The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
LENINGRAD NEW
 NAME FOR CITY
First St. Petersburg, Then Pc trosrad, Now Soviet Calls It
 By Another Name

LONDON, Feb. 2-(By Associated Press. -'.Leningrad' as new name for Peter the Greats window from which he wanted Russia to look upon the western world, has not taken well in England. Although during the stress of wartimes St. Petersburg readily gave way for Petrograd as a name for the city on the cold blue Neva, it does mot seem likely that the new name of Leningrad will find favor with anybody except the map merchant, for on the whole the English like geographical names to stay put.
 This country itself is in state of political metamorphosis but nobody has even hinted that London should become acDpnaldom Likewise an editor pointed out that Athens would be ab- surd as venikelosium, Rome would be ridiculousiy dubbed Mussolonome, Paris could not be Poincaropolis and New York, although owing it's name to Eng land, could not be Rooseveltville or Hardingtown. After all, according to the English rule, there is much to say for contin- Fuity of Nomenclature, for the personal ity of metropolis persists through the changes and chances of politics. An other suggestion has been that geb- graphical names should be standardized by some superchristening authority such as the League of Nations, and never changed without the authority of the christening body.
 Ghost Light In Warwicksh;re The ghost ligh: of the Baskervilles has stepped right out of fiction to ter rorize the inhabitants of lonely range in the Warwickshire hills, who live in constant fear of being followed by this mysterious beam of unnatural colored light. The ghost light has chosen a most suitable district for it's nocturnal visits, for here between the villages of Penny Compton and Burton Dassett there are few houses and the low hills are surrounded by dark marshes. The hills themselves are strewn with the bones of the Cayliers and their Round head enemies who perished- during the battles of England's civil war.
 The villagers tales are that the ghost light appeared one year ago with its vivid ray of yellow bluish hue. The
 uncanny tints which it gives various objects is said to equal anything that Conan Doyle has yet produced. It's first appearance 50 frightened the in
 habitants that they took shelter in one house, herded their cattle together and spent day and night searching for the origin ofthe light. -...5
 Eventually the light disappeared to return again exactly one year later. This time the neighborhood folks sent to nearby cities for scientific help, but subsequent expeditions both by day and night failed to reveal the mystery, al- ] though the searchers were often within easy reach of the beam. Towards day break the ghost light often dances rapidly over the hin tops and into the marshes quicker than human agency is able to follow and then disappear with the coming of the sun. The rustic folk of the neighborhood tell many strange stories of the escapades of the light such as might be expected from Tinklebell or Peter Pan, yet the light so affects cattle that they are unable to sleep and become restless whenever | it is in the vicinity of the stables. .a