OCR Text |
Show PUBLIC DEBT BEING REDUCED Twenty-three Billion Dollars Still Owed By Uncle Sam WASHINGTON, June 2. Reduction of $51, 000, 000 In the public debt during dur-ing May was announced tod.i by the Ires sury. The total public debt "stood nt $28,138,816,607 on May 31 as compared com-pared with 128,180,801,886 on April 30. Ordinary receipts of the government for the month of May aggregated 1206,000,000 against $224,000,000 in May last year, while ordinary expenditures expen-ditures for the month totalled $J2S -000,000 against $368,000,000 in May a year ago. Public debt receipts for the month aggregated $20,000,000 against $ 7t 3. -000.000 a year ago. while pul.ll. debl expenditures amounted to $7,0oy,000 compared with $805,000,000 in Ma) last year. 00 |