Benny Balish in recurring complaints over shipping misdeeds
The report portrays Benny Balish, known as Little Benny, as entwined with ongoing complaints and misrepresentation in New York produce dealings. It notes his ties to M Balish, his father, and to Dingfelder & Balish as a reputable firm, while detailing past federal court actions for swindling a shipper and unsettled carrot transactions involving Betiny Balish under the alias M Balish. The piece cites a Michigan shipper who paid for three carrot cars and faced nonpayment for the first, with further details continuing on page 16.
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New York
Little Benny" Balish
Ballsh Brothers
Northwestern
Benny
Balish
Balishes
Benjamin' Balish
Dingfelder
Packer
Michigan
Little Benny
Tella
Betiny Balish
M. Balish
Michigan Shipper
Cantaloupes Steady in New York Market this Week
California cantaloupe shipments through June 1 total 2 700 cars, down from 5 440 last year, with late-season profits hinted. Melons are fine quality, cutting quality excellent, receipts 69 Tuesday and 31 Wednesday, prices rising about 25 cents a crate on all sizes. Honey Dew melons arriving, standard crates selling around 5.50 to 6, ponies 4.50 to 6, flats 1.75 to 1.25 in Thursday trading.
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New York
California
Imperial Valley
Pontes
Steady Market on Cabbage in Chicago this Week
Supplies of cabbage were ample for demand and prices held fairly steady in Chicago this week. Much stock arriving was of ordinary quality and small size. Texas Iceberg crates were quoted at 1.75 California Iceberg crates at 1.60, and Mississippi crates at 1.50 to 3.50 per crate.
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Chicago
Texas
California
Mississippi
The Produce Packer free sample offer notice
The Produce Packer edition explains it is a separate weekly newspaper devoted to marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur A free sample copy will be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Fruit and farm reports from across the nation
News briefs note varied agricultural updates from June across multiple states. Reports include criticism of a policy on freight rates, hail damage to apples in Wenatchee, Georgia watermelon crop expectations, Georgia peach shipments, Louisiana corn deals, and Florida watermelon activity. Also mentioned are truck peddler licenses, tomato receiver rules, and a New York market note on Benny Balish.
Five Thousand Dollar Fine For False Returns In Old Firm Case
Detroit June 8 The trial of Lovell H Turnbull Company Inc for false returns on shipments of five cars of peaches from Zebulon Georgia in 1929 ended with a guilty plea and a 5000 dollar fine to be paid by the old corporation within two weeks The case was under the Produce Agency Act and details showed varied per bushel sales and return calculations Present at the hearing were R H Shoemaker and John Dykes with C P Dorr of the Department of Agriculture solicitor’s office
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Detroit
Lovell H. Turnbull Company,Inc
Zebulon
Edward’ J. Moinet
United States District
Old ‘Corporation
Produce Agency
R. .H. Shoemaker
John Dykes
C.P. Dorr
Solicitors Office
Department, of Agriculture
A Firm Market on 7 Mississippi Tomatoes
In Haslehurst Crystal Springs Mississippi June 3 the week closes with tomatoes in a better market. The Mississippi deal shows a steady market and prices rising since midweek. Fruits are maturing clean and sound, shipments expected to exceed 100 cars next week, with 148 cars shipped to date. Cabbage shipments are nearly finished with only a few stragglers remaining.
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Haslehurst
Crystal’ Springs
Miss
Hail Damages Apples in Columbia River Valley
A heavy Memorial Day hailstorm swept the Columbia River Valley damaging apples in Wenatchee Washington. Hail losses range from ten to thirty percent with growers filing insurance claims. This is the earliest hail damage reported in the district and forecasts call for more freakish weather and further damage.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Columbia River Valley
Seed Meeting at Chicago Sets 60th Annual Convention
The American Seed Trade Association will hold its 60th annual convention in Chicago June 21 to 23. Convention headquarters will be at the Hotel Sherman. A detailed program covers multiple phases of the seed industry.
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Chicago
American Seed Trade Association
Hotel Sherman
Watermelon crop in Georgia looks to be normal
Georgia agronomists report a near normal watermelon crop for the year with an expected 18 000 to 20 000 carloads. Late rains revived vines, boosting growth in southern Georgia where melons now exceed grapefruit in size. Shipments to begin around June 15 to 20, with brisk movement before July 4 and ample market supply projected across eastern and central markets.
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Macon
South Georgia
Middle Georgia
Deal
Georgia
Aouthern
East
Middle West
J. A. Johnson
Fair to good crop of watermelons in Texas this year
Dallas reports from watermelon growing districts in Texas indicate a fair to good crop, slightly smaller than last year but potentially up to recent yields if favorable weather continues. Early districts like Falfurrias Stockdale and Weatherford expect delayed shipments with varying acreages, while East Texas may be tighter. Government acreage shows 33 900 acres, but many early plantings were killed by the March freeze and replanted in some areas.
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Dallas
Texas
Falfurrias
Stockdale
Sandia
Dales
Bellville
Pleasanton
Weatherford
East Texas
Thia
Gormel
Dallas Aims to Model Truck Peddler Law on Kansas City
Dallas fruit and vegetable dealers organized this week to push an ordinance modeled after Kansas City's to curb nuisance from speculators. The measure proposes a 200 dollar license and a bond, with legal talent hired to draft papers. Johnnie Brown leads the committee of prominent local dealers and brokers.
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Dallas
Tex
Kansas City
Johnnie Brown
Florida Watermelon Crop Starts Early But Not Heavy
Jacksonville, Fla. June 8. The Florida and South Georgia watermelon deal began about a month earlier than last year, with the first car leaving April 27 versus May 27 previously. Cold weather in March disrupted plans, and freezes damaged Florida fields requiring replanting, so both states anticipate a heavy, simultaneous movement later. Early shipments have totaled only a few hundred cars vs 16 last year, and momentum is light for now.
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Florida
South Georgia
South
Naples
East Texas Tomato Movement Heads to Peak in Late June
Jacksonville June 3 The early tomato crop is nearly finished with packing sheds closed until next week to allow the late crop to mature. The late crop is in excellent condition with expected light movement until June 15 and peak shipments around June 25 to July 3. H H Longino arrives to place inspectors at loading points as track buyers arrive, betting on a successful deal as Mississippi shipments peak.
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Jacksonville
Tex
General Raing
H. H. Longino
Federal Inspection Service
Mississippi
Canadian affidavits required for US produce imports
Winnipeg June 3 Wholesale dealers importing fruits and vegetables from the United States must have affidavits stating the goods were produced in states other than California Nevada Oregon or Arizona. Imports from those four states were banned recently by Canadian authorities and shipments without affidavits will be delayed.
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Winnipeg
Canada
United States
California
Nevada
Oregon
Arizona
Tomato Market Flexible as Supplies Hold Steady in Chicago
In Chicago on June 3 business noted ample tomato supplies though many fruits remained small and poor in quality. Demand was steady with prices around $2 to $3.59 per ton for Mexican lugs, while general market activity showed a cautious tone.
Referendum on consolidation of trade associations
Chicago June 3 officers of the National League of Commission Merchants the Western Fruit Jobbers Association and the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association have agreed to submit a referendum to their members. The ballots ask whether the three groups should consolidate into one organization with a feasible plan and by laws.
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Oficers
National League
Western Fruit Jobbers
American Fruit, and Vegetable Shippers Association
Mem
Chicago
National League of Commission Merchants of the
United States
Western Fruit Jobbery Association of America
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers Association
Light Movement of Cal. Cantaloupes Due to Cool Weather
Cold weather and light shipments characterize the Imperial Valley cantaloupe deal since last Saturday. Temperatures ran 10 degrees cooler than last year, slowing melon maturity and keeping shipments light. Seven day valley shipments to June 1 totaled 1,205 cars, including 1,193 cantaloupes. season totals reached 2,973 cars versus 6,987 last year. Peak movement for early covered melons appeared last Saturday with 201 cars, 197 cantaloupes. Clearing House group voted to stop pony crates. Market showed cash demand improvements early week, with prices steady or rising and wire inquiries noted.
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Clearing House
Barbara Worth
Northwestern apples to eastern markets by boat
Wenatchee and Yakima districts form a general committee with power to contract space and tonnage for refrigerated steamship service to the Atlantic coast. Plans call for at least 2,600 cars, potentially 5,000 or more per season, with shipments to New York Philadelphia Boston or Baltimore. Meetings in Wenatchee and Portland align growers, shippers, and carriers to secure regular ocean transport and a fixed freight rate around 50 cents a box plus refrigeration and charges.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Atlantic Coast
Forming & Corporation
Noel Bakke
P. R. Parks
H. 8. Crowl
E. J. Nelson
C.T. Haskell
Ed Lee
J. L. Robertson
F. W. Taylor
Henry Hobson
R. M. Cooledge
A. M. Groseclose
Yakima
R. C. Stockton
Atlantic
Europe
New York
Pacific Northwest
Steamship Company
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Portland
Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association
Bert L. Baker
Parks
H. L. Miller
Skookum Packers Association
Wenoka
Co. W. White
Jim Hill Growers
A. G. Pogue
Jim~ Hill. Organiza
Harry Crow
Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Athia
North Atlantic
Thia
Sea Trips Planned for Apple Convention in New York
The International Apple Association holds its Waldorf Astoria convention from August 9. Post convention cruises to Halifax aboard the Berengaria and to Bermuda aboard the Monarch of Bermuda are organized, with departures from New York on Friday and Saturday during convention week. Special rates offered for Apple members and families.
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New York
International Apple Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Atlantic
John M. Henderson
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Berengaria
Bermuda
Henderson
Alabama Green Corn Deal Starts In Baldwin County
Loxley Alabama June 3 with a light start the first cars of Alabama green corn are expected to depart Baldwin county today and Friday. The general movement begins June 6 to 10 and runs through the month. Quality is good and bids are steady. The potato movement continues with stock quality generally favorable. Although the peak may be past a fairly heavy movement will run to June 15.
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Loxley
Ala
Alabama
Baldwin County
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Benjamin Balish
Vaceville
Calif
Frank H. Buck
California Growers and Shippers Protective League
Donald C. Conn
New Orleans
Fla
el Centro
Wenatchee, Wash
North-Carolina
St. Louis
John V. Gagollo
Benny" Balish
Lovell H. Turnbull, Inc
Market News Service
Impérial Valley
Apple
Washington
Wenatchee District Names Committee
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