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- ↑ Three Convicted In $1,600,000 Fraud, The New York Times, January 26, 1935, p. 36.
- ↑ Three Are Sentenced In Mail-Fraud Case, The New York Times, January 29, 1935, p. 42.
- ↑ Newspaper Specials, The Wall Street Journal , December 28, 1933, p. 3.
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