Judge, 1932-01-30 · page 5 of 36
Judge — January 30, 1932 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis: Judge Magazine **Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** Shows a judge sentencing someone while another figure holds a noose. The caption "They're kinda shy around strangers!" is unclear without additional context, but appears to satirize either judicial leniency or capital punishment practices of the era. **"Good News" Section:** Offers light satirical commentary on contemporary issues: world lifespan extending to a trillion years, church window cleaning after 620 years, families living cheaply together, Democrats holding "victory dinners" before elections, and a tax on check-writing. **"Dark Horses of 1932":** Profiles Senator Ephraim Gesbler, a Democrat known as the "Stormy Poltroon" for taking both sides of issues. The text criticizes his political record and opportunism while detailing his farm relief and various policy positions, written by Dana L. Cokie.
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JUDGE Good News Me scientists now announce that the world will last a trillion years instead of fifteen billion as previously estimated. There's plenty of cheering news in the papers if you only look for it. Windows of an Snglish church were k for the first time in That must be where our new | janitor used to work. And our son-in-law evidently has an | idea that two families can live ay cheaply as one. The Democrats have one good idea. They hold their “victory dinners” before the election instead of after it. “Prosperity may be just around the corner, but last weck the Saturday Eve- ning Post blew off of our front porch!” And the proposed tax on checks strikes us an id tax, just now when we are not writing any checks, “They're kinda shy around strangers!” Dark Horses of 1932 Gexaton Ephraim Geebler, Desmo- Me Known as the “Stormy Pol- to his habit of opposing in speak on both sides of any public question and frequently does, much to the confusion of party leaders who favor a crooked middle- of-the-road policy. Senator Geebler entered polities ars by winning ele 1s Chairman of the Board of Dir tors of the State Poor Farm. Was ion representative from his district in { 1905, and to this day his district has not forgiven him, Entered the Senate ' great Republican Washout in | d has been there since, despite | all efforts to dislodge him. He is an ardent dry to the extent of using plenty of Vermouth drinks and favors a law limiting the sale of liquor only for beve poses. Is author of a bill a general naval production conference and would extend the period of enlist- ment for movie ushers from three to five years. His program for farm relief, Fed- cral taxes, the tariff, foreign debts, unemployment and other great na- tional issues could be summed up in about ten million words, but you can be sure it won't be done by us. —Dana L. Cotte “I don’t want no flunkies fussing over me!” 3 comicbooks.com