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# "Judging the News" - Judge Magazine, August 1932 This page contains satirical commentary on early Depression-era America. The "Judging the News" section critiques President Hoover's campaign strategy and changing career aspirations during the economic crisis. The main cartoon depicts a couple in a sinking boat labeled "1900" amid stormy seas—a metaphor for economic collapse. The woman says, "Oh, I forgot to tell you my husband's in the coast artillery!"—likely satirizing how people's professional identities became irrelevant amid financial ruin. The accompanying text mocks Hoover's campaign appeal and notes that Americans are "beginning to admire President Hoover" because "he's got a job"—biting commentary on Depression-era unemployment. It also jabs at career shifts: formerly aspiring doctors, bankers, and lawyers now want to be "receivers" (bankruptcy administrators), reflecting economic devastation.
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Jack SnuttLewortH, Editor Gore JUDGING AS we understand it, Hoover is to make his campaign appeal on a don’t ap - toboggans- in-the-middle- of-th de angle. 'ORMERLY young men_ always wanted to be doctors, bankers, or law: s; now, they all want to be receivers, “Oh, I forgot to tell you my husband's in the coast artillery!” ve JEAN NATHAN THE ND the most popular resort this summer has been Bankruptcy. E MAUPASSANT said, in order to be a successful writer a man must first be willing to write for the waste-basket. He doesn't have to do that nowadays—he can write for the radio. Ricitarp J. Wats Stoney S. Lenz, Contributing Editors NEWS HE American people are begin- ning to admire President Hoover, says the Herald-Tribune. Well, after all, he’s got a job. HEN there’s the man who bought a home in one of those ten-min- utes-from-the-city developments and soon had a prairie wolf at his door. Sh Ft oF > Whole No. 2 fed as Sec Suiseription rate $5.00 8 Jvpoe/ August. 19324 Volume 103.4 asth Stre w York, N.Y x 3 Britate Joven ts Matter, Ap ne Une! at 18 Baer oyrighted 1932. In t M1 'Nilan, Ass and Avgust, by Jodge tof March 3, 187 > Prank C. Plaber, See'y comicbooks.com