6674. Peoples State Bank (Hanover, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
November 13, 1922
Location
Hanover, Kansas (39.894, -96.879)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
fc56d7eb

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper articles (Nov 20, 1922) report the Peoples State Bank at Hanover closed its doors recently and that B. V. Curry was appointed receiver by the state bank commissioner. No run is mentioned; the bank was closed and placed in receivership by government authority.

Events (2)

1. November 13, 1922 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by order of the state bank commissioner; bank had closed its doors recently.
Newspaper Excerpt
the Hanover bank which closed its doors recently.
Source
newspapers
2. November 20, 1922 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Commissioner Foster today placed Curry in charge of banks at Hanover... Curry was named as receiver for both banks. Under his latest appointments Curry will be in control of affairs of the People's State bank of Hanover. 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 ... (Chickasha Daily Express).
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,