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...Telegraph Co. of 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...
Died. Rear Admiral William Hannum Grubb Bullard, 60, suddenly, of heart trouble, at Washington, D. C. Died. Jon Bratiano, 63, powerful Premier and "iron man" of Rumania, four times (1908-10, 1912-18, 1922-26, July-November 1927) Prime Minister, foe of the exiled onetime Crown Prince Carol; in Bucharest; after three operations had been performed upon his throat...
...minutes later they were subdued-in memory of Rear Admiral William Hannum Grubb Bullard, who had died the day before of heart trouble, aged 60. He had been an important U. S. delegate to the conference and spent very much time on several of its 150 committees. Also he had been chairman of the U. S. Radio Commission since it was formed last March to regulate the bedlam of the air. President Coolidge appointed him to that post because Admiral Bullard had kept in touch with every step of wireless communication since it first became practical...
...increased supervision of private life by Federal authority, and to the satisfaction of persons who like to think of the U. S. Government as "Uncle Sam," Eric H. Palmer Jr.'s license was suspended for 90 days by the Federal Radio Commission, whose chairman, Rear Admiral William Hannum Grubb Bullard, addressed Eric H. Palmer Jr. as follows...
...line-up: UNIVERSITY ELEVEN. COLLEGE ELEVEN. Neal, r.e. l.e., Cates Hogan, r.t., l.t., White Tripp, r.g. l.g., Hockenberger Roraback, c. c., Erwin Kinney, l.g. r.g., Bigelow Bloomer, l.t. r.t., Forbes Shevlin, l.e. r.e., Stewart Rockwell, q.b. q.b., Tilney Morse, r.h.b. l.h.b., Brown Veeder, l.h.b. r.h.b., Hannum Flinn, f.b. f.b., Chamberlain