Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

30 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume Xll, No. 2 available on the subject . . . the most important literary contribution to national defense that has come off the press since America began to arm.” No. 34: Horace O. Jones Horace 0. Jones, popular president of the Allied Non-Theatrical Film Association, was born in Jamaica, New York, August 31, 1895. At the conclusion of his second term as head of ANFA and the completion of his part in the Eighth War-Loan Drive, Horace may be able to devote full time again to his regular work as Eastern Director and Assistant Treasurer of the Victor Animatograph Corporation. He is familiar with war-time interruptions, however, and has re-adjusted his life during three of America’s wars. In 1915, when Horace had completed his high-school course and was about to enroll at Cornell, the IMexican War broke out. He enrolled in the U. S. Cavalry instead. Fighting with Pershing in Mexico, he was able to put to good use some early training in horsemanship. His father possessed a stable of saddle horses. Horace during his high-school days had been an amateur polo player. In 1917, on completing an exciting experience in Pershing’s Expeditionary Forces across the Rio Grande, Horace tried to enroll at Cornell again. But the world was in a mess, and Uncle Sam had to help set it right. Horace enlisted again in the Cavalry and embarked on World War I. Upon the dissemination of his regiment, he was transferred to the Army Signal Corps Officers’ Training School in France. He was wounded in Belgium, near where his own son Robert was destined to be severely wounded in a second Horace O. Jones World War. Horace returned from France with the rank of 1st Lieutenant. A veteran, and by this time old enough to be a college graduate, Horace on his discharge from the Army continued to pursue his education. He studied at Columbia University, at N.Y.U., and later at the International Business Machines School. He was graduated from the latter as a trained salesman, but his old wound was bothering him. He resigned from his salesman’s job. For two years, while his wound healed, he held a desk job with an insurance company. Jones then joined the Q.R.S. Music Company. This company was merged with the DeVry Corporation. As a result, Jones was associated with that corporation for the next decade. Jones resigned to become Branch Manager of the Non-Theatrical Division of the National Theatre Supply Company, a subsidiary of Fox Film Company. This firm distributed Victor Animatograph products. When, sixteen years ago, the 16mm division of National Theatre Supply was dissolved, Jones was appointed to liquidate National Theatre Supply Company’s stock. This was completed the following year. It was then that he was appointed Director of Sales for the Eastern Division of the Victor Animatograph Corporation. He has held this position ever since. Jones served as chairman of the National 16mm War Loan Committee for the 5th, 6th, and 7th War-Loan Drives. His efforts helped the committee achieve 141,000 screenings of 16mm films, seen by an unprecedented total of 33,000,000 persons during the 7th Loan Drive. In 1944 Horace was elected head of ANFA. In 1945 he was reelected. He is an active member of every organization in the 16mm industry. He is especially interested in audio-visual education because of the vital part it has played in World War 11. His son, now recovering from wounds, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre, the Purple Heart, a Presidential citation, and three battle stars. On his return, he hopes to continue at Dartmouth College. Jones’s daughter Penny, a college freshman, will keep her dad posted on the upward trend of visual education at the college level. Meanwhile Horace manages to find time for the Nassau County Mounted Guard. He is Captain of this troop and rides once a week near his home at Rockville Center, L. 1. No. 35: Charles R. Crakes Charles R. Crakes, DeVry Corporation’s educational consultant, has been doing a job of field service for audio-visual teaching altogether without parallel for distances covered, meetings addressed, contacts made, and new trails blazed. Crakes has been conducting workshops in utilization of audio-visual materials at lead