Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

HEADS RCA INSTITUTES General Ingles, former Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army, Elected President and a Director of Technical Training School MAJOR GENERAL Harry C. Ingles, who served as Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army from July, 1943, to March, 1947, was elected President and a Director of RCA Institutes, Inc. on May 8. General Ingles, a native of Ne- braska, retired from the Army on March 31 after a long career in military service. He holds the Dis- tinguished Service Medal, awarded /or service in the Caribbean Thea- ter, and the Oak Leaf Cluster, which he received in recognition of his wartime record as Chief Signal Officer. In addition, he has been decorated for distinguished service by Great Britain, France, Vene- zuela, and Colombia. As Chief Signal Officer, General Ingles was responsible for the Army's world-wide communication system, the enormous supply pro- gram of communication and elec- tronic equipment for the Army, as well as the Signal Corps' research and development program. After serving on the War De- partment General Staff from 1935 to 1989, General Ingles was as- signed as Signal Officer to the Caribbean Area. This included the Panama Canal Department, the "hot spot" of pre-Pearl Harbor years. Then, he commanded the Mobile Force and served as Chief of Staff in the Caribbean Theater during the early part of the war. In 1942, he was selected by Lieu- tenant General Frank Andrews to serve as his Deputy Commander in the European Theater of Opera- tions. General Ingles was born March 12, 1888. He attended country grade school and was graduated from High School at Lincoln, Neb. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Nebraska and, in 1910, received an appointment to the United States Military Acad- emy at West Point. After his grad- uation from West Point in 1914, he served in the infantry until his transfer to the Signal Corps in 1917. MAJOR GENERAL H. C. INGLES. In World War I, General Ingles was in charge of military and tech- nical training of Signal Corps offi- cers. Then he took over the Signal Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps and studied electrical engi- neering in the Graduate College of the University of Minnesota. Subsequently, he became Signal Officer of the Philippine Division, 1921-24; Director of the Signal Corps School, Fort Monmouth, N. J., 1924-27; Instructor in Army Command and General Staff School, 1928-31; Director of the Signal Corps School, 1931-33, and Com- mander, 51st Signal Battalion, 1933-35. Founded Signal Association General Ingles is the founder of the Army Signal Association, which is regarded as an important contribution toward national pre- paredness. On April 28, 1947, he was honored by the Association with a certificate as an Honorary Life Member. In the educational field, he holds the degrees of Bach- elor of Science and Doctor of Engi- neering. He is a graduate of the Army Signal School, a distin- guished graduate of the Army Command and General Staff School, and a graduate of the Army War College. RCA Institutes, Inc., the oldest technical training school in the field of radio and electronics in the United States, is located at 75 Varick Street, New York. New Television Camera Works on 90% Less Light A new studio television camera which makes it possible to reduce present studio light requirements by as much as 90 per cent has been announced by the RCA Engineering Products Department. "Eye" of the improved studio camera is a new type of image orthicon television pickup tube. By operating with only one-tenth the light demanded by the best pre- vious cameras, the new camera per- mits considerable savings on expen- sive studio lighting equipment and air conditioning units, according to W. W. Watts, Vice President in charge of the RCA Engineering De- partment. The new studio-type image orthi- con pickup tube combines the light sensitivity of the RCA image orthi- con tube with the sharp resolution and contrast of the older kinescope. It produces brilliant, sharply de- fined pictures with excellent half- tone shading at light levels of 100 to 200 foot candles. LATEST TELEVISION CAMERA. [RADIO AGE 23]