THOMAS ALVA EDISON Mr. A. R. Harris, general manger of the Radio Broadcasting Company, had the distinction of being personally acquainted with the late Thomas Alva Edison. It was in 1911 that Mr. Harris, then a youth, left his home in New Zealand and went to America, where he joined up with the Edison activities at Orange, New Jersey, subsequently becoming assistant-chief of the Research Laboratory of the Edison Storage Battery Campany. During the two years Mr. Harris was thus engaged, he came much in contact with Mr. Edison, and has ever since acted as the firm's representative in this country. When in America last year Mr. Harris had the pleasure of again meeting the famous inventor.

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THOMAS ALVA EDISON Mr. A. R. Harris, general manger of the Radio Broadcasting Company, had the distinction of being personally acquainted with the late Thomas Alva Edison. It was in 1911 that Mr. Harris, then a youth, left his home in New Zealand and went to America, where he joined up with the Edison activities at Orange, New Jersey, subsequently becoming assistant-chief of the Research Laboratory of the Edison Storage Battery Campany. During the two years Mr. Harris was thus engaged, he came much in contact with Mr. Edison, and has ever since acted as the firm's representative in this country. When in America last year Mr. Harris had the pleasure of again meeting the famous inventor.