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- ↑ “Queries and Answers,” NYTBR, May 2, 1943: BR31.
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- ↑ Bob Hughes (September 1, 1985). "THE VOICE THAT WAS WAS PURE POETRY FOR ALL-NIGHT RADIO". Chicago Tribune .
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