[2] During World War II, the company built the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in a joint venture with the Perini Corporation.
[3] In 1952, Rugo's other brother, Leonard, sued him for an accounting of a $1 million slush fund used to make payoffs to public officials in Boston, Chicopee, Massachusetts, and other communities in connection with building contracts.
[6] In 1941, Rugo was a member of a syndicate led by Bob Quinn that purchased controlling interest in the Boston Braves (then known as the Bees) from Charles Adams.
[9] The other stockholders elected to sell and on January 21, 1944, Perini, Maney, and Rugo purchased the club outright.
[1] In 1948, the Braves won the National League pennant, but lost the World Series to the Cleveland Indians.
On January 30, 1960, Rugo collapsed at a meeting of the Clover Club in Boston, where he was a guest of former Braves publicity director Billy Sullivan.