The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-28

oils Times columns are daylight
saving time.
The school board is expected to
reverse itself and adopt daylight
saving time for all public schools
at its meeting Tuesday night.
Four members of the board ex-
pressed themselves as favorable to
the time change today.
The board several weeks ago sent
notice to Mayor L. Ert Slack that
the schools would not shift to the
fast time even if the change was
made by the city.
Board President Theodore F. Von-
negut today declared that the board
still was opposed to the change. but
believed the schools should follow
the lead of most city stores and in
dustries so as not to inconvenience
parents working on summer time.
The board meeting Tuesday will
be at p. m. Standard time.
City Makes Change
Most of indianapolis citizens
went to work today on the daylight
saving time, adopted by council
over the mayors veto, for the first
time since the World War.
Scores of persons who went to
bed at their usual hour Sunday
night lost an hours slumber be-
cause Of moving the clock forward
an hour. Banks, downtown stores
affiliated with the merchants as
sociations, and scores of factories
started business this morning an
hour earlier.
Churches Are Changing Time
Most Indianapolis Catholic
churches and schools adopted the
new time schedule. Protestant
Churches decided the time issue in
dividually. only a few changing.
The Church Federation of Indian
apolis Office announced it would
operate on the new time.
DR.. Ernest N Evans, secretary,
said he expected Protestant
churches to shift gradually, al
though they are opposed.
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
and Carrouton Avenue Reformed
were among the first to shift.
Outstanding among adherents of
the standard time were the State
house, courthouse, postoff1ce, Build
ing Trades Council. public schools
and Indianapolis Stockyards.
Superintendent Ernest Pf1umm
reported little confusion on buses
and street cars as result of the shift.
Cars and buses we're sent out
earlier than usual.
Hospital Schedules Shift
A new schedule was drafted to-
day to meet the needs of those 60
ing to work early Executive met
today to decide on moving the rail-
way clock forward.
Robert Long, Riley and Coleman
Hospitals moved to the new sched-
ule.
Henry J. McGinty, Western Union
clock repairman, was aided by four
extra assistants to answer calls to
move the clock forward an hour.
1t was estimated 80 per cent of
the 1000 Western Union clocks had
been advanced.
There was confusion among fam
lilies who were operating two sep
arate times for the benefit of school
children and working folks.
There was considerable confusion
in downtown traffic because of the
added early motorists and the
failure Of traffic officers to go to
work an hour earlier.
Early Baseball Games
The traffic department schedule
continued to operate on standard
time because there was little change
in the rush hours last week. Capt.
Lester E. Jones announced a new
schedule will be put in effect Tues
day.
An early shift will go to work at
7:30 a. m, daylight time and
another shift at will continue on
duty until p. m. to handle late
crowds. The rest Of the police de-
partment operated on daylight time
last week.
The Indianapolis Baseball Club
is starting Indianapolis games on
daylight time this afternoon.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
continued on Central standard time
for the benefit of out-State visitors.
Garfield Park Baptist Church
members voted Sunday that, COM
mencing today, all church activi-