Judge, 1932-03-19 · page 4 of 36
Judge — March 19, 1932 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon - "Here gare, Jimmie!"** This satirizes Income Tax Day (March 15th). A con artist runs a "See New York $1.00" tourist scam while a policeman approaches. The joke: during tax season, when citizens are being squeezed by the government for income taxes, petty criminals exploit the same victims with tourist schemes. It's social commentary on vulnerability and predatory behavior coinciding with tax obligations. **Bottom Cartoon - "Mismanagement Somewhere"** This illustrates a railroad wreck caused by operator error. The accompanying article explains that a man in a tower failed to properly manipulate interlocking levers, causing two trains to collide head-on. The satire criticizes bureaucratic negligence and institutional mismanagement—suggesting preventable disasters result from incompetent officials rather than unavoidable accidents.
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JUDGE Income Tax Day News Dorrsvirte, N. Y., March 15th.— Assistant Chief O'Reilly has had charge of police headquarters this week. Chief Flaherty has been at filling out income-tax blanks. Chicago, Il—Police today discov- a new method of racketeering. gsters all over the city are being aken down by impostors who claim to be expert accountants and adept at filing out income-tax blanks. Cleveland, Ohio.-Instead of filing his income-tax sheet this year, Hl. M. Doty, of this city, has requested thi government to pay him Boston, Mass.—S. R. Jopp, of this went suddenly mad today while his income-tax return opp is a proprictor of a miniature golf course, New York, N. ¥.—Tony Rugyerie, owner of Chez Tony’s on Forty-fifth Street, telephoned in to Federal Tax Headquarters to find out whether the fact that he supports sixteen police- men entitles him to any exemptions, ARTHUR SiLverseatr “Here y’are, Jimmie!” Mismanagement Somewhere iene had been a railroad wreck, and many persons were killed. As the head-on crash occurred directly front of a switch tower, and presum- ably could have been avoided by the proper manipulation of interlocking levers, it was deemed essential that those officials conducting the inquest should hear from the man in the tower. So the: ot him on the stand. hat did you see? Tell us about it,” they said. “Well, it was like this,” he testified, “I'm looking up the track and I sce No. 48 coming down about eighty miles an hour! Then I look up the other side on the same track and there's No. 23 coming in like a with his shirt afire. Both of makin’ ty an hour—and comin’ head-on.” “And what did you do?” demanded the officials, straining in their excite- ment. “Well, I says to myself: What a hell of a way to run a railroad! Cuer Siarer Ambitious Womanhood TINK it would be very nice And add a modicum of spice To my existence if I could Adopt a life of sin for good. “What! You won't let me in after the good time we had last night!” —Maroaner Fisinack comicbooks.com