Freeze Wreaks Havoc on South Texas Crops
South Texas and lower Rio Grande areas faced a second severe March freeze hitting tender vegetables. Beans and Triumph potatoes suffered the heaviest losses with 75 to 90 percent killed in some fields, tomatoes cut 40 to 80 percent, and radishes and cucumbers also damaged. Laredo and Harlingen reported subfreezing temps with frost, threatening to delay or reduce yields for the season. Florida and Jacksonville also saw heavy frosts damaging fruit and vegetable crops, with statewide official uncertainty on total losses.
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Harlingen
Tex
South
Texas
Rio Grande
Edcouch
Donna
Mercedes
Mission
Brownsville
East Texas
Mississippi
Bend
Corpus Christi
South Texas
Laredo
Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
United States Weather Bureau
Disley
Carrizo Springs
Weather ‘Bureau
Raymondville
Los Fresnos
Bermuda
Pink Slips Move to Publish Tax Returns Condemned
A 1930s plea argues against publishing tax return data under the Revenue Act of 1984. The letter warns public disclosure will aid crooks and g terms, exposing gains or losses and harming taxpayers and businesses. It urges readers to lobby Congress to repeal before March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Congress
Reader
Washington,d.c
Read heads Blossom Festival group in Winchester
Fred A Read Jr has accepted the post of director general of the 12th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held about the first of May in Winchester Virginia. He succeeds J P Arthur who managed the festival two years ago. New leaders include Thomas B Byrd as executive committee chair and H Clay DeGrange as treasurer. John F Rodman Jr heads the finance committee. Some who declined re election did so to give others a chance.
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Winchester
Fred A. Read, Jr
J. P. Arthur
Thomas B. Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
W.E. Cooper
H. Clay DeGrange
Clifford D. Grim
John F. Rodman, Jr
Cuban Tomatoes Again in Spotlight This Week
Cuban tomatoes drew steady to higher bids across New York sales this week. Auctions Monday offered 25 890 lugs with Wednesday adding 20 860 lugs catalogued as prices varied by size from five by sixes to seven by sevens. Receivers noted broadened outlets and firm to stronger small sizes amid overall demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indiana Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Law Enacted
Indiana Governor signs House bill 209 creating new packaging rules for fresh fruits and vegetables sold in closed containers. State Board of Health enforces the act with penalties from 15 to 100 dollars and up to 30 days imprisonment for the third offense.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Health
Plan to regulate itinerant traders eyed by industry
W L Wagner of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association urges a control plan to track itinerant truck peddlers and collect market data. He notes USDA reports on farm shipments must extend to truck arrivals to aid shippers and buyers, distinguishing farmer merchant movements from itinerant sellers causing local economic impact.
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Chicago
W. L. Wagner
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Economics
Kansas City Trade Approves Local Code
Kansas City March 1 local trade leaders approved a fair competition code for the market at a mass meeting in the Produce Exchange building. The pact sets buying hours from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 to October 15 and 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. October 15 to April 14, regulates itinerant truckers, bars unlicensed peddlers, and removes credits provisions. The code, drafted by the local committee, was sent to the National Code Authority for approval, with final draft filed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Produce Exchange
National
Harry B. Woll
Final Meeting of Creditors for Andrews-Ellis Company
Notice from George A. Marston and Paul H. King referee that the final creditors meeting for the bankrupt Andrews-Ellis Company Inc will be held Friday morning March 8 in the Second National Bank building Saginaw Michigan After allowances are settled a final order of distribution will be entered General claims filed and allowed total 3554483 There were no preferred claims
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews-Ellis Company
Saginaw
Mich
Andrews-Ellis Company, Inc
Second National Bank
George A. Marston
Paul H. King
Bay City
State License Suspended for Sol Zavotsaky
The state license of Sol Zavotsaky a fruit tester in the Twin Cities area was canceled and action will be started against his bondsmen. Several sureties have filed against his bond prompting the suspension. Zavotsaky operated peddling here before opening a jobbing business on the St Paul market.
Mrs. W. L. Black of Kansas City Dies at 70
Mrs. W. L. Black wife of W. L. Black of Black and Froman died this week after a stroke at the family home 232 Wabash avenue Kansas City Mo She was 70 a long time resident of Kansas City Survived by her husband three sisters Mrs Ella C Froman Trimble Mo Mrs B F Oldham and Mrs Hattie Adair of Kansas City A brother J D Adkins of Platte City Mo Funeral service Thursday at Freeman chapel with burial in Memorial Park cemetery W L Black a pioneer dealer in Kansas City is widely respected and mourned by the trade and community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. L. Black
Black & Froman
Wabash Avenue
J. D. Adkins
Platte City
Freeman Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Potato Control Act Scheduled to Go to Congress This Week
Chicago states the Potato Control Act arrives in Congress this week in final form. It would tax all nonexempt potatoes sold domestically, with tax-free allotments to states intended to achieve parity prices. The act outlines adjustments for inequitable allotments and bases state quotas on 1919 to 1929 acreage averages.
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Congress
Chicago
Agricultural Committees
House
Senate
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Potato Control Development Committee
Washington
Packer
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Truck Peddling Menace in Federal Transport Talks
The testimony before the House Subcommittee on HR6262 argues for including itinerant truck pedlars in any federal motor carrier regulation. Represented by the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association, the speaker claims truck pedlars provide transportation under merchandising guise and impact distributive channels, market structure, and freight flows across multiple commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Eastman
Emergency rate proposed on western apples carries relief plan
A Trans-Continental Freight Bureau hearing favors a temporary emergency rate reduction to one dollar per cwt on northwest apples, expiring July 1 1935. The move aims to move roughly 4 000 unsold cars from Yakima Wenatchee and preserve growers earnings amid soft foreign markets and four to five years of shrinking orchard acreage. Publication and eastern lines concurrence determine final adoption.
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Chicago
Trans-Continental Freight Bureau
Northwest
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Yakima
Wenatchee
Referendum Poll Proposed to Trade Consolidation
Chicago March 1 late last week letters circulated to fruit and vegetable traders proposing a referendum poll on consolidating four national trade groups. The Consolidation Referendum Council headed by Geo. T. Meyers solicited $10 donations for a publicity drive and poll. Meyers declined to reveal backers while saying an advisory committee would be formed from replies. two associations contacted denied involvement.
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Chicago
Consolidation Referendum Council
Welle
Geo. T. Meyers
Meyers
Packer
Frost Damage in Fla and Texas Reported to New York Trade
News from New York on March 1 describes Florida vegetable receivers alarm as frost injures crops. Reports from Belle Glade Sanford and Delray Beach show temperatures from 31 to 22 degrees with colder weather feared. Texas product receivers also informed of cold along the Gulf coast.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ihs
Florida
State Marketing Bureau
Plant City
Fort Pierce
St. Johns
Putnam
Flngler
Hastings
Texas
New York
Belle Glade
Sanford
Delray Beach
Gulf Coast
Texas Bermuda onion crop later than usual in Texas
Harlingen Texas March 1 The Texas Bermuda onion crop will run later than normal this year with early plantings showing splits and doubles. Carrot movement from Raymondville should start April 6 to 10, but heavy movement not before the third week in April. Drought? No. growers expect good quality and ample large onions despite freezes hitting Farmersville McKinney Garland area.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas
Raymondville
Willacy County
Laredo
Winter Garden
Coastal Bend
Farmersville-McKinney-Garland
Ohio House Bills Propose Licenses for Commission Merchants
Ohio lawmakers introduced House Bill 321 to license commission merchants dealers brokers and agents in farm products. The measure mirrors California law but critics say it adds little beyond federal PACA rules and lacks trucking firm oversight. A $5000 bond would be required from all licensed players, risking to push out of state buyers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
California
Lettuce Strike Ends in Imperial Valley California
The Imperial valley lettuce strike in California ends as more workers seek jobs than caps on shed operations. Shipments for the first three days totaled 133, 130, and 108 cars with prices easing to about 1.05 to 1.10 dollars for higher grades. Quality remains fair to good with some very good stock available.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
New Setup in National League Policy for Fresh Produce
Five special committees will be named next week by the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors to expand service. The groups target Producers Shippers Brokers Jobbers and Commission Merchants with each committee handling trade-specific problems and offering full League facilities. The program aims to liberalize constitution and by-laws and align with industry conditions, with each panel meeting during the annual gathering to shape policy. Edward L. Frost President and L J Keach Chairmen announce the plan and designate Advisory Board oversight.
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Washington, D. C
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Cincinnati
Edward L. Frost
Richmond
L. J. Keach
Indianapolis
Ind
National League of Commission Merchants of the
United States
National League of Wholesale Fresh
National League
Consideran Ee
Presiit Frost
Herbert Geil of New York Sentence P
Herbert Geil of New York was sentenced in Federal Court by Judge Goddard after pleading guilty to using the mails to defraud. He received six months on each of three counts, two suspended, and two years probation. the Reliant Supply Company and related trade names were cited as part of his operations.
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New York
Herbert Geil
Goddard
Geil
Reliant Supply Company
Regal Equipment Company
Jerome Avenue
Beliant Supply Company
Receiver Appointed for S. Miller Fruit Co Inc
Marshfield Wis March 1 The affairs of S Miller Fruit Company Inc of this town were placed in the hands of a receiver C S Gibert of Wausau was appointed receiver The business was established in 1899 and incorporated in 1916 Miller has been president of the concern as well as the S Miller Cold Storage Company Inc also of Marshfield
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Marshfield
Wis
S. Miller Fruit Company, Inc
C. S. Gilebert of
Wausau
Reeceiver
Wisconsin
Miller
Miller Cold Storage Company, Inc
The Produce Packer sample offer explainer
The Produce Packer prints a separate weekly newspaper with market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool fat and related goods. A free sample copy will be mailed gladly upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
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Fila
Fred A. Read Heads
Blossom Festival Group
Kansas City Trade
H. B. Tabb
National Potato Association
H.B. Tabb
U. S
Ines
Wenatches, Wash
Frost
Keach
S. Miller Fruit Co., Inc
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