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Show YANKEE SHOE STORE OPENS IN BRUSSELS I BRUSSELS, May 17. (By. the Associated Presy. )" American shoes have been placed nn siile her. G rent crowds, struggling to reach mi objective on tho northern side of the Rue Jx'eiive, becoming noisy mid unruly, caused a I cull to be &ent lo the police station for the re- serves. 1 The object i ve was an American shoe store j which had Jnt advm-tiserl for aale a carload of ! footwear :it prices r.inciug from ."u to 00 francs. I In the shopping district rdiuiH were worth from Si) 1 o 100 francs, and here these crowds were , buttling for the privilege of purchasing shoes at the lower coal, equivalent to $10 or $1J a ! pair. The supply -vas exhausted before sundown. As two poorly drcFN'-d women emergrd from i the ploro. one was heard to say: "Blessed be i the Americans; I have saved 50 francs." |