Word: recordings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...close of the fiscal year 1926-27, the U. S. Treasury Department reported a surplus of $635,809,921-which was $130,000,000 greater than the previous record surplus of 1924. During the year the public debt was reduced by $1,131,309,383, leaving a public debt of $18,511,906,931 still outstanding...
...announcement of the record surplus was accompanied by the caution that many income items will not recur, that next year's surplus should not be judged by this year's, that tax reduction should not be too radical. At the next session of Congress there will doubtless be a conflict between enthusiasts who want to slice some $500,000,000 from the national taxes and conservatives who feel that a cut of even $300,000,000 is unsafe...
Lieut. Maitland, 34, the pilot, is a towering, blond Milwaukee product. He learned to fly at Army training camps during the War. In 1923, he broke the existing world's record for speed by piloting a Curtiss plane at 244.97 miles per hour. He has a daughter, aged...
...wholly "unofficial" and had begged that there be no Dayton speeches or parade, eminent Daytonians were chagrined beyond gracefulness. Last week they were still bitterly quoting their police chief's description of the Lindbergh tactics: "a dirty, back-alley trick." Mayor Allen C. McDonald had put himself on record with the solemn pronouncement: "It is something that Dayton will not soon forget." Last week, with the incident five days old, a Dayton department store-one of several that had "played up" the Lindbergh visit in previous self-advertisements-proved Mayor McDonald right by advertising a "spirit of economy" bargain...
...fifth hole of their first round, Golfer Gunn went stark, staring golf-mad, made six birdies, used only nine putts on seven consecutive holes-putts varying between 35 and 12 feet-sunk with a borrowed putter. His score for the first 18 holes was 69, breaking the course record by two strokes. After that it was only a matter of time before Mr. Gunn won match and championship...