Middletown Savings Bank (Middletown, MD)

Episode Information

Episode UID
65012571582
Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
savings
Bank ID
6501257 routing
Routing Number
65-0125
Start Date
October 8, 1931
Location
Middletown, Maryland (39.440, -77.536)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
b161c7ae4ee27da3

Response Measures

None

Events (2)
1. October 8, 1931 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Failed to open doors; placed in hands of State Bank Commissioner (taken into custody by regulator).
Newspaper Excerpt
The Middletown Savings Bank today is in the hands of State Bank Commissioner George W. Page, after having failed to open its doors yesterday.
Source
newspapers
2. August 13, 1932 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
Ten of the eighteen ... Middletown Savings Bank ... have reopened.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. October 8, 1931 The Washington Times Washington, DC
Article from The Washington Times, October 8, 1931

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Article Text

Maryland Town Now Without Bank MIDDLETOWN, Md., Oct. 8. The Middletown Savings Bank today is in the hands of State Bank Commissioner George W. Page, after having failed to open its doors yesterday. According to its last statement the bank had total resources of $1,041,443 and deposits of $861,940. The closing of the bank left the town without banking facilities, the Valley Savings Bank having been placed in the hands of receivers September 3.

2. August 14, 1932 Evening star Washington, DC
Article from Evening star, August 14, 1932

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Article Text

TEN MARYLAND BANKS HAVE NOW REOPENED Only Eight Institutions in State Are Now Reopening Planned. Special Dispatch The BALTIMORE, August 13.-Ten of the eighteen their 1931, have eleventh pected September according to officials the State bank commissioner's office. for another its doors have reopened are: State Trappe, opened branch the Farmers Merchants' Commercial Bank of Frederick, Hancock Bank. Middletown Savings Bank, Provident Bank Preston, Farmers' Bank Somerset County Marion Station The tember the Savings at Williamsport.