Hancock Bank (Hancock, MD)

Episode Information

Episode UID
7233275991581
Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
723327599 hash
Start Date
September 1, 1931*
Location
Hancock, Maryland (39.699, -78.180)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
6b2fd0569e3d1409

Response Measures

None

Events (3)
1. September 1, 1931* Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed and placed in receivership during banking troubles beginning in fall 1931
Newspaper Excerpt
the first of five banks closed in the county since last fall
Source
newspapers
2. February 16, 1932 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The Hancock Bank... reopened yesterday with C. H Locher as president.
Source
newspapers
3. * Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Judge Frank G. Wagaman signed an order dismissing receivership proceedings.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. February 16, 1932 The Washington Times Washington, DC
Article from The Washington Times, February 16, 1932

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Article Text

Hancock Bank Opens; Receivership Ends HAGERSTOWN, Md., Feb. 16. The Hancock Bank, of Hancock, the first of five banks closed in the county since last fall, reopened yesterday with C. H Locher as president. The bank is the seventh of 14 closed in Mary. land to reopen. Judge Frank G. Wagaman signed an order dismissing receivership proceedings.

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.