Not a manufacturer, but a distributor and dealer, the James W. George Machinery Co. was based in Detroit. Looking not dissimilar in general layout to many other drill presses from the early 1930s onwards - especially the large range offered by the Atlas Press Company - the "James W. George floor-standing model was sufficiently different to make it stand out. The base foot was round, not rectangular, while the elevating table was flat, without any T-slots - and surround by what might be described as a coolant drain with, at the rear right-hand corner a cup (with a drain hole in its base) that acted to collect the coolant .
When discovered by its present owner it was in a shockingly neglected state. He'd purchased it in 1975, from a local Detroit tool shop; the motor was burnt out and, in a desperate attempt to stop it coming loose, the chuck had been welded to the spindle. A new 1/3 h.p. single-phase Hoover motor was bought and a machinist friend removed the chuck, trued the spindle and threaded it to fit a Jacobs 1/2-inch chuck, also purchased new. The drill was then thoroughly cleaned, the rust removed and repainted in an appropriate black finish. It has been in daily use ever since, mostly for woodworking, and still runs perfectly.
As the motor mount carries an upwards extension, one option might have been a rearwards-facing shaft, fitted with a pair of jockey pulleys to take the drive from a bench-mounted motor - arranged something like this.