germany from the Soviet Union.
 MINNEAPOLIS - Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson says heef import barriers may be eliminated and the Mexican border opened to grass fattened cattle, if beef scarcities continue.
 ANCHORAGE - Col John P. Johnson, manager of the Alaska Railroad, disclosed today that 200 employees have been laid off be- cause of the maritime strike. He said maintenance shops and other departments may be closed in the near future because of lack of busi- ness.
 ENROUTE TO ST. LOUIS ON RED SOX SPECIAL-The quietly confident Boston Red SoX rolled toward St. Louis today for their delayed World Series opener with the Cardinals with only the doubt i ful condition of Red Williams right arm marring a serene outlook. NEW YORK-Ray (Sugar) Rob- inson of New York, and Tommy Bell of Youngstown, Ohio, were matched today for 15-round bout at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20, the winner to have recognition as worlds welterweight champion. SEOUL, Korea. - U. s. Army headquarters announced today that between 38 and 50 Korean police and an undetermined number of civilians were killed at Taegu yes- terday in fighting during what Kor- can sources called a Korean Con- munist demonstration against the police as representatives of the American military government.
 SEATTLE-Atomic power plants | llldy PlOVC CllC OOluJlOll u oCNClOD- ment of mineral resources in the more remote sections of Alaska, Dr. Charles Allen Thomas, technical director of Monsanto Chemical Company, predicted here today. He was one of eight scientists who re- ceived the Medal of Merit for work done at Hanford, Wash, and Oak Ridge, Tenn, during the war.
 GALS GALLIVANT
 Two Deep South" damsels who ventured north as far as Juneau this weekend are again venturing Miss Billy Henslee and Miss Pat Tuckee, of the Forest Service Re- gional office staff here, were to leave today on brief flying trip J to Sitka.