DEFENCE OF GUAM
<■ UNITED STATES SCHEME DROPPED REGARDED AS PROVOCATIVE ACT. COULD HARDLY FAIL TO ALARM JAPAN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WASHINGTON, February 24. The House by 205 votes to 168 today adopted the amendment to the Defence Bill eliminating the 5,000,000-dollar provision for the defence of Guam Island because it would constitute a provocative act that could hardly fail to alarm Japan.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 February 1939, Page 5
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62DEFENCE OF GUAM Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 February 1939, Page 5
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