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Show COST OF LIVING IN FRANCEKEPT HIGH Price Mora Than 4 Timet Greater Than Before War i I'ARIM. March II Tha French houarhoMrrs ar ailll paying more l han fnur tlmea the prewar price fnr he necrsailir of life, slthmigh there lha ben a big dpcline in in coat of living. Th l-Tench government haa made public flgurea comparing the living iiMii In Fiance wilh llioaa in the I'nll-ed I'nll-ed Hiatea as given by llrudptreet's snd fur lirrst Hrilsln. aa given by Ih nlatlat. These show that the peak of living In all three countries waa attained at-tained In April. 11. Taking tha price, of I'll aa normal, or 100 per rent, the prices of neceeaitiea In April laat year .are given as 111 t per cent in France. ! 1 In the t'nlied Hiates and 111 I i In Crest Hritaln. 1 According to tha government figures I Ihene percenlsgrs had Uerllnd in Iie-I Iie-I crn.hr r laat lo per rrnl In Francs land :tl I In Ureal Hritain. The figure i for the t'nlied Htalea In November laat waa given as MM per cent. The December De-cember figures were not given. M,ot nf Ihs French newspsper find the )oy of tha reduction In the coat of living tempered by knowledge that II la at ill mors than four limes higher than In I III) and that it la accentuated by much unemployment. |