Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 16 | 1930 European Travelers Need New Geography

Tt ro t 1930 r European Travelers Need New Geography WASHINGTON UP UP Travelers Travelers through Europe this summer Hummer will almost have to learn their geog- geog over raphy-over a again so numerous have been the recent changes In names flames of foreign cities a survey revealed re to ton to- to day n A visitor to the tho famous old town where Charlemagne held court ss emperor of the Franks Franks' back In tn tho the ninth century would find that In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of Alx Ia the spot now is known as Aachen Auchen A trip down the Rhine past the great grapo grape vineyards ards to tu the city where AmerIcas AmerIca's army amly of oC occupation l- l lion tion was billeted would find the Journeyer journer In KoJ Kolh 1 and not nol t. as ho he learned It In school chool Crossing the Dar Into Turkey the tho wanderer would havo have to lo learn new ne names for or two of ot tho the largest Turkish cities cilles Constantinople Constantinople Constanti Constanti- nople and Angora seat Z of or Mustapha Kemal's government The town over which a n. song was written not so 80 long Jong ago has hns been officially changed ed to lo Istanbul while the capItal cap cap- ital itai Is recognized now under the spelling Ankara scene of Britain's terrific terri tern fic tic campaign to break through h Turkeys Turkey Turkeys Turkey's Tur Tur- keys key's forces to Russia also has come corne un under er the nomenclature up up- having been changed to by l Kemal's emals tion lion The soviet let government go also has done one Its bit to add to tho the puzzle changing Petrograd to Leningrad rad in honor of the famous fa famous ft fa- lied Hed lea leader er and to Stalingrad Monastir storm center of or the Balkan Bal Bal- kan Iran front during the World war has been renamed and Belgrade Bel Bel- grade one time capital of or Serbia and now capital of at has been renamed e. e In Asia one ono finds that Peking former Cormer Chinese capital which was vas stormed by American and British troops during the Boxer rebellion has hus become known as Peping or Tho The capital since has been moved to Then rhen too the wanderer wanderer- abroad has another difficulty to overcome an eV ever r increasing tendency on on the tho part of oC European nations to revert to the old historical ways waS of ot spellIng spell spell- In Ing cities cities' names names' Nor v Norway Noray y Is now now Helsinki has replaced In Finland Warsaw saw h has s given way to tho old form and Prague now no noIs Is known us Rt