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MAGUIRE, Russell -- G2 Army Intelligence Report

Russell Maguire aka John Russell Maguire aka J. Russell Maguire 093-10-9884; b: 07-27-1897 (Meriden CT); d: 11-10-66 (NYC) Maguire attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University. He began his business career as an order clerk. He served in the Navy during World War I. After the war, he worked for Aetna Casualty and Surety Company but he left them in 1935 to form the Russell Maguire Company, an investment firm. This firm was dissolved in 1941 after an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission found that two companies under his control were guilty of illegal manipulation of stocks. Subsequently, in 1945, the SEC denied his application to register as head of a brokerage company because of the 1941 incident. Maguire was President and Chairman of Maguire Industries, Inc. The company originated in 1916 as Auto Ordinance Corporation but in 1939 it was sold to Thompson Automatic Arms Corp. Maguire acquired this corporation in 1944 and it became part of Maguire Industries, Inc. During World War II, Maguire’s corporation produced the bulk of Thompson submachine guns. Large government contracts made Maguire a multi-millionaire. His personal fortune was es

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