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...those who complain the most are Pennsylvania rummies. They just can't tell how late their bars are going to be open. State liquor laws specify that all taprooms close on standard time, which means that taprooms will be open an hour later by the clock in DST communities...
...crash of a United Air Liner in a Cleveland gulch last week, this much was known: at 11:07 p.m., the DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) radioed Cleveland: SHIP OVER PARKMAN. FOUR THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE. EVERYTHING O.K. A few minutes later Radio Operator James C. Wynne, in the Cleveland Airport control tower, saw the plane and prepared to "talk" Pilot James Brandon in to a landing. Suddenly the DST disappeared...
...Good Good 4 18 Lancaster, N.H. Good Good --10 17 Lincoln, N.H. Good Good --2 21 Littleton, N.H. Good Good --2 20 Monad. Reg., N.H. Good Good 12 20 N'wf'nd Reg., N.H. Good Good 12 10 No. Conway, N.H. Good Good 0 19 No. W'dst'ck, N.H. Good Good --2 26 Pink'm Ntch, N.H. Good Good --6 27 Plymouth, N.H. Good Good --6 27 Stowe, Vt. Good Good --8 10 Sun'pee Reg., N.H. Good Good 4 12 Tam. Region, N.H. Good Good 20 22 Warren, N.H. Good Good...
...which started it with Condors between Los Angeles and Dallas in April 1934, found it popular (TIME, July 16, 1934). This service, no longer necessary, was discontinued last week. Other long-run airlines will probably put on service like American's new one as soon as their Douglas DST's are delivered...
...Douglas started his own company in 1920, built military and private planes exclusively for twelve years. Then TWA prompted him to try his hand at commercial transports. The experimental DCi, slightly improved and renamed DC-2, was the result. Last week, the much-heralded DC-3 (also known as DST, for Douglas Sleeper Transport) finally made its debut. Almost identical with the DC2 in lines, it is 4-ft. longer, much fatter, seats 24 or sleeps 16. The largest landplane in the U. S., it cruises at 200 m.p.h., costs no more to run than...