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p expected bet sed his hands in a i1ld have been imhave been shruged, “gentlemen.” itdown caught’ the coal supply large 6 to 38 days. But 8s distributed un/alkout would have some consumers. Shutdowns icted a strike of 15 shutdowns. or cur1 in 15 per cent of wer plants, 9 per lls, 20 per cent of plants, 15 per cent ilroads, 22 per cent and 25 per cent of plants ke, Mr. Krug said, er cent of the steel it of electric power cent of the coke ent of Class 1 rail nt of cement milly of other factories, allroads said today serving Midwestern would be withdrawn nday night in coms= 1 office of defense rder, may force the clos jor repair shops op= llinois Central rails of the road said the closed this weeknployees furloughed, out continues, ated by the order 'dules from Illinois a and from Minnepuisiana.

INTBATTEN’S E CANCELED

lountbatten, whose usin of the king of ot visit here tomor-

ave visited James O. enwood ave, a fore narine radio operafriend of the royal vice in the British nd, Michael Kent, dy Mountbatten on U. S. a few weeks

family would not > proposed visit, but treasurer, Fidelity it was doubtful that ten will come. He the Weddell family,

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. 21 (U, P.)~Gen, »y told press correthat Marshal VasRussian commander s closed the Soviet y to American newsansport facilities are

THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1946

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

King of Majuro faiuro Says People Are All Happy, Well-Fed and

Don't Want a Loan from U. S.

By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Writer

MAJURO, Marshall Islands, Nov. 21.—With the international situation in a state of turmoil, and hunger, unrest and conflict rampant all over the world, a kingdom exists on this Phcific .atoll whose peo-|"———"—"—"""""T""""

ple are all happy, have plenty Jor Lue Jew Rave s Wi wor ked at to eat, are satisfied with their gov- Y. Sasab. Tepe:

“It's fine.” ernmerit and don't want a loan : from the United States. ye scale starts at about $15 per

This astonishing discovery was made at one of the most unusual press conferences probably ever held. A party of 11 U, 8. news correspondents visiting former Jap-held Islands to make the first report on the navy's island government administration interviewed King Lain-

It was only with reluctance that he admitted he needed anything from the United States. His people could use a couple of kegs of nails, or some tin roofing, he said. The conference was held on King Lainlon’s front porch. He was

World Turmoil Fails To Mar Peace Of ‘Marshalls Ato

: dressed in light GI khaki clothing. Jor. Monon of 1350 natives on A large polished brass disk with is island - paradise. a navy insignia and the words Happier With Americans “King. of Majuro” inscribed hung Through an interpreter he re-|around his neck suspended with a vealed that he and his people are black navy necktie. The king is much happier with America con-|more than 80 years old. He wore trolling his island than when the |dark glasses. | Japs had it. Much Hand Shaking He said his people had no free- : io i During the conference’ a native dom er the JAS. The Japs hacked off the ‘ends of cocoanuts wouldn't let them visit neighboring : ) and passed them among the re-| islands freely. The king said they ters to drink the juice | didn't like the Japanese military porsers to CF n't We jive. —— Before the conference started | everyone had to shake hands several | What did 1 think of the world times with all the king's relatives situation in general? The king said he'd heard: that it wasn't too good, | "a friends. but a Yuba fi 8 A crowd of native children aid! inti iH thi 8 oo oh pure ou women started from the king's front | Ny yer EE 8. very vard and giggled every time a ques- | y I tion was asked. They laughed hys- | Not Echoed Elsewhere terically when the navy photogra-| The happiness on this island king- | pher, Wilbur Gustafson of Saginaw, | dom is not echoed, however, on|Mich., took pictures and showed the many of the other islands of the | king where to sit and how to pose. erstwhile Japanese mandate that | Every once in a while they would were used as stepping stones to vic- break out with a hymn. The. day tory in the Pacific. | was Sunday and the island missionThe other story is one of short-|ary had conducted services that day. ages in a jungle of surpluses, of eco- | ‘Hello’ to President nomic fumbling, and, in many o . { lace ne of the navy officers present p eof a bitter tasting peace asked the king if he had any mes-| after a bitter war. |sage he-wanted reporters to carry|

That story will provide, when it| ’ ident of the United is unfolded, a sharp contrast 10 Pack 19 the Preside

" |States. The king asked that they | King Lainlon’s picture of a para- lio the next time the dise of well-fed and happy subjects, | ¢ nd hello ‘th v v RHePe » . Sime rete J na The conference broke up when report tood u and labor trouble is a wife's oeensional] 2 of ihe ers 5 P

refusal to do the chores her husband bas orus her to do. Then there followed another siege Needs Nails, Roofing of violent handshaking all around The king was asked if he approved {before the correspondents were alof the wage scale set by the navy |lowed to leave.

“Thank you, Mr. King.”

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