National Bank - Grand Rapids, MI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 13758
Charter Number: 13758
Start Date: August 25, 1933
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan (42.961, -85.656)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 3814afd9

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Aug 25, 1933) reports the Treasury licensed the National Bank, Grand Rapids, to resume business — implies it had been closed under government action and is now reopening. The original suspension is not described in the excerpt; I therefore include a suspension (cause: government_action) with no precise date and a reopening on 1933-08-25.

Events (3)

1. August 22, 1933 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. August 25, 1933 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: Aug. 25 additional licensed the treasury Friday resume business normal basis. They included National Bank Grand Rapids, Mich.
Source: newspapers

3. * Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed previously under Treasury/government action (banking holiday/administrative suspension) prior to receiving license to resume
Newspaper Excerpt: licensed the treasury Friday resume business normal basis. They included National Bank Grand Rapids, Mich.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 25, 1933 Lansing State Journal Lansing, MI

Article from Lansing State Journal, August 25, 1933

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Article Text

Bank Probers Sent to Rifle DETROIT. Aug. 25 federal operatives assigned investigate collapse Detroit gunning for somebody. government has had five operthe department justice since surveying records closed national banks. John Pratt, assistant the inquiry. Friday five Camp Custer, near Battle Creek. under orders spend 10 hours on the rifle range. BANK GETS LICENSE Aug. 25 additional licensed the treasury Friday resume business normal basis. They included National Bank Grand Rapids, Mich.