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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
Released for publication
Sunday morning, Mar. 15;
not earlier.

B-270
Federal Reserve Board
March l4, 1931.

BAI7K DEBITS
Debits to individual accounts, as reported to the Federal Reserve Board by
banks in leading cities for the week ending March 11, aggregated $10,970,000,000,
or 13 per cent below the total reported for the preceding week and 24 per cent
below the total for the corresponding week of last year.
Aggregate debits for the l4l centers for which figures have been published
weekly since January 1919 amounted to $10,337*000,000, as compared with
$11,875,000,000 for the preceding week and $13,603,000,000 for the week ending
March 12 of last year.

SUMMARY BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
(In thousands of dollars)
wT e e k e n d i n g
Number
of
Federal
centers
Reserve
Mar. 4, 1931
Mar. 11, 1931
included
District
566,324
485,982
1 - Boston
16
7,
003,46s
l4
6,561,127
2 - New York
595.116
3 - Philadelphia
18
442,731
711,S06
4 - Cleveland
524,067
25
306,95s
5 - Richmond
24
250,299
’ 254,491
212,332
24
6 - Atlanta
1,39S ,040
1,081,808
7 - Chicago
38
264,259
8 - St. Louis
212,083
15
171,305
144,538
9 - Minneapolis
17
306,226
253,724
10 - Kansas City
28
167,450
11 - Dallas
151,396
17
S78.299
12 - San Francisco
649.849
.27
12,624,942
10,969,936
TOTAL
263

Mar. 12, 1930
526,256
8 , 708,602
570,458
667,123
293, S15
267,985
1.409,855
276,960
181,623
337,915
190,063
870.584
l4,3 6l,905

DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(In thousands of dollars)__________
Week ending
Week ending
Mar. 11,1931
Mar. 11,1931
«d)
DISTRICT
NO.
2
NEW
YORK
(Cont
DISTRICT NO. 1 - BOSTON
Northern New Jersey
Bangor, Me.
2,844
47,451
Clearing House Assn.
Boston, Mass.
322,6l4
7,818
Passaic, N. J.
Brockton, Mass.
4,015
Poughkeepsie,
N.
Y.
3,319
Fall River, Mass.
4,596
26,524
Rochester, N. Y.
Hartford, Conn.
40,211
Stamford, Conn.
2,797
Holyoke, Mass.
2,403
15,^23
Syracuse, N. Y.
Lowell, Mass.
3,423
Lynn, Mass.
4,859
DISTRICT NO. 3 - PHILADELPHIA
Manchester, N. H.
2,896
6,512
Allentown, Pa.
New Bedford, Mass,
4,297
2,753
Altoona, Pa.
New Haven, Conn.
23,793
12,225
Camden, N. J.
Portland, Me.
7>59^
Chester, Pa.
4,177
Providence, R. I.
27,823
6,243
Harrisburg, Pa.
Springfield, Mass.
15,775
Hazleton, Pa.
2,839
Waterbury, Conn.
6,746
4,307
Johnstown, Pa.
Worcester, Mass.
12,088
5,807
Lancaster, Pa.
Lebanon, Pa.
1,333
DISTRICT NO. 2 - NEW YORK
3,502
Norristown, Pa.
Albany, N. Y.
37,012
333,757
Philadelphia, Pa.
Binghamton, N. Y.
4,072
8,323
Reading,
Pa,
Buffalo, N. Y.
63,553
13,397
Scranton,
Pa,
Elmira, N. Y.
3,659
Trenton, N. J ,
11,759
Jamestown, N. Y.
3,247
7,294
Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
Montclair, N* J.
4,696
3,564
Williamsport,
Pa,
Newark, N. J.
91,748
10,413
Wilmington, Del.
New York, N. Y.
6,249,808
4,526
York, Pa.



DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(In thousands of dollars)__________
B-270a
Week ending
Week ending
Mar. 11,1931
Mar. 11,1931
DISTRICT NO. 4 - CLEVELAND
DISTRICT NO. 6 - ATLANTA (Cont'd)
Akron, Ohio
IS, 216
Elberton, Ga.
162
Butler, Pa.
1,915
Hattiesburg, Miss.
1,134
Canton, Ohio
7,714
Jackson, Miss.
6,153
Cincinnati, Ohio
67,4l6
Jacksonville, Fla.
14,452
Cleveland, Ohio
134,050
Knoxville, Tenn.
5 ,o'o8
Columbus, Ohio
36,722
Macon, Ga.
3,108
Dayton, Ohio
17,131
Meridian, Miss.
1,622
Erie, Pa.
7,1 a
Miami, Fla.
Franklin, Pa.
910
Mobile, Ala.
6,693
Greensburg, Pa.
1,735
Montgomery, Ala.
3,734
Hamilton, Ohio
2,487
Nashville, Tenn.
19,594
Homestead, Pa.
1,0^3
Newnan, Ga.
380
Lexington, Ky.
4,04S
New Orleans, La.
55,375
Lima, Ohio
2 ,25S
Pensacola, Fla.
1,242
Lorain, Ohio
925
Savannah Ga.
6,965
Middletown, Ohio
2,100
Tampa, Fla.
7,052
Oil City, Pa.
2,742
Valdosta, Ga.
883
Pittsburgh, Pa.
156,712
Vicksburg, Miss.
1,109
Springfield, Ohio
4,020
DISTRICT NO. 7 - CHICAGOSteubenville, Ohio
2,779
Adrian, Mich.
Toledo, Ohio
28,989
845
Warren, Ohio
1,896
Aurora, 111.
2,821
Wheeling, W. Va.
7,80S
Battle Creek, Mich.
3,436
Youngstown, Ohio
11,304
Bay City, Mich.
2,086
Zanesville, Ohio
2,026
Bloomington, 111.
2,926
Cedar Rapids, la.
9,009
DISTRICT NO. 5 - RICHMOND
Chanrpaign-Urbana, 111.
2,987
Asheville, N. C.
2,554
Chicago, 111.
641,910
Baltimore, Md.
77,384
Danville, 111.
1,587
Charleston, S. C.
4,671
Davenport, la.
7,989
Charleston, W. Va.
9>H8
Decatur, 111.
3,124
Charlotte, N. C.
S,350
Des Moines, Iowa
18,886
Columbia, S. C.
4,600
Detroit, Mich.
176,186
Cumberland, Md.
1,805
Dubuque, Iowa
2,467
Danville, Va.
1,511
Flint, Mich.
6,438
Durham, N. C.
5,194
Fort Wayne, Ind.
• 9,083
Greensboro, N. C.
4,251
Gary, Ind.
3,6oi
Greenville, S. C.
4,621
Grand Rapids, Mich.
13,923
Hagerstown, Md..
1,974
Green Bay, Wis.
2,1469
Huntington, 17. Va.
3,588
Hammond, Ind.
1,547
Lynchburg, Va.
4,083
Indianapolis, Ind.
32,780
Newport News, Va.
2,466
Jackson, Mich.
5,520
Norfolk, Va.
10,299
Kal amaz00, Mich.
4 ,4 n
Portsmouth, Va.
1,1^46
Lansing, Mich.
5,581
Raleigh, N. C.
4,352
Mason City, Iowa
2,144
Richmond, Va.
23,397
Milwauke e, Wi s.
56,043
Roanoke, Va.
5,720
Moline, 111.
1,715
Spartanburg, S. C.
2,042
Muscatine, Iowa
1,190
Washington, D. C.
57,083
Oshkosh, Wis.
2,463
Wilmington, N. C.
2,344
Peoria, 111.
8,941
Winston-Salem, N. C.
7,746
Rockford, 111.
5,266
Sjdginaw, Mich.
4,355
DISTRICT NO. 6 - ATLANTA
Sheboygan, Wis.
2,679
Albany, Ga.
70S
Sioux City, Iowa
9,790
Atlanta, Ga.
36,34l
South Bend, Ind.
9,657
Augusta, Ga.
4,676
Springfield, 111.
6,883
Birmingham, Ala.
23,3^0
Terre Haute, Ind.
4,928
Brunswick, Ga.
632
Waterloo, Iowa
4,082
Chattanooga, Tenn,
9,445
Columbus, Ga.
2,504
Dothan, Ala.



DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
/i.JLU.0

[Week ending
Mar. 11,1931
DISTRICT NO. S - ST. LOUIS
East St. Louis and Nat’l.
Stock Yards, 111.
5,97S
Eldorado, Ark.'
1,156
Evansville, Ind.
*+,521
Fort Smith, Ark.
2,119
Greenville, Miss.
792
Little Rock, Ark.
6,523
Louisville, Ky.
2 9 ,^ 7
Memphis, Tenn,
23,531
Owensboro, Ky,
1.31S
Pine Bluff, Ark.
1,609
Quincy, 111.
1,814
127,600
St. Louis, Mo.
Sedalia, Mo.
774
Springfield, Mo.
3,379
Texarkana,Ark.(See also Tex .)
802
700
Helena, Ark,
DISTRICT NO. 9 - MINNEAPOLIS
Aberdeen, S. D.
1,228
Billings, Mont.
1,67S
Dickinson, IT. D.
311
Duluth, Minn,
11,829
3,926
Fargo, N. D.
1,276
Grand Forks, N. D.
Helena, Mont.
1,591
Jamestown, N. D.
520
2,497
La Crosse, Wis,
Minneapolis, Minn.
71,712
1,143
Minot, N. D.
Red Wing, Minn.
375
St. Paul, Minn.
33,969
4,601
Sioux Falls, S. D.
South St. Paul, Minn.
M 9l
Superior, Wis.
1,699
1,232
Winona, Minn.
DISTRICT NO. 10 - KANSAS CITY
Albuquerque, N. M.
Atchison, Kans.
Bartlesville, Okla.
Casper, Wyo.
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Denver, Colo.
Enid, Okla.
Fremont, ffleb.
Grand Junction, Colo.
Guthrie, Okla.
Hutchinson, Kans.
Independence, ICans."
Joplin, Mo.
Kansas City, Kans.
Kansas City, Mo.
Lawr ence , ICans.
Lincoln, Neb.
Muskogee, Okla.
Oklahoma City, 01<La.
NOTE:




2,51s
1,082
3,933
1,286
2,30s
2,792
32,445
2,290
1 ,00s
629
60s
2,779
1,481
i,6q4
3 ,3 %
73,ooi
1,031
6,836
1,826
21,434

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Week ending
Mar. 11, 1931
DISTRICT NO. 10 - KANSAS CITY (Cont'd)
Okmulgee, Okla.
995
41,536
Omaha, Neb.
1,005
Pittsburgh, Kans.
3,616
Pueblo, Colo.
S.532
St. Joseph, Mo.
4,603
Topeka, ICans.
19,456
Tulsa, Okla.
9,651
Wichita, Kans.
DISTRICT NO. 11 - DALLAS
Abilene, Tex.
Austin, Tex.
Beaumont, Tex.
Corsicana, Tex.
Dallas , Tex.
El Paso, Tex.
Ft. Worth, Tex.
Galveston, Tex,
Houston, Tex.
Port Arthur, Tex.
Roswell, N. M.
San Antonio, Tex.
Shreveport, La.
Texarkana, Tex,
(See also Ark.)
Tucson, Ariz.
Waco, Tex.
Wichita.Falls, Tex,

1,5S3
5,^13
5,141
1,532
37,023
6,95S
16,607
5,270
32,422
2,35S
710
15,793
10,052
1,311
2.52S
3,071
3,624

DISTRICT NO. 12 - SAN FRAcTCISCO
Bakersfield, Calif.
2 ,^ 3
1,570
Bellingham, Wash,
3,624
Berkeley, Calif,
2,700
Boise, Idaho
1,436
Eugene, Ore.
2,243
Everett, Wash.
Fresno, Calif.
5,575
Long Beach, Calif.
9.963
190,327
Los Angeles, Calif.
39.326
Oakland, Calif.
2,772
Ogden, Utah
Pasadena, Calif.
7,273
__ \\
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 ,^ 7
Portland, Ore.
31,358
1,998
Reno, ITev.
10,210
Sacramento, Calif.
Salt Lake City, Utah
12,797
San Bernardino, Calif.
2.157
11,060
San Diego, Calif.
226,17s
San Francisco, Calif.
San Jose, Calif.
5,079
Santa Barbara, Calif,
, 2’?37
45,455
Seattle, Wash.
Spokane, Wash.
9,227
3,so4
Stockton, Calif.
Tacoma, Wash.
7,719
Yakima, Wash.
3,111

Bank debits not previously reported: Week ending February 25 —
Knoxville, Tenn. , 5»S96 ; week ending March 4 — Miami, F l a .,
7,247, Hutchinson, Kans., 3,907, Helena, Ark. (which has re­
sumed reporting) 820,