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Show U. S. Currency to be Reduced Washington A reduction in the size of paper currency was approved by Secretary Mellon, who anounced that the first of the new form of money probably would be ready for circulation circula-tion in about a year. The bills will be reduced about one and one-third inches in length and three-quarters of an inch in width, with a lowering in manufacturing man-ufacturing costs of about $2,000,000 annually. an-nually. Changes in designs of the notes will not be material, the new currency retaining practically all of the nu.jor cusrueteristes of the preset pres-et bills. |