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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:

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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

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

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)