Marketing centralization drives profits for perishable goods
In Los Angeles on May 31 and June 10, analysts discuss central markets for fruits vegetables and meat and warn against direct farm selling. They note railroad refrigerated transport boosted profit by sending product to central agencies and consuming centers. They also report price trends for cattle veal hogs and lambs at Los Angeles markets and the benefits of western outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OS Angeles
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Union
California
Advan
Film Talkies and Dumb Films Dominate Early Screen Trends
In early cinema chatter a straw vote hints at preference between silent and sound films as public taste shifts. References include an eight year old dumb film boasting of being gay and devilish, and titles like Courage with Belle Bennett, Crooks Can't Win, The One Woman Idea, Moonshine Valley, and Man Crazy starring Alice White.
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Alice White
Hills
Kentucky
Vitaphone
Silent Screen Talk Promises and Color Claims
A cinema recap notes jokes about trial for saying the wrong word, headlines on talkies versus real romance, Billie Dove appearing in The Devil's Playground, a farmer silo remark on a plea amid a divorce trial, and Technicolor tinting of scenes with Al Jolson in Mammy not fully colored.
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Farmer Silo
Billie Dove
al Jolson
Flexible tariff clause hailed by farm leaders in tariff bill
Republican leaders in the Senate and House praise the new flexible provision as a way to remove tariff making from politics and correct inequities. Senator Capper says the reform will revolutionize tariff making by allowing the Tariff Commission to base decisions on cost of production and avoid logrolling, with a goal of a protective tariff at all times. The piece also notes Farm Board actions to stabilize wheat prices and cooperative efforts by the Farmers Union Terminal Association and related groups.
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Senate
House
Capper
Kansas
Tariff Commission
Commission
Thatcher
Farm Board
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Farmers Union Terminal Association of
St. Paul
United States
Farmers Union Terminal Association
Spring Wheat
John Deere
Country Run Wheat Must Be Delivered by July 1
M. W. Thatcher, director of the Farmers National Grain Corporation, says country run wheat must be delivered to country elevators by July 1 to liquidate Farm Board loans. Hospital or terminal processed wheat will not be accepted, and damages will be borne by the lender if delivery fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
M. W. Thatcher
Farmers Union Terminal Association
Thatcher
Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Farm Boards Stabilization Corporation
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Northwest
Idaho Wool Growers Seek 40 Percent Loss Recovery
Idaho wool producers urge the forest service to cut grazing fees by 20 percent to help recoup a claimed 40 percent loss during the past year. At a 30 member meeting, members also voted a 20 percent wage reduction and asked for a similar reduction in other costs.
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Forest Service
Boise
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Romance of Rio Grande at Hartwig theater
Fox Movietone picture stars Warner Baxter Mary Duncan and Antonio Moreno in Romance of Rio Grande. Alfred Santell directs a western era tale of pioneers conquering untamed lands with sweeping Rio Grande scenery and dramatic romance.
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Rio Grande
Fox Movietone
Warner Baxter
Mary Duncan
Antonio Moreno
Hartwig Theatre
Fox Films
West
Alfred Santell
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