Idaho Potato Advertising to Continue Through March
Idaho potatoes will maintain advertising through March in 78 markets. The Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission met in Boise to review campaigns, budgets, and the March plan, noting the successful restaurant promotion distributing banners, menu tip-ons, and baked potato flags to about 3,000 restaurants across 45 states plus DC, Canada, and Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission
Hubert Peckham
Wilder
R. H. Young
Parma
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
States
District of Columbia
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Idaho Advertising Plans Extend Across 78 Markets
March budget funds printing of extra materials for distribution while plans remain largely unchanged for March advertising. Idaho onion promotion winds down though recipe booklets and onion displays still ship. onion display requests continue. Commission executive secretary Co. L. DeLong notes March 6 Boise meeting.
Tracy Vegetable Collar Aids Lettuce Packing In Salinas
Jack Tracy head of Tracy Waldron Company in Salinas invents the Tracy Vegetable Collar for lettuce packs. A waxed cardboard strip fits around the crate to protect the top tier and preserve ice, improving delivery quality. Patent filing underway with claims of reduced bruising and better condition at arrival. Trials in Salinas and Salt River valley last fall. about 40 cars shipped mostly to New York with strong prices. Collar to be offered to western lettuce shippers in 1939 deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salinas
Calif
Yeb
Jack) Tracy
Tracy- Waldron ‘Company
U. S Patent Office
Salt River Valley
New York
Tracy
Chicago Street Notes Visitors from Fruiting Industry
Frank Schoenfelder of Salinas California and Jake Felt of the Fruit and Produce Exchange in Memphis were in Chicago this week. Northern, Western and American fruit executives including M S Foster Wenatchee WA Wallace Clore Yakima WA James Mills Hamilton City CA Fred Read Sacramento CA were noted visitors. Key officials from Stevens Brothers Baltimore and Godding Company Chicago planned trips, with rail plans for the Dallas convention and a weeklong visit to Portland and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
The
Fruit & Produce Exchange
Memphis, Tenn
Chicago
M. S. Foster
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Wenatchee
Wallace Clore
American Fruit Growers Inc
Yakima, Wash
A.W. Beholz
Gordon ‘Tyrrell Company
Florida
Scholz R
Robert N. Stevens
Stevens Brothers
Baltimore
Stevens
Los Angeles
Tom Sproat
North American
Dallas
Association of Refrigerated ‘Warehouses
Judgment Against Alton Railroad for 584.91
Judge Lambert K. Hayes of Chicago Municipal Court orders the Alton Railroad Company to pay Meyer Brooks Co. 584.91 plus costs for damaged apples loaded in Chicago. The ruling allows damages for all baskets shown damaged by inspection reports and permits recovery for commercial loss beyond mere bruise percentages, based on market value difference between good and damaged condition. The case centers on proper loading, condition of baskets, and measurement of damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lambert K. Hayes
Municipal Court of Chicago
Alton Railroad
Com- Royal Urick
Royal Urickpany
Saturn
Meyer Brooks
Will& Co
Nogales
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
San
Francisco
Alton Railroad Company
The
First Car Treated Iceberg Lettuce Shipments Begin
El Centro California February tenth marked the dispatch of the first car of Iceberg lettuce from Imperial Valley treated with a new process by Paul P Schoenburg shippers of Nine Brothers brand. The treated heads resist red butts and allow stamping and branding, with fuller labelling to come. Initial car under Aristocrat brand shipped to Chicago buyers Arrigo Company LaMantia Bros.
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Paul Schoenburg
el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Paul P. Schoenburg
Nine Brothers
LaMantia Bros.Arrigo Company
Chicago
Louis Fontana
LaMantia Bros.-Arrigo Company
Schoenburg
Echoenburg
Western Vegetable Distributors Packing Shed
Federal Pure, Food and Drug Administration
Salinas- Watsonville
Schoenbure
Carriers dispute on proper measure of loss in bruise damage case
The court weighed claims on market value versus actual bruising. Carriers argued only the loss tied to bruise percentage per Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau, while the need for an account of sales to confirm damages was noted. Expert testimony aided plaintiffs via inspectors from Standard Inspection Service and M J Hammerding. Plaintiffs were represented by Golbus. defendants by Winston Strawn Shaw.
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Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau
Standard Inspection Service
Cara
M. J
Salinas Watsonville district gears up for 1939 packing season
In Balinas California on February 10 activity rises as packing plants advance for the 1939 season. W B Grainger Packing Co builds a new facility on the Growers Ice and Development string, Vertin Edmonds Co lessees remodel a lettuce shed, Major Distributing renews its carrot house and new office. Scotty McDill to open buying broker offices under his name, with plans to operate in Imperial Valley later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balinas
Calif
Salinas
Watsonville
Bruce Church Company
Merrill Packing Company
E. B
Harden Packing Company
K. R. Nutting Company
Vertin-Edmonds Company
Major
Monterey
Peter A. Stolich
Jones & Kavanagh Co., Ltd
Scotty
Imperial Valley
Nargus Names Rose Marie Kiefer Secretary-Manager
Chicago February 10 The National Association of Retail Grocers announced the appointment of Rose Marie Kiefer as its new secretary manager effective immediately The board credits her long service and says she is the only woman in the United States actively filling a major post in a national trade group Gerrit Vander Hooning president says she has been the dynamo of NARGUS headquarters and the board’s choice will be acclaimed by the food trade coast to coast
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Rose Marie Kiefer
Tts
Nargua
Nargus
Policy on Exemption of Agricultural Workers Under NLRA
Los Angeles Feb 10 C B Moore secretary manager of the Western Growers Protective Association left for Washington as a delegate for California agricultural interests to seek a clear policy on exemption of agricultural workers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Other delegation members include W E Spencer and Fred W Read. Moore will be away about a month as they press for a definite ruling aligning with industry positions amid talk of amending the law to cover broader farm activities. The 14 week seasonal exemption is cited, affecting shipper responsibilities under current provisions.
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Los Angeles
C. B. Moore
Western Growers' Protective Association
Washington,d. C
California
W. E. Spencer
Whittier
Agricultural Producers’ Labor Committee
Fred ‘W. Read Oframento
California Fruit Exchange
Moore
Unclear Exemption Timing In Labor Rule For Shippers
Observers note that some shippers, hoping to dodge labor department oversight, are now running lettuce sheds on a four week basis. They plan to use the exemption period during the melon shipping season, a move seen as exploiting discretionary provisions of the law.
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Labor Department
Observera
Kaswin and Finkelman in Difficulties in New York
Kaswin and Finkelman receivers and commission merchants in New York are in trouble with an estimated $3,000 to $4,000 owed locally. Partner David Finkelman died last November, with authorities linking his death to the firm’s cash withdrawals. First White Asparagus reports open at 50a per pound in San Francisco as Delta shipments begin and volume is expected to rise between February 15 and 20.
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New York
Kaswin & Finkelman
Packer
David Finkelman
Frome
San Francisco
Jacobin, Malcolm & Burtt
Delta
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U. 8
C.H. Weaver & CO
South Water Market
Carlot Department
Tatoes
Gordon Tyrrell CO
Chicago Commission
Jobber and
Celery
Merkel Bros. CO
Canal
Smith — Cordes CO
Eat
Chicago, Ill
Chandler-Allen CO
Trype Cgo
I. D. Canal
OUR
Rei
Warnsciency i. & Company
Becley
Ichicago
Carlots
Rubin Produce Co
Jack Tracy
Florida Bliss
Chicago Street Notes
Frank Schoenfelder
James Mills
James Mills Orchard Corporation
Hamilton City
Cali
Fred Read
California Trust Exchange
Sacramento
J. Wilson
Terminal Cold Storage Company
Charles Godding
Fox & Godding Company
Portland
Ralph B. Clayberger
C. Wilkinson
W. J. Bryan
the Apple Growers Association
Hood River
Ore
Chandler-Allen Company
W. M. O’keefe
Association of Refrigerated Warehouses
Helen Hayes
Association
Tex
California Fruit Growers Exchange
J. J. Woodin
Peter Grady
Earl Fruit Company
Perry Smithers
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company
Mrs. Smithers
Caribbean
American Warehousemen's Association
W. A. Sizer
Mrs. Sizer
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Dick Phillips
Phillips
Karl Merkel
Merkel
RIEDN
Friedman
Russell
Colorado
McClures
Wisconsin
Red River
Y South Water Market
Isneeer
Applebaum-Missner Co
New City Packing Co
Jim’s Barysessye
Elk’s Tavern
Midcity Whole Ierocery
Mark Owen Co
Scseseeeas
South
Water Market
Wilensky-Lash-Mages
Chicago Produce Pub. Co
Frank Messina
Goodman Bros., Nee Ee
Tony Oddo
Tee
Campanella Bros
A, Schwartz Co
Ssseeres
LaMantia Bros.-Arrigo Co
Produce Exchange
Ane
Central Lime Co
G. A. Meyer Co
Adn
Tin
Red Bliss
Triumph Potatoes
F. C. Peters, Inc
Goulds
Fla
W. J. Engel CO
L. D
F. C. Ae Inc
Souldsela
J. A. McEvilly
Southern Vegetables—Citrus— Apples O'Connell Brokerage CO
ST. Paul, Minn
Banco DI Napoli
Trust CO Verte
Ber
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
NLRA
Minneapolis
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Milwaukee
Xenia
Lexington
Charleston
W. Va
Magsilion
Houston
Lincoln
Neb
Alliance
West Jackson Blvd
Albert T
Hart, Mur
Wabash
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