Evening star., 1941-08-11
Virginia Shifts
ToDdy|ight
Saving Time
Arlington, Fairfax
And Alexandria
Clocks Unchanged
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Virginia Reimbursement in few
localities-today started their daily
routine an hour earlier by the sun,
with the Old Dominion officially on
Eastern daylight time.
Gov. Price in radio address over
Station WMBG, Richmond, begin
ming at 11:55 pm. Eastern standard
time yesterday and ending at lis
am. Eastern daylight time today,
instructed Virginians to advance
the clock an hour and forget it." He
predicted that there would be little
confusion once the change was
effected.
In the Commute broadcast in
connection with the advance in time
at midnight, representatives OF State
and national organizations also ex-
pressed themselves on the change.
They, with the Governor, hailed 1t
as a great help to national defense
and a general saving to all power
users.
Arlington, Fairfax Time Unchanged.
Gov. Price thanked local officials
and businessmen of the State for
their cooperation in making the
change over the week end. Many
businesses had changed their clocks
Saturday night so employees would
find the clocks on daylight time
when they arrived at work today.
Alexandria and the counties of
Arlington and Fairfax were among
the localities that remained on
standard time.
Beer and wine sales in Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and the city
of Alexandria will cease at II pm,
instead of midnight in all night
clubs and taverns. Gov. Price, in his
decree, ordered that all State agen-
cies, including alcoholic beverage
boards and their licensees. must OBJ
serve fast time. Under the same
ruling, taverns may resume selling
at am. instead of am. The rul-
ing will also cut an hour off the
closing times of State liquor dis
pensaries.
In Fairfax, the Office of the Vir-
ginia State Highway Department
said their employees came to work
an hour earlier today and would
leave an hour earlier. However they
did not set their clocks by the fast
time schedule.
Possibility of complications arose
hntuopf1 Ctoto Dol;na L.
officers in Arlington, Alexandria and
Fairfax because State police are
operating on daylight time. County
and city police have remained on
standard time.
Loudoun County. with the excep-
tion of the State Highway Commits
sion office, remained on Eastern !
standard time.
Observance Is General.
Others on the broadcast program
with Gov Price included Adjt. Gen.
S. Gardner Waller, Robert Nelson
of the State Chamber of Commerce,
1t. Comdr. H. G. Chandler, U. S. N,
and 1t. Hugh Thompson, jr, U. S. A.
Observance of the fast time-to
continue until September 28-was
general, Indications were that only
railway and bus lines continued to
operate on standard time. The
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co. announced it would observe
daylight saving time in all COM
munities adopting the new time.
Norfolk and Virginia Beach not
only adopted fast time but beat the
remainder of the State in making it
effective. Residents of those COM
munities awoke an hour earlier yes
terday after showing forward their
clocks before retiring Saturday
night. Portsmouth, Suffolk. Newport |
News, Hampton and other popula-
ton centers of the Hampton Roads
area made the change last mid
night.
The State capital officially adopt
ed daylight saving time after Mayor
Gordon B. Amber issued a procla-
nation Saturday.
There were complications at bor-
der towns Bluefeld, Va. did not |
60 on fast time because Bluefield, w. |
Va, is not observing it. At Bristol |
Va, City Council has taken no ac-
ton pending a decision by Bristol |
Tenn.
In Danville Wrathy citizens found
the post office windows closed at 7 |
am. Postmaster H. C. Swanson said |
it was impossible to send out the |
carriers without their mail which
comes in on trains running on East
ern standard time schedules.
Mr.. Swanson, however, promised |
to poll local organizations to see if |
they want the public service windows |
opened in accordance with fast time.