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Monday, July 1, 1929
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The Headlines
TAX CUT FORECAST ON EARNED INCOMES DUE TO BIG SURPLUS; $185,000,000 Is Accumulated for Fiscal Year--$300,000,000 Likely by Dec. 31. TOTALS AMAZE MELLON Secretary Calls $220,000,000 Gain in Individual Income Returns 'Remarkable.' DEBT NOW $16,931,000,000 Reduction of $673,000,000 Brings It to Lowest Since War--Saving in Interest Is $54,000,000. Increase in Income Tax Yield. Expect $300,000,000 Surplus Dec. 31. Prospects for Tax Reduction. TEXT OF MELLON'S STATEMENT RECEIPTS: Big Rise in Individual Income Tax. Drop in Internal Revenue Yield. Comparisons With 1928. EXPENDITURES: Increase in Government Outlay. SURPLUS: THE PUBLIC DEBT:
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,404 days ago
(96 years, 364 days)