John A Biggio Dead From Heart Attack in Chicago
John A Biggio of Chicago died Monday evening after a heart attack at his home. He had undergone two mastoid operations and had faced health issues since returning from Toledo Ohio where he was in the tomato business. Survived by widow Edith Bernero Biggio a son Jonith and brother Frank. Funeral at St. Margaret Mary Church with interment at Mount Carmel cemetery attended by many trade colleagues.
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John A. Biggio
Chicago
Frank Biggio
Frank
Estes Avenue
St. Margaret Mary Church
Mount Carmel
Edith -Bernero Biggio
Jonith
Twin Cities Street Notes Move and Personnel Shifts
The Karkalus Brown Brokerage Company offices shift to 555 Jackson street with larger quarters and new telephone trunks. Abe Mendelson returns from a brief business trip to producing regions as Morris Fruit & Produce moves to a new North Sixth street site. Booth Cold Storage general manager Herb Gross comes back after travel east and Charles Gebo of the Alford Gebo Company visits the office after a period at home.
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Karkalus Brown Brokerage Company
Jackson Street
The
Morris Fruit & Produce Company
North Sixth Street
Herb Gross
Booth, Cold Storage Company
Rip East
Charles Gebo
Alford’ Gebo Company
Winegarden completes purchase of New Orleans Fruit House stake
Oct 11 report from Mich describes Hyman Winegarden gaining full control of the New Orleans Fruit House after buying out brothers Harry Winegarden and Edward Rosenberg for about 38750 dollars each. The deal ends a long running partnership. Eddie Rosenberg remains general manager as stated by Hyman Winegarden.
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Mich
New Orleans
Winegarden Brothers
Eddie Rosenberg
Middle West
Hyman
Winegarden
Better Market on Apples at Detroit
Detroit reports improved apple trading with Michigan two and a half inch McIntosh at 85c to 1.00 per bushel. Snows 75 to 90c, Wealthies 60 to 66c, No 1 Wolfe Rivers 50 to 65c, West Virginia No 1 Delicious 1.40 to 1.45, Ohio Jonathans 1.10, Michigan Hyslop crabapples 75 to 90c, Washington extra fancy Delicious 2.00 to 2.10, large fancy 1.75 to 1.80 per bushel.
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Detroit
Michigan
Wolfe Rivers
West Virginia
Ohio
Detroit Street Notes Chronicle Regional Shippers Visitors
Detroit notes report visits by Earl DeHaven of Union Growers and Shippers of Michigan Marshall A C Albright of Model City Cold Storage Company Decatur Michigan Harry Becker of Harry Becker Co and Percy Smeltzer of Smeltzer Brothers after trips through Michigan apple region Perrin C Miller of Albert Miller Co and C H Miller of Miller Michigan Co stop in Detroit en route home after New York and eastern markets Miller cites Chicago World Series conflict keeping him from attending Cubs Tigers game.
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Earl DeHaven
Union Growers and Shippers of Michigan
Marshall
Detroit
Perrin C. Miller
Albert Miller ,& Co
Chicago
C. H. Miller
Miller-Michigan Company
Grand Rapids
New York
William L Wagner Comments on The Motor Carrier Act
William L Wagner of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association comments on the Motor Carrier Act. He notes postponement of sections 206 to 211 to October 16 1935, affect only public and contract carriers, with private carriers unaffected. He cites California retail license as a major issue, detailing tax scales for Safeway and peers and noting 135 000 signatures to suspend the act pending a 1936 vote.
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William L. Wagner
Chicago
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Callifornia Retail
California
Lcense
Safeway
Woolworth, Penney
United Cigars
Montgomery-Ward
Date Marketing Agreement Ended in California
Washington D C Oct 11 The marketing agreement and license for California date shippers were terminated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The control committee members become trustees to liquidate affairs. The plan previously set minimum prices for date grades but amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act affect enforceability. First Car Marsh Seedless Grapefruit arrives Milwaukee Florida fruit quality noted.
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Washington, D. C
California
Secretary of Agriculture
Date Control Committee
Milwaukee
D'Amore Brokerage Company
Green vegetables show improved tone on Chicago market
Cooler weather boosted demand for greens while frosts trimmed homegrown supplies. Chicago shipments remained moderately plentiful with asparagus at 4.60 to 6.50 per crate and various vegetables trading at firmer, steady to slow-moving prices, including lettuce, onions, peppers, spinach, and tomatoes in mixed regional offerings.
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Chicago
Arizona
Illinois
Michigan
California
Colorado
Wisconsin
Washington
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Nancy
Hall
Virginia
New Jersey
Nancy Halls
Indiana
Death of H Peters Josephsen traffic official in Chicago
H Peter Josephsen of Chicago died suddenly Monday from a heart attack at the Acme Fast Freight offices where he served as traffic official. He was known in the South Water Market produce trade and previously guided the South Water Market Traffic Bureau and the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange before joining Acme Fast Freight. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 pm from 624 North Western avenue chapel, with interment at Mount Olive cemetery. A large turnout of Booth Water Market friends attended the service.
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H. Péter Josephsen
Chicago
H. Peter Josephsen
Acme Foat. Freight
Josephsen
South Water Market
South Water Market Traffic Bureau
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
New York City
Acme Fast Freight
North Western Avenue
Mount Olive Cemetery
Booth Water Market
Josephson
Caruso Fruit Distributors Opens New Chicago Location
Caruso Fruit Distributors Inc of Chicago announces opening a new plant at 86 South Water Market on October 14. The firm expands to offer a full line of fruits and vegetables and has recently incorporated. Directors are Phillip Caruso Anthony Caruso and Sal Capodice.
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Chicago
Caruso Fruit Distributors, Inc
South Water Market
Carlote
Phillip Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Sal Capodice
Southern Fruit Distributors, Inc
Winter Garden
Fla
Caruso Fruit Distributors
LaMantia Bros
Arrigo Company
Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc
Capodice
Caruso Distributors, Inc
Fila
Chicago Street Notes Reflect Chicago World Series Visit
T R Merrill of Merrill Packing Co of Salinas and Mrs Merrill attended the World Series in Chicago with Fox and Godding Co as their headquarters. The item highlights the season's first pecans arriving from Mississippi via 8 T Fish Co and notes several industry visitors, salesmen, and company representatives business travels in the Chicago trade.
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T. R. Merrill
Merrill Packing Company
Salinas
Calif
Mrs. Merrill
Chicago
Mr. Merrill
Fox & Godding Company
First Oregon pears car arrives for season in Chicago
Pittsburgh and Chicago trade chatter note the first Blue Diamond pears from Hood River arrive in Chicago via Apple Growers Association to Chandler-Allen Company. Visits by Bill Austin and others trace activity of trade lanes with fruit growers, shippers, and distributors. In Detroit, dieticians and professors tour the Detroit Union Produce Terminal as campaigns to boost fresh fruit demand gain momentum among distributors and state agencies.
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Oregon
Apple Growera Association
Hood River
Chandler-Allen Company
Detroit
Detroit Union Produce Terminal
Harper Hospital
G. M. Motts
Michigan State College
O. Ulrey
Kirk F.W. H. Baggs
Mitchell
American Fruit Growers Inc
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C.H. Weaver & CO
Nick Actin
Pers Agents
Chandler-Allen CO
Chandler & Son
Chandler & CO
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Harry, Alien
T US
Paul
Chandler Dex Moines
Everett Chandler
Berliner- Genseke Co., Inc
Pia Maa
H. Rubenstein & Co., Inc
Waukee
Geo. Hitz& Co
Indianapolis, Ind
D. L. Peppard
the Packer
Marcan & Ott, m
Wis
Twin Cities
Abe Mendelson
Human Winegarden
Detroit Street
A.C.’ Albright
Model City
Model City, N. Y
Shippers Service Company, Inc
Harry Becker
Harry Becker& Co
Decatur
Percy Smeltzer
Smeltzer Brothers, Inc
Apple
Frosta
Iceberg
Watsonville
Colo
Cauliflower
Chicago Street Notes
8. T. Fish Company
Fruit Auction Sales Company
Alicantes
Muscats
Milla Brothers
Jack, Silva
Jones & Kavanagh Company, Ltd
Los Angeles
Guadalupe
Fry Distributing Company
Territory
H. Cohen
Quality Produce | Company, Inc
Cleveland
Will Wilensky
Liberty, Fruit and Produce |Company
St. Louis, Mo
M. Gordon
Joseph Lerner
Cohen & Gordon
J. Lerner
F. BE. Embree
National’ Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
Milton Brown
Co. M. Brown
Redlarnds, Calif
Fry Distributing” Company
John
Barnes,Inc
Plant City
Merkel Brothers Company
A. W. Barnett
A. W. Barnett & Co., Inc
Idaho
Anthony Rizzo
New Haven
Abe Cohen
Abe Cohen Company, Inc
Rochester, N. Y
Jasper’ DeMaria
DeMaria & Janssen, Inc
Kansas City
Frances Hoyer
Stanley Fruit’ Company
Phoenix
Ariz
Miss Hoyer
Stanley Organization
Sidney King
Wabash Railway Company
St. Louis
William J. Piowaty
Piowaty Brothers, Inc
Western Fruit Jobber’ Association
O. B. West
O. B. West Company
Des Moines, In
H. B. West
John .R. Baldwin
Baldwin- Pope Marketing Company
Eddie Lorber
Henry Lorber & Co., Inc
J. W. Fox, Jr
Fox Godding Company
Fox
Jerry Fox
J. A. Martin
Wesco Foods Company
West
Tion Friedman
S.friedman & Sons
South Water
O’connell Brokerage Company
Northwest
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Select & Broker T
Karkalits-Brown Brokerage CO
ST. Paul, Minn
Ira J. Kreger
Union Produce Terminal
Paul D. Jones
Hollandale
Minn
Minnesota
H. A. Hopkins
Hubbard
Wikre
Phone Martz
Market Place
Pittsburgh
Bill Austin
T. A. Austin & Co
Laredo
Tex
Mr. Austin
del Gourley
Austin Lime Company
Tom Smallwood
Denver
Mathis DeLland
Mexican Products ‘Company
Laredo, Tex
Laula Weller
A. R. T. Company
Lyman, Bruce
James O'Keefe
O'Keefe
LaManila Bros.-Arrigo Company J
Imperial Valley Asparagus
Partment
Martori Distributing Company, Inc
L. D
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