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FIRST AMERICAN HERE ADDS GRATIFICATION Twenty-five Banks Closed In State Are Reopened In Last Nine Months BANK OPENS May thority has been granted the People's Bank, St. Cloud to reopen was announced today the state banking department. The bank pended operations sometime ago. By the Associated Press May by the state banking the rapid succession of bank reopenings taking Reopening of the Bank of Orange Trust and the American Bank and of West Palm the latest of the institutions announce resumption of business satisfaction here by the department officials. The was declared. has due largely operative efforts extended among banking department officials and heads the institutions, and excellent prevailing among the public Particularly the latter, such progress could not be accomplished, was stated. Since banks had have reopened. according to revised list compiled by banking department heads. Two other institutions and later closed Following list of the reopened banks of the state, their location. and the date their repoening: Citizens Bank of Bushnell, Bushnell, Feb. 1927 Delray Bank and Bank and St. Oct. Bank County Sept. 14. Bank Dade City, Dade City, Palatka Bank and Trust company, Palatka, Bank GroveDec. Bank of Umatilla, Umatilla, 1926: First State Bank Clermont, ClerSept 28, 1926 Citizens Bank Eustis, Oct. 1926: Bank Mount Dora, Mount Dora, Sept. 1926: Bank of Aug. 24, 1926 Bank of OakOct. Bank of Live Oak. Live Oak, Sept. Bank Sept. 13, 1926 Lake Butler, Dec. Bank of Monticello, 14, 1926: Polk County Trust Lakeland. 28, State Bank. Lake 1926: East Florida Stuart Bank and Trust company. Stuart, Oct. 1926: People's Bank Sept 1926: Palmetto State Bank. Palmetto, May 19. 1927: Bank Orange and Trust company. Orlando, May 23. 1927, and First American Bank and Trust company. West Palm Beach, May