The House Naval Affairs Committee today rejected a motion to eliminate the fortification of Guam Island from the Vinson Navy Bill and tentatively approved the entire $65,000,000 aci which would substanticily strengthen United States defences in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as well as the Caribbean. The Vinson Bill will probably go to the House for debate tomorrow after the Committee decides whether a proposed Florida naval base should be established at Jacksonville or Miami.
The House Committee added a new
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