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The Gary American
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
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In Henderson, Ky., Black residents misinterpret President Hoover's international debt moratorium as applying to personal debts, refusing to pay bills and halting collections in their neighborhoods, as reported by City Clerk William Schopeflin.
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HENDERSON, Ky.-(CNS)-Regardless of what France may think about it, colored residents of Henderson are absolutely, positively, and unanimously in favor of President Hoover's debt moratorium plan.
City Clerk William Schopeflin said today that news of the moratorium had spread through the Negro sections of the town and that since then not a collector has been able to collect a bill.
"Mr. Hoover said nobody had to pay their debts for a year and we ain't goin' to," was the reply the collectors told Schopeflin they received at every house.
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Henderson, Ky.
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collectors unable to collect bills from negro sections due to residents' refusal based on moratorium news.
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Colored residents of Henderson unanimously support President Hoover's debt moratorium plan, leading to refusal to pay debts; City Clerk William Schopeflin reports that news spread through Negro sections and collectors received replies like 'Mr. Hoover said nobody had to pay their debts for a year and we ain't goin' to' at every house.