18421. Prineville National Bank (Prineville, OR)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
12655
Charter Number
12655
Start Date
September 1, 1931*
Location
Prineville, Oregon (44.300, -120.834)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
6d794f0e

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
75.0%
Date receivership started
1931-09-01
Date receivership terminated
1935-04-23
OCC cause of failure
Economic conditions
Share of assets assessed as good
16.6%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
59.0%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
24.4%

Description

The articles state the Prineville National Bank suspended in September 1931 and subsequently was in receivership under H. H. Hall; assets were offered for public sale in October 1934. There is no mention of a depositor run in these excerpts. Cause of suspension is not specified in the texts, so classified as 'other.'

Events (5)

1. March 10, 1925 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. September 1, 1931 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
3. September 1, 1931* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
H. H. Hall, receiver of the bank, has given formal notice of the sale of the remaining assets of the trust The Prineville bank suspended September 1931 and during the receivership ... H. H. the bank. receiver for Hall. The defendants are ... suits ... were filed in the federal district court here yesterday by H. H. the bank. receiver for Hall. (Article dates 1932 and 1934 refer to actions by receiver.)
Source
newspapers
4. September 1, 1931* Suspension
Cause Details
Article states the bank suspended in September 1931 but gives no immediate cause or trigger.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Prineville bank suspended September 1931
Source
newspapers
5. October 19, 1934 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Public Sale Scheduled for October 19 ... H. H. Hall, receiver of the bank, has given formal notice of the sale of the remaining assets ... The final dividend will be paid after the remaining assets have been sold.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Oregonian, April 8, 1932

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Article Text

BANK'S RECEIVER SUES Assessments Levied of Recovery on Stockholders Sought. recover 100 per cent suits to Four levied against assessments the Prineville in which closed September tional 1931 bank, were filed in the federal district court here yesterday by H. H. the bank. receiver for Hall. The defendants are J. 181 shares Karnopp Hall, Prineville, 104 W O. $10 400 Alda and Hormer mond. 10 $1000 In the Post, recovery is against Hall, suit three which were sought for $204. $2600 and $90.


Article from The Bulletin, October 17, 1934

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Article Text

PRINEVILLE BANK ASSETS OFFERED in a hundred years Public Sale Scheduled for October 19 LOVE like A copy of the list of assets of the great Prineville national bank, which are theirs! to be sold public auction in Prineville on October 19 at o'clock in the afternoon, was received at The Bulletin office today for inspection by the public. H. H. Hall, rein a decade such ceiver of the bank, has given formal ENTERTAINMENT notice of the sale of the remaining assets of the trust The Prineville bank suspended September 1931 and during the THE receivership it has paid all of its preferred and claims in full and 57 cent in dividends on general claims The final divivend will be paid after the remaining assets have been sold The following summary of the opWORLD erations of the comptroller's office with relation to closed banks since early in 1933 was supplied by Hall At the close of the banking holiday there were 1417 national banks, including state banks in the District MOVES of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the comptroller of the currency with deposits of .971,960,000 which did not reopen. This was the most serious problem confronting the comptroller's office The question is ON properly asked: what has happened? There have been reorganized 1051 banks with deposits aggregating $1.758.184.000. and 28 national banks paid their depositors in full the sum of and went out of busiCENTURY ness. There were placed in receivership 302 banks with deposits of $158,417,000 but plans have been approved for 18 of these receivership banks to reopen, which will release additional $10,132,000 This leaves 36 banks in conservatorship, and of these 30 banks with deposits of $41,664,000. have plans approved for reorganization, and SIX banks with deposits of $3,183,000 have disapproved plans These banks may submit approved plans. have received since March 16 1933. in dividends Slightly in excess of 50 per cent has been paid to depositors in receivership Since the establishment of the bureau of the comptroller of the currency, a period of about 70 years, depositors have received 94 cents FOX Picture out of every dollar collected. which is a remarkable record In other MADELEINE words. salaries of receivers, attorney's fees, and all overhead have been paid at a total cost of 6 cents out every dollar collected The comptroller's office has had another important task since the banking holiday in connection with the issuing of preferred stock by national banks The object of issuing preferred stock by the banks is to permit them to hold certain slow assets without foreing collection, well to enable them to extend more liberal credit One thousand seven hundred twenty national banks have preferred stock in the amount of $460,342,800 The reconstruction finance corporation has purchased $392,265,654. while local interests the United States have purchased $68,077,146 There are at the present time 5478 active national banks in the United States with deposits of $20,055,724. 000 The deposits in national banks on June 1933 were