First National Bank (Grand Island, NE)

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GOSSIP WRECKED A BANK.

Then Girl, Whose Word Caused Run, Is Asphyxiated With Companion.

GRAND ISLAND, NEB., Jan. 22.—Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure Saturday of the First National Bank of Grand Island.

The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the city was on a shaky foundation is believed to have caused a run on the bank, was found dead in the gas filled garage of Claude Thompson. Thompson, in the car beside the girl, was also dead. The teacher was Miss Lena Elaine Veit, 24 years old.

The girl did not live to know that the bank had failed. She and Thompson had evidently been asphyxiated by the fumes from the car in the closed garage sometime Friday night.

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CAUSES RUN ON BANK; IS FOUND DEAD

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 24.—Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure Saturday of the First National Bank of Grand Island. The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the city was on a shaky foundation, is believed to have caused a run on the bank, was found dead in the gas-filled garage of Claude Thompson. Thompson, who was in the car beside the girl, was also dead.

The teacher was Miss Lena Elaine Veit, aged 24. The girl did not live to know that the bank had failed. She and Thompson had evidently been asphyxiated by the fumes from the car in the closed garage some time Friday night.

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CAUSES BANK RUN, SHE'S FOUND DEAD

GRAND ISLAND, NEB., Jan. 23.—(New York Times Service.)—Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure Saturday of the First National Bank of Grand Island. The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the city was on a shaky foundation, is believed to have caused a run on the bank, was found dead in the gas-filled garage of Claude Thompson. Thompson, who was in the car beside the girl, was also dead.

The teacher was Miss Lena Elaine Veit, aged 24. The girl did not live to know that the bank had failed. She and Thompson had evidently been asphyxiated by the fumes from the car in the closed garage some time Friday night.

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GOSSIP WRECKED BANK; DEATH HALTS PROBE

Grand Island, Neb. Jan. 25—Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure Saturday of the First National Bank of Grand Island.

The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the city was on a shaky foundation is believed to have caused a run on the bank, was found dead in the gas filled garage of Claude Thompson. Thompson in the car beside the girl, was also dead. The teacher was miss Lena Elaine Veit, 24 years old.

The girl did not live to know that the bank had failed. She and Thompson had evidently been asphyxiated by the fumes from the car in the closed garage sometime Friday night.

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CAUSES RUN ON BANK AND LOSES OWN LIFE

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 24. — Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure Saturday of the First National Bank of Grand Island. The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the

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GIRL GOSSIP DIES OF GAS

Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 5. -- Death halted an investigation of the cause of the failure last week of the First National Bank of Grand Island.

The teacher whose statement to her pupils that a certain bank in the city was on a shaky foundation is believed to have caused a run on the bank was found dead in the gas filled garage of Claude Thompson. Thompson, in the car beside the girl, was also dead. The teacher was Miss Lena Elaine Veit, 24 years old.

The girl did not live to know that the bank had failed. She and Thompson had evidently been asphyxiated by the fumes from the car in the closed garage some time during the night.