Judge, 1931-06-27 · page 5 of 37
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# Analysis of "Judging the News" (Judge Magazine, June 27, 1931) This page satirizes contemporary social issues through brief commentary and a chaotic beach scene cartoon. The text mocks: 1. **Summer heat complaints** — people blaming weather rather than actual conditions 2. **Diplomatic Corps** — criticizing their ineffectiveness, suggesting they're all talk ("brains") with no practical results ("feet") 3. **War debt crisis** — referencing the ongoing international debt negotiations from WWI, suggesting foreign powers want debt forgiveness America won't grant The large cartoon below depicts a crowded, absurdly chaotic beach scene (likely referencing summer tourism during the Great Depression). The caption "Guide, sir? You gotta have a guide to find the ocean" suggests overwhelming crowds and confusion—satirizing either overcrowded public spaces or the bewildering complexity of contemporary life during economic crisis.
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Jack SnutrLewortn, Editor Gerorce Jean NATHAN Ricuarp J. Wats Stoney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors JUDGING THE NEWS LL, we know what they've done with the surplus wheat sacks, anyway—they're renting them out as bathing suits this summer. Axe one can’t open a window in this hot wea r without letting in a swarm of flies, mosquitoes, gnats, or seven or eight different radio pro- grams, “Guide, sir? ue railroad brotherhoods have re- fused to join with the bus drivers. About the only place they seem to get together is at the crossings. 2s says the work of the Diplo- ‘orps is easy on the brain but hell on the feet. So maybe it's just as well that diplomats seem frequent- ly to run more to feet than to brains. 204 Axe maybe France barred Texas Guinan because the people were having enough fun watching those 21 American mayors. Te the national war debt crisis appears right now, it seems that the foreign powers want us to reduce the amounts that they haven't been paying us anyhow. You gotta have a guide to find the ocean.” 1879." Additional entry at Jamaica, and copyrighted 1931. ‘by it in the Beeretary, 18 East 48ib Htreet, New provisions ogan. ant ‘the fact that every article ‘of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. comicbooks.com