The Maharaja of Baroda, 41, was short of cash. Up for sale went his plane: a silver-painted, twin-engined Dakota with a day cabin, night cabin, cocktail bar and cream-colored kitchen. The Maharaja's friends said that he had been watching his budget ever since his 8,164-square-mile state pensioned him at $532,000 a year eight months ago when it joined Bombay. There were also "For Sale" signs on all three of his houses in England.
A lot of letters marked "Postage Due" were showing up in Washington, D.C. Old cronies of John Nance Garner, 81, said...
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