Illinois Truck Tax Spark Interstate Trucking Clash
Michigan truckers protest a new Illinois tax on out-of-state rigs. The measure, 250 annually or 2c per mile for foreign units, risks Michigan license revenue if drivers relocate to Illinois or Indiana. Secretary Atwood warns $500,000 yearly loss without relief. reciprocal deals complicate the issue and threaten interstate commerce.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Secretary of State
Illois
Indiana
Illinois
Orville B. Atwood
Indiana Vegetable Growers Elect Officers at Purdue
The Indiana State Vegetable Growers Association elected officers at a meeting held at Purdue University. Ernest Rigway of Terre Haute was chosen president, R. B. Wood of Madison became vice president, and Fay C. Gaylord of West Lafayette was elected secretary and treasurer.
Onion and Potato Shipments Fall Off in Michigan
Grand Rapids Mich Jan 24 Shipments of onions and potatoes contracted sharply this week due to unfavor able weather. Near zero temperatures restricted movement by rail and truck, steadying prices after a late week decline. Carrot sales of Russet Rural potatoes around 1 per cwt, yellow Globe onions similar to last week, cabbage 60 to 70 cents a bushel, hot house lettuce 60 to 70 cents per ten pound basket. Apples moderate supply and steady. Haulings light due to cold, prices steadied.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Utah Poultry Pool Sets 1935 High With Prime Turkeys
Sai Laxeuny van 24 top grade turkeys from the 1935 Utah Poultry Producers Co-Operative Christmas pool sold for 27 cents per pound. About 97 percent graded prime under Charles P. Rudd. The pool reached 1,250,000 pounds including export and domestic output, nearly double 1934, with high quality and strong demand for lighter birds.
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Sai Laxeuny
Van
Utah Poultry Producers’ Co-Operative Association
Northwestern Turkey Growers’ Association
Charles P. Rudd
Utah Association
Utah
Convention for Traverse City in May for canners
Traverse City officials announce Michigan State Canners Association spring convention will meet May 20 and 21. The gathering aims to gauge 1936 crop prospects during the blossom season, aiding forecasts and planning.
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Traverse City
Mich
Michigan State Canners Association
Detroit street notes on fruit trade and travel
Ben B. Schwartz & Son received a straight car of Florida strawberries but slow movement due to severe cold and stormy weather. Abe Andrews and Mrs Andrews attended the Western Fruit Jobbers convention in Kansas City. Schwartz Brothers’ Ben Schwartz returned from New York after visiting following the National League convention in Baltimore. Frank Downs of Downs Fruit Co visited Detroit for business. Kirk F Mitchell, Detroit Union Produce Terminal PR director, returned after attending the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers convention in Chicago and then headed to Kansas City for the Western Fruit Jobbers convention.
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Ben B. Schwartz & Son
Florida
Abe Andrews
Andrews Brothers
Detroit
Mrs. Andrews
Western Fruit Jobbers
Kansas City
Ben Schwartz
Schwartz Brothers
New York
National League
Baltimore
Kirk F. Mitchell
Grand Rapids Considers Municipal Garage for Farm Show
Grand Rapids plans a $225000 municipal garage beside the wholesale market to host a large winter farm exposition. Exhibits would cover apples vegetables poultry rabbits foxes livestock and canned foods. An entrance from the market would allow parking for up to 10000 autos and attract farm groups and trade associations during a harvest festival.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids Association of Commerce
Ihe
Association of Commerce
Market Advisory Board
Alex T. McFailyen
The
National Fox
Funeral Attended by Many for George D Anson
George D Anson 69 president of the Intermountain Wholesale Produce Dealers Association and secretary treasurer of the Nelson Anson Company died last week after a heart attack. Funeral at the 20th Ward Chapel was conducted by Bishop C Clarence Nelson with floral tributes from produce houses. Speakers praised his character as a business man and citizen husband and father.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
George D. Anson
Intermountain ‘Wholesale, Produce Dealers’ Association
Nelson-Anson Company
C. Clarence Nelson
20Th Ward
Mr. Anson
Mother of Frank H. Boardman Dies in Chicago at 79
Sympathy poured in from the trade as Frank H. Boardman of the Fulton Market Cold Storage Company mourns his mother who died Monday at home in Chicago after a lingering illness. She was 79. The body was taken to Marshalltown Iowa for funeral services and burial held Wednesday.
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R. H. Boardman
Chicago
Frank H. Boardman
Fulton Market Cold Storage Company
Mr. Boardman
Marshalltown
Vegetables Hold Steady in Chicago Market
Trading in green vegetables in Chicago for the week opened near normal with steady prices despite subzero weather hampering activity. Receipts varied by item with light asparagus and cucumbers, steady cabbage and lettuce, and moderate new potato demand. Prices ranged from cauliflowers at around 1.15 to 1.50 a crate to Florida lugs of tomatoes at 1.25 to 2.50, with several regions reporting steady or firm markets amid ample offerings.
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Chicago
Ohio
Florida
California
Texas
Wisconiein
New York
Arizona
Michigan
Indiana
Idaho
Nebraska Triuympha
Colorado McClures
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nancy Halls
New Jersey
Illinois
Louisiana
Plans for AAA Substitute Are Doomed to Failure
Lansing, Mich. Jan 24 James F Thomson state Agriculture Commissioner says New Deal plans to aid American farmers will fail due to neglect of nature and reciprocal trade deals that lower food import barriers He notes few Michigan farmers qualified for benefits during AAA and argues the program wouldn t help the typical producer He adds Michigan agriculture recovered faster than the nation with a 17 percent income rise in 1985 over 1984 while national gains were about 10 percent
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Lansing
Mich
New Deal
James F. Thomson
AAA
Mr. Thomson
Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Thomson
Hothouse vegetable growing on the increase in Indiana
Indianapolis dispatch notes a rising hothouse vegetable industry in Indiana with tomatoes and cucumbers leading demand. Last year yielded about 188000 ten pound baskets of glasshouse tomatoes and a crop value over 100000 dollars. Growers expect May market entry, drawn by milder winters and fewer sleet and hail events drawing migrants from Cincinnati Cleveland and Toledo.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Michigan Farmers Week Opens February 3 at MSU
East Lansing Jan 24 Farmers Week at Michigan State College will launch February 3 with discussions on new farm product marketing strategies and regional markets led by Dr G A Mott Arthur Howland and others. February 5 6 and 8 feature census and farm management talks Dairy Day and grange conference conclude the event.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
G. A. Mott
Arthur Howland
Phil Branch
Detroit
Jacob Ball
Grand Rapids
Harry J. Larkins
St. Joseph
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Andrew Lohman
Hamilton
O 5. Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
B. B. Hill
Edward O'Neal
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Frank di Fitzgerald
Beekeeper George Harrison Jr Presents In Maryland Meeting
Purcellville Va Jan 24 George Harrison Jr of Purcellville spoke at the Maryland Beekeepers Association annual meeting in Baltimore last week. He described bee yard management and his new beehive modification. Harrison, a noted honey producer in northern Virginia, produced nearly 16000 pounds of honey in 1935.
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George Harrison, Jr
Purcellville
Maryland Beekeepers’ Association
Baltimore
Harrison
Virginia
Allen Overton Re-elected Bangor Fruit Growers Leader
Allen Overton, prominent fruit grower, was re-elected president of the Bangor Fruit Growers Exchange at the recent annual meeting in Bangor. Other officers include Secretary L. B. Bregger, Treasurer M. F. Ruswell, and Miller Overton, who remains manager since 1938.
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Allen Overton
Bangor
Mich
Bangor Fruit Growers Exchange
L. B. Bregger
M. F. Ruswell
Miller Overton
Truckers to File Under Motor Carrier Act Help
Grand Rapids Mich January 24 The Interstate Commerce Commission notified the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce that Examiner T Naftalin will be stationed here January 37 and 28 to assist truckers in filing their certificates and complying with the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 C B Hlerick the association traffic commissioner says he will assist truckers in preparing their documents
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grand Rapids
Detroit Apple Market Sees Slow Movement Amid Cold Spell
Detroit January 24 apple trade reports slow movement as freezing weather slows business. Michigan Spies sell 1.00 to 1.25 dollars per bushel, McIntosh around 1.25, Baldwins at 0.80 to 0.90, Jonathan 0.86 to 1.00, Rhode Island Greenings 1.00 to 1.10, Wageners Kings 0.90, Wealthies 0.76 to 0.90, Delicious boxed 1.50 to 1.90, Rome 1.90 to 2.00.
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Detroit
Michigan
McIntosh
Rhode’ Island
New York
Washington
Rome
Hold Out Movie Actress Demands 50000 From Cigarette Magnate
A film actress negotiates a cigarette endorsement offering to front a deal of at least 50000, while a tobacco magnate counters with a bold refusal. The exchange underscores tensions in celebrity endorsements and industry influence.
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Luflin
Embarrassing Moment in Death Certificate Filing
A young doctor confesses a printing error after signing his name in the space for cause of death, prompting a humorous exchange with an older colleague. The exchange highlights a lighthearted lapse in a somber administrative task.
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Pathfinder
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Frank Downs
Downs Fruit Company
Jackson, Mich
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