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Shirley Hemingway. Findagrave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38866965/josephine-alice-ross

Chicago Tribune, Daily Register. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30396988/chicago-tribune/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAVES

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Katie Serena. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-heirens-lipstick-killer

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https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/us/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer-dies-at-83.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heirens