Judge, 1932-01-23 · page 6 of 36
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# "Gangster Activities" - Judge Magazine Satire This page satirizes Prohibition-era corruption and organized crime through brief vignettes of notable figures allegedly connected to illegal activities: **Top cartoon:** A gangster threatens someone with a gun, captioned "and brush his teeth, too" — implying violence extends to enforcing petty obedience. **Text items** mock specific individuals: Magistrate MacSlivers allegedly accepting bribes; Harlem musclemen distributing police ball tickets; Mike Boggity (café owner) protesting government Prohibition agents; Frankie Sapaloocha removing slot machines; "Bugs" Moron hosting speakeasies; and Tony Vivvoni, a beer broker, vacationing openly. The satire targets how organized crime infiltrated legitimate businesses and corrupted officials during Prohibition, presenting lawbreaking as casual and systemic rather than dramatic.
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Gangster Activities ustrate ANovs MacStivers, who is under investi- gation by the Scabury Committee, has offered to sell his seat on the bench for 50'% less than he is reported to have paid for it. The Battichichi mob of Harlem musclemen have been given the job of distributing tickets for this year's Police- n's Ball. Mike Bos owner of “Mike's Café on upper Eleventh . has protested to the Government about Prohibition Agents who have been giving his place a bad name. Frankie Sapaloocha, who was forced to cut out his beer business in the Bronx because of home-brew, has withdrawn his slot-machines from that section because of home-made money. Bugs Moron gave a party for several hundred of his best customers, at his n club in the Loop, recently. Entertainment was furnished by the Woodcock Prohibi- tion Raiders from Washington. Sam Zizvak, popular crooner in Snackevetti’s Green- wich Village speakeasy, has lost his voice as a result of talking out of turn to “Crash” Finnanigan last Saturday evenin| Tony Yivvoni, well-known Brooklyn beer broker, is spending his vacation in a gully in the Catskills. —Dasa L. Cotie. 1 JUDGE “Hey! Come back here with those peas!” comicbooks.com