Business: Deals & Developments

Peach Plan. California peachgrowers, with harvest time not far off, last week were wondering how many of their trees to uproot. For peaches from uprooted trees the canners' pool will pay an extra $2.50 a ton. Object: to reduce California's orchards by 12,000 acres, lessen overproduction next year.

Mitten Move. Chairman of the board of Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. is oval-faced Dr. Arthur Alan Mitten. His father, Thomas Eugene Mitten, operated P. R. T. through Mitten Management, Inc. until he died by drowning in October 1929. In addition to the greater part of a...

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