5847. Peoples State Bank (Hanover, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
November 1, 1922*
Location
Hanover, Kansas (39.894, -96.879)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
2aeccdb186c3f681

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper reports (Nov 20, 1922) state the Peoples' State Bank at Hanover was closed last week and that the State Bank Commissioner appointed B. V. Curry receiver. No article mentions a depositor run; closure was by state action and receiver appointed.

Events (2)

1. November 1, 1922* Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by order of the state bank commissioner; the bank 'closed its doors recently' and was placed under state control.
Newspaper Excerpt
Peoples' State bank at Hanover which was closed last week
Source
newspapers
2. November 20, 1922 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
B. V. Curry named receiver for the Peoples State bank of Hanover. ... Curry was named as receiver for both banks.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Topeka State Journal, November 20, 1922

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Article Text

I HAS CHARGE OF 19 BANKS B. V. Curry Named Receiver for Two More Institutions. Receiverships of Kansas state banks by B. V. Curry were today increased to a grand total of nineteen when Frank H. Foster, state bank commissioner, placed Curry in charge of two additional banks. Curry's receiverships now extend to almost every section of the state and he, is in charge of settlement of practically all state banks that have closed their doors in the last eighteen months. Commissioner Foster today placed Curry in charge of banks at Hanover, Washington county, and Runnymede, ) Harper county. Curry was named as receiver for both banks. Under his latest appointments Cur1 ry will be in control of affairs of the People's State bank of Hanover. Senator J. R. Hyland of Washington county is president of the Hanover bank which closed its doors recently. The state bank of Runnymede will also be under Curry's control by virtue of his new appointments. This bank was closed recently under an order from the state department. E. W. Shepherd will act as deputy commissioner in charge of affairs of the Elmo State bank at Elmo, Dickinson county.


Article from The Chickasha Daily Express, November 20, 1922

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Article Text

BANK RECEIVER NAMED. (By The United Prem.) Topeka, Kan., Nov. 20.-State Bank Commissioner F. H. Foster today announced that he had appointed B. V. Curry, receiver for the Peoples' State bank at Hanover which was closed last week and state bank in Harter county which was closed ten weeks ago,