State Commercial & Savings Bank (Chicago, IL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
106643491490
Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Bank Type
savings
Bank ID
10664349 hash
Start Date
February 15, 1924
Location
Chicago, Illinois (41.850, -87.650)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
c0073d72eb14a511

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles state the bank was closed by state examiners/auditor and faces receivership; stolen bonds found in assets.

Events (2)

1. February 15, 1924 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by order of state bank examiners / state auditor
Newspaper Excerpt
The latest to come in for undesirable publicity is the State Commercial and Savings bank, located at 1935 Milwaukee Avenue. The bank faces a receivership after it has closed its doors by order of state bank examiners.
Source
newspapers
2. February 23, 1924 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Bonds exceeding $34,000 in value ... were found among the assets of the State Commercial and Savings bank, recently closed here by the state auditor.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Daily Worker, February 15, 1924

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Article Text

An epidemic of bank failures is sweening the country but the public is getting rather used to it and bank crashes are no longer played up on the front pages. Banks in rural sections of the country are shutting their doors daily. Here in Chicago during the past year many of them have given up the ghost. The latest to come in for undesirable publicity is the State Commercial and Savings bank, located at 1935 Milwaukee Avenue. The bank faces a receivership after it has closed its doors by order of state bank examiners. The great majority of the deposits in the bank were the savings of workers. The poor wage slave is fleeced in the shop and if he does manage to save a little and puts it in the bank for a rainy day, he stands a good chance of seeing some grafter running away with it.


Article from The Des Moines Register, February 24, 1924

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Article Text

Stolen Bonds Found in Closed Bank's Assets Chicago, Feb. 23.β€”(Associated Press)β€”Bonds exceeding $34,000 in value and stolen from a Seattle bond firm several years ago, were found among the assets of the State Commercial and Savings bank, recently closed here by the state auditor. Private detectives are reported still trying to solve the theft of the bonds. Attorney E. H. Cassels, representing Joseph Stein, president of the closed bank, explained that Mr. Stein of course was an innocent purchaser, receiving the bonds in exchange for some oil properties and a cash payment. The bonds were bearer bonds and the transfer was recorded, the attorney explained. To get a big deal started quickly, order a Want Ad now in the For Sale or Exchange columns of The Register and Tribune.β€”Advertisement.