3254. Hogan State Bank (Corning, IA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
November 3, 1930
Location
Corning, Iowa (40.990, -94.741)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
d7623f43

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Other: Receiver appointed and detailed receivership inventory and reports filed; bank did not resume normal operations and was placed in receivership.

Description

Newspaper articles report a rumor-triggered run that was stopped Monday evening, the bank closed the following Tuesday to protect depositors, and a state bank examiner/receiver was placed in charge. The receiver later filed inventories and reports; there is no indication the bank resumed normal banking operations. Dates inferred from publication: run early November 1930, closure in early November 1930, receivership reports filed November 1930–January 1931.

Events (3)

1. November 3, 1930 Run
Cause
Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details
A nationwide rumor circulated that the bank had closed, prompting depositors to start withdrawals; the story was false.
Measures
Run was stopped Monday evening at closing hours; bank closed next morning to protect depositors and a state bank examiner was placed in charge.
Newspaper Excerpt
run on the bank had been stopped Monday evening at closing hours. A rumor had been circulated around the country about two weeks ago that the bank had closed and depositors started a run on the bank
Source
newspapers
2. November 4, 1930 Suspension
Cause
Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details
Bank closed following the earlier rumor-driven run; closure described as protective measure and examiner/receiver appointed.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Hogan state bank of Corning failed to open its doors for business Tuesday morning ... It was closed Tuesday morning to protect depositors and a state bank examiner was placed in charge.
Source
newspapers
3. November 7, 1930 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
There was filed in the clerk of the district court ... by the of Banking of the State of Iowa and receiver for the Hogan State Bank recently closed Corning. ... report shows the date of the closing November 1930. The report opens with the general ledger statement from which November 7th. record date the report was made up . . . . (receiver files and inventory).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from Lenox Time Table, November 6, 1930

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Bank at Corning Closes Tuesday The Hogan state bank of Corning failed to open its doors for business Tuesday morning after a run on the bank had been stopped Monday evening at closing hours. A rumor had been circulated around the country about two weeks ago that the bank had closed and depositors started a run on the bank at that time although there was no truth in the story that the bank was about to close. It was closed Tuesday morning to protect depositors and a state bank examiner was placed in charge. The bank was capitalized at $25,000.


Article from Adams County Free Press, November 13, 1930

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BY Must Be Filed Claims Before Wednesday morning. Lee Mason, the receiver charge of the Hogan announced that the State Bank, laws bank would open Friday morning, November 14, to begin the process All having checkbank ing accounts and savings accounts should bring their pass books in at once for balancing. office of the There was filed in the clerk of the district court of Adams county last Saturday by Andrew. the of Banking of the State of Iowa and receiver for the of Hogan State of cently closed Corning. complete inventory of the case bank. The petition filed is an application for court order approving the report and inventory of the bank filed by Mr. Andrew. The report and inventory of the bank shows list of into his hands all the assets coming Hogan State Bank belonging to the all the liabilities of the and list of the books on Novbank shown the date of the closember 1930. bank. The report contains ing of the pages divided typewritten into various schedules and covers the entire business of the closed bank. filed by Mr. Andrew The report opens with the general ledger statethe time of closment of the bank which practically the same the general ledger report shows Hogan State Bank statement of the from which November 7th. record date the as follows: That report Assets $188,862.94 Bills Receivable 632.26 Overdrafts in 7,500.00 Bank Building 2,139.15 Cash on hand 634.95 Cash items Items in transit National Bank. ChiDrovers 719.45 Illinois National Bank. 5,857.35 Nebraska Joseph Stock Missouri 165.17 Bank, St. Joseph, Total Liabilities Capital surplus Deposit Liability Drafts 1,878.23 Outstanding Hogan 4,663.76 Bills SavBills Iowa 14,800.00 ings Bank. Total Schedule of the report shows the of the bank. officers and employees hold. and salary the positions they of the bank Hogan president of per and was paid Hogan listed Esther M. and drew no vice president the cashier and drew Bauer was Bayles salary of $1200 per year. the assistant cashier and listed at year. The per that all salaries were paid states 1930 Schedule November the directors of the list of gives Hogan. Esther bank and they are Hogan. Damion Hogan. Hogan The schedule in the report being the quite an important stockholders of the Hogan State list of Bank. The bank capitalized $25,000 and this capital is divided inshares $100 each. The 250 heaviest stockholder in the bank was who held 181 shares of Hogan. Hogan was the the 250 shares. share holder with next heaviest shares and the remaining shares are divided among number of different Under the Iowa statutes people. state banks the stock governing liable for 100 per cent holders are the assets of the assessment case sufficient to pay the linare not bilities the process of This schedule also shows that the two shares held by Ralph W. Bayles were to him by Margaret M transferred Parker on September 2nd, 1930. Since transfer of this stock was made prior to the closing within one year bank said that the former the assessment in liable for the owner falls to pay the the new owner The stockholders and assessment. number of shares held by each are as follows: No. of Shares Name Ralph W. Chandler. Fannie Ed Hogan, Esther M. Hogan. Hogan. Hogan. Hogan. Moore, Bertha Rhondes. Bertha M. Rhoades. Admiral Rhoades, Mary and proentitled "bills the most important bably one This includes of the report. the bank tolist of all the notes due made, date due, gether with the date the amount of each and this schedule there are obligation. In 450 listed and they vary about notes few dollars to sevamounts from dollars. The total thousand due the bank amount of the notes worth of $188,862.94. total of held the Farmers these notes by for Bank, of Savings Hogan as collateral to his note of 27th, 1930. Also, dated October holds as collateral the Massena Bank as collateral worth of notes $14,800. which the Hogan note of the Massena Bank State Bank gave October 1930. the report of The next schedule in schedule which the receiver due the Hogan lists the overdrafts overdrafts total State Bank. The There are depositors listed with their accounts overdrawn. the smallest being two cents and the of the report lists Schedule of the bank detail the full description the Hogan State building which carried on the Bank housed and value of $7,500. The bank books of the renters in the schedule lists the amount of rents paid. building. states that the buildThe report (Continued on page four.)


Article from Adams County Free Press, January 29, 1931

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Files Bank Receiver Hogan Quarterly Report Taxed of Valued County at 22 Million Property REPORT COVERS PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER On Hand At That Date Andrew. superintendent banking of the State of Iowa and for the Hogan State Bank of Corning. filed in the county clerk's office last Thursday complete and detailed report covering the business of the Hogan State Bank under the including December The first page of his report petition the court for the allowance of $115.50 Stanley Stanley for legal services rendered. The court immediately signed an order allowing this account. Schedule of the report shows talled list of the bills receivable paid to the bank during the period covered the report. When the bank closed the bills receivable amounted to $188.862.94, and up to January first in principal and $624.89 interest has been paid, leaving balance due bills receivable $172,078.55. Schedule, of the report shows that principal and $174.28 in interest held as collateral to bills payable Hogan of the Farmers' Savings Bank, and corresponding reduction been made in the amount Schedule A-2 shows that principal amounting to and interest have bills held collateral to bills by the Farmers' Bank and that the overdrafts when the bank went into the receivership and that up to January of this amount has been leaving balance in overdrafts of $46.79. Schedule of the report shows that remained the assets of the receivership cash items in the of $634.95 and that since the date of ventory cash items returned amounted making the cash items now total $1,644.14. Schedule C-1 shows that $301.61 of the cash Items have been paid in cash, leaving the balance cash items on hand January Schedule D shows that among the liabilities of the receivership of bills payable to Hogan in the amount there has been paid in principal $3,542.44 and terest leaving balance owing bills payable to Mr. Hogan Also. among the liabilities the ceivership balance of bills to the Farmers Savings payable of Massena. The report shows Bank that $6,350.64 in principal and $220.91 in interest has been paid on this count. leaving the balance owing bills payable to the Farmers' Savings Bank $8,228.45. of the shows that Schedule report $1,020.08 has been collected total of interest bills receivable. Schedule on detailed list of the rent items gives received up to January first, total of $112. These are various items paid by of rented by the bank. occupants rooms to M inclusive give in Schedules the transfer of funds in various detail banks to the Iowa banks correspondent in which the receivership deposits of the above cash money. A summary given as follows: receipts Bills receivable bills receivable Interest on 585.47 Overdrafts 301.61 Cash Items balances 95 Interest on bank 112.00 Rents Items transit $19,095.85 Total of the report The next department and gives one considerable the various disbursements or in detail of the receivership from the expenses time the bank closed. up to January first. These items in detail are lows: Ernst, expense Ernst, mileage 14.64 American Surity Co., premium bond of Andrew, and examiner in charge 100.00 Hauge, premium on bond of examiner charge 25.00 salary Rodine. 38.70 expense Mason, expense 10.80 salary 11-4-30 92.00 Oberg Motor Co., car expense 16.17 Farmers' Co-Op., coal 32.91 Don Carlos abstract Andrew, expense 8.59 Bell Telephone Company 1.75 Mason. expense 29.15 Rodine, expense 7.33 Rodine, car expense 14.64 Mason, December salary 175.00 Bauer, days salary 68.00 expense 24.25 Mason, money advanced for car license and transfer fee 15.50 Oberg Motor new tires and car expense 64.44 Farmers' coal Total the items marked expense and charged Rodine, and Andrew are expenses by these business connection with the The report also shows the receivership has advanced items the amount in order conserve the assets of the receivership. These are items repair on building and paid the Federal Land Bank Omaha. The report also shows that through the purchased under authority court order recapitulation to the cash receipts is shown follows: and Cash on hand inventory Drovers National Bank. Chi719.45 cago Omaha National Joseph Stock Yards Bank 165.17 Total $8,881.12 Cash paid in as noted in above report $19,095.85 recapitulation of the disbursements is shown as follows: Expense of receivership Advance conserve assets 632.05 Personal purchased 350.00 property Cash returned 1,009.19 Total disbursements Deducting the total disbursements the amount of $27,976.97 leaves from balance on hand December of money is 1930, tributed as follows: $9,995.73 deposited the Des Moines National Bank $15,000.00 in CommerDes cial National Bank at Waterloo: the Omaha National Bank; cents in was in cash and in charge and of the examiner. A General Statement of the Receivership as of December 31, 1930, follows: Assets Bills Receivable $162,185.47 Overdrafts 46.79 Bank Building 7,500.00 Cash Items 1,342.53 2.50 Items in Transit Des Moines Nat. M., Iowa 9,995.73 Commercial National Bank, 15,000.00 Examiner in Charge 10.63 Expense Advances to Conserve Assets 632.03 Omaha Nat. Bank, Omaha. Nebraska 350.00 Personal Property Total Assets Liabilities Capital and Surplus 158,802.56 Deposit Liability