What city has two names twice?

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:52 PM -0400 11/1/06, Alison Murie wrote:
>  >William B's B was for Breitbart, his real last name. In his day Breitbart
>>was probably too "ethnic" for radio...
>
>
>>>  Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>>  Subject:      Re: What city has two names twice?
>
>>>>Then there was the afternoon dj on WNEW in NY ... William B. Williams: he
>>>>always claimed that his middle name was Bill!
>>>
>>>  no relation to Wm Carlos Wms.  Maybe there's something about William(s).
>>>
>>>  L
>  ~~~~~~~~~~
>And Ford Maddox Ford........whose real last name was something else which I
>have forgotten.
>AM

Hueffer or something like it.  Was that a WWI-inspired shift, like
"liberty cabbage" for "sauerkraut"?

LH

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