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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1955

Page

4

Gazette Reporter Abroad Morgan Watches Loan Sharks

The piece notes Morgan’s view on loan sharks and interest, contrasting peasants ignorance and options. It cites government loans and anti lending measures as possible protections, mentioning India’s governments and efforts to enlighten peasants and regulate lenders.

Pakistan Money Lender Tales From The Gazette

A Karachi Lahore scene features a bank robbery narrative and a long profile of a feared money lender in Pakistan. The piece explores unlawful finance, social fear, and the looming presence of coercive lending across Pakistan and India with regional context and vivid character sketches.

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Lenders and a Fear Spell Haunt Rural Borrowers

A description of money lenders in a village exploiting peasants with high interest and threats, followed by a separate report from Washington about a House bill to curb obscene material trafficking and to tighten law against shipments of such content. The text contrasts rural debt coercion with federal anti-obscenity actions.

Pakistan Lloyd's Bank Washington House Coun Senate

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