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Show HOUSE PASSES Mi MEASURE BILL CARRYING APPROPRIATION OF $357,000,000 NOW GOES TO SENATE Oaily Ration of Each Soldier Raised From 35 Cents to 40 Cents; 305 More Airplanes Washington The house passed and scat to the senate the $357.1100.000 army appropriation bill, providing for a islanding force of 11S.750 men. Passage, by a vote of 235 to 4, came after the house for the second tim-3 had rejected the budget bureau pro-ponal pro-ponal for a standing army of 115.000. It did so by defeating. 2.35 to 19, in a roil call vote, an effort by Itepre-sentatfve Itepre-sentatfve Blanton, Democrat, Texas, to trim tho bill to conform with the budget. As passed with no important changes, the bill provides $279,000,000 for military and $78,000,000 for non military activities, including $30,000,-000 $30,000,-000 for work on rivers and harbors improvements im-provements already authorized and .3.0.00.000 for Muscle Shoals. To continue the five year program of the air corps the 1)111 provides $20,-000.000. $20,-000.000. Including funds for purchase of 574 airplanes or 305 more than were provided for during the present fisoil year. |