Kansas City Prepares for Fruit Men Convention Delights Expected
The 37th annual Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention in Kansas City is shaping up with full plans and strong advance reservations. Committees report progress on business programs and lavish entertainment to welcome visitors, with special trains and hotel space assured as attendance grows.
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Kansas City
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Kirk F. Mitchell
W. H. J. Kavanagh
Special Trains Planned for Western Fruit Jobbers Convention
Chicago dispatch outlines four to five special trains for the 32nd Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention in Kansas City January 21 to 24. Plans include a President's Special from Detroit, consolidated at Chicago, plus trains from Texas and New Orleans, California and eastern points, and Idaho/Northwest routes. Details cover departure, connections, and hospitality en route.
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Chicago
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Kansas City
Muehlebach
Detroit
St. Louis
Texas
New Orleans
California
Points
Idaho
Northwest
Willam L. Wagner
Produce Packer sample copy offer for trade readers
A note explains the Produce Packer weekly newspaper targets shippers and distributors in exes, poultry, butter, hides, wool and fur, and offers free sample copies by request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Larger Railroads Offer Shippers Convenient Truck Service West of Chicago
Chicago December 20. Major western railroads reach an agreement to provide complete pickup and delivery motor truck service without raising freight rates. The plan covers Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and Wyoming, with tariffs filed at the ICC and a January 20, 1936, start. Existing car and commodity rates may include the new service, while shipments from outside the territory incur a five cent per hundredweight extra charge. shippers delivering freight within the territory receive a fifteen cent per cwt allowance.
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
I.c
Light Texas citrus shipments through holidays seen
Harlingen Texas officials report citrus movement will be light for ten days as packing plants close for holidays. About 3,100 cars moved to date, grapefruit majority, with total commercial crop estimated around 7,000 cars. After January 1 remaining shipments expected about 3,000 cars grapefruit and 760 cars oranges.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas
Checking Further in Gelb Assignment
Creditors meeting in New York discussed Nathan Gelb's recent assignment for his fruit and vegetable business. A 20 to 33 percent cash settlement offer was rejected, a seven member committee was formed to audit books and merchandise flow, and a 5 percent assessment financed initial examination. Liabilities stood at about 15,000 against assets of 2,600, with a possible additional fund if needed.
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New York
The
Fruit and Produce Association
Nathan Gelb
Gelb
New Potato Act Checks Deal in Southern Texas
Potato growers face delays under the Potato Control Act as tax exempt stamps are scarce. In Brownsville Texas December 20 A. E Brownsville reports that only a fraction of the required stamps has been issued, hampering movement of the fall crop. San Benito received the first stamps pro rated to growers, with more promised later and relief sought from Secretary Wallace.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Arc Rive
Wallace
Brokers Meeting During W F J A Convention Scheduled
Chicago dispatch reports arrangements by the Western Fruit Jobbers Association for a special broker meeting during the annual convention in Kansas City. The session will be at 1 30 p m Tuesday January 21 in the Junior Trianon room Muehlebach hotel Kansas City Missouri.
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Chicago
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Kansas City
Muehlebach
William L. Wagner
New York League Branch Serves Turkey Dinner
New York December 20 A turkey dinner with all the trimmings held by the local branch of the National League drew a large attendance. Discussion centered on proposed changes for sale and delivery of perishables at piers and street level. Most members plan to attend the Baltimore national convention next month by various travel modes. Fletcher T Cochran president and Grover C Spangler secretary are energizing monthly meetings.
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National League
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Fletcher T. Cochran
Grover C. Spangler
New York Needy Children to Receive Gifts of Fruit
New York announces gifts of fruit for needy children before Christmas. A consign ment of 800 boxes of oranges arrives Monday, with a solid car of apples from upstate. The Clyde Mallory Line pier will display the fruit donated by Florida shippers and Creel B Jones of the United States Fruit Service supervises distribution next Monday with cameras planned.
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New York
Joseph Sicker
Franklin Street
Clyde Mallory Steamship Lines
Florida
Creel B. Jones
United States Fruit Service
Long Island City
Clyde Mallory
Baltimore League convention social program announced
An extensive entertainment schedule for the National League convention in Baltimore January 7 to 10 was released by the entertainment committee led by L Wilson Davis. Events include receptions luncheons dinners dancing bridge and tours of Fort McHenry Annapolis Naval Academy and the State House. The banquet will feature state and city officials as guests of honor.
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Fort McHenry
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George Washington
Davia
F. B. Green
Lord ‘Baltimore
Calvert ‘Ball
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herbert Newcomb
Old Annapolis
Carvel Hall
Pennsylvania Enforces Color Added Oranges Rules
Harrisburg Pa December 20 All citrus dealers must comply with state rules on color added oranges. Oranges must have 9 percent total soluble solids and be stamped to show color is applied. Colored oranges cannot be mixed with uncolored fruit and stores must display conspicuous notices. Prosecution will follow infractions.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Agriculture
French
Department of Agriculture
How a Cut Price Reduced Cranberry Sales at Beaumont
Beaumont, Tex. December 12, 1936 A belated report to The Packer on Thanksgiving asks whether price cutting boosts fresh fruit and vegetable sales. A&P stores sold cranberries at 17 cents per pound retail with suppliers at 19 cents. One grocer sold 19 cent cost berries at 23 cents and moved about ten pounds, while others saw little response. The letter questions if cut price ads actually raise fresh fruit sales and notes limited impact at nearby stores.
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Beaumont
Tex
A Christmas Thought on Unity and Brotherhood
A Christmas meditation contrasts a brief yearly utopia where jealousy fades and universal fellowship prevails with the harshness of everyday life. It urges that genuine Christianity means lasting brotherhood among all people and nations, hoping for its full fruition beyond Christmas Week.
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Herald Angels
Color Added Citrus Fruit To Court Test
Florida fruit industry debates legality of color added oranges after Secretary Wallace warned action under the Food and Drugs Act. The practice, used to improve appearance, prompted packers to install colorizing machinery and now faces potential interstate shipping penalties beginning September 1, 1936.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Dee
Cour‘s
Florida
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Packer
Public hearing on peach weight estimates set in New York
A hearing will be held before the General Freight Committee of the Trunk Line Association at 143 Liberty street on Tuesday January 7 to establish estimated weight on peaches in bush el baskets within Trunk Line territory. Shippers receivers and interested parties are invited to attend.
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New York
General Freight Committee
Trunk Line Association
Liberty Street
Trunk Line
Ladin’s debt extension requested on market obligation
William Ladin, a fruits and vegetables robber living at 314 Washington Street, sought extra time to pay about $2,600 owed to the local market. He offered 32 1 3 percent in six months, the same in 12 months, with the balance in 18 months. Creditors’ reaction was not yet known. Exports show United States and Canada apples for week ending December 14 at 40,402 barrels and 139,272 boxes. total exports to date 2,209,986 barrels and 4,511,621 boxes, versus last year’s 1,038,445 barrels and 8,239,044 boxes to this date.
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New York
William Ladin
Washington Street
United States
Canada
International Apple Association
Meeting of Creditors of Lazar H. Frankel & Co Inc
Creditor meeting in New York on December 20 at the Fruit and Produce Trade Association discussed liquidation of Lazar H. Frankel & Co Inc a brokerage in the Bronx Terminal Market. Frankel offered liquidation with creditors pressing a 26 percent cash settlement within two weeks a plan reportedly agreeable though the firm faces about 7500 in liabilities with 5500 tied to the shipping section.
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New York
Lazar H. Frankel & Co., Inc
Bronx Terminal
Fruit and Produce Trade Association
Frankel
Joint Potato Conference Program Set for Jan 14
Chicago announces the program for the joint potato conference between the National Potato Division and the National Potato Association, with officials from the Potato Control Section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The meeting on January 14 at 10 a.m. in Palmer House Room 14 will open with P. C. Miller and be presided by J. F. Jardine, as Clark Drury notes the current season differs due to early freezes and new marketing supervision likely affecting prices and grower returns.
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Chicago
National Potato Division
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
National Potato Association
Potato Control Section
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Palmer House
P. C. Miller
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association
J. F. Jardine
Clark Drury
Predicts Michigan Growers Will Ignore Potato Law
Lansing, Mich December 20 James F Thomson Michigan State Commissioner of Agriculture predicts Michigan will never accept the 14 767 000 bushel quota under the Potato Act and that growers and consumers will join in a strike against the federal potato control program He says it will be impossible for federal authorities to arrest a majority of the state's population He adds that a quota of 17 000 000 bushels would have been acceptable to the states growers and consumers
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Lansing
Mich
James F. Thomson
Michigan
Thomson
Indifferent Shippers Reply to AAA Order Referendum
In Los Angeles on December 20, shipper turnout for the new California and Arizona orange and grapefruit handling order was low. Only three responses were received from forms sent to record shippers, with two voting for the agreement and one against.
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Los Angeles
AAA
California
Arizona
Wallace
Washington
Porter Taylor
General Crops Section
W. C. Frackelton
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Exchange grow+ “ers ag
Mutual Orange Distributors
Bruce McDaniel
Taylor
Ordg.s
Té&Te
United States
Potatoes 1935 crop revised at 356 million bushels
Washington reports the 1935 potato crop at 356,406,000 bushels, about 29,000,000 fewer than last year and 7,000,000 below the 1928-32 five year average. The revision adds roughly 2,600,000 bushels over the November preliminary estimate, with state by state figures shown in thousands of bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
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