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Show Only One Bank Failure in U. S. in 22 Months WASHINGTON, Nov 5. Establish iriK a record for immunity from failure, n.nional banks of the I'nited Stnte., have gone through the last 22 months with only one enforced clo-ing; ac cording to an announcement tonight uuiiit L'nrin,!, 1 I I 1,1 111.-., 1.1 'III J 1 IJI I (.'I of the currency The ope fnilure re ! ported by Mr. Willians was in IMS, aj bank having been forced to suspend) during the last ten months. This rec ord, Mr. Williams said, slands out as thirty times better than the average aver-age for any similar period in i litany li-tany years' life of the present national bonking system The tremendous strides taken by American business, the comptroller! said, was reflected in the number of new charters According to tin-eompti tin-eompti oiler's figures. 2'JX national banks added a total of $-12,658,000 to I heir combined capital stock durln:: ihe first ten months of this year in the same period last year, the figures showed 151 national banks Increa: ed Iheir capital stock by a total of $i(J,-3 $i(J,-3 7!) ,000. 00 |