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Federal government reimburses patrons of defunct Fon Du Lac Bank by cashing their accounts in full under FDIC guarantee
The U.S. Federal government in its first reimbursement action through the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) created through the Banking Act of 1933, during the Great Depression. Government reimbursing the patrons of the failed Fon Du Lac Bank in East Peoria, Illinois. Crowd gathered outside Fon Du Lac Bank in East Peoria, Illinois, waiting to get in. Man shaking hands with Mrs. Lydia Lobsiger, the first customer to receive her money back through the FDIC program. Banking customers receive one hundred percent of their deposit amounts. Women and men approach the counter and bank teller counts dollar bills to pay citizens. A young boy wearing a cap stands by the window. Bank teller examines his account book and then lays out coins for the boy. The child carefully slides the money off the counter, counting it as he goes.
Cars running on fuel made from corn in Peoria, Illinois
A film titled, 'Surplus farm stuffs make new motor fuel' shows factories manufacturing fuel from corn behind a railway yard in Peoria, Illinois. Huge heaps of corn in farms. A man fills car gas tank with fuel made from corn (ethanol). At the gas station or filling station, a man puts fuel in his car. A banner on the back of the car reads that it is alcohol from grain mixed with Gasoline and "Works fine, Use it!". Final scene shows a car being driven wildly, at high speed, skidding from side to side, going off road and onto a grassy area, and then back onto the road.