Washington County News | 1937-09-16 | Page 6 | Lots in a Name

Lots in a Name Since the war many countries and states have changed their names. Russia prefers to be known as the Soviet Union, or the U. S. S. R. Union of Soviet Socialist So-cialist Republics. Soviet is a Russian Rus-sian word meaning council. Persia prefers to be called Iran. Mesopotamia has changed to Iraq and Ireland has for years been encouraging en-couraging a movement that will change her name to Eire. The latest country to demand a new designation is Japan. In Japan Ja-pan she is always called Dai Nippon, Nip-pon, meaning Great Japan, and now that she is one of the most powerful nations, she feels that the rest of the world should refer to her by this title