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

•tfJT-a. I THE KOKEA.N-BOUND RADIO CARAVAN PAUSES IN FRONT OF THE FAMOUS LONG-WAVE TOWERS OF RCA CENTRAL ON LONG ISLAND BEFORE STARTING ITS LONG JOURNEY TO THE WAR-FRONT. Mobile Unit On Way to Korea Designed by RCA, Radio Caravan will be used to Lighten Army's Burden in Handling Certain Types of Messages. A COMPLETE mobile station for handling various types of radio communications, now on its way to the Korean fighting front, is expected to relieve Army facili- ties of much of their burden of important press, government and personal messages that they must currently handle, according to an announcement by Harry C. Ingles, President of RCA Communications, Inc. The RCA unit, assembled at the request of the U. S. Armed Services, includes facilities for radiotele- phone, radiophoto and voice pro- gram service, as well as regular telegraph service. The station will make it possible for men in front- line forces to communicate with their families by direct radiotele- graph service, Mr. Ingles added. The mobile unit has been housed in Army-type trucks and trailers that can be quickly moved to meet Army requirements. Sixteen radio operators and technicians will pro- vide continuous, 24 hour service for handling radio communications di- rect with San Francisco, and, via this route, to other countries. Henry A. Mortara, of the RCA San Francisco office, is to direct the group in Korea. Mr. Mortara gained valuable experience in this type of operation during World War II when he managed RCA mobile radio stations which accompanied the Allied Armies in Europe. He will proceed in advance of the staff and equipment to establish headquarters and cooperate with the Military Authorities in setting up RCA facilities. During World War II, RCA Com- munications operated three radio- telegraph circuits for troops in the European Theater. Terminals for these circuits were housed in mobile vans which moved forward from Africa to Berlin with the Army headquarters to which they were attached. RCA operated the only direct radiotelegraph circuit between San Francisco and Seoul from 1945 to 1948. In November 1948, the Seoul facilities were turned over to the Korean Government and the direct circuit was operated jointly by RCA and the Korean Telegraph Adminis- tration. Sarnoff Receives Degree for Leadership in Radio and Television Brig. General David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board, Radio Cor- poration of America, has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Louisville for his leadership in the fields of television and radio. In ceremonies held at the University on September 26, he was cited by Dr. John W. Taylor, president of the university, for his part in building the public affairs and education activities of the National Broadcasting Company, "which has led in the dissemination of informed and enlightened opinion in all fields of knowledge." Gen. Sarnoff fold the students at the year's fii'st student convocation that "there is no more challenging time to be alive than today. How- ever sweet may be security, it is not so sweet as adventure, the ad- venture of making useful the in- struments of radio and television." Following is the citation accom- panying the degree awarded to Gen. Sarnoff: "Brigadier General Sarnoff illu- minates this century and our cul- ture. An immigrant from overseas, he rose from messenger boy to the chairmanship of one of the largest American corporations; a technolo- gist of vision, he predicted the de- velopment of radio broadcasting in 1915, of television as a service to the public in 1923. For his vision of television as a social force, and for the steadfastness of his leader- ship in bringing this science and art to perfection, the Television Broadcasters Association in 1944 called him 'The Father of American Television.' "But his achievements do not stop here. In 1938, he presented to President Roosevelt the original concept of 'The Voice of America.' "A man with a sense of obliga- tion to the culture of the nation and of the world, he organized the NBC Symphony Orchestra and persuaded Maestro Toscanini to conduct it. General Sarnoff made it possible for people everywhere to hear the great music produced by the Metropolitan Opera Association. He has spon- sored and supported the department of Public Affairs at the National Broadcasting Company, which has led in the dissemination of informed and enlightened opinion in all fields of knowledge, and which has, most recently, introduced a national plan for college education by radio. Of this, the NBC Theater is an integral part. The University of Louisville recognizes and commends his sen- ices to the culture of the world by conferring upon him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters." [30 RADIO AGEJ