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...attention to such private undertakings as shops, hotels, garage owners, doctors. Meanwhile, the Belgium Royal Commission on Names and Dialects made haste to appease M. Grammens and all Flemish nationalists. Announced last week was a change of name for hundreds of Belgian towns and villages. Samples: Leuven for Louvain, Ieper for Ypres, Brugge for Bruges, Kortrijk for Courtrai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Painter | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

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