Judge, 1931-03-28 · page 5 of 36
Judge — March 28, 1931 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# "Judge" Page Analysis - October 31, 1931 This satirical page critiques contemporary issues through brief commentary and a cartoon. The main cartoon depicts police bundling two men into a "Police Patrol" wagon while officers outside discuss "a phone call just came in for two bottles of Johnny Walker"—referencing Prohibition-era bootlegging. The surrounding commentary touches on: - A Kansas City woman suing her husband over inadequate financial support - Congress's weakness in passing legislation President Hoover might veto - Drought relief funds and farm loans - Gandhi's non-cooperation with Western business practices - A new anti-profanity theater group in New York The cartoon's humor centers on police hypocrisy: authorities arrest citizens while themselves engaged in the illegal alcohol trade they're supposedly enforcing against.
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Jack SuutrLewortH, Editor Georce Jean NATHAN Ricuarp J. Wats Stwwney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS ie acquittal of that Kansas City woman is going to scare a lot of husbands into learning the minimum requirements for a four-spades bid. Cx rss passed thirteen hundred bills during last session, a great many of which were so weak they could never have been passed if Pres- ident Hoover hadn’t vetoed them. Hoereve Congress is not willing to see a drought-stricken farmer starve to death—not if the farmer has some stocks or bonds to secure a loan from the drought relief fund. Geasem may not convert the world to all his views, but if business doesn’t pick up lots of us will be wearing his kind of clothes. OLLEGE MEN are going in for pro- fessional wrestling. And one good thing about modern wrestling—you can put on gloves and call it boxing. A York to end profanity in the theatre. The first thing they should do is fix the seats so the audience won't step on one another’s feet. group has been formed in JUDGE, Votu 1879. Additional en! ‘and copvrighted 1931, Secretary, 18 East 48th 3 comicbooks.com