First National Bank of Commerce (Tarpon Springs, FL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1227401613
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
122740 national
Charter Number
12274
Start Date
May 16, 1934
Location
Tarpon Springs, Florida (28.146, -82.757)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
681c44d4f7b1af71

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
67.0%
Date receivership started
1933-10-26
Date receivership terminated
1937-08-13
Share of assets assessed as good
48.0%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
44.2%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
7.8%

Description

Article OCR is slightly garbled but later articles clearly report a receiver and dividend distribution.

Events (5)

1. November 18, 1922 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. October 26, 1933 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
3. May 16, 1934 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Charles I. Dwiggins, receiver of the National Bank of Commerce at Tarpon Springs, who has been named receiver of four closed national banks in Polk county, was here today to check over his new duties
Source
newspapers
4. May 16, 1934 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank closed and a receiver (Charles I. Dwiggins) was appointed to liquidate the national bank
Newspaper Excerpt
Charles I. Dwiggins, receiver of the National Bank of Commerce at Tarpon Springs, who has been named receiver
Source
newspapers
5. July 13, 1934 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
W. Craig, clerk for the receiver of the defunct First National Bank of Commerce, received several hundred dividend checks from Washington today for distribution on the first dividend of 25 percent declared by the bank receiver.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Tampa Times, April 8, 1933

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Article Text

Grapefruit Growers Urged to Sign Up in Marketing Campaign Winter Haven, April special grapefruit marketing mittee working through the Clearing House dispatched letter all shippers and growers, signed the contract, urging them join with the cent in the The letter states the keting program being handled purpose that of endeavoring bring fair turn grapefruit committee intends publish April list all shippers have joined this movement" who have not. The committee consists Mouser, Orlando, chairman: Woolfolk, Lawrence Gentile. Commander, the Florida Citrus Exchange, and W. Roe, Winter Haven. Next week's allotment been placed at not exceed 600 cars. NEW NATIONAL BANK. stock has subscribed 000 the new bank for "Sponge known First National Bank Springs, that will held subscribers, other fifty per by the tion Organization First National Bank Tarpon Springs will enable institution pay off in full all positors present bank. charter for the bank will applied soon the stock bank immediately afterwards.


Article from The Tampa Tribune, May 17, 1934

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Article Text

New Polk Bank Receiver Prepares To Take Charge LAKELAND, May 16.-(Special) Charles I. Dwiggins, receiver of the National Bank of Commerce at Tarpon Springs, who has been named receiver of four closed national banks in Polk county, was here today to check over his new duties with J. C. Shelton, who has resigned because of ill health. Dwiggins is to be liquidator for the First National bank here, the First National in Auburndale, the Polk County National at Bartow and the Snell National at Winter Haven.


Article from The Tampa Tribune, July 14, 1934

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Article Text

CHECKS FOR DEPOSITORS TARPON SPRINGS, July 13-(Special. W. Craig, clerk for the receiver of the defunct First National Bank of Commerce, received several hundred dividend checks from Washington today for distribution on the first dividend of 25 percent declared by the bank receiver. These checks are for claims not proven early enough to be included in the first distribution and include claims made between May 8 and June 15.