Plymouth County Savings Bank

Episode Information

Episode UID: 72203471489
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 7220347 routing
Routing Number: 72-2034
Start Date: January 1, 1924*
Location: Le Mars, Iowa (42.794, -96.166)

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Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 5e55425a50b8db5c

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Description

Article states the bank closed its doors four years ago and president disappeared; no run is mentioned.

Events (1)

1. January 1, 1924* Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Closure coincided with disappearance of President V. J. Martin (suggesting embezzlement/official misconduct).
Newspaper Excerpt: Plymouth County had $23,000 on deposit in the Plymouth County Savings bank when the institution closed its doors four years ago, co-incident the disappearance V. J. Martin, its president.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 18, 1928 The Sioux City Journal Sioux City, IA

Article from The Sioux City Journal, March 18, 1928

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Article Text

BOARD CALLS SESSION Vocational Educators to Be in Conference in Des Moines. (By the Associated Des Moines, Ia., March 17.-State directors of vocational teaching, state supervisors and members of teacher training staffs in agricultural education from 10 states making up the north region, will here March 26 to 30, in annual conference. at the call of the federal board for vocational education, Washington. States represented in the conference are: Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Mansas and hundred will attend the The will be by Linke, federal for agricultural board for cational of the list the C. V. Kansas; H. M. Hamlin, Iowa; A. M. Field. Z. M. Smith, Dickinson, Missouri, Dr. H. chief specialist agricultural education, United department of agriculture; A. James, Wisconsin: Ray Fife, Ohio: Guy E. James, Louis Sasman, H. E. Bradford, Nebraska: E. M. Tiffany, Wisconsin; E. N. Iowa; B. Michigan: F Illinois: C. H. Washington; F. Moore, E. Hill, Illinois; George F. Iowa. Subjects to be discussed are teachtraining. courses, professional education, humanistic and related courses, general courses, vocational student activities, graduwork. departmental prob. lems, summer work, marketing of farm produce, placement of students, elimination of non-producing animals. programs for the future, all-day and time schools, financing, and promoting vocational agriculture. On March 30, the final day of the conference. visit will be made by delegates to the Iowa State college at Ames. RULES COUNTY CAN NOT HOLD SURETY BOND SIGNERS LeMars, March Special: The signers of bonds to protect county funds in case of failure of the banks in which funds are cannot held K bonds have been materially changed, is the ruling handed down by Judge B. F. Butler in the case of Plymouth county vs. H. Plymouth county had $23,000 on deposit in the Plymouth County Savings bank when the institution closed its doors four years ago, co-incident the disappearance V. J. Martin, its president. Martin later sentenced on a plea of guilty to 10 years in Fort Madison. The county sued the.sureties on the county's bond protecting the deposits. The sureties declared that the bond was invalid because Martin had changed the amount from after they had signed. which they void. The court held that forgery alteration which had not been ratified The court also held that they could not be held by bond which had been forged, because this bond had expired when the new bond given. During the hearing of this case attorneys to get deposition from Martin at the_ but