People, Dec. 19, 1932

Names make news. Last week these names made this news:

In Annapolis, because jokers signed his name to a telegram inviting Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fish as guest of a non-existent Annapolis Bluefish Association and the President-elect accepted, Boyd A. Farinholt announced he is forming an Annapolis Bluefish Association.

Among the names borne by millions of European males, including the Kings of Italy, Belgium and Bulgaria, is grand old Mary. In Prague last week the Czechoslovakian Supreme Court made name-history, handed down a decision barring Czechoslovaks from having "girls' names" if they are maleĀ—and...

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