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- ↑ "Dynamite Stars in Call of the Heart". Argus-Leader. 29 Apr 1928. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ↑ "Woman Wise, Honor Bound at Hippodrome". Alton Evening Telegraph. 19 May 1928. Retrieved 2019-09-07.