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- 1 2 "H. S. Martin Dies in Nine Story Fall; Head of the Ambassador Hotel System Plunges From a Window of Park Avenue Home. He had Long Been Ailing - Executive of S.W. Straus & Co.--Turned Over $1,000,000 Garment Business to Employees in 1923" . The New York Times . January 15, 1930.
- 1 2 3 "Straus Bank Votes Deal" . The New York Times . September 5, 1931. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Straus Bank Makes First Report" . The New York Times . January 4, 1929. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ↑ "S. W. Straus Estate is Put at $4,738,091; Transfer Tax Appraisal Filed on Net of Mortgage Banker Who Died in 1930" . The New York Times . June 21, 1944. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ↑ "C. H. Marfield Heads Straus National Bank; Was in Banking Here Before Going to Chicago--Takes Place of S.W. Straus" . The New York Times . December 30, 1930. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Basis Is Worked Out For Merger of Banks; Union of Continental and Straus and International Trust Acquisition Due Sept. 16" . The New York Times . August 3, 1931. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- 1 2 "Straus Bank Joins With Continental; Merged Institution Acquires Certain of the Assets of International Trust. DOld Personnel Retained - Capital Funds Set at $11,000,000, including $6,000,000 Surplus and $1,000,000 Reserves" . The New York Times . September 16, 1931. Retrieved November 1, 2017.