Housing Frauds Bared by FHA Inquiry Names to Justice List
Federal investigation shows apartment promoters sheltered by former FHA officials and extracted windfall profits. The 18 state and district projects include Warwick Gardens Newport News Shirley Duke Apts Alexandria and others with mortgage loans totaling millions and windfalls estimated at hundreds of thousands. The list, compiled by M. Cole and William F. McKenna, is sent to the Justice Department for action.
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U—Fed
Alberting
M. Cole
Joans
Justice Department
County
Warwick Gardens
Newport New
Shirley- Duke Apts
Alexandria
Bew Haven Apts
Richmond
Lewis Garden
Henrico County
Federa Housing Administration
FHA
Fare
Cole
William F. McKenna
Hmgu UE Aliues Lual Vrue
States
District of Columbia
Jprolets
Sheriff cites faulty radio gear bought for county
Commissioner Hubert Kelly said $11 400 worth of radios purchased for the sheriff's office had not proven satisfactory. He noted the county had not paid General Electric yet and stressed payment would wait until the radios are guaranteed to work.
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Hubert Kelly
Sheriff’s Office
Kelly
Inot
General Electric
Charleston
Sena
Bruce Bartlett
Bartlett
Sefe. Is
Sports Service, Inc
Watt Powell Park
Sam Hartig
Hartig
Danny Menendez
Chesapeake Pastor Faces Suit for Assault
Mayor Joseph Roncaglione announces he will sue Rev. Adkins for assault and battery and slander after Adkins bodily ejected him from Chesapeake Assembly of God Church and insulted him on a radio broadcast. The mayor says Adkins called him unpatriotic and a church hater and criticized his public service.
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Chesapeake
Radio J
Joseph Roncaglione
Roncaglione
Adkins
inChesapeake
WOAY
Oak Hill
Lebron Testifies She Led Puerto Rico House Attack
Lolita Lebron told a federal grand jury she led the March 1 pistol assault on the House of Representatives to die for Puerto Rico's freedom. She said she expected to die, denied intent to kill, and claimed the sacrifice was necessary as she clutched a prayer book, rosary, and Puerto Rico flag.
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Washington
INS
Lolita Lebron
Puerto Rico
House of Representatives
McDowell Man Held in Fatal Shooting
McDowell County authorities report the detention of Robert Barton, 51, of Newhall, charged with the slaying of Bill Woods, 37, also of Newhall, who Barton said had robbed him a week earlier. Woods was shot with a .22 rifle as he approached Barton's home yesterday.
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McDowell
Welch
McDowell County
Robert Barton
Newhall
J. H. Altizer
Bill Woods
Woods
Barton
State abandons tax claim against JelloMillionaire estate
West Virginia and New York dropped inheritance tax claims on Frank Woodward 68 of Leroy New York who died in January 1952. The estate valued over 100 million dollars and a waiver on stock transfer was signed about 30 days ago. Woodward spent life at the Greenbrier and ran up a large bill but New York court ruled his residence was Reno Nevada.
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West Virginia
New York
Frank Woodward
Woodward
Leroy, N. Y
Milton J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
State Supreme Court
Reno
New West
Virginia
Woodwara
New Yorker Jules Lack Revealed as Fake Millionaire
Detroit report pins murder on Dr Kenneth B Small in a love triangle case. Lack posed as a wealthy socialite, deceived Mrs Edith Small about investments, and fled to a Michigan lodge where he was shot. The incident factors into Small’s temporary insanity defense as he awaits trial.
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Detroit
New Yorker
Jules Lack
Detroit Times Today
Lack
Lake Michigan
Kenneth B. Small
Small
Edith B. Small
Miami Beach
Chicago
Bluefield State College Opens Summer Registration
Bluefield June 11 Bluefield State College begins summer term registration announced by President Stephen J Wright The college will welcome any student who meets admission requirements in light of a state ruling that ended segregation in public colleges.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Stephen J. Wright
Printing Firm Men Deny Fraud Attempt
Two Princeton businessmen pleaded innocent in federal court to a 21 count indictment charging them with using the mails to defraud customers of their printing firm Fidelity Printing Co. Judge Ben Moore set June 22 for trial of Robert Roush and Robert Allen Hartley operators of Fidelity Printing Co. The two are charged with scheming to defraud by mailing false statements and mis representing their ability to render services. Roush and Hartley formerly operated printing firms in Elkins and Parkersburg.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Ben Moore
Robert Roush
Robert Allen Hartley
Fidelity Printing Co
Roush
Hartley
Elkins
Parkersburg
U. S.attorney’s Office
Woman Arrested Here As Numbers Runner
A a-year-old woman was arrested by the vice squad yesterday and charged with possession of numbers slips. Patrolmen Dallas Montgomery and Jess Bowe identified Lesh Johnson of 7 Sentz Court. She had been under surveillance for about two weeks and described as a numbers runner.
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Dallas Montgomery
Jess Bowe
Lesh Johnson
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Gregory Estates
Seat Pleasant
Rogers Forge Apts
Hampton Apts, Inc
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Virginia Gregory Estates
Prince George
Altadena
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Yas
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Indianapolis Transit System, Inc
Robert ¥. Wagner
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Coal Fork Methodist Church
Lonnie Hundley
Paul Caldwell
Charleston Mountain Mission
First Methodist Church
Frank Perry
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Lewis St
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NERA
G. T. Porterfield
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Aorerer
Lucas Paints
Kem Glo
Hovee
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Esene
Paints
America
Hiat
Oakwood Hardware
Gassaway Hardware and Furniture
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American Hardware
Mount Hope
Village Hardware
Proctor
Madison, W.va
Loewenstein & Sons
Diamond
Willmark Service System of
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Eddie Lampton
Henridetta Bullock
Drusilla O'Connor
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Sheriff's Radio
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