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Show French Lose Slickers' Game on Yanks Amiens, France It has been learned learn-ed that certain persons in Amiens who recently changed American dollars into in-to francs and thought they were reaping reap-ing a profit of some 50 per cent by "short-changing" American tourists got the worst of the deal. "For once we : got the better of the Americans." the Frenchmen are said to have declared when they met at a bank to again I translate their dollars into francs and reap their profit. They were complete- I ly disconcerted when the paying teller i rapidly ran through the pile of bills and, looking through the bars of his j window s:id: "These are counterfeit." |