John A Petersen Dies in Chicago Market Trader at 79
John A Petersen of Chicago died last Saturday after a stroke. A Danish immigrant born in Ryland, he came to the U.S. at 18, served in the army during the Indian wars, and ran a potato cabbage and onion business since 1905. Funeral held Tuesday in Maywood with burial at Mount Olive cemetery. Survived by two sons Arthur H and Charles E. business to continue as before.
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John A. Petersen
Petersen
Ryland
Denmark
United States Army
Lake Street
Second Avenue
Maywood
Mount Olive Cemetery
Arthur H
Charles E. Petersen
Arthur H. Petersen
Honor Two Fruit Growers at Mich. Society Banquet
Grand Rapids Mich Dec 3 The Michigan State Horticultural Society honored two veteran fruit growers at its annual banquet Henry Kraft and Philip Klenk of Sparta with honorary certificates for service to the industry Kraft built the first successful air cooled storage plant in Michigan and Klenk helped pioneer mechanical storage plants and advised storage practices to growers from the Ozarks to New York State
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Mich
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Michigan
Henry Kraft
Philip Klenk
Sparta
Peach Ridge
Roy E. Marshall
Michigan State College
Horticultural Society
Kraft
Mr. Klenk
Mr. Kraft
Ozarks
New York State
Early Triumph potatoes arrive from Texas and California
In Chicago on December 9 dealers S Friedman & Sons reported the first Early Triumph potatoes of the season from Texas and California. A car from Texan Triumphs shipped by A J LeFort Jr and packed in crates arrived, followed by a California Triumphs car from Enos-Mosher Company. The firm, a major potato handler, plans further Triumphs and is booking seed Cobblers and Triumphs for immediate and future delivery.
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California
Chicago
Triumph
S. Friedman & Sons
A. J. LeFort, Jr
Harlingen
Tex
Enos-Mosher Company
San Francisco
Idaho
Colorado
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Emmet County Leads Potato Yield in State
Emmet county tops the state in potato yield per acre this year. The state crop reporting service records an average of 226 bushels per acre for Emmet, followed by Antrim at 216. The statewide average is 120 bushels.
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Petoskey
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Emmet County
Antrim
Wagner Replies to Mendelson On Treasure Island Build-Up
Chicago columnist William L. Wagner writes to Palmer Mendelson in a satirical open letter about Treasure Island and San Francisco projects. He mocks publicity excess, teases the city’s landmarks, and hints at a January 24 to 29, 1939 convention in Los Angeles while urging strong business program participation.
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San Francisco
Oakland
New York
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
Alcatraz
California
Los Angeles
Demosthenes
Rembrandt
Mozart
William L, Wagner
Michigan Honey Institute to Finance Advertising Plan
East Lansing Michigan December 9 The Michigan Honey Institute formed last month will fund a honey advertising and merchandising program through a one dollar per ton assessment on this year’s honey crop. The 1933 crop is projected at 15 million pounds with about 11 000 commercial honey producers in Michigan. Harry D Ellis manager Fruit Produce Packing Inc left for Winchester Virginia to attend the state horticultural society meeting and will return by week’s end.
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Michigan Honey
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan Honey Institute
Michigan
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry D. Ellis
Fruit & Produce Packing, Inc
Winchester
State Horticultural Society
Chicago Green Market Faces Moderate Demand for Vegetables
December market report shows fair demand and plentiful supplies for greens, beans, broccoli, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes. Prices ranged widely with California crates strong on broccoli and lettuce. Florida, Indiana, Missouri and Washington items offering in varying volumes, while overall tone remained steady to easing.
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Tllinois
Bushela
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Mammoth
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Michigan
Missouri
Louisiana
Arizona
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Ohio
Texas
Georgia
Curly
Nancy
Hall
Tennessee
Nancy Halle
Mississippi
J Schatz Sees Improvement in Fresh Fruit Trade
Chicago report from J Schatz of Gridley Maxon & Co. notes sluggish start but improving business in fresh fruit and vegetables since mid October. He cites relieved European tensions, settling wage hour rules, and six week gains in volume, sales, and earnings after a prior summer oversupply that harmed growers and dealers.
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Chicago
J. Schatz
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Mr. Schatz
Sam Schatz Leads Gridley Maxon Twenty Years in Firm
J Schatz known as Sam, president and general manager of Gridley Maxon Co, a Chicago commission house dating to 1895, marks his 20th anniversary with the firm. He rose from assistant sales clerk to top executive and holds roles in the Market Service Association and Credit Association, serves on the South Water Market Club board, and advises the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors.
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J. Schatz
Sam
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
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The
Market Service Association
Credit Association
South Water Market Club
National League of Wholesale Fresh, Fruit & Vegetable Distributors
Michigan Teaching Farmers to Trap
Michigan announces training for farmers in trapping wild animals led by seven state trappers under a 1937 law. The program activates when livestock losses occur and reports show large coyote and wolf catches with substantial bounties paid in the months ahead.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Shippers Hearing in Chicago December 20
The National Perishable Freight Committee will hold a public hearing in Chicago on December 20 at 10 a.m. at Union Station Building Room 808. Shippers may present views or contact the Chairman. Topics include transit of perishable vegetables under dry ice, shipments cooled at origin, detention charges on reconsigned perishables, removal of ice from car bunkers carrying tomatoes, and heater charges between Oregon Idaho and interstate points.
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National Perishable Freight Committee
Committee
Union Station Building
West Jackson Boulevard
Oregon
Idaho
Government Help Sought for Harbor Improvements at Traverse City
Local shippers anticipate federal approval for harbor work after engineers completed a preliminary survey of Grand Traverse Bay and shipping prospects. Washington will review the plan for a breakwater to protect ships and provide docking facilities amid existing small lake and ocean-going traffic.
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Washington
Ecity
Salt Lake City Street Notes
H W Price president Price Brooks Co hurried to San Francisco and back at his desk. Walter Kneiss general agent D L and W R R San Francisco valued on the produce trade this week. Lee Busher division manager Calavo Growers of California Los Angeles visited the Salt Lake City produce trade on the way home from the east. Frank L Fountain division supervisor Pacific Fruit and Produce Company visited Rock Springs over the weekend on company business.
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Price-Brooks Co
San Francisco
Walter Kneiss
San
Lee Sbusher
Calavo Growers of
California
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Enroute
Frank L. Fountain
Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Rock Springs
Detroit Produce Traffic Club Dinner Dance Spotlight
About 125 to 135 members and guests attended the Detroit Produce Traffic Club ninth annual fall dinner dance at Warren Valley Country Club on Saturday night December 8. An 8 o'clock dinner featured an accordion player, with Walter Miller's orchestra providing music for dancing from 9 to 1. The Warren Valley clubhouse and facilities were reserved for the club from 7:30 pm, the clubhouse rebuilt after a fire last year.
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Detroit Produce Traffic Club
Warren Valley Country Club
Walter Miller
Muate
Warren Valley
Traffic Club
Traffic Club party features new dance floor and dining room
The Traffic Club's event praised its fine dance floor and dining space as ideal for the dinner and dance. Committee in charge of arrangements Irving H Wartell chairman Tom E Bell Harry Drury and H C Berns earned lavish praise for planning and execution. Club officers include L H McFaddin president H C Berns vice president and T E Bell secretary treasurer. Morris Ruderman of Louis Ruderman potato and onion shipping in Auburn Ind is ill but continues business via mail and phone from home this week.
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Irving H. Wartell
Tom E. Bell
Harry Drury
H.C. Berns
Trafefic Club
L. H. McFaddin
H. C. Berns
T. E. Bell
Morris Ruderman
Auburn
Ind
Morris Ruaderman
Louis Ruderman
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