The Ypsilanti Daily Press

MOVING UP AN HOUR
The clocks will move up an hour next Monday--but everything is all so on as before.

Unlike summer "daylight saving time"--when some cities have it and others don't--every railroad, bus line and radio station will be running on the same schedule after the national time shift as before.

The only thing changed will be the relationship between your watch and the sun.

The trains that leave Washington at 4 p. m. still will get to New York in time for the 8:30 p. m. curtain-raising at Broadway show-houses.

There will be minor difficulties at the moment of change. All trains and planes en route at 2 a. m. next Monday will reach their terminals one hour late. The terminal clocks will be advanced, but engineers and pilots may not change their watches while on a run.

Special arrangements will be made so that trains leaving on the new time will have no trouble with trains finishing their runs on the old time--one hour late.

Transportation and radio officials contemplate no changes in schedules beyond a few minor adjustments where schedules depend on sunlight. Thus, Transcontinental and Western Air Lines will put the Reading, Pa., stop on a different run because the field is not equipped for night operations. The advance in the time puts the present stop into a restricted period. But only a few such changes are in prospect throughout the nation.

Some local railroad runs may be changed, on the clock, to keep them the same by the sun, because they serve a clientele governed by daylight. These are local problems, however, with which officials have no concern.

Generally speaking, the transportation and radio industries--which effectively if unofficially guide the nation's time habits--propose to do nothing next Monday except move their clocks and watches ahead one hour. We suggest that you do the same.

The new time, designated as "War Time", in place of the old "Daylight Savings", will be nationwide, effective throughout the year until after the war. The four American time-belts will continue as before.

The time-change is a measure to save electric power by using more daylight for normal activities. It will change the period of peak loads on power stations. A similar step was taken during the first World War.

Whether you observe "War Time" or not, about the worst that can happen is missing a train or a radio program. The time is official for common carriers, for the federal government and for determining legal rights (such as the 12 o'clock noon in your insurance policy) in federal courts.

There is no penalty for violations, even by railroads.

The Interstate Commerce Commission fixes the four time zone boundaries, but has no other authority with respect to time.