Central Bank and Trust - Asheville, NC

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 21, 1933
Location: Asheville, North Carolina (35.601, -82.554)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 5414bad2

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR text is poor. Article (Berkshire Eagle, 1933-01-23) states closing the Central Bank and Trust Saturday, implying the bank closed (suspended) around Saturday Jan 21, 1933 and did not indicate reopening. No explicit run is described and no receiver or reopening is mentioned in the excerpt, so classified as a suspension that resulted in closure. Cause not specified in the text; marked as 'other'.

Events (1)

1. January 21, 1933 Suspension

Cause Details: Article simply reports the bank was closed; no cause given in the excerpt.
Newspaper Excerpt: closing the Central Bank and Trust Saturday
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 23, 1933 The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, MA

Article from The Berkshire Eagle, January 23, 1933

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Article Text

PUBLISHER AND SON ORDERED TO SURRENDER N. Jan. Olive Wilber, Melrose, ASHEVILLE, Luke Lea, Nashville publisher, and his son, Luke Lea Jr., were called chest to surrender in Superior Quentin Locke, Court at but they were injuries. not present and caplases were orto the Peterboro dered issued for their arrest. The Leas called to surrender THREE under for conand another misapplica- WED THREE connection the closing the Central Bank and Trust Saturday in the The elder former of Harrison County. Senator, under of The bridegrooms 10 years prison and his son unceremony Clyde der years' Kenneth Kearns, 23, the option of paying in fines Colvin Kearns, costs. to were Miss D. Ellen When they failed appear, Soefforts Miss Minnie Agnes licitor Zeb Nettles would and Miss Vada Jewell extradite them for Tennessee be made tomorrow. Rummage Tuesday. home of the bride's England Mrs. Hayden