Business: Sheldon Day

If expressions of esteem from its employes were its only diet, the steel industry would have been on starvation rations for years. The late Judge Elbert Gary gave his name to a city, but never during his lifetime was that hard-bitten old steelmaster honored by workers marching behind brass bands. Last week four little towns in the Allegheny Valley closed shop & school to turn out in personal tribute to the 75-year-old president of their local steel company, Allegheny Steel's Harry E. Sheldon. It was Constitution Day for the rest of the U....

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