Bank of Rupert (Rupert, WV)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1209812691585
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
120981269 hash
Start Date
January 24, 1932
Location
Rupert, West Virginia (37.963, -80.690)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
8e0153a4611dfeef

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR typo in Article 2: 'rectors' corrected to 'directors'.

Events (3)
1. January 24, 1932 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
assistant commissioner was placed [in] charge (state banking department announced closure).
Source
newspapers
2. January 24, 1932 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
been closed by orders of its directors. John Nash, assistant commissioner, was placed charge,
Source
newspapers
3. January 24, 1932 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by state banking department/orders of its directors; assistant commissioner placed in charge
Newspaper Excerpt
Bank of Rupert, at Rupert, was closed today
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. January 24, 1932 Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL
Article from Chicago Tribune, January 24, 1932

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Article Text

Lists 240 Banks Closed in U.S. in Last 3 Weeks New York Jan. The Amer Ican Banker lists 240 bank suspenalons in the first three weeks of January In the last week Iowa re12 closings, Illinois, 11; Utah, and Missouri, New York and Call tied up by the January suspensions Two Illinois Banks Close. -The Farmers' State bank at Glasford and the Central Illinois Trust and bank at Mattoon were today. One in West Virginia. W. Va. [SpeJan. Bank of Rupert, at Ru pert, was closed today One In Indiana. Galveston Ind., Citizens' State Bank of was today The bank had been weakened with recently by It was capitalized at

2. January 24, 1932 The Raleigh Register Beckley, WV
Article from The Raleigh Register, January 24, 1932

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Article Text

BANK CLOSES Press Charleston, banking department today nounced the Bank of Rupert, Greenbrier county, been closed by orders of its rectors. John Nash, assistant commissioner, was placed charge,