¶ Last week a petition was filed in a Brooklyn Federal Court by Eggs Inc. of Smithtown Branch, L. I. seeking permission for a reorganization under the new bankruptcy law. A Manhattan newspaper promptly headlined the item: EGGS (INC.) BUSTED. A quality poultry farm handling as many as 100,000 chickens, 1,000,000 eggs a year. Eggs, Inc. sold pheasants to New York's famed restaurateur, Henri Charpentier, who insisted that they be killed on the wing. It gave them a special flavor to be shot down while tense, said...
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