Onion set crop around Chicago expected to fall
Heavy rains and smaller acreage reduce the onion set crop around Chicago compared with last year. The Chicago area plus adjacent regions face a likely below normal supply, though quality is expected to be good. Industry interviews note a liberal decrease in onion sets available this season with higher prices anticipated later.
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Chicago
South
Holland
Lansing
Illinois
Mount Prospect
Wisconsin
United States
Packer Mag
G. J. Schatz
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Adjaraller
Aririemenema Meer
Delbert R Gourley Died Sunday in St Louis
Delbert R Gourley died Sunday at 7 am in St Louis at St Johns hospital after a long illness. He was 42 and long identified with the fruit and vegetables industry. He worked for W H J Kavanagh, operated Gourley Company in Chicago, then shipped in Texas, managed Auretin Lime, and last summer joined L Gillarde Company. Funeral in Chicago at St Ignatius Church with burial at Fairmount. Survived by widow Cecilia son Raymond and daughter Mrs Ethel Abbott.
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Chicago
Delbert R. Gourley
St. Louis
St.John’s Hospital
Gourley
W. H. J. Kavanagh
Texas
Auratin Lime Corporation
L. Gillarde Company
Del
St. Ignatius Church
Fairmount Cemetery
William Garfitt
Stands& Fruit & Steamship Company
L. Gillarde, Jr
Robert L. Berner
Robert L. Berner Company
Ben Aaron
Shapiro Brothers Distributing Company
W. H. J.°avanagh
John R. Baldwin
Baldwin-Pope Marketing Company
Cecilia
Raymond
Ethel Abbott
The Produce Packer sample copy offer
A brief note announces The Produce Packer weekly newspaper, separate from The Packer edition, focusing on market news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Highlights in News This Week Preview
Movement in Red River seed and winter crops dominate the week. Chicago onion nets and Idaho potato plans mix with federal talks in Washington. Canadian dealers plot a January 10 12 meet while Imperial lettuce deals move slowly. Obscure entries include a fatality in St Louis and wage-law protests.
Idaho Growers Plan 12 Day Convention Tour to West Coast
The Growers and Shippers Association of Idaho plans a 12 day rail tour to Phoenix Imperial Valley southern California central California and the Los Angeles convention of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. The trip runs from January 19 with departures through Boise Idaho Falls Pocatello Ogden and Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. Rates start at 90 dollars per person with two person berths at 159 dollars. Travel by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, with meals not included in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Nampa
Idaho
Salt River Valley
Phoenix
Imperial ‘Valley
California
Central California
Los Angeles
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Growers and Shippers Association of Idaho
Austin
E. Anson
San Francisco
Boulder Dam
Lake Mead
Las Vegas
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Boise
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Ogden
Salt Lake City
el Centro
Last Week Exports of Apples Reported
Rochester New York December 30 exports of apples for the week ending December 24 were 78892 barrels and 242930 boxes. The season totals reached 1886989 barrels and 4913471 boxes while the previous year at the same time showed 1646971 barrels and 4337806 boxes. Ports of import for supplies last week follow.
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Rochester
N. Y
International Apple Association
Lutz Wins Fourth 1939 Onion Contract for Russel Produce
Russell H. Lutz of Russel Produce Co returns from Pleasant Valley Iowa where his firm earned the 1939 contract for distributing the United Onion Growers Co operative Association crop. This marks the fourth time he has secured the contract as Illinois growers plan near normal acreage this season Beason Illinois area noted.
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Chicago
Russel H. Lutz
Russel Produce Company
Pleasant Valley
United Onion Growers Co-Operative Association
Lutz
Beason
Lettuce Sixes Stir Phoenix Area Shipping Debate
About 800 to 900 carloads of lettuce are ripening in Salt River valley fields with half likely six dozen size. Shippers plan to decide over the weekend whether to resume sixes after a withholding order through January 2. If sixes return, packing costs rise. production shifts to Yuma and Imperial Valleys as districts weigh size controls.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
Phoenix Aa
Yuma
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Contex Pone
B. Ca
Unpaid Check Tied to S Turkin, 1938 DC to Florida Pursuit
New York dispatch reports Frederick Opolinsky & Bon, Inc. sends details about a man named S Turkin who cashed a $125.46 check in 1937 from City Bank Washington DC that bounced. He was traced to 310 Delafield NW, DC, then left for the south and was linked to warrants by DC District Attorney. He reportedly headed toward east coast Florida, with blond hair and a small mustache.
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New York
Packer
S. Turkin
Washington, D. C
S. Turk
Delafield N. W
Washington, D
South
District of Columbia
Washington
Florida
Miami
Frederick Opolinsky & Bon, Inc
Imperial Valley lettuce deal starts slowly in week
Brawley Calif Dec 30 Imperial valley lettuce deal under way with light shipments early in the week averaging 11 cars daily. Through midweek total 52 cars versus 457 by same date last season. Expecting not more than 140 cars for the week as frosts slow maturity. Market steady with f.o.b. cash track prices mostly 1.40 per crate for fours to fives, some fours and sixes at 1.25. Most cars graded U S No 1.
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U. S
Seedless Watermelon Breakthrough At Science Convention
Richmond Virginia December 380 Amid many science feats at the American Society for the Advancement of Science convention Cheong Yin Wong a 27 year old Chinese graduate student at Michigan State College described producing seedless watermelons by growth promoting hormones in dilute acids He bagged the plant blossom to prevent pollination then removed the male flower part and treated the female portion with chemical stimulants.
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Richmond
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Cheong-Yin Wong
Michigan State College
Wong
Winnipeg to Host Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Meeting
The Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Association plans its annual convention January 10 to 12 at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. Leaders expect a large turnout from across Canada and the U S with talks on trade, duties, minimum wages, inspections, and trucking.
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Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Association
Winnipeg
Canada
Fort Garry
Association
Halifax
Vancouver
United States
K. W. Ross
Winnipeg Fruit Jobbers Association
J. W. Clarke
John Queen
A. McCallum
Blue Ribbon Fruit Co Owes Nearly 30000 in Bankruptcy
Des Moines Iowa December 30 The Blue Ribbon Fruit Company bankruptcy shows total debts of 29276.74 and assets 11680.29. Unsecured debts total 26484.09 with 2643.90 secured. Debts include 5364.05 to the president and 2727.84 to the vice president. Largest asset is machinery valued 8063.30. Open account debts 1344.31 stock in trade under 1000 and cash under 1000. Creditors may receive 16 percent. officers offer to cancel their claims. First creditors meeting set for January 6 before Ray C Fountain in the U S District Court House.
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Des Moines
Blue Ribbon Fruit Company
Packer
Ray C. Fountain
United States District Court House
Cold Storage Executives Enjoy Christmas Luncheon
Chicago December 30 officials of the Chicago cold storage houses held a Christmas party luncheon at the Sherman Hotel. Broiled squab and turkey dominated the menu with festive music and small Christmas tree place cards. Gifts and favors added to the holiday mood while a poem satirizing each guest was a highlight. The event was described as lively and enjoyable.
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Chicago
Sher Nan
Potato Men in Conference at Washington D C
Representatives from about 30 states met with Agriculture Department and AAA officials to review the potato industry and discuss a possible 1939 program. The session noted soil conservation payments and shifting to marketing plans, with growers deciding next steps as the National League convenes in Virginia Beach.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Cavalier
Virginia Beach
Cabbage Market Steady in Western New York
Albion New York December 30 cabbage market held steady amid slower inquiry as the post holiday period dampens demand. Danish sacked sales hovered around 7 8 dollars per ton with occasional higher bids. Shipments fell to 15 to 28 cars daily, state movement totaling about 4310 cars by mid week, roughly 600 more than last season at this point.
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Albion
N. Y
Norfolk convention details promise standout event for 1939
Joseph H. Baker, general chairman, outlines the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors convention at Virginia Beach January 10 to 13. He notes 500 registrations so far, plans full business sessions with expert speakers, and a memorable entertainment lineup including Tidewater Virginia trips and festive side trips for attendees and spouses.
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Norfolk
Joseph H. Baker
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Virginia Beach
Blong
Tidewater
Virginia
Great Democrat Byrd Speaks Out On Liberalism And Government
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia rebukes liberalism and government spending in a Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers address. He argues true democracy requires thrift and prudence, defends fiscal restraint, and criticizes mythologizing of liberal policies while praising restraint and constitutional independence.
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Harry F. Byrd
Winchester
Democatic
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers
Washington
Senate
United States
America
Virginia
David Walsh
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Seed Potato Movement Forecast For Red River Region
Grand Forks North Dakota December 30 seed potatoes show light December shipments but higher prices with a brisk movement expected over the next three months. North Dakota and Minnesota face smaller total shipments than last season due to crop failures in western North Dakota and the sand-land district of Minnesota.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Twin City
Exempts Country Bean Elevators From Wage and Hour Law
Lansing December 30 Administrator Elmer Andrews of the Wage and Hour Division amended the definition of area of production in the bean industry and exempted country bean elevators from hours and wages provisions. The move aims to prevent higher farm prices by shielding producers from labor cost increases, as hand picked beans yield lower payments than mechanical methods. Not all elevators are exempt. large central plants near farms remain under the law, with potential court action on exemptions for these facilities. Public hearings had been held a month earlier and dealers had laid off thousands of pickers awaiting costs clarity.
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Lansing
Mich
Elmer Andrews
Department of Laor
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