From c92e227bc32f258a30f4c17d6ccad37fd70bad15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 20:11:26 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] =?UTF-8?q?Mention=20Nashville=E2=80=99s=20time-of-day?= =?UTF-8?q?=20duel=20in=20the=201950s?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * NEWS: Mention this. * northamerica: Add comment. --- NEWS | 3 +++ northamerica | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5463cdf..4057ec3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to commentary + Nashville's newspapers dueled about the time of day in the 1950s. + (Thanks to John Seigenthaler.) + Liechtenstein observed Swiss DST in 1941/2. (Thanks to Alois Treindl.) diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 9e3577b..689947b 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -406,6 +406,31 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58 # From Paul Eggert (2015-12-25): # Assume this practice predates 1970, so Fort Pierre can use America/Chicago. +# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-06): +# In 1950s Nashville a public clock had dueling faces, one for conservatives +# and the other for liberals; the two sides didn't agree about the time of day. +# I haven't found a photo of this clock, nor have I tracked down the TIME +# magazine report cited below, but here's the story as told by the late +# American journalist John Seigenthaler, who was there: +# +# "The two [newspaper] owners held strongly contrasting political and +# ideological views. Evans was a New South liberal, Stahlman an Old South +# conservative, and their two papers frequently clashed editorially, often on +# the same day.... In the 1950s as the state legislature was grappling with +# the question of whether to approve daylight saving time for the entire state, +# TIME magazine reported: +# +# "'The Nashville Banner and The Nashville Tennessean rarely agree on anything +# but the time of day — and last week they couldn't agree on that.' +# +# "It was all too true. The clock on the front of the building had two faces - +# The Tennessean side of the building facing west, the other, east. When it +# was high noon Banner time, it was 11 a.m. Tennessean time." +# +# Seigenthaler J. For 100 years, Tennessean had it covered. +# The Tennessean 2007-05-11, republished 2015-04-06. +# https://www.tennessean.com/story/insider/extras/2015/04/06/archives-seigenthaler-for-100-years-the-tennessean-had-it-covered/25348545/ + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -- 2.17.1