Word: grubbs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...America), leading U. S. wireless concern. British Marconi was attempting to buy from General Electric Co. exclusive rights in the Alexanderson high-frequency alternator, which first made long-distance radio communication possible. From the Inter-Allied Conference on Radio at Paris to Manhattan went Admiral William Hannum Grubb Bullard, U. S. N.,* talked with General Electric's Owen D. Young, pointed out that control of the Alexanderson alternator would solidify Great Britain's position as wireless dictator. Mr. Young promptly terminated negotiations with British Marconi, though in so doing he sacrificed a $5,000,000 order...
Wrilliam Irwin Grubb of Alabama, U. S. District Judge...
Texas Corp. (Texaco gasoline and oil helped Capt. Hawks & Mechanic Grubb break coast-to-coast flight record): $45,073,879 as against...
...Capt. Frank M. Hawks, a burly pilot who used to carry oil payrolls in Mexico and airmail in the U. S.; and Oscar E. Grubb, bespectacled mechanic...
...Mechanic Grubb, sprawled among empty gasoline tins, had to be lifted out of the plane. He was almost unconscious, gulping for air. Before the take-off he had been fitted and jammed into his compartment, which was filled with extra fuel cans. Throughout the flight, he had had to pump gasoline from the cans into the wing tanks...