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JURY PROBE OF Prosecutor Has Made Investigation of Situation in Food City There that Prosepossibility cuting Attorney William Kearney of Albion may petition Judge Blaine Hatch to call grand jury Investigation into the Battle Creek banking situation No such petition has been filed date Prosecutor Kearney Battle Creek Thursday making investigation of rumors which had been prevalent in Battle Creck which caused run on the bank and the Central National bank last week and the fore part of this week. Mr Kearney in doubt to whether there sufficient basis for calling grand jury probe ports that depositors of the OldMerchants bank wanted an investigation to why the federal ernment that bank open after the federal bank day and then allowed It to close heavily discounted facts in connection to be that the bank permitted to open beacuse was good condition but that subsequent to the reopening after the bank holiday. heavy withdrawal funds not only on the part of small deppositors but also on the part of large depositors and particularly on the part of depositors whose deposits were large that withdrawal left their the bank in vulnerable The real and only basis for grand probe of the Battle jury Creek situation the spreading untrue rumors which caused the the other two banks there. Unquestionably the Central National and the City Bank of Battle Creek have evidence of the source of these rumors Whether they push the matter remains on Page