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I 2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Feb. 16, 19501 Russia Aims to Create 3 New Spheres in Asia Washington, Feb. 16 VP) Highly placed diplomats here believe that Russia is maneuvering to create three distinct spheres of communist control In Asia, South of Siberia. Concern for Rus ssia's own security appears to be the primary factor. This objective, according to the experts, probably was behind the Soviet strategy in the Rus sian-Chinese conference which went on in Moscow for the past nine weeks. The first sphere embraces Manchuria, inner Mongolia, out er Mongolia and Sinkiang. These are the vast, tradition ally Chinese, border areas which Secretary of State Acheson says the Russians are taking away from China and adding to the Soviet Union. To the extent that Russia controls these areas di rectly or through trusted agents it will have a buffer zone be tween the Soviet Union proper and the Asiatic states in eastern Europe form a buffer against the west. The second spitere is China. Even though the Chinese nation now under communist rule, experts here believe the Rus sians feel they cannot rely on Chinese economic and political stability for the predictable fu ture. Therefore, while main taining the closest possible rela tions with Red China and domi nating Chinese internal and for eign policies, they will not ex pect the same degree of secur ity for Russia through their al liance with China as they pre sumably seek to establish in the northern borderlands. The third sphere: Indochina, Burma, Siam and Malaya are believed in Washington to be marked out for the next stage of communist expansion in Asia. The cold war struggle for Indo china has already begun. This southeast Asian region, being more remote from Russia, may be the primary responsibility of the Chinese communists, rath er than of Moscow. 117 Approved For Police Duty The Salem civil service com- mission gave provisional ap 'proval Wednesday afternoon for tthe addition of 17 names to the .'eligible roster for duty with the police department. The 17 represented the suc- scessful applicants who passed tests given to some 49 candi dates. Final approval for the 17 was withheld pending physical examination and a check of e other qualifications such as resi 2 dence. A total of 11 men on the list 'approved by the commission tare already on duty with the department. They were assigned to work because there was no lellelble list for policemen. Two J such provisional employes who .took the examination failed in written and oral tests before the x commission. ; To bring the police force to sfull strength, three men from the approved list, not including Bmen who are already working 'on a provisional basis, will be : added to the force. The names of the remaining three men will i be placed on an eligible roster pending future vacancies. Following action on the po slice list, commission members 'began study of proposals deal Ing wtih a revision of the rules ;and regulations governing civil : service. ; The original code has been si ntered by amendment during the years it has been in operation, 'but no general effort has been &made to tailor the regulations to 'present needs. The rules govern - the police and fire department, Discrepancies in rules dealing with the two branches of city i services were pointed out at the meeting. No action was taken on any (Proposed changes. U. W. Johnson Dies on Coast Seriously 111 for a number of years, John William Johnson, r former Salem resident, died J Wednesday at his home at Cutler . City, where he had resided since 1B30. r Johnson, who was well known in Salem, was born August 11, 1 1872, at Ontario, Canada. As a Jamall child he moved to Michi gan and in that state served for J 13 years with the Coast Guard. He was married November 26, 1806, to Emma Johnson. ; In 1920 the Johnson family moved to Oregon and came to i Salem to make their home. He was connected with the Lachelle 5 Fur shop here until 1030 when t he moved to Cutler City. In 1 Cutler City Johnson operated a boat livery until his health forc- ed him to retire six years ago. i Surviving are the wife, Emma ; Johnson of Cutler City; two sons, i Harry Johnson of Hillsboro, iOre., and John D. Johnson of ; Glendale, Calif.; two daughters, !Lila Stlcklemire of Whitehall, Mich., and Clara Wright of Whit ;tler, Calif.; a brother, Pearl Johnson of Cutler City; two sis- Jters In Michigan; a brother and a sister in Wisconsin; 13 grand- children and 12 great grandchil i dren. ' Announcement of services will ;be made later by Clough-Barrick company. Stockman Seeks Rc-clcctlon : Washington, Feb. 16 (U.R) Rep, 1 Lowell Stockman (R Ore.), an- nounced today that he will seek ; re-election from Oregon's second congressional district. He has Jbeen in congress since 1043. W Aft Wp b ,'41 College Play Opens Tonight Willamette university's drama department, under the direction of Ruane B. Hill, will present Hendrik Ibsen's phychological drama "Ghosts," at 8:30 Thurs day and Friday nights in Waller hall. The drama, a study in human relations, will climax religious emphasis week on the campus. The cast will include George Bynon, Salem, as Engstrand Phil Hammond, Portland, as Parson Manders; Dave Place, Hood River, as Oswald; Marian Sparks, Salem, as Mrs. Alving; and Margaret Guice, Seattle, in the role of Regina. The play revolves around Mrs. Alving who departs from the conventional and lives a lie, manufacturing cover-up Illu sions to maintain her husband's position of dignity in their com munity. Actualy he was a was. trel, a braggart and a bully stricken with an incurable di sease. Tickets may be secured at Miller's and the Willamette stu dent body office. Annual Police Ball Scheduled Friday Salem's Police Chief Clyde A, Warren is scheduled to give the message of welcome Thursday night at the annual police ball to be held at Crystal Gardens. City officials are scheduled to be introduced during the inter mission time when the chief will speak to the gathering. As time for the start of the ball drew near, members of the police force pointed out that co operation from the public had been excellent and that ticket sales had been good. A large turnout was antici pated. j B-36 Survivors Tell of : Horrible Nights in Forest 5 Vancouver. B. C. Feb. 16 (CP) Cold, hunger and prowling wild animals made two "horrible" nights for 10 rescued crew members who balled out Into the blackness from their blazing ; B-36. '. Speaking for his nine shivering and unshaven buddies, Lieut, ' Ray Darrah told his rescuers last night: "It was the most horrible night of my life." Twenty - two - year - old Cpl. Richard Schuler, the fourth man to leave the plane, said he land ed on a tree which collapsed his parachute and he fell 20 feet to the ground. "I landed flat on my chin. It knocked me cold. I don't know how long I was out, but it was still dark when I awoke. I just lay on the snow and curled up." Later he heard a prowling animal. "He was just on the other side of a tree. I only had a screwdriver, but I sure was going to pounce on him if he came after me," he said. In the morning he discovered the animal's tracks. It had been a bear. Also hung up In a tree was Staff Sgt. James R. Ford. He managed to get to the ground Calendar lor 1950-51 Schools The calendar for the 1950-51 Salem district school year will be virtually the same as was the case during the term that will close early in June. This means that the fall term will open Mon day, Sept. 11 and class work will be concluded for the year June 1, 1951. There will be the customary two day observance of Thanks giving while the Christmas va cation period will open Dec. 21 and extend through January 1. Since Armistice day will fall on Saturday there will be no necessity of dismissing school for its observance. The spring vacation in 1051 will be timed to coincide with the Inland Empire Teachers as sociation convention and the Or egon Education association meeting which generally occur near Easter. Memorial day will fall on Tuesday next year and will be observed by the schools. for all ages rides, refreshments and a variety of shows. This year the proceedr wiu be used to cover items in the PTA budget such as special fur niture and equipment for the school and to aid the different youth organizations in Engle wood district. Brotherhood Talk atC of C National Brotherhood week will be observed by the Cham ber of Commerce at the Monday noon luncheon with Saul B. Ap- pelbaum, Portland rabbi, as the speaker. Rabbi Appelbaum came ' to Portland from St. Paul, Minn., and before that had held pulpits in Pennsylvania, New York City and Miami, Fla. He is a native of Cleveland and is graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union college, the latter in 1931. He is a member of the execu tive committee of the Oregon chapter of the National Confer ence of Christians and Jews. He is an honorary life member of the Elks, is a Mason, a Rotarian, member of the national com mission on Jewish education, and is on the alumni board of He brew Union college. He produced the first Jewish religious television program for the National Broadcasting com pany, was a former director of the national radio program "Message of Israel," and helped write the religious code for radio. New members to be introduc ed Monday will be: Leo J. Handwork, distributor for the Kirby company, 595 North Front; Ernest Iufer, Iufer Landscape company, Route 4; and J. A. Sholseth, Marion Seed & Feed company, 228 Ferry. LATE SPORTS Before the Call for Moral Crusade J. Edgar Hoover (left), director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; President Truman (center), and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath pose at a gathering in Washington of federal, state and local law enforcement officials. In a speech to the group the Presi dent called for a great moral crusade against organized crime in the United States. (AP Wirephoto) Schneider Wins Men's Slalom Title Aspen, Colo., Feb. 16 (IP)- Slashing down the 3,000-foot course in one minute, 2.8 seconds on his second run, George Schneider of Switzerland ap peared today to have won the men's slalom title in the world ski championships on Mount Aspen. This added to his first run time of 1:03.6 for a total of 2:06.4. With more than half of the field of 60 already reported, his clos est challenger was Zeno Colo, who won the giant slalom for Italy, with a total of 2:06.7. Bean Talks on Auditorium The long-dormant public movement to construct a Salem civic auditorium was rejuven ated in a meeting at the Cham ber of Commerce Wednesday night. The turnout was small, but those who attended were en thusiastic in getting the project rolling once again. Ormand R. Bean, Portland city commissioner, told the group how Portland is conducting its drive to build a huge civic aud itorium in that city. He sug gested that Salem backers of the auditorium movement seek to inaugurate a financing plan simi lar to the one now tentatively set up in Portland. That plan, said Bean, would be for the city to finance the building originally, then place a mortgage on the building. Bean explained that the income of the auditorium would be mort gaged as well as the building it self. All profits derived from productions in the auditorium would thus go toward paying off the debt to the city. Bruce Williams, chairman of the Salem Memorial auditorium association board of directors, announced that .a group of com mittees will be appointed with in two weeks to further investi gate such matters as location, financing, etc. It is the aim of those planning the auditorium to have the struc ture so designed that it could be Doernbecher's Factory Closed I Portland, Feb. 16 W Doern- becher Manufacturing compa ny's furniture plant here and lumber mill south o Oregon City closed today without in dication of the reason. When the approximately 700 workers arrived today they found a posted notice," closed today," at the plant. The 80 mill employes were told the op eration was down today. A plant superintendent said he thought it was "until further notice." A company spokesman, reach ed by telephone, said there would be no comment at this time. He said he could give no indication of the duration of the closure nor of the reason. He said it was not labor trouble. Charles Shelly, business agent for CIO United Furniture work ers, said the closure came as a surprise. He said there have been no labor disputes other than a normal amount of grievance cases. Shelly'added that he knew of no market developments war ranting the closure. The firm has added 75 employes in re cent months, he said. At the mill, a supervisor said he had been notified this morn ing to shut down the operation. There was no comment, he said. Englewood PTA Carnival Friday . The Englewood PTA will hold its annual carnival on Friday, February 17, starting at 7:30 p.m. There will be entertainment Hi-Y Chapters Hear War Pilot Salem high school's Hi-Y chapters heard Reynolds Allen, pilot during World War II, Wed nesday night at their weekly meeting. Recently elected by the chap ters were delegates to attend the annual Oregon youth legislature and government program to be held in Salem April 21-22 at the state capitol. Delegates elected by the clubs were Ron Walters and Merlin Schulze by the Arthur Cotton club; Kent Myers and Dick Peterson by Abel Gregg; Rex Layton and Bob Riggs by Claude A. Kells chapter; and Wally Car son and Glen Benner are to rep resent the A. A. Stagg club. A district meeting is slated to be held at Eugene some time next month to prepare tenta five plans for the affair. Last year Jim Cooke, Salem high school student, was boy governor. Final report on the finances of the Hi-Y sweetheart formal is to be given next week by Bob Big First Day Crowd For Stromboli Film Portland, Feb. 16 (IP) The Paramount theater reported to day that the Italian film Strom boli yesterday drew the biggest first-day crowd in years. It was an adult audience From opening to 10 p.m. only 10 student tickets were sold. Manager Frank Pratt said he couldn't remember a bigger au dience for the first showing of film. People lined up an hour before the box office opening. to see the film around which has swirled the Ingrld Bergman-Ro berto Rosselhni romance controversy. Despite the size of the audi- ence, local critics were not enthusiastic. Hamblin, general chairman for the dance which was held Feb ruary 11 at the No-Name ball- DANCE ot Cottonwoods SATURDAY New Floor Newly Decorated "TOP HATTERS" Danceable Modern Music Dancing 9 'til 12:30 used for both athletic contests and concerts. Your Brst EntrrUinment "BUY" Farl Mat. Daily l'rom 1 P. M. NOW SHOWING! and attempted to fall asleep In the snow. "I heard an animal, I think it was a wolf, prowling around in the darkness just out of sight. I shouted and he left. But he came back and prowled around all night." Lieut. Darrah, who landed in a tree within 75 yards of Queen Charlotte sound, spent the entire first night 16 feet off the ground. "It was raining and snowing and blowing a gale all night," he said. "In the morning I started to shout and got an an swer." The answer had come from Lieut. Ernest Cox, who had climbed down from a tree. 'The two walked five miles down the coast where they started a sig nal fire. "We were the first two spot ted from the boat Wednesday," Lieut. Darrah said. f'Wl!rljll.l.J."1' .Jl1" " TT- Portland Swaps Wenner tor Barr Portland, Ore., Feb. 16 (PI The Portland Beavers of the Pa cific Coast league today re- b ported a straight trade of out fielder Dick Wenner to San Diego for outfielder Eddie Barr. Barr was with the Beavers early last season. General Manager William Mulligan, who announced the trade, said another deal pur chase of Pitcher Earl Toolson from Oakland on a "look" basis had been turned down by George Trautman, minor league chieftain. He said Trautman didn't like that "kind of a deal between clubs in the same league. Possi bility of outright purchase of Toolson is being considered, Mul ligan said. 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