Watermelon Outlook for 1935 Review At Meet
The 21st annual Watermelon Distributors Association convention in Cincinnati discussed the 1935 watermelon outlook crop prospects and the status of the code and marketing agreement. Officers were reelected. The next meeting location was announced for Louisville, Ky.
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Melon Distributors Association
Cincinnati
Watermelon Distributors’ Association
Netherland Plaza
Melon
Russell Wilson
W L Black Pioneer Kansas City Dealer Dies
W L Black a pioneer Kansas City dealer in fruit and vegetables died at 3232 Wabash avenue last Saturday afternoon at age 76. Born near Clayton Illinois on June 23 1858 he moved here as a young man and entered retail meat before launching a wholesale fruit and vegetable outfit. From 1892 to 1915 he ran McFarland and Black at 607 Walnut. Twenty years ago his nephew Adkins Froman joined as partner and in 1915 continued business skyward.
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Kansas City
Black
Black &Froman
Wabash Avenue
Clayton
Ill
McFarland & Black
Walnut
Georgia Peach Growers Expect Normal Crop Despite Frosts
Weather through early April gave little frost damage to Georgia peaches. Reports from southern and central Georgia indicate no serious harm to the crop this week. Some losses may appear in May drop, but growers expect a normal season in Georgia.
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Georgia
Macon
The Produce Packer explains its trade focus and sample copy offer
The Produce Packer is a weekly sister newspaper to The Packer, devoted to market news for shippers and distributors of eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, fur, and related produce. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Eges
Easy Money and Civic Recklessness in Spending Spree
A broad critique of American spending since World War I. The piece laments rising debt at all levels of government and among citizens, comparing postwar policy to Coolidge thrift. It warns future generations will pay the bill and calls for strong, decisive leadership to curb reckless borrowing.
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America
Coolidge
Washington
Congress
United States Treasury
Ita
Comella of Cleveland Banned Over Reparation Payments
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture terminated M. T. Comella's Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act license for non payment of reparation awards to Fruit Sales Inc Wenatchee and Richman Samuels Inc New York. He and any entity linked to him cannot obtain a license for two years.
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Comella
Inc
Richman & Samuels, Inc
New York City
Richman Samuels, Inc
Iowa producer answers Boyle attack on AAA
A Mitch ellville Iowa horticultural leader critiqued Prof James E Boyle for endorsing internationalism and praised the AAA policies. He argues World War I shifted global trade dynamics and urges practical measures under Secretary Wallace to prevent prolonged price drops in cotton corn and hogs while rebuilding agriculture after the war.
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Kansas City
James E. Boyle
Packer
Cornell University
AAA
R. M. Clark
Mitchellville
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Boyle
Clark
Wallace
Wallace i
United States
First Cantaloupes 4NN Imperial Valley Begin Moving
Brawley California April 19 Harvest begins on early Imperial Valley cantaloupes with first melons shipped from El Centro and from the north end. The valley sees a shift to mildew resistant varieties, acreage likely to rise about 25 percent, and a longer shipping season beginning three weeks later than last year. Crop estimates from Harrigan, Imperial Irrigation District, and Bright converge around 28,000 acres, with detailed breakdowns for brush and late plantings. Precooling and early cars are emphasized to ensure quality as the 1934 season shows a profit revival after years of mildew losses.
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B. A. Harrigan
Imperial Irrigation District
Fred R. Bright
Ivan C. Jaegger
United States Department of Agriculture
G. W
License of Omaha Dealer Reinstated
Department of Agriculture announces the reinstatement of the license of the O. C. Timmons Distrib uting Company Omaha Neb as a commission merchant dealer and broker under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act The license had been suspended for non payment of a separation award issued in favor of S H Andrews Wenatchee Wash Payments arranged the firm is again in good standing under the law.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
O. C. Timmons Distributing Company
Omaha
Neb
S. H. Andrews
Wenatchee
Wash
An Easter Prayer for America
A devotional plea pleading Almighty God for mercy on a nation marked by waste and sin. The writer laments extravagance, hunger, and material worship, asking for forgiveness, justice tempered by pity, and reliance on divine grace for survival.
Schechter Case to the Supreme Court on May 2
The Schechter case to challenge the NRA proceeds to the Supreme Court with arguments set for May 2. The ruling determines the validity of wage and hour provisions and the code making and enforcement framework, risking the entire National Industrial Recovery Act structure. Leroy Peterson spearheaded the local live poultry case, highlighting the wider national interest as business interests await the court’s decision.
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New York
N. Y
United States Supreme Court
Schechter
NRA
ALLA
Schechter Poultry Corporation of
Brooklyn
Schechter Live Poultry Market
National Industrial Recovery Act
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Leroy Peterson
Metropoliltan
Supreme Court
Peterson
Louisiana strawberries show steady movement in moderate volume
Hammond April 19 Louisiana strawberry movement remains steadier than expected though not far behind last year. Through Tuesday night 603 cars have shipped in carrot volume, with a total of 2,778 cars in 1934. Weather is cool and clear, fruit develops size with warmth, and prices have slipped due to northern cold. Peak is forecast late April, with shipments projected about May 15 to 20. current estimates put total crop at around 2,300 cars.
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Hammond
Louisiana
Los Angeles District Celery Crop Starts With Good Prospects
Los Angeles April 1 moderate celery movement in southern California district with a promising crop. Shipments to rise rapidly with May and June peak. Mosaic reduced in Venice district as soil clears, acreage unchanged. Most celery in 24 inch crates, some 22 inch. Quality high. Northwest Arkansas peach growers report frost recovery boosting expected crop across several orchards.
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Los Angeles
California
Mosaic
Venice
Rogers
Ark
Northwest
Arkansas
Fine and Sentence for Jos. Rosenblum
In Laredo Texas on April 19 Federal Judge T M Kennerly imposed four months in jail and a 1500 fine on Joseph Rosenblum a well known onion buyer and shipper of south Texas for failing to account for interstate shipments. The trial followed a Tuesday verdict finding him guilty on all five counts arising from five carloads of onions shipped for Herman O Keefe in 1933.
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Laredo
Tex
Joseph Rosenblum
South Texas
T. M. Kennerly
Rosenblum
Herman O'Keefe
Taledo
Kennerly
Bald Knob Berry Shipper J A Adkins Dies at 62
Bald Knob Ark April 19 J A Adkins aged 62 a longtime figure in Arkansas strawberry shipping died after weeks of illness He organized in 1933 the Bald Knob Sales Agency serving as president and sales manager prior to this he led Bald Knob Strawberry Growers Be Wynn named sales manager succeeding Adkins in the agency He and Wynn were longtime associates in trade circles
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Bald Knob
Ark
J. A. Adkins
Arkansas Strawberry
BE. R. Wynn
Adkins
Potato crop in South Alabama to start May 1
Staff correspondence from Loxley Alabama reports Baldwin county potato fields in good condition with yields expected to be fair. Acreage reduced from last year, forecast harvest around May 10 and shipments for about 20 days after. Cucumber and carrot prospects also noted with seed mostly northern stock and a strong South Alabama market.
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Loxley
Ala
Baldwin County
Bliss
South Alabama
Trade Loses Esteemed Veteran In Death Of H G Miles
Herbert G Miles of H G Miles and Co. died suddenly, removing a longtime leader in the fruit and vegetable trade. Born August 17, 1867 in Marion Maine, he rose from Marion High School to sea service and captaincy before shaping the Washington Street marketing hub. He endowed the trade with vision and helped build one of the world’s great fruit and vegetable markets in New York area. His death is a significant loss to the shipping and produce community along the Atlantic seaboard.
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New York
N. Y
Manhattan
Atlantic Seaboard
Herbert G. Miles
H. G. Miles & Co
Washington Street
Mr. Miles
Miles
Marion
Mad
Big Annamessick River
John T
Matilda Miles
Marion High School
Senate Extends Interstate Truck Regulation Under I C C
The Senate approved a bill placing interstate bus and truck operations under the Interstate Commerce Commission. It mirrors railroad rate and practice controls for common carriers and includes contract carriers to a lesser extent. The ICC may require filed rate schedules and can set minimum rates for these motor carriers.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Early peach buds show mixed resilience in New York crop
Reports from upstate New York indicate Hudson valley buds have been hurt by cold weather and may be ruined for a second year in succession, while many growers still find living buds promising fruit. In western New York, buds appear to have escaped freeze damage and look good at this time.
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New York
Upstate
Hudson Valley
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Atlanta
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Esc. Winkler
Vincennes
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Cleveland
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Albany
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Black & Froman
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Fruit Sales, Inc
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