First State Bank & Trust Company (Fort Dodge, IA)

Episode Information

Episode UID
72008071591
Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
7200807 routing
Routing Number
72-0080
Start Date
July 5, 1932
Location
Fort Dodge, Iowa (42.497, -94.168)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
4f88d9f171057476

Response Measures

None

Events (2)
1. July 5, 1932 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Mayor ordered a 10-day business moratorium and businesses closed; community sought pledges from depositors to waive withdrawals.
Newspaper Excerpt
A 10-day business moratorium was in effect here today ... depositors in the Ft. Dodge National bank and in the First State Bank & Trust company.
Source
newspapers
2. July 20, 1932 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The business holiday in Fort Dodge ended today with the reopening of the Fort Dodge National bank and First State Bank and Trust Company. A holiday had been in effect since July 10.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. July 5, 1932 The Waukesha County Freeman Waukesha, WI

Article Text

TEN DAY BUSINESS MORATORIUM STARTS FT. DODGE, Ia.—A 10-day business moratorium was in effect here today as the community chest organization sought pledges from depositors in the Ft. Dodge National bank and in the First State Bank & Trust company. Depositors were asked to waive withdrawals for three years. Mayor C. V. Findlay ordered closed all businesses but those necessary for the necessities of life. PLYMOUTH, Vt. — Calvin Coolidge, spending the summer at his ancestral homestead here where he was born, observed his 60th birthday unceremoniously yesterday, remaining indoors because of heavy rain and an attack of hay fever. The hay fever developed upon his arrival from Northampton 10 days ago and kept him abed several days last week.

2. July 20, 1932 Deadwood Pioneer-Times Deadwood, SD

Article Text

BRIGHT SPOTS OVER THE NATION [By The Associated Press] Reading, Pa. — One hundred seventy men, all old employes, returned to work at plants of the Reading Iron company today. Hollywood — The ranks of filmdom's jobless lost 500 recruits today when Columbia studios put the men to work. The company's payroll was more than tripled. Those newly employed were carpenters, electricians, painters, prop men and truck drivers. Boston — The Lowell and Nashua, N. H., plants of the Nashua Manufacturing company, blanket manufacturers, reopened today after being shut down since July 1. About 2,000 persons are employed at both plants. Hartford, Conn. — Rubber factories in Naugatuck are operating double shifts, with the largest payroll in three years, the state department of labor reported today. Gadsden, Ala. — Smoke spiraled from chimneys of the Gulf States Steel company today bringing tidings of renewed activity in the industry. The booming rod, wire and nail mills resumed production today and a bar mill and two blast furnaces placed in operation last week continued on a curtailed schedule. Springfield, Mo. — Five hundred employes of the Oberman Manufacturing company's plants factory here will return to work Thursday morning after a six weeks layoff, it was announced today. Fort Dodge, Iowa — The business holiday in Fort Dodge ended today with the reopening of the Fort Dodge National bank and First State Bank and Trust Company. A holiday had been in effect since July 10.