Rome, June 18. Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Premier Washington, June 18.
Spurred by the capitulation of France to Chancellor Adolf Hitler's juggernaut, Congress yesterday moved to increase the United States navy by another 23 per cent. at an ultimate cost of $1,200,000,000.
Theoretically, this bill would provide the United States with a "Two of almost 2,000,000 tors.
new navy bill introduced yesterday by the chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, Mr. Carl Vinson, would add 84 new warships to the United States fleet, giving America its greatest naval strength in peacetime history.
The House of Representatives meanwhile unanimously approved a bill increasing the authorized strength of the United States army to 400,000 men, virtually tripling the size of the army as compared with 1939 enlistments. The bill would give the nation largest land force since 1919.
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