Indictment of Former Officer of Old Eastern States Purported
James A. Mahoney former treasurer of the Eastern States Warehouse and Cold Storage Company is indicted in Massachusetts for $2695 secured note fraud linked to the defunct firm. He was arraigned in Springfield and faces extradition to New York, with the case signaling possible criminal action against top officers amid bank lawsuits over unpaid notes from the Jamaica and New Jersey trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Springfield
Masa
James A. Mahoney
Eastern States Warehouse & Cold Storage Company
Esr Storora
Banka
Mahoney
Massachusetts
Grand
York
Nathan ‘Blackman
New York State
Thomas J. Collins
Hougea
Jersey City
New Clearing House Citrus Crop Estimate for Florida
Winter Haven Florida January 25 A new Clearing House estimate places Florida citrus at 20 640 000 boxes up 1 000 000 from September due to lighter storm damage Oranges 12 000 000 boxes grapefruit 7 400 000 boxes tangerines 1 200 000 boxes By January 1 shipments totaled 18 6 00 cars about 6 500 000 boxes and 14 200 000 boxes remain on the trees Mid season oranges 4 800 000 Valhencias 8 000 000 grapefruit 6 000 000 tangerines 400 000 More than 39 600 cars would move the remaining fruit across the state with about 22 000 cars of oranges 17 000 cars grapefruit and 1 000 cars tangerines Utica Man in Bankruptcy Agostino Pedone a fruit and vegetable peddler in Utica filed for bankruptcy listing assets of 95 000 with no liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Haven
Fla
Florida
Clearing House
Lettuce Men Golf Meet Aims at Brawley Venue
The Lettuce Men’s Golf Tournament, misreported earlier, will be held February 6 to 10 on the Celtic Country Club’s 18 hole grass fairway at Brawley California. Elmer Sears chairs the committee as registrants from Los Angeles and coast cities join lettuce dealers and railroad workers in a prize pool near $1200 funded by lettuce donations. Entry is $6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brawley
Calif
el Centro
Celtic Country Club
Elmer Sears
Ihhe
Los Angeles
Favorable Weather for Planting in Crystal Springs Area
Crystal Springs Miss January 25 Almost perfect weather across the past two weeks boosted thin section vegetable crops. Acreage will drop from last year but yields should be strong if prices hold. shipments may rise if favorable conditions persist. Farmers report soil in fine condition despite winter cold and note no immediate bank impact, though many borrowed on certificates. Continued on back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal ‘Springs
Miss
Ayeld
Apecalista
Alweys
Strawberries in Fine Shape Around Houston
Strawberries near Houston show ideal winter conditions for growing with 2000 acres planted in Pasadena South Houston Deepwater Genoa and Highlands. Fields are 100 percent perfect, fertilized, and mulched ready for shipping by mid February. Desel Boettcher Company and Baldwin Car gill will distribute, controlling 90 percent of the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Pasadena
South Houston
Deepwater
Genoa
Highlands
U. S
Desel-Boettcher Company
Baldwin & Cargill
Kenneth Day and wife improve after Mayo operation
New York January 25 The Mayo Brothers Sanitarium Rochester Minnesota treated Kenneth Day president and general manager of Gobel Day for hernia after a fall health probe found the issue. Mrs Day also underwent surgery and both are reported in good condition with plans to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenneth’ Day
Sgobel & Day
The Produce Packer offers weekly market news sample copy
The Produce Packer edition focuses on commercial production and marketing of fruits and vegetables and prints separate weekly issues with market and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruits, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and more. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Lester’s Citrus Trade End as Office Quits and Debts Unpaid
New York. Frank B. Lester who ran Continental Fruit Distributors Banner Fruit Company and the Service Brokerage at 102 Warren Street appears to have quit the business. Office furniture moved out, office for rent, Lester absent. He owes about 5000 to an auction firm and has other unpaid debts including a 19000 claim guaranteed by a trade concern. His circulars on various company letterheads disturbed citrus buyers as shipments did not match orders. Lester’s career spanned decades with earlier ties to W. P. Kennedy Co Consolidated Fruit Exchange Royal Fruit Co and Exchange Produce Co. (Continued on Page 21).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Fruit Distributors
Service Brokerage Company
Banner Fruit Company
New York
Frank B. Lester
Service Brokerage
Warren Street
Lester
Frank Lester
Park Place
Hal
Charles Lester
W. P. Kennedy Company
Washington Street
Consolidated Fruit Exchange
Reade Street
Royal Fruit Company
West Street
Exchange Produce Company
Claimants Seek Railsback in Louisville Store Closure
Louisville Ky Jan 25 the fruit and vegetable house at 128 East Jefferson Street opened in October under M F Railsback has closed for days the store empty and operators unrepresented. Local and outside claims exist including cold checks freight bills to Illinois Central for bananas and unpaid bills. Claimants aim to locate operators to determine claim values. Railsback and F E Railsback Pack managed the venture a family oper going from Bedford Ind where Railsback and Bons faced poor results. The Louisville store did not open January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
East Jefferson Street
M. F. Railsback
Illinois Central Railroad
F. E
Railspack
F. E. Failaback
Bedford
Ind
Railsback & Bons
Pratt elected vice president of Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Assn
Chicago Jan 25 Due to telegraph omission the name of A M Pratt sales manager of Chase Co Orlando Fla was omitted from the officers list of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Pratt was elected as a vice president of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. M. Pratt
Chase & Co
Orlando
Fla
Lst
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Pratt
Freeze Damage Reported on Mexican West Coast
Los Angeles reports extremely cold weather along the West Coast of Mexico up to Culiacan. Considerable damage to tomato and pea crops is noted and believed general in all districts. Growers advise cancellation of orders from buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mexico
Culiacan
This Man Does Not Represent The Packer News
A man calling himself Jarrell travels through Atlantic Coast states and Delaware and Maryland claiming a publication named The Packer News. He asks fruit and vegetable shippers for advertising with a two column write up free and a cash in advance one fourth commission. The Packer disclaims any connection to him or his proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
Packer News
Jarrell
Packer
Prospects for Good Strawberry Crop in Hammond Louisiana
Hammond Louisiana January 26 1929 district expects a larger strawberry harvest than last year with a conservative ten percent acreage rise across Hammond Ponchatoula Albany Amite Natal bany Tickien Tangipahoa Denham Springs Walker Corbin Holden Albany Montpelier Gonzales. Planting finished early in year and weather has been clear with two freezes and warm sun boosting root growth and crowns. Shippers report 20 to 30 percent higher acreage around Ponchatoula and Amite with carlot shipments reaching 3000 cars or more, aiming for quality equal to or better than last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratt
Hammond
Tangipahoa
Ponchatoula
Albany
Independence
Amite
Natalbany
Tickien
Taragipahoa
Denham Springs
Walker, Corbin, Holden
Rainbow Fruit Exchange Fails in Port Chester Bankruptcy
New York January 25 The Rainbow Fruit Exchange Inc at 21 South Main Street Port Chester declared bankrupt this week with creditors George Allison Co Inc 128 Peter McClees 384 and Peter W Gibbons 46 listed as claims. The firm ran eight or nine fruit and vegetable stores in Westchester County NY. Also this week the International Apple Shippers Association reports weekly exports for the week ending January 19 totaling 136 008 barrels and 251 564 boxes with year to date exports at 2 736 863 barrels and 7 490 872 boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rainbow Fruit Exchange, Inc
South Main Street
Port Chester
George Allison & Co., Inc
Peter McClees
Peter W. Gibbons
Westchester County
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Lettuce Market Slows in East Cold Weather As Imperial Valley Leads
Lettuce prices eased in Brawley California as cold eastern weather trimmed demand. Week summary shows 989 cars moved nationwide for the period, Imperial Valley dispatching 750, up from 582. Market activity centers on Imperial Valley with 4 to 4 dozen crates likely as weather stabilizes and distribution widens.
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United States
Arizona
Southern California
Imperial Valley
Florida
Impeos Valley
Boston
Baltini
Chicago
Clydyneapolia
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
California
West Coast shipments of fruits and vegetables trend
Week ending January 22 reports varied movement across California. Central California sent 11 cars cabbage, Southern California four, Washington 26, Imperial Valley four spinach, Central California seven sweet potatoes, Arizona 23 mixed vegetables, Northern California eight, Central California 67, Southern California 61, with apples from Central California at 72 cars, indicating mixed gains and declines across regions.
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Mexico
Los Angeles
Calif
Central
California
Southern California
Washington
Imperial Valley
Central California
Arizona
Northern California
Government estimates onion carloads by state for January 1
The Department of Agriculture released January 1 estimates of onion crop carloads for 1928 in 13 western and eastern states totaling 7,840 cars. California, Illinois, New York and Ohio show high counts while shrinkage could trim totals. many cars were stored east of the Mississippi rather than moving to consumption.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
California
Colorado
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Utah
Wisconsin
Western Fruit Jobbers Hold Silver Jubilee Convention
Memphis Jan 25 Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America marked its silver anniversary at the Peabody Hotel with strong interest in business consolidation and Borah Bill discussions. B J Grovier led the session as president. notable speakers included W T Dardis mayor Watkins Overton and B J Grovier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association of America
Peabody Hotel
Billi" Garfitt
Truit
Congress
W. T. Dardis
Watkins Overton
A.B. Currie
First Presbyterian Church of
Overton
Andrew Jackson
George Canale
Memphis Fruit and Produce
Canale
South
Association
Andrew
Old Hickory" Jackson
B. J. Grovier
Otto Furbringer
St. Louis
Furbringer
Gravier
Bert C. Schilling
Canners Eye Fresh Fruit and Veggie Market Growth
In New York a major canners conference discusses boosting consumer demand for fresh and canned fruits and vegetables. Producers foresee enormous output this year with 7 000 000 000 cans valued around 1 000 900 000 and seek tariff changes and aggressive advertising to push sales nationwide. Industry leaders urge improved selling methods and closer work with tin can makers to reach storefronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Washington, D. C
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Dames
Oki
Nathan Jackman & Co
Utica
N. Y
Agostino Pedone
Crystal Springs
Kenneth
Mrs. Day
Mayos
Railsback
Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Assn
Apple
West Coast
Tomat
New York City
Lare
Mississippi River
Grovier
Wells
Sherman
Garfitt
Bawden
St.Louis
John R. Baldwin
Baldwin-Pope Marketing Company
C. R. Godding
Fox & Godding
George H. Knu‘ton
Denver
A. J. Bryant
Paul Lagomarcino
Davenport
E. J. Gravier
Hutchinson
Alvin Beyer
Elmer Oakes
Minneapolis
Walter Hill
Peoria
John Canale
Ralph Lally
New Orleans
Tom Ransom
Dallas
Charles G
Trimble
Omaha
Ed Chaney
Watertown
Elmer Hartner
John F. Barker
Phoenix
A. P. Jacobs
J. E. Gallagher
Seattle
Edward Rosenberg
Flint
Mich
Green Bay
Wis
H. B. Schwaegler
Des Moines
Vincent Arena
C. T. More
W. E. Anderson
Tapeks
Kan
A. K. Dawson
Tulsa
W. R. Davis
Waco
C. G. Trimble
R. W. Gees
Kansas City
Indianapolis
A. U. Chaney
E.W. J. Hearty
Jules E. Muir
Menominee
Joel Rosenblum
Laredy
D. E. McGlasson
H. K. Grainger
Lincolnn
Texas
Nebraska
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