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Show PARIS RAG PICKER. PARIS, Thursday. Dec -1 (By the Associated Press ) A rag and bone dealer, who formerly gained a meacrc i livelihood by picking over garbage boxes, has become wealthy by trading in American army supplies bought by France. He purchased a large number num-ber of waterproof coats for 2000 francs at a government, sale and made a profit on the re-sale of 160,000 francs. With this sum he bought boots, shoes and blankets Now he has a bank account ac-count of over 1,000,000 francs. |