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Jews attributed the killing to a camp of Arab workmen. Two days later two of the campers were mysteriously murdered. Confusion was increased when one of these victims turned out to be an Egyptian Jew. The Arabs cried "Reprisal!" The Arab funeral, also orthodox and passionate, led last week to the lynching of seven Jews, the killing of two rioting Arabs by police...
...Older: "In the late eighties, owing to new inventions there was a labor depression. Ironworkers struck. They demanded eight hours a day. . . . Hearst wrote: 'The workmen are merely demanding what is reasonable. They should have it at once.' The eight-hour day was granted ironworkers. Rejoicingly Hearst wrote that it created jobs for thousands of unemployed...
...Specification House" (TIME, Sept. 2). Starting last year Reynolds offered to furnish most of the materials and equipment needed to build a home. Reynolds engineers take the plans of client's architect, draw up specifications for factory-fabricated units, which are sold through local dealers, assembled by local workmen. Reynolds supervises the job, will even arrange for financing...
...acre room without windows. Executives and machines were to work side by side, their noises deadened by sound-absorbing ceilings; machines were to be bright orange against black floors to prevent accidents by making everything conspicuous; walls and ceilings, part blue to reflect ultraviolet rays, part green to energize workmen, part white for light and cleanliness. Two hours before closing time, flagging workmen were to be daily revived by a burst of stirring music. But the five-acre room, finished in 1932, still stands empty and idle...
...Golden Gate, with the east by San Francisco Bay. Travelers in either direction have had the choice of circling far to the south around the bottom of the bay or crossing it on one of four ferry lines. Last week the end of this ancient inconvenience came closer when workmen hoisted a 50-ft. eyebar from a barge below, finally joined the two halves of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, linked San Francisco to the east for the first time. Simultaneously, the California Railroad Commission concluded long deliberations, decided to allow electric trains to cross the huge span...