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TOWN IS THRONGED AS STORES REOPEN 10-Day Business Suspension Saves Illinois Bank MOUNT United CARMEL Ill., Feb. Mount Carmel's merchants chuckled in high spirits Saturday as they watched the Saturday night throng of farmers and citizens of this southern Illinois countryside pour into town. The crowds jostled on the sidewalks and loitered front of brightly-lighted movie houses and confectionery stores where soda fountains did a rush business Stores along the main street were open for trade and crowded with customers. It was just the normal Saturday night scene repeated in thousands of small American towns every week but for Mount Carmel the evening held special significance Saturday this town of 4000 population celebrated its release from 10-day suspension of business-a suspension declared by edict of the mayor to save the city's bank from closing It was real celebration for the American- National Bank had reopened its doors. Officers happily greeted the rush of patrons with the word that the threat of closing was past.
