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FLORIDA BANK CLOSES Liquidator Named for Institution in St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. May 24 (P).-Guy B. Shepard, named as liquidator of the American Bank & Trust Co., which closed here recently, also will liquidate the Ninth Street Bank & Trust Co., it was announced yesterday. The Ninth Street institution, which suspended business yesterday, was the third to close here is as many weeks. The Ninth Street Bank & Trust Co. was organized on December 22, 1901, was capitalized at $200,000 and had $954,000 in deposits at the time it closed.