Government Purchases of Idaho Produce Record
In Idaho through December 9 the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation bought 481 cars of fresh apples. The program links dried apple purchases to Idaho fresh apple supplies and aims to move surplus produce quickly with lower costs. Also bought large quantities of Idaho potatoes and about 1,200,000 bushels of surplus dry green peas, with plans being considered to buy dry beans to aid southern Idaho bean growers.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Aaho
Gem State
Mrs Laura Schuman Dies in Los Angeles Age 90
Word from Los Angeles reports Mrs Laura Schuman widow of Sam Schuman and mother of Meyer Schuman of Meyer Schuman Company died Monday morning. She was 90 and known to Chicago fruit and vegetable trade. Funeral services held in Los Angeles. Consumers bureau created in Michigan Department of Agriculture to study consumer issues and counter fraud and misleading ads.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Laura Schuman
Sam Schuman
Meyer Schuman
Meyer Schuman Company
Consumers’ Bureau
Lansing
Mich
State Department of Agriculture
Michigan
National
Consumers Counsel
Washington
Murphy
Chicago Street Notes Highlight Traders and Visitors
M W Miller of M W Miller & Co visited Chicago on business from Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Joe R Clyde Chicago Northwestern Railway perishable agent visited South Water Market. Emanuel Denholtz and Abe Denholtz of Newark stopped in Chicago visiting Harry Goldberg. J K James St Louis Southwestern Lines agent called on trade. Arthur Serra Havana Cuba spent days in Chicago. Bruce McKinstry Entlat Washington headquartered with American Fruit Growers. Miss Marjorie Guill Carlot Potato Association heads home to Memphis Texas for holidays. W Goldstein Seatrain Lines Western agent met with Arthur Serra & Co. A L Littlefield Bemis Bag Co St Louis visited South Water Market. James V Mari ani & Co. returned from Miami Beach vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Goldstein
Seatrain Lines, Inc
St. Louis
Chicago
Arthur Serra & Co
Bankruptcy Petition Filed by John Bolone Lafata Detroit Firm
Detroit December 24. A bankruptcy petition was filed December 17 by Earl McNeil and Paul Lafata doing business as John Bolone Lafata a Detroit produce firm in the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division. Debts totaled 65255.46 with assets 14179.65 and a receiver Harry C. McVeigh appointed. The firm ceased operations weeks earlier after creditors rejected a plan to freeze accounts and inject new capital to continue business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Earl McNeil
Paul Lafata
John Bolone-Lafata
District Court of the United States
United States
Harry C. McVeigh
First Florida Celery Car Arrives in Chicago Wednesday
Chicago reports the first car of Florida celery to reach the city this season. Circle P brand celery from Palmer Farms Growers Co operative Association Sarasota Fla was shipped and received by Gridley Maxon Co Inc, sole distributors for these brands in the Chicago market.
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Chicago
Palmer Farms Growers Co-operative Association
Sarasota
Fla
Circle P
I.W.P
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
First Florida New Potatoes Reach Chicago Market
Florida onions or new potatoes arrive on the Chicago market from Florida. Bliss Triumph variety, packed in 50 pound crates. Cars arrived last Thursday. Firms receiving a car include Gridley Maxon & Co Inc Friedman & Sons and Merkel Brothers Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Chicago
Triumph
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Friedman & Sons
Merkel Brothers Company
Good Demand For Green Vegetables On Chicago Market
Chicago market reports steady demand for green vegetables with ample supplies ahead of the holidays. Prices ranged with beans easing to $1.75–3.25 for wax beans, Califorina crates at $1.75–2.60, cucumbers firm, lettuce steady, and peppers and tomatoes showing active, steady trade amid ample offerings.
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South Water
Cericago Commission
W. Coppersmith
Chicago
Florida
California
Illinois
Arizona
Long Island
Michigan
Texas
Virginia
Tennessee
Jilinoia Nancy Halls
Indiana
Nancy Halls
Louisiana
New Jersey
Floridas
Ohio
Good Christmas Trade in Fruits at Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Mich December 24 Apples moved well this week in gift boxes but prices stayed steady except for extra fancy Northern Spys and Red Delicious at up to 1.50 a bushel. No 1 winter varieties sold 75 cents to 1 a bushel with some Spys and Delicious to 1.26. Citrus also popular in gifts. onions and celery strongest in vegetables with Yellow Globe onions at 1.20 a 60 pound sack and celery 25 to 40 cents a dozen. Potatoes steady at 80 to 90 cents per 100 pounds. Haulings light due to bad roads.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Disastrous Christmas Tree Deal Hits Chicago Market
Chicago reports a disastrous Christmas tree season with 267 carloads arriving by Thursday, up from 204 last year and 150 in 1935, while demand narrowed and prices fell to 25 50 cents per bundle for low grade stock and as low as 5 cents. Some straight cars moved at 35 to 40 dollars.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Montana
Canadian
New England
Twin Cities Street Notes on Fresh Fruit Meeting Attendees
W. W. Stevens of the Louisiana and Missouri Strawberry Exchanges visits Twin Cities. Archie Flack of EB Bernier & Sons plans to sail from Liverpool December 31 and reach New York January 6 to attend the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association convention in New Orleans. Sam Freed from Minnesota Fruit and Produce heads south in January for the meeting. Twin Cities residents Gordon Smith, William A. White Jr., Dave Posnick, Arthur Bernier and Archie Flack are listed as attending the New Orleans gathering. others may join, weather slows Wednesday deliveries in mild conditions.
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Archie Flack
Eb, Bernier & Sons, Inc
England
Gail
Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Sam Freed
Minnesota Fruit and Produce Company
Twin Cities
Gordon Smith
C. H. Robinson Company
William A. White, Jr
W. A. White Brokerage Company
Dave Posnick
Morris Fruit and Produce, Company
Arthur Bernier
E. E. Bernier & Sons, Inc
Mendelson to Enter Florida Importing Exporting Business
St Paul December 24 Abe Mendelson prominent northwest fruit jobber will depart about January 1 for Florida to begin a new importing and exporting venture. Details remain unrevealed as plans are outlined and headquarters will be established at a Florida seacoast city. The local firm he has operated in St Paul for four years continues under Al Sezer with Mendelson retaining ownership.
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St. Paul
Abe Mendelson
Florida
Mendelson
Packerman
Florida Seacoast
al Sezer
Mendelson's Departure Shocks Twin Cities Trade Circle
Abe Mendelson, a long time produce jobber, announced plans to leave his midwest South area post to pursue a future connection abroad. His Minneapolis store, run by Louis Bearman, has been sold to Bearman and taken over. A farewell dinner with about 100 colleagues honored Mendelson, who received a wrist watch as tribute.
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South
Middle West
Twin Cities
Northwest
Minneapolis
Louis Bearman
Mr. Bearman
Mendleson
Charles Weidlocker
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Sam Labovitch
Abe
Mendelson
Labovitch
Al-Sezer
Abe Mendelgon
Weidlocker
Sam Freed
Minnesota Fruit and Produce Company
Leon K. Stein & Co
Leo
Pretzger
Duluth
Clare McGuire
Yale Johnson
Vern Culbertson
Culbertson-Chisam Company
George Bernier
E. Bernier & Sons
Bechter and Larsen Introduced at St Paul Athletic Club
Bechter and Clarence Larsen of the C Robinson Company were introduced at a party celebrating retirement of Jack Nelson from Tubbesing and Nelson. Abe received a rising vote of goodwill from attendees at the St Paul Athletic Club in St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bechter
Clarence Larsen
C. Robinson Company
Jack Nelson
Tubbesing & Nelson
Abe
St. Paul Athletic Club
St. Paul
Champion Taster of Dixie Identifies Ice Cream Flavors
Richmond based 8. g. Smith, director of the state dairy and food division, is hailed as champion ice cream taster at the Dairy Industries Exposition in New Orleans. At 90 he was praised for his skill in blindfold tests, distinguishing grades of the same flavor and detecting genuine versus artificial flavoring.
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Champion Taster
Richmond
g.Smith
State Dairy and Food Division
Champion
Dixie
Dairy Industries Exposition
New Orleans
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.H. Weaver & CO
Carlot and
South Water Market
Missner CO
Wellinston
Oregon
Toa
Rubin Produce Co., Inc
Us Toemien
Smith-Cordes CO
Oneaco
Celvers
S. H
Chicago Street Notes
M. W. Miller
M. W. Miller & Co
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Joe R. Clyde
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
San Francisco
Emanuel Denholtz
Joseph Denholtz & Son, Inc
Newark
N. J
Harry Goldberg
Pacific Coast
J. K. James
St. Louis-Southwestern Lines
Arthur Serra
Havana
Cuba
Bruce McKinstry
Entlat, Wash
The
American Fruit Growers Inc
Marjorie Guill
Carlot Potato Association
Memphis
Tex
A. L. Littlefield
Bemis Bro., Bag Company
James V. Mariani
James V. Mariani & Co
Miami Beach
John Bolone- Lafata
Oddo
Caruso Fruit Distributors, Inc
Chicago, Ill
Faia
Caruso Produce CO. Inc
Syracuse,n. Y
Caruso & Cohn, Inc
Albany, Nn
Y. Arbavaruvartaltsrutaaarssrarataats
Syracuse
W. W. Stevens
Louisiana Strawberry Exchange
Hammond
Missouri Strawberry Exchange
Neosho
H. Anderson & Co
Chandler-Allen Co
F. C
U. D
Cadico Modern Produce
Wert Randolph
Root Realty Co
Root St
Oriocago
Woodstock Gee
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