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Seize the Daylight Index

Daylight saving time has affected an immense breadth of people, places, policies, and activities. Here is the Index from Seize the Daylight to show the full extent of daylight saving time's impacts, as reflected by the broad scope of the material covered in the book.

A
Abbe, Dr. Cleveland, 42, 43, 49
Abul-Hassan al-Marrakushi, 28
Ackerman, Fred, 172
Ackerman, Representative Ernest, 107
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, 182
Albania, 145, 205, 217
Algeria, 100, 134, 145, 205
Allen, William, 43–45, 49, 73
Amendment to Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act (1974),
      197
America. See United States
American Federation of Labor, 82, 85, 104
American Meteorological Society, 43
American Railway Association, 84, 87
American Samoa, 211
American Society of Civil Engineers, 43
Amos ’n’ Andy, 125
Amsterdam, 36, 49
Amtrak, 213
amusement parks, DST effects on, 206
An Hour of Light for an Hour of Night, 81
Anderson, Home Secretary Sir John, 142
Andorra, 205, 217
Andrews, Representative Mark, 170
Antarctica, 216, 217
apparent solar time, 29
Aquitania, Cunard Line's, 130
Arab oil embargo, 189–191, 196
Arab terrorists and DST, 219, 220
Argentina, 134, 143, 145, 184, 205
Arizona, 170, 180, 211, 213
Arizona Republic, 180
Arkansas, 79
Armenia, 217
Arthur, President Chester A., 48
Askew, Governor Reuben, 195, 196
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, 212
Atkeson, Thomas, 106
Atlanta, GA, 163
Australia, 5, 24, 50, 62, 70, 100, 145, 184, 205, 217, 218
Austria, 141, 145, 205, 217
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, 220
Azerbaijan, 217

B
Babington-Smith, Sir H., 11
Bahamas, 205, 217
Balfour of Burleigh, Lord, 56
Balfour, Prime Minister Arthur J., 12
Ball, Sir Robert, 14
Balmy, Homer, 129
Baltimore, 37, 79, 125, 163, 168
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 37
Bangor, ME, 46, 115
Barbados, 205
barbecue industry, DST effects on, 206
Barbour, Chief of Police Clarence, 125
Barlow, Sir Thomas, 12
Barnard, F. A. P., 43
Bartlett, Governor John, 114
baseball (softball), DST effects on, 77, 78, 80, 83, 85, 97, 206
Basel, Switzerland, siege of, 29
Bassett, Merton, 121
“Bed in Summer” (poem), 135
Belarus, 217
Belgium, 50, 51, 100, 134, 145, 205, 217
Belize, 205
Bell, William, 123, 124
Benfield, James, 206, 208
Benton, Attorney General Jay, 122
Berlin, Germany, 54, 62, 69, 133, 152, 153
Berlin Opera, 54
Berman, Mindy, 207
Bermuda, 205, 217
best days to begin and end DST, 203
Big Ben, 60, 152
Birmingham, AL, 163
Birmingham, England, 62
Block Island, RI, 191
Block Island Time, 191
Blois, France, 69
Board of Longitude, 35
body's internal cycle and DST, 220
Bolivia, 134
"bootlegged" DST, 118
Borelli, Judge Francis, 132
Borland, Representative William, 80, 83, 85
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 217
Boston, 37, 40, 46, 79–81, 114, 119, 163, 168
Boston & Maine Railroad, 114
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Special Committee on Daylight Saving Time, 81
Boston Globe, 193, 204
Bourneville, England, 65
Bradford, England, 62
Bradford, Perry "Mule," 128
Brazil, 50, 134, 183, 184, 205, 216, 217
Bridgeton, NJ, 123
Bridgewater, England, 36
Brighton, England, 62
Brinton, Chester, 186, 187
Britain. See United Kingdom
British Board of Education, 135
British Honduras, 100, 134, 145, 205
British Standard Time (BST), 185
Brooklyn, NY, 85, 93
Buffalo, NY, 128, 163, 195
“Buckoo That Twisted the Clock, The” (poem), 154
Builder, The, 3
Bulgaria, 50, 145, 205, 217
Burbridge, Richard, 13
Burford, G. H., 12
business hours overlap, DST effects on, 16, 82, 98, 202
Butt, Minister of Culture John, 216

C
Cádiz, Spain, 49
Calais, France, 69
Calder, Senator William, 85, 93, 100, 110
Calder-Borland bill, 85, 87
California, 38, 127, 147, 159, 180, 194, 208, 213
California referendum (1930), 127
Camp Dix, 98
Canada, 24, 44, 50, 94–97, 100, 134, 135, 143, 145, 152, 160, 184, 205, 214–217
Canadian Railway Board, 97
Candler Jr., Representative Ezekiel, 107
candy manufacturers, DST effects on, 207, 208
Cannon, Representative Clarence, 153
Capper, Senator Arthur, 105
Capper’s Weekly, 105
Central City, IA, 149
Ceylon, 145
Chad, 205
Chalmers, Hugh, 78
Chicago, 33, 37, 41, 44, 74, 78–80, 92, 111, 115, 131, 132, 163, 168, 169, 181,
      193, 194, 196
Chicago Association of Commerce, 78, 79
Chicago Herald, 80
Chicago Tribune, 92
children, DST effects on. See schoolchildren
Child’s Garden of Verses, A, 135
Chile, 100, 134, 205, 216, 217
China, 141, 205
Chippenham, England, 36
Chislehurst, Kent, England, 1, 24, 136–138
Christie, Sir William H. M., 15
Churchill, Winston, xi, 12, 22, 23, 25, 52, 136, 137, 141
Cincinnati, OH, 33, 72, 73, 78, 115, 163, 171
Cirencester, England, 36
Clark, Senator Dick, 196
Cleveland, 33, 74–79, 93, 163, 168
Cleveland Eastern Time Zone Ordinance, 76, 77
clock stars, 31
Cobb, Ty, 77, 78
Colgate, Sidney, 85–87
Colorado, 179
Columbus, OH, 37, 115
Committee for Time Uniformity, 173
communications, DST effect on. See radio; television
Connecticut, 119–121, 132, 194
Coolidge, Governor Calvin, 113, 114
Cope, Allen, 193
Copeland, Dr. Royal, 113
Copeland, State Representative Herbert, 180
Copenhagen, Denmark, 49
Cornell University, 132
Cox, Dr. Henry, 98
Cox, Representative Edward, 148
crime reduction, DST effect on, xvi, 65, 190, 198, 201
Croatia, 217
Cross, Governor Wilbur, 132
Cuba, 134, 145, 183, 184, 205, 217
Cummings, Mayor Frederick, 46
Cyprus, 205, 217
Czech Republic, 217
Czechoslovakia 141, 145, 152, 205

D
Dabburiya, Israel, 219
Dallas, TX, 163, 194, 196
Darwin, Sir George, 18
Davies, Robertson, 159
Day, Dr. Robertson, 13
Day of Two Noons, The, 44, 45
Daylight Inn, 137
“Daylight Savin' Blues, The” (song), 128
Daylight Saving Act of 1918 (Daylight Saving Law), 97, 99, 107, 108
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, 205, 208
      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, 104, 143, 150, 172, 176, 186, 203.
            See also individual laws and bills
      poetry, 18, 135, 154, 174
      songs, 107, 128, 129, 164, 215
      Snapshots, 100, 134, 145, 184, 205, 217
      Willett’s idea and proposal, 3, 4, 11
“Daylight Saving Time” (song), 164
Daylight Saving Time Coalition, 206–208
daylight savings time, xv
Daylight Slaving Time, 117
DDST. See double daylight saving time; double summer time
De Land, FL, 204
death row, 123
debate, first ever on radio, 117
Delaware, 145, 186, 187
Denmark, 50, 55, 70, 100, 145, 152, 205, 217
Denver, xv, 38, 44, 115, 118, 163
Department of the Interior, 190
Department of Transportation (DOT), 179, 195–204
Department of Transportation studies on DST, 196–203
Depression, Great, 124, 127
Des Moines, IA, 174
Des Moines Register, 149–151, 155, 163
Des Moines Tribune, 174
Detroit, MI, 74–78, 93, 94, 163
Detroit Free Press, 76
DeWitt, General J. L., 147
Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, The, 159
Dijon, France, 69
District of Columbia. See Washington, D.C.
Dobson, Thomas W., MP, 21
Dominican Republic, 49, 184, 205
Dorchester, England, 37
DOT. See Department of Transportation
double daylight saving time (DDST), 143, 152, 181, 215, 216
“Double Daylight Saving Time” (song), 215
double summer time, 142, 143, 153, 214
Dowd, Professor Charles F., 39–42, 47, 48
Doyle, Arthur Conan, xi, 14
draft, military, 186, 187
DST. See daylight saving time
Dublin, Ireland, 5, 48, 50, 59
Dubuque, IA, 33
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 128

E
Early, Rex, 212
Eastern Peace Time, 151
Economical Project, xiv, 63
Edward VII, King, 12
Egypt, 145, 184, 189, 205, 217
Egypt, ancient, 26–28
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 161
Election Day, DST on, 203
electricity consumption and conservation, DST effects on, 6, 7, 52, 64, 65, 69, 106, 128, 146, 147, 183, 192, 196, 199, 209. See also energy consumption
Elgin National Watch Works, Elgin Illinois, 98
Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, 191, 192, 204
energy (power) consumption and conservation, DST effects on, xi, xvi, 52, 64, 100,
      128, 142, 146, 147, 150, 152, 153, 183, 189–192, 195, 196, 198–200, 209, 213,
      214, 216, 224. See also electricity consumption
England. See United Kingdom
equal-length hours, 28
equation of time, 30
equinoctial hours, 28
equinox, 27, 28, 222
Estonia, 100, 145, 217
Eton, England, 138
European Union, 214
Evans, Canon L. H., 138
Evansville, IN, 181

F
farmers, opposition to DST, 16, 60, 66, 69, 89, 103–106, 108, 109, 114, 117, 118,
      121, 126, 142, 143, 148–151, 154, 174, 180, 198, 208
fast-food industry, DST effects on, 206
Fay, Sam, 14
Fayetteville, NC, 171
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Appropriations Act of 1986, 208, 209
Federal Radio Commission, 131
Ferro, Canary Islands, 49
Fiji, 217
Filene, A. Lincoln, 81, 82, 85
Fine, Marshall, 177
Finland, 145, 205, 217
first day of spring and DST, 222
Flammarion, Camille, 62
Flamsteed, John, 30
Fleming, Sandford, 43, 48
Florida, 146, 195, 196, 204
Ford, President Gerald, 197
Forestport, NY, 133
Fort William, Ontario, 95
Fox, President Vicente, 218
France, 23, 36, 37, 39, 49–52, 62, 69, 70, 100, 101, 130, 133, 134, 139, 141, 145,
      199, 205, 217
Frankfurter Zeitung, 53, 54
Franklin, Benjamin, xi–xvi, 1, 6, 14, 63, 79, 133, 194, 222
Franklin, Harold, 127, 133
Fremantle, Admiral E. R., 11
Friend, Cliff, 129

G
Gallinger, Senator Jacob, 80
gardening, DST effects on, xvi, 3, 65, 85, 88, 107, 207, 215
Garfield, Fuel Administrator Harry A., 87
Garland, Robert, 81, 82, 84, 85, 113, 119, 120, 146
Gary, IN, 181
General Time Convention, 43, 44
Geneva, Switzerland, 30
Georgia (Asia), 217
Georgia (U.S. state), 148, 179
Germany, 24, 50–55, 69–71, 79, 84, 100, 101, 133, 141–145, 152, 205, 217
Gill, Sir David, 17
God's Time, 106, 135, 154, 175
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 218
“Good New Summer Time, The” (song), 129
Gooday, J. F. S., 11
Gorton, Senator Slade, 207, 208
Goulart, President João, 183
Grand Ole Opry, 164
Grange, 104, 106, 122
Great Britain. See United Kingdom
Great Central Railway, 14
Great Eastern Railway, 11
Great Western Railway, 35
Greece, 134, 145, 205, 217
Green, Lillian M., 174
Greenland, 205, 217
Greenwich, England, 33, 41–43, 49, 50
Greenwich (Mean) Time, 5, 8, 10, 20, 36, 37, 48, 58, 59, 63, 66, 67, 77, 121, 144,
      153, 185, 221
Greyhound Bus Lines, 172
Griffith, M. D., 162
Gross, Representative H. R., 175, 191
Guam, 211
Gulf Coast Seven, 128

H
Haifa, Israel, 219
Haiti, 205
half-time, 121
Halifax Herald, 97
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 95–97
Hall, Captain Basil, 35
Halloween, DST on, 203, 207, 208, 213
Hardesty, Darrell, 171
Harding, President Warren G., 115, 117, 118
Harper’s Weekly, 38, 46
Harrods Stores, 13
Hartford, CT, 115
Hawaii, 179, 194, 211
Hayes, C. M., 74, 75, 94
Hazardville, CT, 121
Henley, G. W., 95
Herbert, Sir Alan Patrick (A. P.), MP, 143, 144, 152, 185, 215
Herschel, Sir John, 35
Hewitson, John, 94, 95
Higginson, C. F., 13
Hipparchus, 28, 31
Hochfelden, Alsace, France, 139
Hodgson, Manitoba, 160
Holland. See Netherlands
Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, 123
Hong Kong, 184, 205
Hoover, Food Administrator Herbert, 87
Hopi Indian reservation, 213
Hopkinton, IA, 163
hora de verão, 183, 216
horario de verano, 218
Horas non numero nisi æstivas, ix, 136, 137
Horn, Herbert, 131
Houston, TX, 163, 193, 203
Houston Post, 118
Hull, Representative Harry, 107
Hungary, 145, 205, 217
Hurley, Governor Charles, 132
Hylan, Mayor John, 113

I
Iceland, 100, 145, 184
Idaho, 163, 207
Illinois, 98, 106, 107, 145, 160, 181
Independence, MO, 195
India, 5, 143, 145
Indiana, 145, 171, 172, 180–182, 211, 212
Indianapolis, IN, 33, 171
Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, 47
Industrial Revolution, 33
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 23
International Meridian Conference, 48, 50
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 90, 111, 148, 172, 178, 179
Iowa, 107, 149, 151, 154, 163, 165, 174–176, 191, 196
Iran, 205, 217
Iraq, 205, 217
Ireland, 5, 7, 10, 48, 50, 59, 145, 152, 184, 185, 205, 217
Irish Free State, 134
Islands of Time, 182
Israel 152, 189, 199, 205, 217–220
Istanbul, Turkey, xv
Italy, 28, 50, 62, 70, 100, 141, 145, 183, 184, 205, 217
Ithaca, NY, 132, 195

J
Jacoby, Professor Harold, 85
Jamaica, 205
Japan, 50, 141, 147, 151–153, 202
Jefferson City, MO, 38
Jensen, Representative Benton, 154
Jerusalem, Israel, 219
Johnson, James P., 128
Johnson, Joseph French, 79
Johnson, President Lyndon, 175, 177
Jones, “Grandpa,” 164
Jordan, 217
Journal de Paris, xi, xiv

K
Kaiser Wilhelm II, xi, 53
Kaiser’s Trick Hour, 78
Kalamazoo, MI, 115
Kansas City, MO, 79, 85, 109, 163
Kansas, 105, 207
Kazakhstan, 217
Keeper of the Watch, 222
Kellogg, Senator Frank, 87
Kenefick, Nellie, 123
Kentucky, 146, 181, 212
Ketchmark, Mayor John, 149
“Kilowatt Saved Is a Penny Earned, A” (poem), 174
King, Representative Edward, 106, 107
Knoxville, TN, 172
Kyrgyzstan, 217

L
La Guardia, Representative Fiorello, 107
La Petite République, 23
Labrador, 215, 216
Lakehead Region. Ontario, 95
Lallemand, Charles, 62
Laramie, WY, 38
latitude, defined, 32
Latvia, 100, 145, 217
Lauder, Harry, 107
Lea, Representative Clarence, 147
League of Nations, 139, 140
League of New York Theatres, 162
Lebanon, 205, 217
l’heure de Dieu, 135
l’heure de la gare, 37
l’heure de la ville, 36
l’heure d’été, 62, 69, 133
Libya, 189, 205
Liechtenstein, 205, 217
Linton, IN, 171
Lisbon, Portugal, 32, 49
Literary Digest, 99, 100, 111
Lithuania, 145, 217
Liverpool Stock Exchange, 72
Lloyd George, David, 12
London, England, xiii, 1, 16, 18, 19, 22, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 60, 72, 98, 137
London Stock Exchange, 16, 72, 98
longitude
      defined, 31, 32
      relative to sun, 33
Los Angeles, 118, 163, 195
Los Angeles Examiner, 127
Los Angeles Times, 98, 127
Louisiana, 161, 194
Louisville, KY, 33, 163, 212
Luxembourg, 100, 134, 145, 205, 217

M
Macao, 184
Macauley, Alvan, 78
MacDonald, J. Ramsay, 12
Macedonia, 217
Madame Tussard’s Wax Museum, 137
Magnuson, Senator Warren, 190
Maia, Mayor Cesar, 216, 218
Maine, 38, 46, 114, 132, 165
Malta, 100, 184, 205, 217
Manchester, NH, 119
Manchester Union, 114
Manhattan, NY, 80, 123, 124. See also New York City
Manitoba, 160
Markey, Representative Edward, 208
Markowitz, Dr. William, 172
Marks, Borough President Marcus M., 80, 81, 86, 93, 108, 109, 113, 124
Maryland, 154, 170
Masalha, Amir, 220
Mash’had, Israel, 219
Massachusetts, 73, 99, 113, 114, 121–123, 132, 208
Massachusetts referendum on DST, 122
Massachusetts State Grange v. Benton, 122
Mattson, Attorney General Robert, 168
McDonald’s, 206, 207
McGee, Senator Gale, 173
McGrath, Senator Howard, 161
McHie, Sidmon, 130
mean solar time, 30
mean time, 20, 25, 30, 35, 36, 44, 203
Melbourne, Australia, 218
Memphis, TN, 163, 193
meridian, defined, 32. See also prime meridian
Merton College, 221
Merton Time Ceremony, 221, 222
Mexico, 84, 134, 199, 218
Mexico City, Mexico, 218
Michigan, 146, 180
Milwaukee, WI, 119, 163
Minneapolis, MN, 131, 163, 165–68, 169
Minnesota, 87, 165–168
Minonk, IL, 160
Mississippi, 106, 146
Missouri, 40, 80, 83, 106, 153, 195
Mitchel, Mayor John, 83
Moldavia, 217
Monaco, 100, 134, 145, 205, 217
Monaco, Jimmie, 129
Mongolia, 205, 217
Montana, 165
Montreal, Quebec, 163
Moorhead, Representative Carlos, 208
Moran, Alderman Robert, 113
More-Daylight Club, 74–76, 78, 93, 94
Morocco, 145, 184
Morrison, Frank, 122
Morrison, Home Secretary Herbert, 142
Morse, Samuel, 34
motor vehicle accidents and fatalities, DST effects on, xvi, 65, 131, 153, 183, 185,
      190, 193–201, 220
Moundsville, WV, 170
movies (motion pictures), 105, 119, 127, 168, 177, 180. See also theaters
Murdock, E. H., 72, 73, 78
Myrick, Herbert, 114

N
Naftalin, Mayor Arthur, 166
Namibia, 216, 217
Naples, Italy, xv, 49
Nashua, NH, 119
Nashville, TN, 164, 172
Nashville Banner, 164
Nashville Tennessean, 164
National Association of Theatre Owners, 177
National Daylight Association of Cincinnati, 72, 73
National Daylight Saving Association (NDSA), 80, 83, 85, 91, 93, 104, 108, 113, 124
National Daylight Saving Convention, 83
National War Garden Commission, 88
Nature, 15, 17, 23, 63, 89
Navajo Indian reservation, 213
Nazal, Krayem, 219
NDSA. See National Daylight Saving Association
Near Daylight Saving Time, 117
Netherlands, 36, 37, 55, 70, 100, 134, 145, 205, 217
New England Conference Against Daylight Saving Time, 114
New England Railway Association, 40
New Hampshire, 114, 119
New Jersey, 85, 98, 113, 123, 145
New Mexico, 213, 217, 218
New Orleans, LA, 163
New Shoreham, RI, 191
New York Central Railroad, 37
New York City, NY, 16, 31, 39, 41, 42, 74, 79, 80, 82, 83, 91, 93, 113, 115, 123,
      128, 130, 131, 162, 163, 168, 193
New York City Merchants’ Association, 79
New York Evening Post, 105
New York Herald, 38, 45
New York State, 39, 114, 119, 123, 132, 133, 145, 155, 195
New York Stock Exchange, 16, 72, 98, 107
New York Times, 72, 79, 97, 113, 119, 128, 172, 190
New York Tribune, 46, 109, 111
New York World, 104
New Zealand, 24, 50, 134, 143, 145, 199, 205, 216, 217
Newark, NJ, 115
Newfoundland, 100, 134, 143–145, 152, 215, 216
Nicaragua, 205
night blindness, DST effects on, 207
Nîmes, France, 69
Nixon, President Richard M., 182, 190, 191
Norman, Sir Henry, MP, 21, 55, 57, 136
North Carolina, 124–127, 146, 171
North Dakota, 176, 177
Norton, Ralph, 118
Norway, 49, 50, 62, 70, 100, 145, 184, 205, 217
Notre Dame (U.S. university), 164
Nottingham, England, 62

O
“O It’s Nice to Get Up in the Mornin’ ” (song), 107
obelisks, used to mark time, 26
Obrador, Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez, 218
October War, 189
Ohio, 37, 72, 77, 165, 170, 194, 212
Ohio University, 212
Oklahoma City, OK, 193
O’Laughlin, John, 80
Old Colony Railroad, 46
Olsen, Al, 167
Olympic, White Star Line’s, 130
Omaha, NB, 33, 38, 41, 163
Ontario, 94
ora legale, 183
Oregon, 163
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 192
Osceola, IA, 149
Oslo, Norway, 49
Ossining, NY, 123
Outlook, The, 19
Overton, Senator John, 161
Oxford Companion to the Year, The, 185
Oxford, England, 36
Oxford University, 221

P
Padua, Italy, 28
Pagenkopf, A. H., 167
Pakistan, 217
Palestine, 145
Palestinian territories, 217, 220
Palm Springs, CA, 159, 160
Palm Springs Time, 159, 160
Paraguay, 205, 217
Paris, France, xi–xiii, xvi, 23, 28, 32, 36, 37, 39, 49, 50, 62, 69, 133, 139
Paris Mean Time, 50
Paris-Strasbourg express, 139
Pearce, Robert, MP, 9, 22, 57, 70
Peden, Allan B., 160, 161
Pennsylvania, 81, 119, 145, 165, 194
Pennsylvania Railroad, 37
Peretz, Interior Minister Yitzhak, 219
Peru, 145
Peters, Representative Andrew, 73
Peto, Sir Basil, MP, 52
Petts Woods, Kent, England, ix, 136, 137
Philadelphia, PA, xv, 37, 44, 79, 163, 168, 193
Philipps, Sir Owen, MP, 56
Phillips, J. S. R., 21
Pierson, State Senator Wallace, 120
Pittsburgh, PA, 33, 80–82, 84, 113, 115, 119, 120, 163
poem “in apprehension of the Daylight Saving Bill,” 18
Poincaré, Premier Raymond, 133
Poland, 100, 141, 145, 184, 185, 205, 217
poll and opinion survey results on DST, 63, 135, 147, 161, 162, 185, 196, 197, 202,
      216
Poor Richard's Almanack, xiv
Port Arthur, Ontario, 94, 95
Portland, OR, 163
Portugal, 32, 62, 70, 100, 134, 145, 152, 184, 205, 217
power consumption and conservation, DST effects on. See energy consumption
prime meridian, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 48–50, 52, 53
Prohibition, 117
Providence, RI, 79, 115
Puerto Rico, 178, 211
Pulkovo Observatory, 33
Punch, 18
Pyne, Thomas, 172

Q
Quebec City, Quebec, 135
Queensland, Australia, 218

R
radio
      broadcasting, 117, 125, 130, 131, 151, 155, 168, 201, 202
      debate, first, 117
      signals, DST effects on, 201
Ragtime, 116–118
railroads, DST effects on, 11, 13, 14, 84, 87, 89, 91, 97, 111, 114, 160, 170, 213
railroad time, 35–38, 46, 47, 122, defined, 35
Railway Clearing House, 36
Raleigh, NC, 124–127
Raleigh News and Observer, 125
Ranger, A. W. G., 13
Reading, England, 36
Reagan, President Ronald, 207, 208
referenda on DST, 122, 127, 179, 180
religious groups and DST, 208, 218, 219. See also God’s Time
Renaud, Dr. George, 74–76, 78, 85, 94
Reno, NV, 44
Repeal of “War Time,” 155, 156
Republic of China (Taiwan), 184, 205
Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness, 207
reverse year-round daylight saving time, 177
Rhode Island, 119, 132, 161, 191
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 49, 216
Risdale, P. S., 88
Robin, Leo, 128
Roe, Representative Dudley, 154
Rolvaag, Governor Karl, 166
Roman Empire, 28
Romania, 134, 145, 205, 217
Roosevelt, President Franklin, xi, 144, 146, 148
Rosenwasser, Jacob, 123
Rossport, Ontario, 94
Rouen time, 36
Roush, Representative J. Edward, 181
Rowan, State Senator Bobby, 179
Royal Greenwich Observatory, 31, 33, 49
Russia, 33, 37, 51, 52, 70, 100, 217

S
Salah, Ibrahim, 219
Salisbury, MD, 170
Salt Lake City, UT, 38, 163
Samuel, Home Secretary Herbert, 55–57, 63
San Domingo, 49
San Francisco, CA, 37, 118
San Marino, 100, 145, 184, 205, 217
Sarawak, 134, 145
Saskatchewan, 183, 214
Sassoon, Sir Edward A., 9
Satterwaite, E., 16
Saturday Evening Post, 79
Saudi Arabia, 192
Savage, George, 121
Schmidlapp, J. G., 72
Schmidhauser, Representative John, 175
schoolchildren, DST effects on, xvi, 65, 66, 69, 114, 122, 135, 153, 154, 167, 175,
      176, 185, 193–196, 201, 202, 216
Scientific American, 9, 70, 88
Scotland, 142, 185
seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and DST, 221
Seattle, WA, 118, 163
secondary radio stations, DST effects on, 201, 202
Select Committee, 9, 19–21
Selective Service lottery, 186
Serbia, 51
Serbia and Montenegro, 217
Shafer, Judge John, 119
Shaw, Sir William Napier, 15, 66
Shipping Board, 87
Sierra Leone, 134, 145, 184
Simani, 215
Sing Sing Prison, 123
Single/Double Summer Time, 214
Slovakia, 217
Slovenia, 217
Smith, G. W., 119
smoke detectors, 221
solstice, 26–28
Sommerzeit, 53, 54, 69, 133, 142
South Africa, 5, 50, 145
South Dakota, 179
South Korea, 184
Southern Hemisphere, DST in, 62, 216
Southern Railway Association, 40
Southern Railway Time Convention, 43, 44
Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), 134, 141, 205. See also Russia
Spain, 49, 70, 100, 134, 145, 205, 217
sporting goods industry, DST effects on, 130, 206
Springfield, MO, 40
Springfield (MA) Republican, 99
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 143
St. Joseph, MO, 38
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railway, 41
St. Louis, MO, 33, 40, 41, 44, 131, 163
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 167
St. Paul, MN, 33, 165–168
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, 111, 118–123,
      125–128, 132, 133, 139, 149–152, 160, 163–170, 177–183, 186, 187, 190, 197,
      203, 211–214, 218
      defined, 35
Standard Time Act, 89–91, 104, 111, 122
Standard Time Act of 1918, 89–91, 104, 111, 122
Stephen, Sir Herbert, 18
Stephenson, George, 34
Steubenville, OH, 170
Steubenville to Moundsville bus, 170, 181
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 135
Steventon, England, 36
Stewart, D. C., 87
stock market prices and DST, 221
Stockholm, Sweden, 49
Strasbourg, France, 139
Sumeria, 26
summer time, 22, 23, 57, 62–68, 134–138, 140, 142–144, 152, 153, 184, 185, 214
Summer Time Act of 1916, 59, 60, 63, 66, 67, 135
Summer Time Act of 1925, 136
Summer Time Act of 1972, 185
Summer Time Committee, 63, 68
sun time, 25, 29–31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 50, 105, 111
Supreme Court, U.S., 117, 122, 123
Sweden, 50, 55, 70, 100, 145, 205, 217
Switzerland, 29, 30, 50, 100, 145, 205, 217
Sydney, Australia, 218
symmetrical DST period, 203
Syria, 184, 189, 205, 217

T
Taft, President William Howard, 72, 73
Tangier, 100, 134
Ted Weems and his Orchestra, 129
telegraph, 16, 31, 34, 38, 42, 66, 108
television, xvi, 164, 168, 169, 174, 195, 200, 215, 216
temporal hours, 27, 28
Tener, John, 83
Tennessee, 146, 164, 172, 193
terrorists and DST, 219, 220
Texas, 118, 177, 194, 203
theater, DST effects on, 21, 119, 127, 162. See also motion pictures
Tiberias, Israel, 219, 220
time ball, 31, 45
time information calls, 130
Time magazine, 172
time zones, 15, 35, 38–45, 47–50, 74–79, 84, 85, 90, 91, 93–95, 111, 148, 157,
      170, 173, 180–182, 184, 187, 208, 212, 218
Times of London, The, 18, 60, 62
Toledo, OH, 33
Tom Tower Clock, 36
Tonga, 217
Toronto, Ontario, 163
Toulouse, France, 69
traffic accidents and fatalities, DST effects on. See motor vehicle accidents
train wreck, 139
Transportation Association of America (TAA), 172, 173
transportation, DST effect on, xvi, 115, 140, 169–173, 202
Traveler’s Official Guide, 43
Truman, President Harry, 155, 157, 158
Trumble, State Senator John, 120
Tucson, AZ, 170
Tunisia, 145, 205
Turkey, 100, 145, 184, 205, 217
Twin Cities, MN, 165–168
twins, birth order of, 56

U
U.S. News & World Report, 162
Ukraine, 217
Uncle Sam lapel button, 83
Uniform Time Act of 1966 (UTA), 177–182, 185, 192, 199, 203, 204, 209, 211, 212
Uniform Time Act “Two Time Zone” Amendment (1972), 182, 187, 212
Union Pacific Railroad, 37, 38
United Cigar Stores, 88
United Kingdom (Great Britain), xi, 1–24, 32, 35–37, 48–68, 100, 101, 134–139,
      141–143, 145, 152, 153, 183–186, 199, 205, 214, 217, 221, 222
      Current summer time period, 214
      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, 103–134, 144–151,
      153–155, 157–182, 184, 186, 187–209, 211–214, 217
      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, 134, 145, 184, 205
UTA. See Uniform Time Act
Utah, 213

V
Vare, Representative William, 107
Vavoulis, Mayor George, 165, 166
Vermont, 114
Vienna, Austria, 69
Vietnam War, 186
Virgin Islands, U.S., 211
Virginia, 145, 194
Vladivostok, Russia, 37

W
War Production Board, 151, 153
“War Time,” 148, 149, 151, 153, 154, 156
“War Time” Act, 148, 149
Washington (state), 190, 208
Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), 33, 38, 41, 48, 49, 80, 83, 115–118,
      161–163, 168, 178, 201
Washington Post, 110
Waste of Daylight, The, 3–10, 12, 22, 23, 75
West Virginia, 81, 146, 170
“When It’s Daylight Saving Time in Oshkosh” (song), 128
Whitehouse, J. H., MP, 83
Whiting, Richard, 128
Whitman, Herbert, 191
Willett memorial, ix, 136, 137
Willett Time, 55, 57, 140
Willett, Willam, ix, 1–10, 12, 14, 17, 21–25, 57, 58, 70, 71, 94, 136, 137, 214, 222
Williams, J. Ward, 154
Willson, Professor Robert, 85
Wilmington, DE, 186, 187
Wilson, John, MP, 63
Wilson, President Woodrow, xi, 71, 84, 85, 89, 103, 108–110
Wingo, Representative Otis, 89
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 160
Wisconsin, 38, 106, 119, 165
Wollaston, Dr. William Hyde, 35
World War I (the Great War), 51–55, 94, 100, 101, 103, 114, 133, 135
World War II (Second World War), 141, 145, 151, 152, 159, 183, 196 192, 214
Wright, Judge Caleb, 186
Wright, Wilbur, 21
Wyoming, 173

Y
Yale University, 121
Yatesville, PA, 165
Yom Kippur War, 189
“You Can Have It--I Don't Want It--Daylight Saving Time” (song), 129
Yugoslavia, 145, 185, 205

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