Judge, 1930-08-23 · page 3 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - August 28, 1930 This satirical column comments on contemporary events through brief quips. The top cartoon shows various city representatives (identifiable by their sashes), likely judges or officials, rendered as caricatured women in a beauty pageant format—satirizing the notion of rating cities by their merits. The text below jokes about President Hoover's vacation speeches, bakery economics, miniature golf profitability, and New York's electric streetcars. The final illustration depicts a customs inspector sleeping while chaos erupts around him—likely satirizing border security negligence or smuggling concerns during Prohibition (1920-1933), when illegal goods trafficking was rampant. The overall tone mocks government competence and contemporary economic anxieties during the Depression era.
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Jack Suurrcewortu, Editor G £0RGE Jean NATHAN Ricuarp J. Warsi Stoney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS resipent Hoover can get even with some of those Western Sena- tors by making speeches in their be- half when he takes his vacation tour. Ax? now someone is planning to in- 4” stall om olf courses in ‘ It just profanity res. idle play seems impossible. tok out of the New York th The Customs Inspector walks in his sleep. Baxess read the daily papers per- s, but they must skip over the pl where it tells how much the price of wheat has declined. Fexrerrs tell us that we can make 4 business good by spending our money. Well, we'll certainly remember this, if ever we : i 7 Wf Ue i UUs Ky — 20. Entered $5. yrighted 1930, by 1t In reat Secretary, 15 East 45th Street, New York, N.Y. Part 00 8 year, 18a copy. Pubitshed weetly by Judge Britain: Fred L. Regn, F it: Sidney 8. Lena, Vice P icular attention ts called to the faet that every provisions of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. &. HEN you you know the if the man know the ma NJ ew N fact tha have electric reason ‘as Second-Class Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post Office at New York City, N.Y., under Pui “Publishing Co., Ine. 18 East 48th Street, N 1 see a dog leading a man is blind, But is leading the dog you n is married, Youk is justly proud of the t it was the first city to street cars. But is that for still using the same act ‘ew ¥ t; Vernal W. Bates, Treasy article and picture appearing 1n rer: Joseph T. Cones FUDGT Is protected uder thé comicbooks.com