9435. Wayne Savings Bank (Wayne, MI)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
savings bank
Start Date
June 19, 1931
Location
Wayne, Michigan (42.281, -83.386)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
06615fdf

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper items report the Wayne Savings Bank in Wayne, Michigan suspended operations in June 1931 and later is described as defunct and in receivership by March 1932. There is no mention of a depositor run triggering the suspension; cause is not specified in the clippings, so classified as suspension leading to closure/receivership.

Events (3)

1. June 19, 1931 Suspension
Cause Details
Article states the bank 'failed' and 'suspends business' but gives no specific trigger (no run, no rumor, no correspondent failure).
Newspaper Excerpt
Oldest Bank in Detroit Suburb Suspends Business Wayne Savings oldest largest bank in this suburb failed today notice posted the stated the for and liabilities was immediately available.
Source
newspapers
2. March 16, 1932 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Dissatisfied the receivership, defunct Wayne (Mich.) Savings Bank Tuesday Attorney Harry into the affairs apwith the positors Reichert, State
Source
newspapers
3. July 21, 1932 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan recently held court in the vault of a Wayne, Mich., savings bank because it was easier to move the court than the records of a receivership case.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from Argus-Leader, June 19, 1931

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Article Text

Oldest Bank in Detroit Suburb Suspends Business Wayne Savings oldest largest bank in this suburb failed today notice posted the stated the for and liabilities was immediately available.


Article from Detroit Free Press, March 16, 1932

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Article Text

DEPOSITORS ASK TOY FOR DEFUNCT BANK QUIZ Dissatisfied the receivership, defunct Wayne (Mich.) Savings Bank Tuesday Attorney Harry into the affairs apwith the positors Reichert, State


Article from The Sauk Centre Herald, July 21, 1932

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