Funeral services for Alexander T. Sokolow, an executive of the Los Angeles Examiner, were held today at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Rabbi Maxwell H. Dubin officiated.
A guard of honor from the California State Militia escorted the funeral cortege to the Home of Peace Cemetery.
The pallbearers were: Dr. Frank F. Barham, George G. Young, Col. Joseph Willicombe, Judge Marshall F. McComb, John M. Hall, A. Laurence Mitchell and David Cohen.
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