Word: harbord
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stations brought them all together, from Massachusetts to California. The main speaker of the evening was not in Manhattan, as other speakers were not. Dr. Samuel Wesley Stratton, President of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), made his speech in the Walker Memorial Building at Cambridge, Mass. General James Guthrie Harbord, President of the Radio Corporation, spoke from Washington, D. C., as did Vice President Charles Gates Dawes. At intervals the Tech glee club tuned up in Cambridge, the little groups all over the country joyously joining in a widely dispersed chorus on "Take Me Back to Dear Old Tech...
...unions), opened offices, issued an appeal* for a fund of $2,000,000. Some 6,000 American residents of the Philippines are members of the Association, and the campaign for funds is sponsored by General Wood, William Howard Taft, W. Cameron Forbes (former Governor General), General James G. Harbord, General Hugh E. Scott, Martin Egan (of J. P. Morgan & Co.). The appeal for 1,800 needy mestizo children, as they are called, said: "These children certainly are worth saving. Generally of a high-strung, nervous temperament, and rather emotional, their blood characteristics appear very prominently. They have initiative and imagination...
...Coolidge to investigate the nation's air policy and recommend the best means of carrying on development of military, naval and commercial aviation, last week got its inquiry under way. Dwight W. Morrow, chairman of the Board, and his associates including Senator Bingham, Admiral Fletcher, retired, and General Harbord, retired, temporarily put away all their private affairs and settled down in an intensive effort to complete their work by the third week in October and present their conclusions to the President not later than the latter part of November. Mr. Coolidge has laid down this stiff program for them...
...President received Dwight W. Morrow, General Harbord, Admiral Fletcher, Senator Bingham and other members of the Aviation Inquiry Board, told them what he wanted of them, gave them luncheon, was photographed with them. (See ARMY and NAVY...
...Wilbur was inclined to feel that such an investigation was unnecessary, but after a conference with Mr. Davis and Secretary Hoover, he joined Mr. Davis in recommending such an investigation by outsiders. President Coolidge promptly acted on the suggestion. He named a board of nine: Major General James G. Harbord, retired, President of the Radio Corporation of America; Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, retired; Dwight W. Morrow, partner in J. P. Morgan & Co.; Howard E. Coffin, consulting engineer, aeronautics expert; Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, formerly in the Air Service, now a member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee; Representative Carl...