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Run on Putnam Bank Seemingly Halted Putnam. Nov. 21 (UP)-A run on the Putnam Savings bank appears today to have been halted and depositors were returning their money when the bank opened this morning. State Banking Commissioner Lester E. Shippee and a half-dozen banks here and in surrounding communities contributed to checking the run which bank officials say was prompted by political motives. Shippee came here from Hartford when after three days of withdrawals the run assumed serious proportions. He