Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 2 | Three Major News Services Adopt Uniform Style in Foreign Names to Avoid Reader Confusion

Three Major Maior News Services Adopt Uniform Style In Foreign Names to Avoid Reader Confusion NEW YORK April 8 UP A P-A A- A uniform style for foreign place names was adopted by the three American news services Saturday to make it easier for the public to follow the story tory of the warIn warIn warIn war In an effort to end possible confusion over places appearing in the war war news under more than one name the Associated Press Pres the United Press and International News Service adopted in general the style of the National Geographic Geographic Geo Geo- Geographic graphic society but made certain exceptions exception to conform with American Amer Amer- American ican usage Out ot t of names name li listed ted by if t the National Geographic society the three news services made 78 exceptions in the cases of places figuring prominently in western culture history or tradition under an Anglicized form These exceptions exception include Rome Instead of Roma Moscow instead of Athens Athen instead of Limerick instead of Luimneach Euphrates river Instead Instead in instead In- In stead of Frat river the National Geographic usages adopted are Romania In Instead Instead in- in stead of Rumania Yugoslavia Instead Instead in instead In- In stead of Manchuria instead of and and rivers instead of per and 0 Foreign names for such words as island gulf sea etc generally given In the National Geographic society's lists in native native native na na- na- na tive form are to be translated into English by the news services The three services agreed also upon the form Marshal Josip Broz for lor the Yugoslav partisan leader instead of Brozovich The appellation appellation appella appella- appellation tion Tito TUo also will be retained The new uniform style effective tive Monday is aimed at ending such confusion as may have arisen over places like also called and las lasi also called Jassy Sassy to name only two which are prominent in current news b 0 t j