News Services Plan Uniform Spelling for Foreign Names
Three major U S news services adopt a uniform style aligned with the National Geographic Society to standardize foreign place names. Exemptions include Rome for Roma and Moscow for Moskva with others set for well known Western uses. The policy targets clarity in war coverage and begins tomorrow with a long list of exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CPI
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
National Geographic Society
U. S. Geographic Board
American Atlas and Map Publishers
Rome
Roma
Moscow
Moskva
Athens
Romania
Yugoslavia
Jugoslavia
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Dnepr
Dnieper
Dniester
Island
Marshal Josip Broz
Brozovich
Tito
Cernauti
Czernowitz
Jasi
Jassy
National Geographic
Algiers
Antioch
Antwerp
Sea of Azov
Belgrade
Black Forest
Blue Nile River
Bonin Island
Bosporus
Brest Litovsk
Brunswick
Brussels
Bucharest
Cape Horn
Caucasus Mountains
Cologne
Lake Constance
Copenhagen
Corfu
Cosinth
Corsica
Crete
Crimia
Damascus
Danube River
Dardanelles
Dear River
Gulf of Riga
Salonika
Serdinia
Sicily
Mt. Sinai
Sofia
Sparta
Tiber River
Turin
Tyre
Venice
Mt. Vesuvius
Vienna
Wersaw
White Sea
Girls Preferred For Work on State Farms
Ithaca report from Cornell University rural sociology notes New York farmers facing labor shortages prefer girls for farm work. Studies from 15 youth camps last year found girls more cheerful, less prone to play, more persevering, and less fatigued in afternoon hours. Older girls shown as more serious and steady in work.
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Ithaca
New York
Cornell University
A. Anderson
I. A. Spaulding
Rush Holt Eyes State Senate Bid in West Virginia
Rush Holt seeks the Democratic nomination for governor in West Virginia, with observers weighing how his prewar isolationist stance might affect the primary. Analysts cite Nye in North Dakota and Clark/Taft races as broader tests of isolationist sentiment, while Holt’s past views and current status as a state legislator shape expectations for a possible Senate comeback. Editorials present mixed views on his political resurfacing and memory of his 1930s positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Holt
West
Ohio
Robert RB. Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate
Gerald L. K. Smith
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Rush Holt
Washington
Harley M. Kilgore
John L. Lewis
C. I
Holt Seen As Antiadministration Hope In West Virginia Primary
Charleston Daily Mail editor G Damron says observers expect Holt to win big antiadministration support. Wheeling News Register editor Malcolm T Brice notes Holt’s anti labor history hurts labor backing, while miners’ votes could help if John LeLewis urged support. Huntington Advertiser’s Clyde A Wellman predicts Holt may win the primary, opponents branding Holt as isolationist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Damron
Charleston Daily Mail
Holt
Malcolm T. Brice
Wheeling News Register
Senate
Brice
John le Lewis
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Clyde A. Wellman
Huntington Advertiser
Clarence Meadows
Neely
Appointment of Goebbels Hints Trouble in Berlin
The appointment of Dr Joseph Goebbels as Berlin president signals German crises amid Allied bombing damage and overwhelmed services. Reports cite breakdowns in fire lighting relief and medical services, looting, underground population issues, strained transport, and panic shootings. Belgian paper notes leave suspended.
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New York
INS
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Geeran
CBS
Sweden
Goebbels
Daily Telegraph
Ossian Goulding
Mien
Dany Express
Ins Party
Bern
Goebbel
Wulf Beer
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany
Gauleiter
Hannover
Dr. Ley
Ini
Suspension of home leave for foreign workers in Germany
The article reports that all home leave for foreign workers in Germany is temporarily suspended. It notes authorities could not have halted leave without another reason beyond many on leave not returning to work. It cites BBC commentary on Goebbels' appointment, signaling strengthened power of Goebbels within the regime and a shift against Himmier. It also mentions tsetse fly impeding cattle raising in much of equatorial Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
L'Effort Valon
Germany
Eangdace Bbc
Goebbels
Ministry of the Interior
Heinrich) Himmier
More nurseries planned as wartime care expands
New York City will add at least 28 child care nurseries in the next three months, bringing the Mayor's Committee on Wartime Care of Children sponsored total to 67. Executive director Helen M. Harris says the demand rises with the draft and more working mothers.
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New York
INS
New York City
Mayor's Committee
Helen M. Harris
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Father
Troy
Sixth Ave
Bae
Fia
State Senate
Peter Edson
Railroad
Equatorial Africa
S. Paul Proctor
Michaeleen
Bonita
Stanley
Philie Morris
Philip Morris
Paitie Morris
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