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- ↑ "Police Lieutenant Dead Here at 56". The New York Times . November 12, 1938.
died in Van Wyck Hospital, Jamaica, Queens
- ↑ "Capt Stein's Condition Grave". The New York Times . June 10, 1937.
at the Van Wyck Hospital
- 1 2 "Police Protect Doctor Who Told of Operation". Brooklyn Times-Union . August 1, 1936. p. 9.
chief surgeon of the Van Wyck Hospital, 104-26 Van Wyck blvd., Ozone Park
- ↑ "13 Private Hospitals of Boro Conform to New City Rules; 12 Queens Institutions Also Meet Requirements and Get Official Approval". Brooklyn Eagle . September 30, 1936. p. 25.
- ↑ "Dr. Warshaw, Doctors Hospital of Queens" (PDF).
- ↑ "DAYIDWARSHAW, SURGEON, WAS 65; Director of Doctors Hospital in Queens DeaduWas on Pershing's Staff in France". Brooklyn Eagle . May 28, 1960. p. 25.
- ↑ "Pitti v. Warshaw, 35 Misc. 2d 875". June 1962.
Defendants Warshaw and Wein, sued individually and as copartners formerly doing business as Doctors Hospital of Queens, defendant White and defendant Murphy
- ↑ "Dr. Lester Samuels of Queens to Serve Term for Perjury". Brooklyn Eagle . January 17, 1939. p. 25.
- ↑ "New York Surgeon Operates on Girl, 18. 42-Day Victim". The Bradford Era . October 9, 1941.
- ↑ "Lester Samuels". The Salt Lake Tribune . December 14, 1941. p. 75.
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