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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. L O U I S PROCEDURE IN EVENT OF ROBBERY August 31. 1937. To A ll M em ber Banks in D istrict X o . 8: In our circular of March 30, 1935, your attention was called to a statement of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice, reading in part as follows: “ The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the I'. S. Department of Justice is charged with the duty of investigating violations of the Act approved by the President on May 18, 1934. making the robbery of National Banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System a Federal offense. Since the passage of this Act the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been handicapped in the investigation of a number of bank robberies due to the delay of the bank in notifying the Bureau's held office of the robbery. “ The Federal Bureau of Investigation requests that, in the in your bank, immediately after notifying the local authorities telephone or telegraph, collect, with the nearest tield office of at the earliest possible time all of the details of the robbery which event a robbery should occur thereof, you communicate by the Bureau, giving that office are available................ “ It is the desire of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to cooperate with all banks to the fullest extent possible in an effort to identify and prosecute those guilty of bank robberies. Your cooperation in promptly reporting tu the nearest held office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will l>e greatly appreciated and will be of mutual advantage in these cases.” An up-to-date list of the field offices, with telephone numbers, of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation of the Department of Justice is given on the back hereof. Respectfully. W ILLIAM McC. M ARTIN, President. (over) Field Offices of FED ER A L BUREAU O F IN V E ST IG A TIO N U. S. D EPA R T M E N T OF JU S T IC E DIVISION Aberdeen, South Dakota Alaska, Juneau Atlanta, Georgia Birmingham, Alabama Boston, Massachusetts Buffalo, New York Butte, Montana Charlotte, North Carolina Chicago, Illinois Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Dallas, Texas Denver, Colorado Dcs Moines, Iowa Detroit, Michigan El Paso, Texas Hartford, Conn. •Hawaii, Honolulu Huntington, West Virginia Indianapolis, Indiana Kansas City, Missouri Knoxville, Tennessee Little Rock, Arkansas Los Angeles, California Louisville, Kentucky Memphis, Tennessee Miami, Florida Milwaukee, Wisconsin Newark, New Jersey New Orleans, Louisiana New York, New York Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Omaha, Nebraska Peoria, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phoenix, Arizona Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Portland, Oregon Puerto Rico, San Juan Richmond, Virginia Salt Lake City, Utah San Antonio, Texas San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington St. Louis, Missouri St. Paul, Minnesota Washington, D. C. OFFICE PHONE 4652 75 Walnut 3698 7-1755 Liberty 8470 Cleveland 2030 2-4734 3-4127 Randolph 6226 Cherry 7127 Prospect 2456 2-9086 Main 6241 3-8998 Cadillac 2835 Main 501 7-9222 8928 Riley 5416 Victor 3113 3-7928 6734 Mutual 2201 Jackson 5139 8-1850 3-5558 Daly 3431 Market 2-5511 Raymond 1965 Rector 2-3520 2-8186 Atlantic 8644 4-5800 Locust 0880 3-4870 Grant 0800 Atwater 6171 1311 2-6464 Wasatch 1797 Fannin 8052 Exbrook 2679 Main 0460 Garfield 0360 (2120)** Garfield 7509 National 5303 I* O I!OX 2778 314 2344 306 812 2118 2150 1469 2889 1276 1525 709 1881 Drawer V. Plaza Station (WILDING 610 507 501 320 10 400 302 914 1900 1130 1448 1206 722 739 911 202 907 Alonzo Ward Hotel Federal Building Healey Federal Post OfTicc Square, Room 950 United States Court House Federal Johnston Bankers’ Enquirer Standard Tower Petroleum Midland Savings Insurance Exchange Federal United States Court House American Industrial 700 506 1616 407 500 903 775 2401 1300 1021 936 1308 607 221 629 300 1300 316 620 411 204 601 301 1216 1105 8;v) West Virginia Fletcher Trust Federal Reserve Bank Hamilton National Bank Rector Pacific Commerce Starks Sterick Biscayne Bankers’ Raymond-Commerce Masonic Temple United States Court House, Foley Squar Federal First National Bank Commercial Merchants Nat. 15. & T. Co. Liberty Trust Security New Federal United States Court House Federal Richmond Trust Continental Bank Smith-Young Tower Mills Tower Joseph Vance 423 U. S. Court House and Custom House 404 New York 2266 United States Department of Justice * Not yet opened. ♦♦Telephone number to be used for calls after 5 P. M„ on Saturday afternoons and holidays. (over)
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