Rich County Reaper | 1934-03-02 | Page 2 | U. S. O. K's Hispaniola as Haitian Republic's Name

U S 0 Ks Hi as a haitian republics lame name the question of a name for tile the island in the west indies which corn com daises tile the dominican republic and the republic of and which has been known by various names include ing in santo domingo do 1190 and haiti has boon b C CD settled by the united states geographic board the board approved approve the name IIi Hi for three centuries after the discovery of the island by columbus the name IIi Hi was widely used in recent years the island has been k cwi by a number ot other names santo domingo from the city of that name now the capital 0 of the do manican republic frequently has been used sell to 10 designate tile the island haiti the name of the republic or on the west also has been used in designating in the entire island N no 0 name for the island Is necessary essary in addressing mail to either santo domingo or ilan the board poll points its out that haiti is suni clent for addressing mail to the republic of haiti and dominican republic for the other island republic public r