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- ↑ "Lawrence Warehouse Registers", Wall Street Journal , November 27, 1940, pg. 4.
- ↑ "Lawrence Warehouse Co", Wall Street Journal, May 14, 1936, pg. 14.
- ↑ "Lawrence Warehouse Co. Absorbs Terminal Warehouse", Wall Street Journal, June 14, 1950, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Salad Oil Case Claimants Sue for $9 Million A Firm That Never Operated in Bayonne", Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1964, pg. 4.