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Died. Moses V. Joseph, 70, of Birmingham, Ala., pioneer merchant, financier (banks, steel mills, real estate), Jewish leader; in Birmingham...
Another step in the direction of the Five-Day Week, predicted by Contractor Fred T. Ley (TIME, May 6) and many another observer of U. S. labor, was taken last week when the Manhattan Structural Steel Board of Trade granted the Five-Day Week to 2,500 ironworkers. An increase in pay-per-hour insured workers of no decrease in wages. Manhattan electricians and bricklayers had previously won the Five-Day Week battle...
...Voted to use $166,000 of the reserve funds of the Harvard Athletic Association for permanent steel trusses in the new gymnasium...
...this point however, little of the vast amount of steel that is necessary to the completed building would have been used, only 20,000 tons of steel construction being necessary below the second story level. The second story is composed largely of steel, the trusses being the foundation of support for the upper reaches of the building as well as a central factor in tieing up the construction previous to this point...
...erect a temporary roof upon the conclusion of the first floor would therefore necessitate a large amount of steel, to bear the strain that will now be undertaken by the permanent trusses. The cost of a temporary roof over the first floor was estimated by the architects at $46,000, a figure which was unusually large because of the expensive material that must be included in even such a temporary structure...