Polish Security
Official Granted
Asylum in U.S.
WASHINGTON, Iff)—A high
security official of Poland’s Com
munist government has fled his
country and been granted asylum
in the United States.
This was disclosed Tuesday by
Atty. Gen. Brownell, who an
nounced that, at the request of
the State Department, he has
granted temporary entry into the
United States of Josef Swiatlo, 39.
Swiatlo is former deputy chief of
Department 10 of the Polish Min
istry of Public Security in War
saw. The Justice Department said
that No. 10 is responsible for the
protection of the Polish Commu
nist Party and regime against in
terhal political subversives.
Officials said the Polish defec
tor has already reached Washing
ton, D.C.
The escapee section of the For
eign Operations Administration is
handling his case. FOA officials
said they were trying to arrange
for him to have a news confer
ence.
Brownell’s announcement said
Swiatlo took refuge in the Ameri
can sector of Berlin 10 months
ago.
The only previous hints that the
Polish official might have defec
ted to the West came in radio
broacasts* from behind the Iron
Curtain which made vague refer- |
ences to Swiatlo's disappearance i
from Warsaw.
Worst Railroad Disaster
In India’s History
BOMBAY, India, Iff)—An ex
press passenger train plunged into
the icy waters of a flooded river
50 miles east of Hyderabad early
Tuesday and at least 53 persons
were killed or given up for lost.
Officials said it was one of the
worst disasters in the history of
India’s railroads.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
France Agrees To
Compromise Plan For
Rearming Germany
LONDON, l/P!—France and her
western allies, striving to forge a
common defense for Europe, were
reported today to have agreed on
a compromise plan for rearming
West Germany within the Atlan
tic family of nations.
Top level sources close to the
nine-power conference on Ger
man sovereignty and western de
fense said the plan called for a
new seven-nation alliance and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion to share the job of safeguard
ing against runaway German re
armament.
France has consented to the
simultaneous entry of West Ger
many into NATO and the seven
nation pact, these sources said.
The new alliance would consist of
West Germany, Italy, Britain,
Holland, Belgium, France and
Luxembourg.
These developments were re
ported against a background of
personal conference between high
ranking leaders at the nine-pow
er meeting which opened at Lan
caster House yesterday.
Crew’s Quick Action
Limits Fire Loss on
Alaska Steam Freighter
VALDEZ, —Quick action by ;
the captain and crew of the
freighter Iliamna limited loss
from a between-decks fire to 11
automo'biles stored in the No. 2
hold, the Alaska Steamship Co.
reported Monday.
The 7,000-ton Liberty ship
docked here Sunday after battling
the blaze and a North Pacific gale
on a trip across the Gulf of Alaska.
The fire broke out in the hold
before noon Saturday while the
ship was bucking a 70- to 80-mile
an-ho-ur gale about 100 miles west
of Yakutat.
The crew took all safety meas
ures immediately and live steam
was released in the hold. At mid
night Sunday, with the storm
moderating, the fire was reported
under control.
Capt. Lars Erickson, a veteran
of Alaska waters, skippered the
Iliamna.
Divers Recovering
Bodies From Ferry
Where 1,172 Died
HAKODATE, Japan, Iffl—Jap
anese divers Tuesday began re
moving the first of hundreds of
bodies in the sunken hull of the
ferry Toya Mau, which capsized
Sunday in a typhoon with loss of
1,172 lives.
Three divers recovered the bod
ies of 20 Japanese from the
wreckage on ■ the floor of Hako
date Harbor. They located the
bodies of about 40 of the 60 Am
ericans who perished.
National Rural Police estimated
the overall typhoon death toll at
1,500, most of whom died in north
ern Japan.
Divers reported 43 rail cars tore
loose from their moorings on the
boat’s deck when it capsized,
crushing bulkheads, ‘equipment
and human beings in Japan’s
worst maritime disaster.
As a chill drizzle soaked the
scene, a U.S. Air Force helicopter
dipped low over the wreckage and
dropped white flowers into the
oily, debris-strewn bay in a salute
to the dead.
The Americans who died on the
Toya Mau were mainly service
men and their dependents. Sever
al missionaries also were aboard,
including one who survived.
ED OLSON JOINS PILOT
STAFF OF ALASKA AIRLINES
Mr. Ed Olson has joined the
pilot staff of Alaska Airlines at
the Nome station replacing pilot
John Moore who is returning to
Anchorage on the mainline sched
ule.
Mr. Olson has been flying in
the Bristol Bay area the past
three years, a good deal of his
time on Coast and Geodetic ser
vice.
BOMBS EXPLODE IN FRONT
OF REDS' CENTER IN ROME
ROME, liP) — Bombs exploded
early today in front of two Com
munist district headquarters here.
Heavy damage was caused in one
building but no’ injuries were re
ported.
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Communist China
Builds First Planes
LONDON, (iP)—Communist China
has made and successfully tested
its first planes, Radio Peiping said
Tuesday.
“This marks the successful be
ginning of China’s aifcraft manu
facturing industry,” a broadcast
heard here said, without indicat
ing the type or number of planes
involved.
The first trial flight was report
ed made July 26.
Russia has been supplying air
craft to China.
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
OMAHA, Neb., (41—Wade A.
Pugh, Omaha, was arrested on
charges of driving 45 miles an
hour in a 15-mile limit zone yes
terday.
Shirley Pugh was arrested at
just about the same hour in the
same vicinity and charged with
driving 45 miles an hour in a 15
mile limit zone. I
Both were fined $10 and costs. I
The Pughs are husband and
wife and were driving separate
cars.
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