Hearings on Bill 10 Regulate Trucks and Buses
Hearings before the Senate committee on interstate commerce examined bill 8,2793 to regulate motor carriers in interstate and foreign commerce. J R Van Arnum of the National League of Commission Merchants urged action aiding shippers and growers while curbing high freight rates and protecting terminal markets. Leo J Flynn of the Interstate Commerce Commission testified first, following an earlier investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merce
Senator Cousens
J. R. van Armum
National League of Commission Merchants
Packer
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On
James Couzens
Michigan
Senate
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
National League of Commission
Miami
National League
Congress
J. R. van Arnum
Leo J. Flynn
Lee Green Loses His Dog in Atlanta News Brief
Atlanta February 6 A colorful local note reports Lee Green of Green and Milam has lost his dog Pewee a Russian wolf hound aged twelve, a social figure at Produce Row and director meetings. The piece blends whimsy with market updates, mentioning brokers, firms, and staff around the street.
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Lee Green
Atlanta
Ike
Japan
Shanghai
China
al Smith
Frank Roosevelt
Hoover
Green
Milam
Lazarus
Pewee
Walter Gray
Charles Stewart Denies Partnership With Joe Foto & Co
New Orleans reports reveal Charles Stewart clarifies his role at Joe Foto & Co in the French market. He states he was only an employee, receiving weekly pay and no involvement with company finances, while noting he did not know the firm’s financial status.
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New Orleans
Joe Foto & Co
Charles Stewart
Joe Foto
Sam Joseph Returns to Business in Springfield
Sam Joseph, once a partner in the Joseph Brothers firm that failed last summer in Kansas City, is now operating the Ozark Fruit Company in Springfield Missouri. The former firm hauled purchases from the Kansas City market by truck and was known as a truck peddler.
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Springfield
Sam Joseph
Joseph Brothers
Kansas City
Ozark Fruit Company
Gawne Co. of Cleveland Seeks Time From Creditors
Cleveland Feb 5 H C Gawne Co Inc asks shippers to wait for payment until conditions improve and they can work out their present difficulties.
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Cleveland, O
H. C. Gawne & Co., Inc
The Produce Packer free sample copy notice
The Produce Packer edition explains it is a weekly newspaper for marketing and trade news of interest to shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool rot etc A free sample copy will be gladly mailed upon request.
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Packer
Perishables Act Hearings in East in Early February
Washington Feb 6 The United States Department of Agriculture announced hearings under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act for February 8 through February 12. Locations include Philadelphia New York Boston Orono and Houston with cases such as Merrill vs Freeman Manatee Fruit Co vs Lazow Stayton Canning Co vs Murphy Puget Packing Co vs Murphy Gresham Berry Growers vs Murphy Lefsky vs White Co Sid Kyman vs Osgood and Ashby & Co vs Eastern Potato Co.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Harry W. Merrill
A. E. Freeman
Manatee Fruit Company
Brownstein & Lazow
New York City
Stayton’ Canning Company
George
Murphy, Inc
Puget Packing Company
Gresham Berry Growers
Boston
Mass
Max Lefsky
J. B. White Company
Orono
Sid Kyman
Osgood
Houston
L. EB. Ashby & Co
Eastern Potato Company
Hebbard and Jones Bankrupt in Utica NY
Hebbard and Jones Inc produce dealers of Trumansburg filed a bankruptcy petition listing assets of 525,554 and liabilities of 56,603. William B Hebbard of Trumansburg also filed a petition with liabilities of 24,816 and assets of 17,416.
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Hebbard & Jones
Utica
N. Y
Hebbard & Jones, Inc
Trumansburg
William
Hebbard
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange forms with Deegan appointed eastern sales supervisor
New York reports A B Leeper announced John F Deegan head of the brokerage firm John F Deegan Co has been named eastern sales supervisor for the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange Inc with an immediate New York office. N L Allen named field secretary based in Chicago.
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Deegan
Exchange
New York
A. B. Leeper
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
Farm Board
John F. Deegan
John F. Deegan & Co
Chicago
Leeper
Hastings Potato Growera Exchange
Tom Bennett
South Carolina Produce Association
F. P. Hibst
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange
W. W. Maule
Mushroom Growers Co-operative Association of Pennsylvania
Dudley Bagley
Currituck Mutual Exchange
North Carolina
C. L. Hunter
Rio Grande Vegetable Co-operative
Association of Texas
C. V. Cochran
Kaw Valley
Association of Kansas
Lee M. Lampgon
Rivera Growers Association of Washington
Illinois Fruit Exchange
Edward T. ‘Crane
Fraklin Street
National Exchange
Crane
Rio Grande Vegetable Co-operative Association of Texas
Texas Association
The
American Apple Sales in European Markets Report
New York reports American apples sold at auction in European markets this week with Liverpool London Antwerp Rotterdam and Cardiff price ranges. York Imperials Ben Davis Winesaps and Rome Beauty appear across multiple ports with varying bid prices, bar rels and boxes.
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New York
Liverpool
Ben Davis
Albemarles
Baldwins
Western
New York Senators
Choice
London
York Imperials
Oregon
Newtown
Antwerp
Ben Davia
York
Rotterdam
Rome
Cardiff
William and Louis Fox Fined on U S Charge
In Pittsburgh on February 6 William and Louis Fox operating as William Fox & Co were fined 100 each in U S District Court under the Perishables Act. The Department of Agriculture alleged failures to provide accurate accounting to shippers for produce sold on commission including 2678 hampers of cucumbers from L M Belk and 440 hampers and 30 sacks of potatoes from Farmers Mutual Cooperative Association.
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Pittsburgh
William and Louis Fox
William Fox & Co
United States District Court
Department of Agriculture
United States Attorney's Office
Fox Company
L. M. Belk
Lake City
S. C
Farmers Mutual Co-operative Association of
Foley
Ala
Consignor
Death of Ben J. Herget Son-in-Law of S A Gerrard
Benjamin J. Herget 44 son-in-law of S A Gerrard died Wednesday in Los Angeles after leaving St. Louis 22 years ago. He is brother of Rev John F. Herget president of William Jewell College and survived by widow Elberta two daughters Estelle Metzger and Elberta C. Herget and sister Mrs BE Longs. Funeral services will be held in St. Louis with interment in Gerrard mausoleum Spring Grove cemetery Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Benjamin J. Herget
A. Gerrard
Los Angeles
St. Louis
John F. Herget
William Jewell College
Liberty
Herget
Elberta Herget
Estelle Metzger
Elberta C. Herget
BE. E. Longs
Gerrard
Spring Grove Cemetery
Government not much different from the people
A Kansas City report notes US confidence in itself but warns against overconfidence. Frank A. Thels of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce cites export outlet declines for surplus grain, citing tariff changes in Germany and France as reducing demand.
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Kansas City
United States
Frank A. Thels
Germany
New York Branch Merchants Banquet Set for Feb 13
The annual New York branch Merchants dinner will be held February 13 at the Pennsylvania hotel. Committee chairs include Charles Havener Howard Huber Carl Haynes and Robert Loos. The event will be a dinner dance with tables around the dance floor. Tickets cost six dollars with strong turnout anticipated and tables filling quickly.
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New York
National League of Commission Merchants
Pennsylvania Hotel
Charles Havener
George F. Fish, Inc
League
Havener
Howard Huber
The
American Fruit Growers Inc
Carl Haynes
8. H. & E. H. Frost and Robert Loos of E. W. J. Hearty, Inc
Louisiana cabbage acreage may be under last year
New Orleans reports cabbage plantings in Louisiana run about 60 percent of a year ago. Planting intentions match last season, but persistent wet weather kept farmers out of fields for weeks. Believed to hold across the state including Belmont, St. Rose, La Place, White Castle, Donaldsonville, Raceland and other points. If weather improves there is still time to set out the crop, but growers expect total acreage to be around fifty percent of the prior year when losses were noted.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Cabpage
Belmon
St. Rose
la Place White Castle
Donaldsonville
Raceland
Case of Jake Wippman Dismissed in Chicago
Chicago Feb 6 The case of George Frindell against Jake Wippman of the Western Fruit and Produce Company came up for hearing last weekend. The case was notice pressed and dismissed.
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Chicago
George Frindell
Jake Wippman
Western Fruit & Produce Company
Farmers Plan Nearly Flat Potato Acreage This Year
Washington reports farmers intend to cut total potato acreage by less than 2 percent, yielding a potential harvest of about 8.33 million acres if plans hold. State plans vary, with eleven southern states showing an 11 percent drop in total acreage, while increases are seen in New Jersey Delaware Kentucky Missouri and several other states.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Kentucky
Missouri
Maryland
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
New Mexico
Arizona
Central States
New England
DeAntonio Given 60 Days for Produce Agency Violations
Joseph DeAntonio, once a Charleston commission merchant, was sentenced by Judge Cochran in Washington on January 18 to 60 days in a country jail for violating the Federal Produce Agency Act. He pleaded guilty to six counts in one case and one in another, with sentences running concurrently. The first case covered six consignments from Betterton, Maryland, showing fraudulent accounting and three unpaid checks totaling 461.36. The second case involved 30 cartons of repacked tomatoes from Baltimore where frosted fruit led to claims of dumping, yet the merchant received 28.50 in proceeds without accounting.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph DeAntonio
Charleston
S. C
Cochran
Federal District Court
Federal Produce Agency Act
United States Department of Agriculture
Betterton
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Baltimore
Better Trade in Onions This Week
New York reports a stronger onion market with improved demand for good stock. Prices for yellow onions from the east ranged around 4 to 4.50 per 100 pounds and 1.85 per 50 pounds. white onions averaged 2.38 per 50 pounds. Canada yellows and far western Valencias sold in 50‑pound bags, with Spanish Valencias in half-cases and crates at quoted ranges.
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New York
Canada
Dry Ice term not registrable for company names court rules
New Orleans Feb 6 The Dry Ice Corporation of America makers of solid carbon dioxide lost in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals case against the Louisiana Dry Ice Corporation of Louisiana. Plaintiff sought to bar use of the words Dry Ice in the defendant's corporate name and product description. The court held the term descriptive of the product and not registrable and that its use was not unfair competition.
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New Orleans
Dry Ice ‘Corporation of America
Louisiana Dry Ice Corporation of ‘Louisiana
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New York Grapefruit Handlers Move to Raise Prices
Florida grapefruit receivers and auction companies joined forces in New York to curb heavy Friday and Monday offerings. Aimed at stabilizing prices, they halted shipments for a week, with Clearing House and Florida Citrus Exchange coordinating actions. Early signs showed improved conditions and hope for stable futures.
Grapefruit Operators Asked to Halt Shipments in Florida
Winter Haven Florida February 5 Representatives of the Florida Citrus Growers Clearing House Association and the Florida Citrus Exchange urged all grapefruit operators in the state to stop picking grapefruit until February 9. The move aims to halt shipments flooding markets and driving prices down, with prices already at new lows in New York and other auction centers.
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Winter Haven
Fila
Florida Citrus Growera Clearing House Association
Florida Citrus Exchange
New York
Amendment expands expedited cases under Perishable Commodities Act
The amendment approved by Secretary Arthur M. Hyde increases the damages limit for expedited cases from 1000 to 2000 dollars under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. It allows preliminary investigations by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to be used by the Secretary with sworn statements from both sides. Parties may waive further statements if already explained. The trade favors the Shortened Procedure and officials anticipate more cases handled this way.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Bankruptcy Petition Filed by Utica Fruit Dealers Ciccolella
S Ciccolella and Son, fruit and vegetable dealers from Albany, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Utica on Wednesday. The firm listed liabilities of 18834 and assets of 15815, reflecting an insolvent position despite inventory.
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Utica
N. Y
S. Ciccolella & Son
Albany
Wilmer Sieg dies after months of illness in San Francisco
Wilmer Sieg 72, a prominent figure in the fruit trade and former president of Associated Fruit Industries, Inc., died in Franklin hospital San Francisco after a prolonged illness. Born August 2 1859 in Harrisburg Pa he had a storied career with California Fruit Distributors and North Pacific Fruit Distributors. He is survived by a daughter Jennifer Brooks Pratt of Singapore and two brothers in Milwaukee and Omaha. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Halstead Co chapel in San Francisco with Rev. Harvey S Hanson presiding.
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San Francisco
Wilmer Bleg
Franklin Hospital
Sieg
Mr. Sieg
Harrisburg
Jennife Brooks Pratt
Singapore
Milwaukee
Omaha
United States
Wilmer Sleg
California
Mr. Sleg
A. Grossenbach & Co
Northwest
Hood River Apple Growers Association
Hood River
Ore
North Pacific Fruit Distributors
Chicago
Pacific Coast
California Fruit Distributors
Aa 80Gra Sd Ft Industries,Inc
California Vineyardist Association
California Grape Control Board
Masonic Order
National League of Commission Merchants
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Milwaukee Trade Organization
Tripoli Shrine
Halstead
Onion stock in U S 2950 cars tied to five weeks demand
New York February figures show 2950 cars of onions in U S storage, about five weeks of normal consumption. European and Egyptian supplies influence prices as Egypt begins shipments in March, with April earliest ripe onions expected. domestic stock may dwindle to clear by early March amid high demand and price pressures.
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New York
Ttne
United States
Egypt
Europe
America
Shippers Registration Ahead of Last Year
Chicago February 6 The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association convention yielded a favorable impression with a strong program and discussed subjects. Secretary Briggs reports registrations this year up 23 percent over 1931 and banquet attendance about 6 percent higher than January 1931.
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Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association
Briggs
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Senate Committee On Interstate Com
John ‘McCullough
McCullough
Brothers
Florida
Fidelity, Fruit and Produce Company
C. L. Fain & Co
Fain-t Logan Company
Logan
Jordan Brokerage Company
Hunter Street
Produce Row
Thad Blackstock
James W. Jones
Co-operative Marketing Division
Federal Farm Board
Bia
Joe Mauguleas
Earl Fruit Company
H. H. Nall & Co
H. P. Garin
Merrlin- Cravens Company
Avho
H. C. Gawne & Co
Cleveland
East
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange
N. L. Allen
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers
U. S
Ben J. Herget
S.A. Gerrard
Florida Interests
Independent Fruit Auction Corporation
Clearing House
Winter Garden
Fla
Wilmer Sieg
Brilliant Fruit
Associated Fruit Industries, Inc
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