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DATE WITH DAWES;
CHICAGO, June ated Press) The banking situation made the mayor of Chicago break an appointment with the ambassador to England today. Mayor Anton J. Cermak awaited his office visit from Gen. Charles G. Dawes, former vice president. The telephone rang. Depositors, the message said, were withdrawtheir the Lawndale National bank, in which the mayor is director. A hurry-up run to the bank and the mayor's talk to the depositors halted the returned to his office to find Dawes had gone. "I'll come again," Dawes told the mayor's secretary. came only to pay my respects." The State Bank of Beverly Hills Bank, on the south side of the city was closed today by the state auditor, at the request of the board directors. Deposits amounted $900,000. The closing brought 26 the number of banks whose doors were locked during the past week.