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Federal Reserve Bank OF DALLAS Dallas, Texas, January 15,1943 To All Banking Institutions in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District: On January 6, 1943, the Office of Price Administration mailed to all banks a letter announcing that the Ration Banking Plan would be put into nation-wide operation beginning January 27, 1943. The letter was accompanied by samples of the forms to be used by the banks, together with detailed specifications for each form. In order to facilitate the clearance of ration checks through the Federal Reserve System, each Federal Reserve bank and branch has been assigned a routing symbol. Ration checks drawn on banks located in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District should bear routing symbols as follows: Federal Reserve Routing Symbol Banks located in the Dallas Head Office territory_______________________________ FR-11 Banks located in the El Paso Branch territory__________________________________FR-111 Banks located in the Houston Branch territory__________________________________ FR-112 Banks located in the San Antonio Branch territory_____________________________ FR-113 As explained in the specifications of the check as set forth in the letter above mentioned, the routing symbol must appear to the left under the drawee bank’s name, with the American Bankers Association transit number to the right, as in the following illustrations: Head Office Territory The First State Bank Abernathy, Texas FR-11 88-903 El Paso Branch Territory FR-111 First National Bank Fabens, Texas 88-1952 Houston Branch Territory FR-112 Continental State Bank Alto, Texas 88-703 San Antonio Branch Territory FR-113 First State Bank Alamo, Texas 88-1918 Your cooperation in using the appropriate symbol will be of benefit to all banks in the routing of the checks. Yours very truly, R. R. GILBERT President This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)
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