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WILKINSBURG'S REORGANIZED BANK REOPENS Throngs Visit First National; Patrons List Rises. $2,000,000 IS RELEASED Plans Progress for Reopening of Sharpsburg Depository. Throngs of depositors and others jammed the flower-banked lobby of Wilkinsburg's new bank, successor to the First National of Wilkinsburg, when it opened for business yesterday, making more than $2,000,000 in deposits available to approximately 12,000 depositors. "The opening celebration was very gratifying in every respect and very little cash was withdrawn, while many were re-depositing," L. E. Husemen, vice president and cashier, said last night. "Floral tributes from other banks and or- LIQUOR BILL AMENDMENTS HELD CERTAIN Extensive Revision In House Is Faced By Pinchot Plan. UP AGAIN MONDAY Governor Is Reported As Demanding That Stores Must Be Accepted. (Continued From Page One) tax, increased fees for breweries and distilleries, and the bringing of high-alcohol beer under the provisions of the earlier beer control and tax bills—which had specified 3.2 per cent alcohol—passed the House on second reading this morning. They are expected to pass on third reading and finally tomorrow morning at 11:30 when the House will meet for the last time this week. The McClure liquor control bill passed on first reading today, making it ready for amendment, and that's as far as it will go until Monday. That was agreed at yesterday's Republican House conference when a threatened split was averted only by postponement of the discussion until Monday. A number of the features of the McClure bill are being assailed, in addition to the state stores provision. One of these is the portion permitting the retail sale of liquor by hotels, clubs, and restaurants only from 12 noon to 12 midnight. Another is the stipulation that hotels must have 15 rooms, which would virtually bar sales in a number of the state's smaller communities.