The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNErT

WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-Note on orienta,
hygiene:
According to word received here. the Jan.
anese government has altered its rules and
regulations and the people hereafter will be al.
lowed only one cotton towel a year instead of
one every three years, as previously.
Inc new regulations, it is reported, came as
the result OF widespread complaint. When the
one-every-three-years rule was invoked. the
Japanese, at their daily additions. had tn ,se
ersatz' towels. The cotton was needed for
war materials. This might have been all right
had not the oWels had a way of dissolvino
into moist nothingness. Hence the complaints
and hence the new ruling and a permit for
each japanese to have one cotton towel q wear.
Now-itcan-be-told Note: An absentee-voter
friend from California tells us that the presi.
dental election ballots of that state are printed
under specifications of law, the candidates
names appearing in alphabetical order lust
under the name of tie party. California's ma.
tonal ballot for the recent election, he saws,
ran like this: Prohibition-Roger W. Babson;
communication Browder; Progressive-Nor.
man Thomas; Democratic-Franklin D.. Roose.
welt; and Townsend-Re L.
Willkie.
Ditto Note: At one midwestern CITY where
the Willkie train stopped, two prankish news.
paper men climbed on a truck with the five
piece brass band that was supposed to pro
vide incidental music for the speech-making
After a lot # preliminary, gracious insinu
alton, the jokesters prevailed upon the band t.
play a request number. The timing was per
feet. Just as Mr.. Willkie made his appearance
the band blared for the request, Happy Day
Are Here Again" Man who laughed hearties
at being introduced with Roosevelts old cam
paign song: Wendell l.. Willkie.
Musicians Dilemma Note: The Department
Of has just added two more to it,
rapidly growing list of problems created by
our war-disjointed trade. The imports of har
monicas and accordions have struck a decided
ly sour note. 1t seems that before the wal
most of or mouth harps'' came from Ger
many. In an eight-month period since thu
war started, harmonica imports dropped from
5,611, 348 to 1,953, 480. BUT, of those pre-war i'm
ports, 100, 1873 harmonious came from Ger
many, while since, we have received onl.
226, 1873. Most of the difference was made VI
by TRIPPING our imports from Japan to 1000, 0O
and getting another 100, 900 from China AM
Switzerland.
The accordion and concertina business wa
not so bad for a while, but it's getting rapidl
worse. Imports of piano accordions with les
than .120 bass keys dropped IS per cent in tn
period reviewed to 8,306-but Italy supple
more than 1000 of these. Italy also SUPPLE
more than 11,0OO of the 1000 accordions wit
more than 100 bass keys which were importe'
in the eight-month period. mat was oe1or
Italy was in the war.
II begins to look as if there is a good openini
in the harmonica and accordion business owe
here.
Observation-Disclosures Note: The statut
books of the United States carry laws forbid
ding either the Photographic reproduction 9
co;ns or stamps. except in the case, respee
lively. of numismatic (coin) and phllatell
stamp journals. In order to p%ublicize thei
wares properly, the Treasury Department o
| the one hand, and the Postoffice Department
on the other ruled that all newspapers az
|numismatic and philatelic Journals.