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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1936
Page
3
Society notes report plans for a cabaret dance featuring Alex Goldberg and his band at Red House on Wednesday May 20. The article highlights the band’s appeal to resorts and college dances, with a notable feminine entertainer as part of the ensemble.
The items note Mrs Holt's cousin Mrs J Hunter McClintic in a tie for third place with She May Be Rudy's Third Wife. William W Wyan of Beech Street had an appendix operation at City Hospital last night. L L Herisinga of Simpson is listed as a medical patient in the hospital today.
In New York on May 18 the stock market surged after the Supreme Court declared parts of the Guffey contract unconstitutional. Trading bounced from early declines to gains around 1 to 42 a share as Dome Mines Sears Roebuck Chrysler GM Bethlehem Steel N Y Central Santa Fe and several others led advancing issues on the exchange floor.
The airship Hindenburg, en route to America, faces heavy storms over the Atlantic and cannot reach Lakehurst New Jersey before Wednesday morning. The report notes the involved turnaround and weather delaying arrival and mentions a death victim, Red Turner, a Negro dam worker, though OCR text is partial and unclear on details.
National Reemployment Service reports 233 men placed in Taylor Barbour and Preston counties in the past week. 149 sent to the dam, 79 to the railroad, and five to other projects. Taylor leads with 104 referrals, Barbour 83, Preston 46. Officials warn of open labor jobs and low wages may require expanding to northern counties.
Mrs F D Roosevelt is booked for two radio speeches in the next two weeks. The first will originate from the political study club in Washington on Saturday afternoon via WJZ NBC. The following Friday she is scheduled for a second club program broadcast.
A New Jersey case reveals limits on federal power to regulate housing and resettlement. The Franklin Somerset county model community plan lacked constitutional authorization, per Justice Van Orsdel joined by Chief Justice and one associate. Rexford Tugwell defers comment. The opinion cites prior Supreme Court rulings on NRA and AAA.
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