Labor issues to be discussed at National League convention
The National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors will convene January 6 7 at the William Penn hotel in Pittsburgh to debate the labor situation under new federal rules. Secretary Horace H Herr notes rising union activity from the AFL and CIO and says producers must prepare for ongoing labor relations challenges in major markets including California and the Pacific Coast.
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National League
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
National League of Wholesale, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
William Penn Hotel
Horace H. Herr
Atlanta
Herr
American Federation of Labor
Denver
California
Pacific Coast
Atlantic City
Congress
Apple Week Promoted by International Apple Association
Rochester N C October 15 R G Phillips secretary of the International Apple Association calls attention to National Apple Week running October 30 to November 6 inclusive in a letter to apple interests. He urges local sections markets producers and consumers to boost the King Apple during the week aided by Apple Advertising Institutes railroads and steamship lines with aims to surpass last year and widen universal participation.
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Rochester
N. C
R. G. Phillips
International Apple Association
Apple
Arkansas Valley Leads in Colorado Onion Shipments
Greeley and Brighton shippers paid 45 to 60 cents per 50 pound bag for No 1 medium yellow onions. Northern Colorado has shipped about 40 cars this week, Western Slope 60 cars, Arkansas Valley 100 cars to date, with total season movement surpassing 175 cars by mid week.
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Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Brighton
Arkansas Valley
Produce Packer offers market news for shippers and distributors
A notice explains The Produce Packer as a separate weekly newspaper from The Packer. It covers marketing and trade news for eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and fur and offers free sample copies by request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Eges
A Lot of Money Lost in Truck Shipment Insurance
A fruit shipper faced a $1,000 loss after a truck carrying fruit burned in transit. The trucker had no insurance and acknowledged responsibility but did not pay, prompting questions about liability compared with rail transport. The piece urges shippers to vet carriers to avoid such losses.
National Apple Week Promoted Across Industries
The article urges broad support for National Apple Week from October 30 to November 6 to boost consumption of the 1937 apple crop. It highlights cooperative efforts by organizations and individuals, with displays, menu uses, and incentives aimed at producers handlers cold storage operators carriers and consumers to encourage healthier, more apples.
West Virginia Apple Market Outlook Improves for Prospects
Martinsburg WV Oct 15 Apple growers show rising optimism as cooler weather boosts demand and exports to date exceed last season. Anticipation grows that by November 1 nearby fruit will dwindle and outside supplies will be sought, signaling potential market improvement for this year’s deal. Late varieties harvest underway with about 70 percent remaining on trees as favorable weather is expected.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Al Barnett to retire as Chicago firm closes operation
Chicago October 15 A W Barnett & Co Inc announces discontinuing business effective October 16 after paying all obligations in full. The firm cites discouraging general business outlook. Al Barnett, longtime head, plans extended rest and thanks colleagues for years of business relations.
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Chicago
A.W. Barnett
A. W. Barnett & Co., Inc
al Barnett
Connell Joins Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
Alamo Texas October 15 J C Connell general manager of the Rio Grande Citrus Distributors has moved to the Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange as sales manager of the canning and by products division and will not participate in the fresh fruit deal this season The Exchange expects to process 4 million to 1.25 million cases of grapefruit juice plus dehydrated products
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Alamo
Tex
J. C. Connell
Rio Grande Citrus Distributors
Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
Connell
Exchange
Apple Crop Figures Show a Slight Gain in 1937
The Department of Agriculture reports the October 1 1937 apple crop at 206,716,000 bushels, the largest since 1926, with September conditions generally favorable. Some north central states face small sizes due to heat and drought, scab damage in east and midwest orchards, and a larger share of lower grades, while the Pacific Northwest harvests unusually clean fruit though sizes run below average.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
North Central
East
Middle West
Pacific Northwest
New Orleans Golf Committee Plans for Convention
New Orleans officials announce the golf program for the 34th annual United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association Convention to be held January 10 to 13 at Hotel Roosevelt. Frank Ebel, golf committee chair, notes steady progress in arranging non business features while hints that benefits occur beyond formal sessions.
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New Orleans
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
Hotel Roosevelt
Frank Ebel
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Cranberry Crop Surpasses Average Across States in 1937
Government crop report shows 1937 cranberry production total 691100 barrels, up from 504300 in 1936 and near the five year average of 693023. Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Pacific Northwest states report better yields and quality, with substantial increases in New Jersey and Washington.
Fall Opening Hours Proposed by Fruit Trade Group
The Fruit and Produce Trade Association transit committee recommends new fall hours to take effect November 1 until further notice. Deliveries from terminals for early street sale set to New Jersey at 11 30 p m and New York at 12 p m if ordered, store sale at 12 p m, stores not opening before 2 a m. Pennsylvania Railroad piers to sign up by 4 30 a m with display and sale at 4 45 a m and deliveries at 6 30 a m.
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New York
Transportation Committee
the Fruit and Produce Trade Association
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Dearborn of National Perishable Freight Committee Dies
Robert Colby Dearborn, 60, long time chairman of the National Perishable Freight Committee, died Saturday after two months of illness in Chicago. Former Pacific Fruit Express executive, he leaves a widow Nannie a son and a daughter, with funeral in Chicago and burial at Yorkville NL.
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Chicago
Robert Colby Dearborn
National Perishable Freight Committee
Dearborn
West 104Th Street
Harvard Avenue
Yorkville
Nannie
Robert
Merle Dowder
George A. Dearborn
Pacific Fruit Express
Hans Hansen Chicago dealer dies at 67 in Oak Park
Hans Hansen of Christ Hansen & Co. died at 12 10 a m Wednesday at his home 903 North Grove avenue Oak Park after nearly three months illness He was 67 born in Germany in 1880 and came to the United States He helped form Christ Hansen & Co in 1903 a large potatos and onions firm He was known for honesty and courtesy funeral Saturday at 11 from his home under Masonic auspices Interment in Forest cemetery Milwaukee He is survived by his widow brother Christ and two sisters in Germany.
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Chicago
Hans Hansen
Christ Hansen& Co
North Grove Avenue
Oak Park
Hansen
United States
Ise
Germany
Christ, Hansen & Co
Christ
Hans
Masonic Order
Blue Lodge
Knights Templar
Forest Cemetery
Milwaukee
Wis
Potato Acreage Provisions For 1938 Program
Washington D C Oct 15 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced that potato acreage stabilization provisions will be included in the 1938 Agricultural Conservation Program after preliminary referendum returns from potato growers. The voluntary program sets a national goal of 3 1 to 3 3 million acres for 1938, based on past production and adjusted for certain farmers.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Northern Calif Delta Celery to Start Moving
Stockton California reports opening shipments of northern California Delta celery next week with light loadings until about November 1. Favorable growing conditions keep the crop in good shape though acreage is about 2,000 acres lighter than last season and harvest is concentrated in January and February, forecasting light movement in November and December.
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Stockton
Calif
California
Potato Crop Reduction Report for October 1 1937
October 1 reports from potato growers show a crop of 398 785 000 bushels for 1937, down 4 608 000 from September 1. Production is about 21 percent above 1936 and 7 percent above the 1928 32 average, with harvest near completion in Maine and other key states. Drought in Wisconsin cuts prospects 17 percent from last month as frosts slow northern growth.
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Washington, D. C
Potato
Department of Agriculture
Aroostook
Maine
Wisconsin
Michigan
Damage to potato crops in Minnesota and nearby states
Minne apolis reports uncertain total crop damage after a freeze. Temperatures fell to 20 below in outlying areas and 17 above in Warroad, with 75 percent of upland stock believed under cover within 100 miles. Some damage expected to peatland stocks and about 10 percent in the Hatton area.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Warroad
Princeton-Cambridge
Hatton
N. D
Dean Osking Company
Government Buying Raises Grape Prices in Michigan
In Paw Paw Michigan on October 15 the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation boosted grape prices with jumbo pack bids. The government set jumbo pack bids at 25 cents per unit, equating to about $15.40 a ton for Concords. J P Hatch said there is no purchase tonnage limit and buying will continue until market prices reflect fair values for growers.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Michigan
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
J. P. Hatch
Texas Citrus Movement to Start This Week in Harlingen
Harlingen Texas reports the citrus movement beginning slowly with a few cars leaving today and a heavier pace expected tomorrow and Sunday. Most fruit meets or narrowly misses the slate green fruit law in the valley, with full swing anticipated within ten to fourteen days and the week of October 25 as the start of real volume.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas
Highlights in Jews This Week
Highlights cover apple and citrus crops across regions. Reports note a larger cranberry crop, Florida citrus rate cuts, and a late harvest in Wenatchee. News mentions potato crops in Illinois and Idaho, and a lower New Jersey apple buy.
Apple and Pear Storage Holdings Reported by Bureau
Washington report shows October 1 storage totals across apples and pears. Barreled apples 144000 barrels, western box stocks 1716000, total apple stocks 4908000 bushels, Bartlett pears 204000 packed boxes and 934000 loose boxes, other pears 1876 boxes, pear baskets 101000 bushels. Frozen fruits 131430000 pounds, frozen vegetables 22983000 pounds.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Rail Delivery Service Case Reopened for Reargument
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened the Scott Brothers case to reargument over whether it has jurisdiction over railroad pickup and delivery under the Motor Carrier Act. A hearing is scheduled for November 12 in Washington, prompted by petitions from the Merchant Truckmen's Bureau of New York Cartage Exchange of Chicago and western railroads.
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Washington
2. C
Scott Brothers
Division 5
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Merchant
Truckmen's Bureau of
New York
Cartage Exchange of Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce approves citrus shipment rate cut
Lakeland Fla Oct 15 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved an emergency reduction in citrus shipping rates at the request of the railroads for Florida fruit bound for Western Trunk Line territory. The order takes effect today and runs through July 31 covering markets including Minneapolis Des Moines Omaha and Denver.
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Lakeland
Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Western Trunk Line
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
Denvers
Florida citrus crop projections show rise for oranges
Officials estimate a 37,000,000 box Florida citrus crop for 1937-38, down 3,600,000 from last year, with oranges and tangerines totaling 24,000,000 boxes and grapefruit 13,000,000. Oranges rise about 1.5 million boxes while grapefruit and tangerines fall sharply.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
H. A. Marks
J. ,. Townsend
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Duncan
Potato Men at Chicago Meeting Favor Agreement
Chicago officials report a three day potato marketing conference at Stevens Hotel concluding with a push for immediate government enactment of marketing agreements in north central and western districts. The meeting followed a September referendum showing over seventy five percent support from producers across three major potato regions. Attendees included growers shippers and AAA staff.
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Chicago
Stevens
Packer
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Gelb Sentenced to Thirty Days in Jail in New York
In New York City Judge Mandelbaum sentences Nathan Gelb to 30 days in jail after a guilty plea to concealment of assets. Prosecutors and Department of Justice lawyers had pushed for longer time. bankruptcy discharge barred and about 1300 dollars ordered to repay to the trustee. An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in 1936 by Produce Alliance attorneys.
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New York
Mandelbaum
Nathan Gelb
Department of Justice
Gelb
Apple Exports for Week and Year to Date
The International Apple Association reports U S and Canada exports for the week ending October 9 totaling 147 800 barrels and 157 998 boxes. Year to date exports reach 670 006 barrels and 846 613 boxes versus last year at the same date with 259 967 barrels and 1 152 435 boxes.
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New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Association
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West
Virginia
Rio Grande Valley
Golf Committee
United Fresh Fruit and ‘ Vegetable Association
Massachusetts
Pacific-Northwest
Oregon
Robert C. Dearborn
The
Mr. Hansen
Christ Hansen & Co
Delta Celery
Titates
Mnnesota
Texas Citrus Fruit Movement
Chantiot
Hans: Hansen
Golf’ Committee
Texas Citrus Fruit
Robert G. Dearborn
Long Island
Pacific
Assa
San. Luis Valley
Kansas City
Baltimore
Missouri
Mobile County
Satsuma
Mississippi Satsuma
Joseph B. Egan
South America
Secretary of Agriculture
Wenatchee
Buffalo
Carl Gylling
Idaho
Red River Valley
Apple and Pear Storage Holdings
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