Joint Council Opposes Class Rate Increase in Freight
Washington officials report the Joint Council led by Fayette Dow and Harry Elkins opposes higher class rates for fruits and vegetables. The group, representing United Fresh, National League, and International Apple Association, filed a brief in Docket 4292 arguing existing rates divert freight to rival systems. Oral arguments are set this week as the council seeks relief and maintains the December 2 1931 rule should apply, not the higher 1931 dates.
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Washington, D.C
Fayette B. Dow
Harry 8
Harry S. Elkins
Joint Council
Big Texas spring vegetable deal to start soon
Harlingen Tex March 11 The lower Rio Grande valley readies for a busy spring vegetable movement from March 20 to June with shippers buyers and growers lining up. Early beans squash peppers and Triumph potatoes will trickle in while tomatoes onions and corn progress. A heavy rain boosted growing conditions though blight appears in some carrot and Triumph fields.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
The Produce Packer sample request notice
This item announces a separate weekly newspaper The Produce Packer dedicated to market news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. It offers free sample copies by request and explains its relation to The Packer edition.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Highlights in News This Week On Agriculture and Markets
The roundup reports on freight rate increases and market plans in Kansas City and Cincinnati. It notes apple conventions in St Louis and St. Louis apple meetings, Texas spring vegetables starting, and ongoing potato planting and lettuce trends in Arizona and Georgia. It mentions cabbage and tomato outlooks in Tennessee, peach growers organizing in Georgia, and forestry and fruit notes from Arkansas to Florida. It also covers regulatory moves in Maine and Kentucky, trucking restrictions in Michigan, and upcoming conferences in Virginia Beach and Orlando with various market associations and bands of growers.
Apple Convention Convenes in St Louis August Ninth to Twelfth
Jim Bawden outlines features for the International Apple Association gathering in St. Louis from August 9 to 12. He announces a capable publicity committee headed by Charlie Scheper and Dewey McCarthy, noting Scheper’s notoriety as a columnist and poet and McCarthy’s role at Ciardl Brothers. Aiming to attract regional growers, the plan includes delegations from Calhoun County.
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Jim Bawden
St. Louis
the Packer
Kingston
Ontario
Daily News
Charlie Scheper
Dewey McCarthy
Charlie Schaper
Edgar A. Guest
Walter Winchell
Ciardl Brothers
Louie
John Baldwin
John Himself
Harry Hartman
Dave Prelusky
Gilbert Goldstein
Dewey
Calhoun County
Louisiana Strawberry Deal Opens With 63 Cars Shipped
Hammond Louisiana reports the strawberry deal opening with 63 cars shipped since March 6 and about 50 more expected today and Saturday. The first crop often suffers from freezes and peak movement is not expected until around March 26 barring warm rain and sun.
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Hammond
Louisiana
Detroit Hoard of Commerce weekly issue item
The Detroiter dated February 28 1938 reports a weekly Detroit commerce briefing with notices on business openings and local trade developments, highlighting small firms and market conditions in the early spring season.
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Detroiter
the Hoard of Commerce
Detroit, Mich
Kansas City Market Plans Unveiled for Regional Terminal
Kansas City March 11 Trade group views first scale model of the Regional Produce Terminal Market to be built on the current city market site. The U shaped complex will feature wholesale stores on two sides and a large retail area on the third, with four 180 foot docks under skylights in the center for farmer truck unloading. Construction begins after old market buildings and City Hall razing are complete. City Manager H F McElroy outlined the plan and timelines.
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Kansas City
City Market
North Side Business and Improvement Association
Merchants Bank
H. F. McElroy
Strict Selling Hours Enforced at South Water Market Chicago
Chicago March 11 selling and delivery hours at South Water Market shifted to 6 p m to 1 p m for selling and 6 a m to 2 30 p m for delivery after an agreement among traders. The 30 day trial reportedly sped trading and gained broad approval with plans for further industry conferences to refine conditions.
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Chicago
South Water Market
South Water Market Trade
Fast Tennessee Berry Acreage Increase in East Tennessee
Dayton Tennessee March 11 reports strawberry acreage in east Tennessee rising about 40 percent this year over last. The expansion will begin around May 11 with ideal growing and field conditions boosting quality outlook into the season.
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Tennessee
Dayton
Tenn
East Tennessee
Horowitz Firm Seeks Time Extension in Bankruptcy
Barnet and Morris Horowitz trading as B Horo witz fruits and vegetables at 192 Brook Avenue, New York, file a voluntary petition for an extension of time under Section 74 of the Bankruptcy Act. Liabilities total 26526 and assets 33888. They propose a 25 percent cash offer to creditors and notes for the balance with staggered payments through the year, as accountants review the books.
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New York
Barnet
Morris Horowitz
B. Horowitz
Brook Avenue
Ward W. Smith
Credit Association
jJast
National League Convention Set for Virginia Beach in 1939
The 47th annual meeting of the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors will be held January 10 to 18, 1939, at the Cavalier Hotel Virginia Beach. Norfolk branch will host with Joseph H. Baker as president and Garfield Shafer as secretary.
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Washington, D. C
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach
Washington
National League
Norfolk
Joseph H. Baker
Baker Produce Corporation
Garfield Shafer
W. B. Shafer, Inc
Cavalier
Princess Anne Country Club
Virginia
Ocean Shore
Edward L. Frost
Richmond
Horace H. Herr
Kaw Valley Potato Planting In Full Swing Next Week
Topeka Kansas March 11 potato planting in the Kaw valley is expected to be in full swing next week weather conditions are satisfactory. Farmers seeded this week as ground is excellent for seed. Acreage likely to match last year though final figures depend on weather and government payments remain uncertain but meetings have discussed the issue.
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Topeka
Kan
Kaw Valley
Most California Crops Escape Flood Damage and Loss
Los Angeles March 11 Despite a month of unsettled weather and record precipitation in California the southern part of the state saw little crop damage. Shippers report rain was mostly beneficial with rail disruptions limited to Venice celery sap and minor losses in rhubarb strawberry and other small crops along with some citrus damage in nearby areas.
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Los Angeles
California
Amon
Venice
Cabbage and Tomato Outlook in Tennessee
Humboldt Tennessee reports west Tennessee cabbage acreage 15 to 40 percent below 1937. shipments likely below normal with May 25 start for cabbage and June 24 to 27 for tomatoes. Last year yielded 1,244 tomato cars. cabbage rail movement reached 1,091 cars with trucks common.
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Humboldt, Tenn
West Tennessee
Copenhagen
West
Tennessee
Gibson
Humboldt
Milan
Medina
Trenton
Bradford
Italian Government Honors Joseph V. LaMantia in Chicago
Chicago March 11 Joseph V LaMantia president of LaMantia Bros Arrigo Company has been named a Chevalier of the Italian Crown for civic and philanthropic work helping the poor and unfortunate over the years. The Italian consul Dr Franco Fontana will present the honor at a future ceremony.
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Chicago
Joseph V. LaMantia
LaMantia Bros.-Arrigo Company
la Mantia
Franco Fontana
Nea
New Hours of Trading on the Cincinnati Market
Cincinnati announces a new hours schedule for the local fresh fruit and vegetable market starting March 14. Mondays and the day after holidays run 5 am to 3 pm, Tuesdays to Fridays 6 am to 3 pm, Saturdays 6 am to 1 30 pm, with strawberries excluded on those days. No deliveries on Sundays or legal trade holidays.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Dealers Association
Firmer Market Seen This Week on Arizona Lettuce
Phoenix district prepares for peak shipping next week with about 100 cars daily, rising to 160 or 175 as new fields open. Yuma winds down while Imperial Valley sits out, prices move to $1.40 per crate for standard packs. Sixes are halted under Foote's order, with 50 percent grading OS No 1 and 85 percent U S No 1L. season may end earlier due to limited acreage.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Yuma
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Salt River Valley
J. M. Foote
U. S
Court Upholds Maine Potato Branding Law
Justice Charles P. Barnes of the Maine Supreme Court dismissed the equity suit by Paul F. Jacking, a Houlton potato shipper, seeking to enjoin Commissioner Washburn from enforcing the Maine potato branding law. The court found no proof of irreparable loss or threats, and ruled the statute is reasonably interpreted with the new "ability grade" allowed to be shipped in bulk if other grades are permitted.
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Houlton
Packer
Charles P. Barnes
Maine Supreme Court
Paul F. Jackins
Houlton Potato Shipper
Frank P. Washburn
Maine
Justice Barnes
Jacking
Commissioner of Agriculture
Washburn
Charles M. White
J. M. McCauley
Brooklyn
Cyril Sullivan
New England
Food and Drugs Department
T. J. O'Connor
Atlantic Commission Company
Donald Folsom
University of Maine
Freight rate rise boosts postwar transport costs
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 10 percent general freight increase and five to seven percent on agricultural goods, aiming for about 200 percent of prewar rates for perishables. The move, tied to railroads seeking 15 percent, would raise revenue by roughly 270 million dollars. past patterns show higher rates hit perishables hardest, with fruit rates rising sharply compared with less perishable items.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tomato Festival at Nogales Long to Be Remembered
Nogales Arizona March 11 leaders Vince Lamia and Bill Seatena honored as Fiesta de log Tomateros unfolds as third annual celebration despite California floods and reluctant Mexican tomatoes. The event boosts old Mexico glamour and community spirit, drawing 20 to 30 local dealers and extensive festivity amid challenging market conditions.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico West Coast
Mexico
Vince Lamia
Bill Seatena
Hera
Boston social figure Adeline Fitz dies at Melrose Hospital
Mrs Adeline Frances Slade Fitz of Boston dies after years of poor health at Melrose Hospital in Boston. Born 1861 in Chelsea, she married Judge Frank E Fitz in 1884, survived by sons David S Fitz and Robert F Fitz of Wakefield and six grandchildren. She served as D A R national society president general and helped found the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. She composed songs and valued music, and was active in the Society of Colonial Dames. The family had summered in Wakefield and later lived in Beach Bluff Swampscott.
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Boston
Adeline Frances (Slade) Fitz
David S. Fitz
E. C. Fitz & Co
National Society of the
D. A. Tt
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Melrose Hospital
Fitz
Chelsea
David and
Elizbeth Whittaker Slade
Frank E. Fitz
Beach Bluff
Swampscott
David
Robert F. Fitz
Wakesfield
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Sayre
Michigan
Nebraska Potato Association
Arkansas
Yakima
Tellamake
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Georgia Melon Growers
Conference of Fi Florida
Orlando
Bronx Market Ass Association
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Adeline Frances Fitz
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