Raise for You, Johnny

ARMY & NAVY

This week Congress will probably send to the President the Pay Bill, whose up-&-down fortunes soldiers & sailors have watched for eight months. By July Johnny's minimum monthly pay (now $21 to $30) will be $42, with 20% extra for overseas service, retroactive to Pearl Harbor. Minimum monthly pay for enlisted men of other nations:

Australia. . . . . . $45.00 Russia. . . . . . $4.00

Canada. . . . . . . 30.00 Brazil . . . . . . . . 2.80

Germany. . . . . . 21.60 Italy . . . . . . . . . 1.51

Mexico. . . . . .. . 12.40 Turkey . . . . . . . .40

Britain. . . . . . . . 12.20 Japan. . . . . . . . . .30

Argentina. . . . . . . 4.76 China. . . . . . . . .28

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