Word: davises
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ Appointed John William Davis as special counsel to prosecute its ouster suit against the Federal Power Commission.
Inventor Davis began experiments in aeronautics before the Wrights made their first flight, and exhibited a model in the New York automobile show of 1901. His son Albert last week declared he would have engineers inspect his father's designs with a view toward developing them.
At Roosevelt Field, N. Y. is a hangar which for two years was always locked, its windows frosted white to guard against peepers. Within strange craft were being built: a great twin-motored plane with two adjustable wings in tandem, with no ailerons and no tail assembly; and a motorless...
Early one morning last week Inventor Davis and his mechanic, one Carl Nelson, wheeled his glider out to the field, hitched it behind an automobile for towing. Both men boarded the craft, with Mr. Davis at the controls. They intended only a ground test, but as the automobile gained momentum...
The following ladies have been requested to serve as patronesses: Mesdames W. E. Beach, R. P. Blake, P. P. Chase, J. L. Coolidge, Hallowell Davis, A. T. Davison, W. Y. Elliott, E. S. Emery, A. L. Endicott, R. W. Hale, W. T. Ham, A. C. Hanford, P. M. Herzog, Matthew...