Death of Thos J Hughes Santa Fe Chicago Died Monday
Thos J Hughes, 46, longtime Santa Fe Railway agent and solicitation chief, died Monday night after emergency surgery at St. Anne's hospital. He rose from courier to division freight agent, active in the produce trade and several clubs. Survived by widow and three children. Funeral from 5011 W Quincy to St Mel Church. Interment All Saints.
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Chicago
J. Hughes
Santa Fe
Traffic Club
Illinois Athletic Club
Butterfield
Medinah Michigan Avenue’ Club
Oak Park Elk
Salinas-Watsonville Lettuce Market Easier This Week
Salinas California reports show a gradual pickup in shipments from the Salinas-Watsonville district, totaling 177 cars from the central district by Wednesday. Weather has been favorable, improving quality, with prices easing midweek though demand fluctuated. early week unsettled, later demand active at lower prices.
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Salinas
Calif
Watsonville
Central
California
Michigan fruit market survey nearing completion
Detroit market survey underway to determine if Michigan fruits vegetables and farm produce receive favorable consideration by trade. Under H P Albaugh director of the bureau of markets and state agriculture commissioner James F Thomson the study aims to gauge department of agriculture trade practices in Detroit and Lansing.
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Detroit
Lansing
Mich
James‘f. Thomson
Agericulture
Michigan
H. P. Albaugh
Edmore
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Retailers Exempt From AAA License Debate Outcome
Washington April 26 The House Committee on Agriculture decided to exempt retail merchants from licensing provisions in the AAA amendments. The panel reported the amendments largely unchanged, retaining Wallace plan for granaries processing taxes and use of customs receipts to aid export markets. It also extends authority to license processors and distributors to enforce former marketing agreements despite protests from a majority of those groups.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
House of Representatives Committee On Agriculture
Wallace
AAA Faces Test in Grand Rapids Milk Price War
Grand Rapids Michigan April 26 The Modern Milk Company holding welfare milk contract and licensed under the AAA marketing agreement cut retail milk prices to 2 3e a quart prompting rivals to follow The firm offered milk testing 3 5 per cent butterfat or higher at 6 7c a quart and sold cash and carry from welfare milk depots Government auditors allegedly denied access to the books prompting a push to revoke the dairy license Competitors accused the government of allowing a welfare distributor to wreck the market as they urged immediate AAA action or market withdrawal Previously prices ranged 9 to le a quart with welfare contract price at 5 78c a quart
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Modern
Tuly
Leon C. Coller
Michigan
George Johnson
AAA
Washington
Johnson
Daniel J. Coyne Sr Celebrates 72nd Birthday in Chicago
Daniel J. Coyne Sr of D J Coyne & Co celebrated his 72nd birthday last week. A party was held Sunday at his son D J Coyne Jr’s home. Coyne, once with Coyne Brothers, is a veteran Chicago produce trader respected nationwide for his role in the family business.
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Chicago
Daniel J. Coyne
D. J. Coyne & Co
D. J. Coyne, Jr
Coyne
Coyne Brothers
D. J. Coyne, Sr
D. J. ‘Coyne, Jr
Onion Market Signals Lower Prices in Detroit
On April 26 onion supplies in Detroit were moving to lower prices as new stock arrived and old onions were of poor quality. Canadian yellows opened at 1.50 to 1.60 per 50 pound sack, Texas yellows No 1s traded around 2.50, commercials at 2.00, and U S commercial wax priced near 2.26.
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Detroit
Texas
U. S
Strawberry Market Reports Light Strawberries and Dull Trade
Receipts of strawberries were light in Detroit in April. Trading was dull, especially on quarts. Alabama 24-quart crates of No 1 Missions sold at 3.50 to 4. Klondykes moved 3.50 to 3.25. Louisiana 24-pint crates of best Klondykes brought 2.50 to 2.60.
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Detroit
Alabama
Louisiana
Chicago Street Notes Highlight Trade Visits and Local Events
Dudley Brown of Brown and Lee in Kansas City visited Chicago last week. The first Texas cucumber shipment reached the city this season and was received by R. J1. Dietz & Co. Alvin Schatz toured Gridley and related firms in Florida and Michigan for company deals. H. A. Hopkins of Minneapolis and Fred Piowaty of South Bend visited the trade this week. Malmin returned north to superv ise potato deals in Michigan and Wisconsin. Jack Kramer returned from southern shipping sections. Chicago Cold Storage building undergoes a spring cleaning for Easter. D. J. Coyne sr marked his 72nd birthday with a family gathering. Irwin Horwitz and wife welcomed a seven pound baby boy on Good Friday. Mother and child reported to be doing well.
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Irwin Horwitz
Shippers Bay Supply Company
Horowitz
Favorable Tomato and Melon Marketing Vote in Wa and Or
In Yakima Washington on April 26 the Washington and Oregon tomato and melon growers approved the marketing agreement 820 to 232. Growers occupying 4 318 acres supported it while 887 acres opposed. Kennewick and Pasco were the only Washington communities voting against the code more than for it. Of 119 old growers with 562 acres and 42 new growers with 48 acres, neither vote count is shown for all. Sixty eight percent of growers controlling 82 percent of acreage favored the code. Planting of tomatoes in the Yakima valley has begun for two weeks and canta lope planting has run for a week, with a two week delay in the season.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington
Oregon
H. G. Hawkins
Kennewick
Pasco
Yakima Valley
Chicago Potato Market Sees Heavy Arrivals This Week
Arrivals on the Chicago market were heavy this week and demand fairly satisfactory. Idaho Russets, No. 1s quoted at 2.06 to 2.15 per cwt, commercials 1.75 to 1.80. Wisconsin and Michigan whites rated 0.70 to 0.82 per cwt.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cabbage Market Rules Firm in Chicago Report
Cabbage prices held firm this week with solid receipts of fairly good stock. Supplies moved readily as California Iceberg crates sold for 3.50 to 3.50, Florida hampers 1.40 to 2.40, half crates 1.25 to 1.10, and North and South Carolina hampers 2.00 to 2.26 with half crates 1.60.
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Chicago
California
Florida
North
South Carolina
Centralia fruit trade updates and new arrivals
Roy Frazier elected city commissioner amid fruit market chatter. Officials announce Karl Merkel’s return to Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange and new headquarters in Carbondale. Cobden and Anna markets expand with seven stalls and new warehouses as rhubarb and asparagus shipments begin. Allen Johnson Fruit Exchange forms in Mounds led by Allan Johnson with Harry Leslin handling shipping.
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Harry Day
Illinois Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Karl Merkel
Exchange
Merkel
Carbondale
Louisiana
Cobden
Peoples Fruit & ‘Vegetable Growers Exchange
B. C. Jarrel Company
Humboldt, Tenn
Egyptian Producers Exchange, Inc
Anna
Mounds
Allan Johnson
Iis
Allen Johnson Fruit Exchange
Harry Leslin
St. Louis
Leslin
Johnson
Leslin Gaid
Bradford County Strawberry Festival Seen as Success
Berry Festival a Succ Starke Florida April 26 The Bradford County Strawberry Festival held here last week was a great success and talks of incorporating a festival association to sponsor the celebration annually. This is the second festival and it was sponsored this year by the Jones Langford White Post of the American Legion.
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Starke, Fla
Bradford County
Jones- Langford-White Post
American Legion
Yakima Valley Fruit and Vegetable Shipments
Yakima Wash April 26 The Yakima valley shipped 275 cars of apples for the week ended April 18, down from 354 the prior week and 140 a year earlier. For the 1984-35 season through April 18 total movement reached 11,348 cars, up from 8,052 last year. Potato shipments were 123 cars, vs 136 and 122 in the prior week and year. Total fruit and vegetable shipments last week were 400 cars, versus 492 and 305 in corresponding periods. The season’s total movement reached 23,949 cars, up from 19,287 a year ago.
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Yakima
Wash
Yakima Valley
Farm Credit Lowers Rates Further Amid Lands Banks Move
The Farm Credit Administration announced another rate cut this week as Federal Land Banks join the trend, marking the lowest borrowing costs in agricultural history. The move is expected to ease financing for farmers and ranchers amid ongoing market pressures and borrowing needs.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks Now
Farm Credit Cuts Rates and Speeds Loan Approvals
The agency authorized loans at 4 percent, down from the prior 4 percent rate. This marks the second fractional reduction in the interest charge since April. Emergency seed fertilizer spray and feed loans are now processed within a week after filing, a new record for speed.
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Farm Credit Administration
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Morida
Gridley, Maxon & Co. Inc
H. A. Hopkins
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Co. E. Malmin
Mahaffey Commission Company
Jack Kramer
Kramer Brothers
Chicago Cold Storage, Warehouse Company
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Frazier & Wooters
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Tom Falkoner
Brock-Eisner Distributing Company
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Miss ‘Aldred
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John Clutts
J. R. Clutts & Son
Cardinals
T. Harden
J. R. McClung
Cooperative Shippers
Villa Ridge
Mr. McClung
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Cohen & Gordon
J. Lerner & Son
N. Lerner
Corpus Christi
J. Lerner
Mobile
Bacon. Bros., Inc
Produce Exchange
Phone Canal
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Samuel Vitale
Detroit Union Produce Terminal
Seng Fruit Company
Detroit, Mich
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Geo. Hitz& Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Andrews Brothers
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