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"Saving the Daylight" Index

Daylight Saving Time has effected an immense breadth of people, places, policies, and activities. Here is the index from Saving the Daylight, to show the full extent of DST's impacts as well as the wide range of material covered in the book.


Abbe, Dr. Cleveland, 42, 43, 49
Abul-Hassan al-Marrakushi, 28
Ackerman, Fred, 173
Ackerman, Representative Ernest, 106
Act to Promote the National Security and Defense by Establishing Daylight Saving

      Time. See “War Time” Act
Act to Provide for Termination of Daylight Saving Time. See Repeal of “War Time”
agriculture, DST effects on. See farmers
Alaska, 90, 183
Albania, 147, 207, 221
Algeria, 100, 138, 147, 207
Allen, William, 43–45, 49, 73
Amendment to Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act (1974),

      199
America. See United States
American Federation of Labor, 82, 85, 103
American Meteorological Society, 43
American Railway Association, 84, 87
American Samoa, 212
American Society of Civil Engineers, 43
Amos ’n’ Andy, 124
Amsterdam, 36, 49
amusement parks, DST effects on, 206
An Hour of Light for an Hour of Night, 81
Anderson, Home Secretary Sir John, 142
Andorra, 207, 221
Andrews, Representative Mark, 171
Antarctica, 220, 221
apparent solar time, 29
Aquitania, Cunard Line’s, 129
Arab oil embargo, 191–193, 198
Arab terrorists and DST, 222–224
Argentina, 138, 145, 147, 185, 207
Arizona, 171, 181, 212, 214
Arizona Republic, 181
Arkansas, 79
Armenia, 221
Arthur, President Chester A., 48
Askew, Governor Reuben, 197, 198
Asquith, Prime Minister Herbert, 20, 52, 53
Associate Chambers of Commerce of the German Empire, 23
Associated Chambers of Agriculture, 21
Astronomical Society of France, 62
Athens, OH, 214
Atkeson, Thomas, 105
Atlanta, GA, 163
Australia, 5, 24, 50, 62, 70, 100, 147, 185, 207, 220, 221, 222
Austria, 141, 147, 207, 221
Austria-Hungary, 51, 52, 55, 69, 70, 100
automobile accidents and fatalities, DST effects on. See motor vehicle accidents

      and fatalities
Avebury, Lord, 11, 13
Azayza, Jad, 223
Azerbaijan, 221
Babington-Smith, Sir H., 11
Bahamas, 206, 221
Baldwin, Stanley, 134
Balfour of Burleigh, Lord, 56
Balfour, Prime Minister Arthur J., 12
Ball, Sir Robert, 14
Balmy, Homer, 129
Baltimore, 37, 79, 124, 164, 169
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 37
Bangor, ME, 46, 114
Barbados, 207
barbecue industry, DST effects on, 208
Barbour, Chief of Police Clarence, 124
Barlow, Sir Thomas, 12
Barnard, F. A. P., 43
Bartlett, Governor John, 113
baseball (softball), DST effects on, 77, 78, 80, 83, 85, 97, 207
Basel, Switzerland, siege of, 29
Bassett, Merton, 120
“Bed in Summer” (poem), 133
Belarus, 217
Belgium, 50, 51, 100, 138, 147, 206, 221
Belize, 205
Bell, William, 122, 123
Benfield, James, 208, 210
Benton, Attorney General Jay, 121
Berlin, Germany, 54, 62, 69, 137, 154
Berlin Opera, 54
Berman, Mindy, 209
Bermuda, 207, 221
best days to begin and end DST, 205
Big Ben, 60, 154
Birmingham, AL, 164
Birmingham, England, 62, 186
Block Island, RI, 193
Block Island Time, 193
Blois, France, 69
Board of Longitude, 35
body’s internal cycle and DST, 224
Bolivia, 138
“bootlegged” DST, 117
Borelli, Judge Francis, 131
Borland, Representative William, 80, 83, 85
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 221
Boston, 37, 40, 46, 79–81, 113, 118, 164, 169
Boston & Maine Railroad, 113
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Special Committee on Daylight Saving Time, 81
Boston Globe, 195, 206
Bourneville, England, 65
Bradford, England, 62
Bradford, Perry “Mule,” 127
Brazil, 50, 138, 184, 185, 207, 220, 221
Bridgeton, NJ, 122
Bridgewater, England, 36
Brighton, England, 62
Brinton, Chester, 189, 190
Britain. See United Kingdom
British Board of Education, 132
British Honduras, 100, 138, 147, 207
British Standard Time (BST), 186–9
Brooklyn, NY, 85, 93
Bruce-Gardyne, Jock, 187
Buffalo, NY, 127, 164, 197
“Buckoo That Twisted the Clock, The” (poem), 156–7
Builder, The, 3
building industry. See construction industry
Bulgaria, 50, 147, 207, 221
Burbridge, Richard, 13
Burford, G. H., 12
business hours overlap, DST effects on, 16, 82, 98, 204
Butt, Minister of Culture John, 219
Butterfill, John, 217
Cádiz, Spain, 49
Calais, France, 69
Calder, Senator William, 85, 93, 100, 110
Calder-Borland bill, 85, 87
California, 38, 126, 149, 160, 181, 196, 210, 212
California referendum (1930), 126
Callaghan, James, 186
Camp Dix, 98
Canada, 24, 44, 50, 94–97, 100, 138, 139, 145, 147, 153, 161, 185, 207, 214–217
Canadian Railway Board, 97
Candler Jr., Representative Ezekiel, 106
candy manufacturers, DST effects on, 209, 210
Cannon, Representative Clarence, 155
Capper, Senator Arthur, 104
Capper’s Weekly, 104
Central City, IA, 150
Ceylon, 147
Chad, 207
Chalmers, Hugh, 78
Chicago, 33, 37, 41, 44, 74, 78–80, 92, 110, 114, 130, 131, 164, 169, 170, 182,

      195, 196, 198
Chicago Association of Commerce, 78, 79
Chicago Herald, 80
Chicago Tribune, 92
children, DST effects on. See schoolchildren
Child’s Garden of Verses, A, 133
Chile, 100, 138, 207, 219, 220, 221
China, 141, 207
Chippenham, England, 36
Chislehurst, Kent, England, 1, 24, 135–136
Christie, Sir William H. M., 15
Churchill, Winston, xi, 12, 22, 23, 25, 52, 134, 136, 141
Cincinnati, OH, 33, 72, 73, 78, 114, 164, 172, 213
Cirencester, England, 36
Clark, Senator Dick, 198
Cleveland, 33, 74–79, 93, 164, 169
Cleveland Eastern Time Zone Ordinance, 76, 77
clock stars, 31
Cobb, Ty, 77, 78
Colfox, Major Philip, 134
Colgate, Sidney, 85–87
Colorado, 180
Columbus, OH, 37, 114
Committee for Time Uniformity, 174
communications, DST effect on. See radio; television
Connecticut, 118–120, 131, 196
construction industry, 187, 188, 216
Coolidge, Governor Calvin, 112, 113
Cope, Allen, 195
Copeland, Dr. Royal, 112
Copeland, State Representative Herbert, 181
Copenhagen, Denmark, 49
Cornell University, 131
Cox, Dr. Henry, 98
Cox, Representative Edward, 149
crime reduction, DST effect on, xvi, 65, 191, 200, 203
Croatia, 221
Cross, Governor Wilbur, 131
Cuba, 138, 147, 184, 185, 207, 221
Cummings, Mayor Frederick, 46
Cyprus, 207, 221
Czech Republic, 221
Czechoslovakia 141, 147, 153, 207
Dabburiya, Israel, 222
Dallas, TX, 164, 196, 198
Daniels, Mitch, 213
Darwin, Sir George, 18
Davies, Robertson, 160
Day, Dr. Robertson, 13
Day of Two Noons, The, 44, 45
“Daylight Extra Now” campaign, 217
Daylight Inn, 136
“Daylight Savin’ Blues, The”
(song), 127
Daylight Saving Act of 1918
(Daylight Saving Law), 97, 99, 106, 107
Daylight Saving Bill (United Kingdom), 9, 10, 12, 18–21, 55, 70
daylight saving time

      cities and countries using. See individual cities and countries
      current situation, 207, 210
      defined, xiv, xv
      effects. See individual areas of effect, including agriculture; amusement parks;         barbecue industry; baseball; business hours overlap; candy manufacturers;         crime; electricity; energy (power); fast-food industry; gardening; motor vehicle         accidents; movies; night blindness; radio; railroads; religious groups;         schoolchildren; sporting goods industry; television; theater; transportation;         twins
      laws and bills, text of, 4, 53, 71, 84, 101, 153, 173, 177, 189, 205. See also       individual laws and bills
      poetry, 18, 133, 156, 175
      songs, 107, 127, 128, 165, 215
      Snapshots, 100, 138, 147, 185, 207, 217
      Willett’s idea and proposal, 3, 4, 11
“Daylight Saving Time” (song), 165
Daylight Saving Time Coalition, 208–210
daylight savings time, xv
Daylight Slaving Time, 116
DDST. See double daylight saving time; double summer time
De Land, FL, 206
death row, 122
debate, first ever on radio, 116
Delaware, 145, 189, 190
Denmark, 50, 55, 70, 100, 147, 153, 207, 221
Denver, xv, 38, 44, 114, 117, 164
Department of the Interior, 192
Department of Transportation (DOT), 180, 197–206
Department of Transportation studies on DST, 198–205
Depression, Great, 123, 126
Des Moines, IA, 175
Des Moines Register, 151, 157, 164
Des Moines Tribune, 175
Detroit, MI, 74–78, 93, 94, 164
Detroit Free Press, 76
DeWitt, General J. L., 147
Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, The, 160
Dijon, France, 69
District of Columbia. See Washington, D.C.
Dobson, Thomas W., MP, 21
Dominican Republic, 49, 185, 207
Dorchester, England, 37
DOT. See Department of Transportation
double daylight saving time (DDST), 143, 144, 154, 182, 218–219
“Double Daylight Saving Time” (song), 218–219
double summer time, 142, 143, 144, 154
Douglas-Holme, Sir Alec, 187
Dowd, Professor Charles F., 39–42, 47, 48
Doyle, Arthur Conan, xi, 14
draft, military, 189, 190
DST. See daylight saving time
Dublin, Ireland, 5, 48, 50, 59
Dubuque, IA, 33
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 127
Dumfries, Scotland, 187
Early, Rex, 213
Eastern Peace Time, 153
Economical Project, xiv, 63
Edward VII, King, 12
Egypt, 147, 185, 191, 207, 217
Egypt, ancient, 26–28
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 162
Election Day, DST on, 205
electricity consumption and conservation, DST effects on, 6, 7, 52, 64, 65, 69, 105,

      127, 146–148, 149, 184, 194, 198, 201, 211, 216. See also energy consumption
Elgin National Watch Works, Elgin Illinois, 98
Eltham, England, 186
Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, 193, 194, 206
energy (power) consumption and conservation, DST effects on, xi, xvi, 52, 64, 100,

      127, 142, 146–149, 152, 153, 155, 184, 188, 191–194, 197, 198, 200–202, 211,
      212–213, 220. See also electricity consumption
England. See United Kingdom
equal-length hours, 28
equation of time, 30
equinoctial hours, 28
equinox, 27, 28, 226
Estonia, 100, 147, 221
Eton, England, 137
“Euro-skeptics”, 216
European Union, 217
Evans, Canon L. H., 137
Evansville, IN, 182
farmers, opposition to DST, 16, 60, 66, 69, 89, 102–105, 107, 108, 113, 116, 117,

      120, 125, 134, 144, 145, 149–151, 156, 175, 181, 187, 200, 210, 216
fast-food industry, DST effects on, 208
Fay, Sam, 14
Fayetteville, NC, 172
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Appropriations Act of 1986, 210, 211
Federal Radio Commission, 130
Ferro, Canary Islands, 49
Fiji, 221
Filene, A. Lincoln, 81, 82, 85
Fine, Marshall, 178
Finland, 147, 207, 221
first day of spring and DST, 226
Fisher, Herbert, 134
Flammarion, Camille, 62
Flamsteed, John, 30
Fleming, Sandford, 43, 48
Florida, 146, 197, 198, 206
Ford, President Gerald, 199
Forestport, NY, 132
Fort William, Ontario, 95
Fox, President Vicente, 220
France, 23, 36, 37, 39, 49–52, 62, 69, 70, 100, 101, 129, 137, 138, 139, 141, 147,

      201, 207, 221
Frankfurter Zeitung, 53, 54
Franklin, Benjamin, xi–xvi, 1, 6, 14, 63, 79, 137, 196, 226
Franklin, Harold, 126, 132
Fremantle, Admiral E. R., 11
Friend, Cliff, 128
Gallinger, Senator Jacob, 80
gardening, DST effects on, xvi, 3, 65, 85, 88, 106, 209, 218
Garfield, Fuel Administrator Harry A., 87
Garland, Robert, 81, 82, 84, 85, 112, 118, 119, 148
Gary, IN, 182
General Time Convention, 43, 44
Geneva, Switzerland, 30
Georgia (Asia), 221
Georgia (U.S. state), 149, 180
Germany, 24, 50–55, 69–71, 79, 84, 100, 101, 137, 141–146, 153–154, 207, 221
Gill, Sir David, 17
God’s Time, 105, 139, 155, 176
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 220, 221
“Good New Summer Time, The”
(song), 128
Gooday, J. F. S., 11
Gorton, Senator Slade, 209, 210
Goulart, President João, 184
Grand Ole Opry, 165
Grange, 103, 105, 122
Great Britain. See United Kingdom
Great Central Railway, 14
Great Eastern Railway, 11
Great Western Railway, 35
Greece, 138, 147, 207, 221
Green, Lillian M., 175
Greenland, 207, 221
Greenwich, England, 33, 41–43, 49, 50
Greenwich (Mean) Time, 5, 8, 10, 20, 36, 37, 48, 58, 59, 63, 66, 67, 77, 120,

      145–146, 153, 189, 224
Greyhound Bus Lines, 173
Griffith, M. D., 163
Gross, Representative H. R., 176, 193
Guam, 212
Gulf Coast Seven, 127
Haifa, Israel, 222
Haiti, 207
half-time, 120
Halifax Herald, 97
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 95–97
Hall, Captain Basil, 35
Halloween, DST on, 205, 209, 210, 212
Hardesty, Darrell, 172
Harding, President Warren G., 114, 116, 117
Harper’s Weekly, 38, 46
Harrods Stores, 13
Hartford, CT, 114
Hawaii, 180, 194, 212, 213
Hayes, C. M., 74, 75, 94
Hazardville, CT, 120
Henley, G. W., 95
Herbert, Sir Alan Patrick (A. P.), MP, 145–146, 154, 187
Herschel, Sir John, 35
Hewitson, John, 94, 95
Higginson, C. F., 13
Hipparchus, 28, 31
Hochfelden, Alsace, France, 139
Hodgson, Manitoba, 161
Holland. See Netherlands
Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, 122
Home Office, British, 188
Hong Kong, 185, 207
Hoover, Food Administrator Herbert, 87
Hopi Indian reservation, 214–215
Hopkinton, IA, 164
hora de verão, 184, 220
horario de verano, 220
Horas non numero nisi æstivas, ix, 135
Horn, Herbert, 130
Houghton-le-Spring, England, 186
Houston, TX, 164, 193, 205
Houston Post, 117
Hull, Representative Harry, 106
Hungary, 147, 207, 221
Hurley, Governor Charles, 131
Hylan, Mayor John, 112
Iceland, 100, 147, 185
Idaho, 163, 209
Illinois, 98, 105, 106, 146, 161, 182
Independence, MO, 197
India, 5, 143, 147
Indiana, 146, 172, 173, 181–183, 213–214
Indianapolis, IN, 33, 172
Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, 47
Industrial Revolution, 33
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 23
International Meridian Conference, 48, 50
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 90, 110, 150, 173, 179, 180
Iowa, 106, 149, 153, 155, 164, 166, 175–177, 193, 198
Iran, 207, 221
Iraq, 207, 221
Ireland, 5, 7, 10, 48, 50, 59, 147, 153, 185, 186, 207, 221
Irish Free State, 138
Islands of Time, 183
Israel 153, 189, 199, 207, 222–224
Istanbul, Turkey, xv
Italy, 28, 50, 62, 70, 100, 141, 147, 184, 185, 207, 221
Ithaca, NY, 131, 197
Jacoby, Professor Harold, 85
Jamaica, 207
Japan, 50, 141, 148, 153–155, 204
Jefferson City, MO, 38
Jensen, Representative Benton, 155
Jerusalem, Israel, 222
“jet-lag effect”, 224
Johnson, James P., 127
Johnson, Joseph French, 79
Johnson, President Lyndon, 176, 178
Jones, “Grandpa”, 165
Jordan, 221
Journal de Paris, xi, xiv
Kaiser Wilhelm II, xi, 53
Kaiser’s Trick Hour, 78
Kalamazoo, MI, 114
Kansas, 105, 209
Kansas City, MO, 79, 85, 108, 164
Kazakhstan, 221
“Keeper of the Watch”, 225
Kellogg, Senator Frank, 87
Kenefick, Nellie, 122
Kentucky, 148, 182, 214
Ketchmark, Mayor John, 161
“Kilowatt Saved Is a Penny Earned, A” (poem), 175
King, Representative Edward, 106, 107
Knoxville, TN, 173
Kyrgyzstan, 221
La Guardia, Representative Fiorello, 106
La Petite République, 23
Labrador, 218, 219
Lakehead Region, Ontario, 95
Lallemand, Charles, 62
Laramie, WY, 38
latitude, defined, 32
Latvia, 100, 147, 221
Lauder, Harry, 106
Lea, Representative Clarence, 149
League of Nations, 140
League of New York Theatres, 163
Lebanon, 207, 221
l’heure de Dieu, 139
l’heure de la gare, 37
l’heure de la ville, 36
l’heure d’été, 62, 69, 137
Libya, 191, 207
Liechtenstein, 207, 221
Linton, IN, 172
Lisbon, Portugal, 32, 49
Literary Digest, 99, 100, 110
Lithuania, 147, 221
Liverpool Stock Exchange, 72
Lloyd George, David, 12
London, England, xiii, 1, 16, 18, 19, 22, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 60, 72, 98, 136
London Stock Exchange, 16, 72, 98
longitude
defined, 31, 32
relative to sun, 33
Los Angeles, 117, 164, 195
Los Angeles Examiner, 126
Los Angeles Times, 98, 126
Louisiana, 162, 196
Louisville, KY, 33, 164, 213
Luxembourg, 100, 138, 147, 207, 221
Macao, 185
Macauley, Alvan, 78
MacDonald, J. Ramsay, 12
Macedonia, 221
Macquisten, Frederick, 134
Madame Tussard’s Wax Museum, 136
Magnuson, Senator Warren, 192
Maia, Mayor Cesar, 220
Maine, 38, 46, 113, 131, 166
Malta, 100, 185, 207, 221
Manchester, NH, 118
Manchester Union, 113
Manhattan, NY, 80, 122, 123. See also New York City
Manitoba, 161
Markey, Representative Edward, 210
Markowitz, Dr. William, 173
Marks, Borough President Marcus M., 80, 81, 86, 93, 107, 108, 112, 123
Maryland, 155, 171
Masalha, Amir, 223
Mash’had, Israel, 222
Massachusetts, 73, 99, 112, 113, 120–122, 131, 210
Massachusetts referendum on DST, 121
Massachusetts State Grange v. Benton, 121
Mattson, Attorney General Robert, 169
McDonald’s, 208, 209
McGee, Senator Gale, 174
McGrath, Senator Howard, 162
McHie, Sidmon, 129
mean solar time, 30
mean time, 20, 25, 30, 35, 36, 44, 205
Melbourne, Australia, 222
Memphis, TN, 164, 195
meridian, defined, 32. See also prime meridian
Merton College, 224
Merton Time Ceremony, 224–225
Mexico, 84, 138, 199, 220
Mexico City, Mexico, 220
Michigan, 146, 181
Milwaukee, WI, 118, 164
Minneapolis, MN, 130, 164, 166–169, 170
Minnesota, 87, 166–169
Minonk, IL, 161
Mississippi, 105, 148
Missouri, 40, 80, 83, 105, 155, 197
Mitchel, Mayor John, 83
Moldavia, 221
Monaco, 100, 138, 147, 207, 221
Monaco, Jimmie, 129
Mongolia, 207, 221
Monro, Hector, 187
Montana, 166
Montreal, Quebec, 164
Moorhead, Representative Carlos, 210
Moran, Alderman Robert, 112
More-Daylight Club, 74–76, 78, 93, 94
Morocco, 147, 185
Morrison, Frank, 121
Morrison, Home Secretary Herbert, 142, 143
Morse, Samuel, 34
motor vehicle accidents and fatalities, DST effects on, xvi, 65, 130, 155, 184, 186,

      188, 190, 195–203, 216, 224
Moundsville, WV, 171
movies (motion pictures), 104, 118, 126, 169, 178, 181. See also theaters
Murdock, E. H., 72, 73, 78
Myrick, Herbert, 113
Naftalin, Mayor Arthur, 167
Namibia, 219, 221
Naples, Italy, xv, 49
Nashua, NH, 118
Nashville, TN, 165, 173
Nashville Banner, 165
Nashville Tennessean, 165
National Association of Theatre Owners, 178
National Daylight Association of Cincinnati, 72, 73
National Daylight Saving Association (NDSA), 80, 83, 85, 91, 93, 103, 107, 112, 123
National Daylight Saving Convention, 83
National Farmers’ Union, 145
National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 187
National War Garden Commission, 88
Nature, 15, 17, 23, 63, 89
Navajo Indian reservation, 214–215
Nazal, Krayem, 223
NDSA. See National Daylight Saving Association
Near Daylight Saving Time, 116
Netherlands, 36, 37, 55, 70, 100, 138, 147, 207, 221
New England Conference Against Daylight Saving Time, 113
New England Railway Association, 40
New Hampshire, 113, 118
New Jersey, 85, 98, 112, 122, 146
New Mexico, 214, 220, 221
New Orleans, LA, 164
New Shoreham, RI, 193
New York Central Railroad, 37
New York City, NY, 16, 31, 39, 41, 42, 74, 79, 80, 82, 83, 91, 93, 112, 114, 122,

      127, 129, 130, 163, 164, 169, 195
New York City Merchants’ Association, 79
New York Evening Post, 104
New York Herald, 38, 45
New York State, 39, 113, 118, 123, 131, 132, 146, 197
New York Stock Exchange, 16, 72, 98, 106
New York Times, 72, 79, 97, 112, 118, 127, 173, 192
New York Tribune, 46, 108, 110
New York World, 103
New Zealand, 24, 50, 138, 145, 147, 201, 207, 219, 220
Newark, NJ, 114
Newbury, Berkshire, 216
Newfoundland, 100, 138, 145–146, 153, 218, 219
Nicaragua, 207
night blindness, DST effects on, 209
Nîmes, France, 69
Nixon, President Richard M., 183, 192, 193
Norman, Sir Henry, MP, 21, 55, 57, 134
North Carolina, 123–126, 148, 172
North Dakota, 177, 178
Norton, Ralph, 118
Norway, 49, 50, 62, 70, 100, 147, 185, 207, 221
Notre Dame (U.S. university), 165
Nottingham, England, 62
“O It’s Nice to Get Up in the Mornin’” (song), 106
obelisks, used to mark time, 26
Obrador, Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez, 220
October War, 190
Ohio, 37, 72, 77, 166, 171, 196, 213, 214
Ohio University, 214
Oklahoma City, OK, 195
O’Laughlin, John, 80
Old Colony Railroad, 46
Olsen, Al, 168
Olympic, White Star Line’s, 129
Omaha, NB, 33, 38, 41, 164
Ontario, 94
ora legale, 184
Oregon, 164
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 194
Osceola, IA, 150
Oslo, Norway, 49
Ossining, NY, 122
outdoor workers, 216. See also construction industry; farmers
Outlook, The, 19
Overton, Senator John, 162
Oxford Companion to the Year, The, 189
Oxford, England, 36
Oxford University, 224
Padua, Italy, 28
Pagenkopf, A. H., 168
Pakistan, 221
Palestine, 147
Palestinian territories, 221, 223
Palm Springs, CA, 160, 161
Palm Springs Time, 160, 161
parachuting, 217
Paraguay, 205, 217
Paris, France, xi–xiii, xvi, 23, 28, 32, 36, 37, 39, 49, 50, 62, 69, 137, 139
Paris Mean Time, 50
Paris-Strasbourg express, 139
Pearce, Robert, MP, 9, 22, 57, 70
Peden, Allan B., 161, 162
Pennsylvania, 81, 118, 145, 166, 196
Pennsylvania Railroad, 37
Peretz, Interior Minister Yitzhak, 212
Peru, 147
Peters, Representative Andrew, 73
Peto, Sir Basil, MP, 52
Petts Woods, Kent, England, ix, 135
Philadelphia, PA, xv, 37, 44, 79, 164, 169, 195
Philipps, Sir Owen, MP, 56
Phillips, J. S. R., 21
Pierson, State Senator Wallace, 119
Pittsburgh, PA, 33, 80–82, 84, 112, 114, 118, 119, 164
poem “in apprehension of the Daylight Saving Bill,” 18
Poincaré, Premier Raymond, 138
Poland, 100, 141, 147, 185, 187, 207, 221
poll and opinion survey results on DST, 63, 132, 149, 161, 162, 186, 198, 199, 204,

      219
Poor Richard’s Almanack, xiv
Port Arthur, Ontario, 94, 95
Portland, OR, 164
Portugal, 32, 62, 70, 100, 138, 147, 153, 185, 207, 221
power consumption and conservation, DST effects on. See energy consumption
prime meridian, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 48–50, 52, 53
Prohibition, 118
Providence, RI, 79, 114
Puerto Rico, 179, 212
Pulkovo Observatory, 33
Punch, 18, 143
Pyne, Thomas, 173
Quebec City, Quebec, 139
Queensland, Australia, 220, 222
radio
      broadcasting, 116, 124, 129, 130, 153, 157, 169, 203, 204
      debate, first, 116
      signals, DST effects on, 203
Ragtime, 115–117
railroads, DST effects on, 11, 13, 14, 84, 87, 89, 91, 97, 110, 113, 144, 161, 171,

      215
railroad time, 35–38, 46, 47, 121
defined, 35
Railway Clearing House, 36
Raleigh, NC, 123–126
Raleigh News and Observer, 124
Ranger, A. W. G., 13
Reading, England, 36
Reagan, President Ronald, 209, 210
referenda on DST, 121, 126, 180, 181
religious groups and DST, 210, 222. See also God’s Time
Renaud, Dr. George, 74–76, 78, 85, 94
Reno, NV, 44
Repeal of “War Time,” 157
Republic of China (Taiwan), 185, 207
Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness, 209
reverse year-round daylight saving time, 178
“Review of British Standard Time”, 188
Rhode Island, 118, 131, 162, 193
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 49, 220
Risdale, P. S., 88
Road Research Laboratory, Department of the Environment, 188
Robin, Leo, 127
Roe, Representative Dudley, 155
Rolvaag, Governor Karl, 167
Roman Empire, 28
Romania, 138, 147, 207, 221
Roosevelt, President Franklin, xi, 146, 148, 150
Rosenwasser, Jacob, 122
Rossport, Ontario, 94
Rouen time, 36
Roush, Representative J. Edward, 182
Rowan, State Senator Bobby, 180
Royal Greenwich Observatory, 31, 33, 49
Rural Districts Councils Association, 187
Russia, 33, 37, 51, 52, 70, 100, 221
Salah, Ibrahim, 223
Salisbury, MD, 171
Salt Lake City, UT, 38, 164
Samuel, Home Secretary Herbert, 55–57, 63
San Domingo, 49
San Francisco, CA, 37, 117
San Marino, 100, 147, 185, 207, 221
Sarawak, 138, 147
Saskatchewan, 184, 218
Sassoon, Sir Edward A., 9
Satterwaite, E., 16
Saturday Evening Post, 79
Saudi Arabia, 194
Savage, George, 120
Schmidlapp, J. G., 72
Schmidhauser, Representative John, 176
schoolchildren, DST effects on, xvi, 65, 66, 69, 113, 121, 132, 155, 168, 176, 177,
      186, 187, 188, 195–198, 203, 204, 219
Scientific American, 9, 70, 88
Scotland, 134, 142, 186–187, 216, 217
Scottish Office, 187
seasonal affective disorder and DST, 224
Seattle, WA, 117, 164
secondary radio stations, DST effects on, 203, 204
Select Committee, 9, 19–21
Selective Service lottery, 189
Serbia, 51
Serbia and Montenegro, 221
Shafer, Judge John, 118
Shaw, Sir William Napier, 15, 66
Shipping Board, 87
Sierra Leone, 138, 147, 185
Simani, 218
Sing Sing Prison, 122
single/double summer time, 215, 217
Slovakia, 221
Slovenia, 221
Smith, G. W., 118
smoke detectors, 224
solstice, 26–28
Sommerzeit, 53, 54, 69, 137, 142
South Africa, 5, 50, 147
South Angus, 187
South Dakota, 180
South Korea, 185
Southern Hemisphere, DST in, 62, 219–220
Southern Railway Association, 40
Southern Railway Time Convention, 43, 44
Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), 134, 141, 207. See also Russia
Spain, 49, 70, 100, 138, 147, 207, 221
sporting goods industry, DST effects on, 129, 208, 217
Springfield, MO, 40
Springfield (MA) Republican, 99
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 145
St. Joseph, MO, 38
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railway, 41
St. Louis, MO, 33, 40, 41, 44, 130, 164
St. Paul, MN, 33, 166–169
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 168
St. Petersburg, Russia, 33, 37, 49
standard meridian, 39–41, 44, 48, 74
standard time, xv, 4, 5, 15, 25, 35, 37–49, 53, 71, 73, 85, 90, 97, 110, 117–122,
      124–127, 131, 132, 139, 149–152, 161, 164–171, 178–184, 189, 190, 192, 199,       205, 212–215, 220
      defined, 35
Standard Time Act, 89–91, 103, 110, 121
Standard Time Act of 1918, 89–91, 103, 110, 121
Stephen, Sir Herbert, 18
Stephenson, George, 34
Steubenville, OH, 171
Steubenville to Moundsville bus, 171, 182
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 133
Steventon, England, 36
Stewart, D. C., 87
stock market prices and DST, 224
Stockholm, Sweden, 49
Stowmarket, Suffolk, 216
Strasbourg, France, 139
Sumeria, 26
summer time, 22, 23, 57, 62–68, 132–137, 140, 142–146, 152, 153, 185, 186, 215,
      216, 217
Summer Time Act of 1916, 59, 60, 63, 66, 67, 132
Summer Time Act of 1922, 133
Summer Time Act of 1972, 189
Summer Time Committee, 63, 68
sun time, 25, 29–31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 50, 104, 110
Supreme Court, U.S., 116, 121, 122
Sweden, 50, 55, 70, 100, 147, 207, 221
Switzerland, 29, 30, 50, 100, 147, 207, 221
Sydney, Australia, 222
symmetrical DST period, 205
Syria, 185, 191, 207, 221
Taft, President William Howard, 72, 73
Tangier, 100, 138
Ted Weems and his Orchestra, 128
telegraph, 16, 31, 34, 38, 42, 66, 107
television, xvi, 165, 169, 170, 175, 197, 202, 219
temporal hours, 27, 28
Tener, John, 83
Tennessee, 146, 165, 173, 195
terrorists and DST, 222, 223
Texas, 117, 178, 196, 205
theater, DST effects on, 21, 118, 126, 163. See also motion pictures
Tiberias, Israel, 222, 223
time ball, 31, 45
time information calls, 129
Time magazine, 173
time zones, 15, 35, 38–45, 47–50, 74–79, 84, 85, 90, 91, 93–95, 110, 150, 158,
      171, 174, 181–183, 185, 190, 210, 213, 222
Times of London, The, 18, 60, 62, 142, 143, 217
Toledo, OH, 33
Tom Tower Clock, 36
Tonga, 221
Toronto, Ontario, 164
Toulouse, France, 69
tourism, 188, 217
traffic accidents and fatalities, DST effects on. See motor vehicle accidents
train wreck, 139
Transportation Association of America (TAA), 173, 174
transportation, DST effect on, xvi, 114, 140, 170–174, 204
travel organizations, 188
Traveler’s Official Guide, 43
Truman, President Harry, 157, 158, 159
Trumble, State Senator John, 119
Tucson, AZ, 171
Tunisia, 147, 207
Turkey, 100, 147, 185, 207, 221
Twin Cities, MN, 166–169
twins, birth order of, 56
U.S. News & World Report, 163
Ukraine, 221
Uncle Sam lapel button, 83
Uniform Time Act of 1966
(UTA), 178–183, 194, 201, 205, 206, 211, 213
Uniform Time Act “Two Time Zone” Amendment (1972), 183, 190, 213
Union Pacific Railroad, 37, 38
United Cigar Stores, 88
United Kingdom (Great Britain), xi, 1–24, 32, 35–37, 48–68, 100, 101, 132–137,
      141–145, 146, 153, 154, 183–189, 201, 207, 215–217
      current summer time period, 215
      first summer time period, 60
      summer time in cities. See individual cities
      summer time laws. See individual laws
United States (America), xi, 33, 37–49, 71–94, 97–101, 102–132, 146–153, 155–
      157, 158–183, 185, 189, 190–209, 212–215, 221
      current DST period, 211
      DST in states and cities. See individual states and cities
      DST laws. See individual laws
      first DST period, 97
United States Chamber of Commerce, National Committee on Daylight Saving, 82
Uruguay, 138, 147, 185, 207
UTA. See Uniform Time Act
Utah, 214
Vare, Representative William, 106
Vavoulis, Mayor George, 166, 167
Vermont, 113
Vienna, Austria, 69
Vietnam War, 189
Virgin Islands, U.S., 212
Virginia, 146, 196
Vladivostok, Russia, 37
War Production Board, 152, 155
“War Time,” 150, 151, 153, 155, 157
“War Time” Act, 150, 151
Washington (state), 192, 210
Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), 33, 38, 41, 48, 49, 80, 83, 114–117,
      162–164, 169, 179, 203
Washington Post, 109
Waste of Daylight, The, 3–10, 12, 22, 23, 75
West Virginia, 81, 146, 171
“When It’s Daylight Saving Time in Oshkosh” (song), 127
Whitehouse, J. H., MP, 83
Whiting, Richard, 127
Whitman, Herbert, 193
Willett memorial, ix, 135
Willett Time, 55, 57, 140
Willett, William, ix, 1–10, 12, 14, 17, 21–25, 57, 58, 70, 71, 94, 134–135, 136, 218,
      225–226
Williams, J. Ward, 156
Willson, Professor Robert, 85
Wilmington, DE, 189, 190
Wilson, John, MP, 63
Wilson, President Woodrow, xi, 71, 84, 85, 89, 102, 107–109
Windemere, England, 187
Wingo, Representative Otis, 89
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 161
Wisconsin, 38, 105, 118, 166
Wollaston, Dr. William Hyde, 35
World War I (the Great War), 51–55, 94, 100, 101, 102, 113, 132, 137
World War II (Second World War), 141, 147, 153, 160, 184, 192, 194, 215
Wright, Judge Caleb, 189
Wright, Wilbur, 21
Wyoming, 174
Yale University, 120
Yatesville, PA, 166
Yom Kippur War, 191
“You Can Have It—I Don’t Want It—Daylight Saving Time” (song), 128
Yugoslavia, 147, 187, 207


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