Quenemo State Bank - Quenemo, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: November 5, 1931
Location: Quenemo, Kansas (38.580, -95.527)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 61e889bff907a65d

Response Measures

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Description

Article (The Morning Chronicle, 1931-11-05) reports appointment of an assistant receiver for the Quenemo State Bank, indicating the bank failed and was placed in receivership. No mention of a depositor run is present, so this appears to be a suspension leading to permanent closure/receivership (government action). OCR rendered some names imperfectly; I preserved bank name and date from the newspaper metadata.

Events (2)

1. November 5, 1931 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: assistant receivers for three failed state banks ... Charles Beefor for the Quenemo State bank ... Charles Johnson, Topeka, general receiver for failed state Clyde Concordia was named attorney for the Concordia bank receiver. (article: 1931-11-05)
Source: newspapers

2. November 5, 1931 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank declared failed and assistant receiver appointed by state bank commissioner
Newspaper Excerpt: Charles Beefor the Quenemo State bank, and Netawaka, for the bank, Netawaka Charles Johnson, Topeka, general receiver for failed state
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 5, 1931 The Morning Chronicle Manhattan, KS

Article from The Morning Chronicle, November 5, 1931

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Article Text

Teachers Here For Sectional Meeting BANK AIDES ARE NAMED. Koeneke Appoints Assistant ceivers Three Failed Banks. assistant receivers for three funct state banks was announced today by Koeneke bank commissioner Leander, Bird City, named assistant receiver for Farmers' Merchants' State bank Concordia; Charles Beefor the Quenemo State bank, and Netawaka, for the bank, Netawaka Charles Johnson, Topeka, general receiver for failed state Clyde Concordia was named attorney for the Concordia bank receiver. MANY ARRIVED IN TAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND OTHERS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.