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- ↑ "They Say of the New Judge: He's Square Shooter, Good Lawyer, Friend of People". The Capital Times . October 31, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved February 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Secrest, Meryle (1998). Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography. University of Chicago Press. p. 72.
