Judge, 1933-04 · page 5 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - March 30, 1933 This editorial page satirizes current events through brief commentary and a cartoon. The text references Wrigley raising employee wages, banks reopening for business, Prohibition's repeal, and a "holding company" organization for "leaving the public holding the sack" — a common phrase meaning being left responsible for problems. The main cartoon depicts two figures in a small boat asking a third figure on what appears to be a submarine or ship: "Did you see anything of a battleship around here?" The joke likely references uncertainty about naval power or military readiness during the early New Deal era (March 1933), though the specific historical context isn't entirely clear from the image alone. It may comment on American military preparedness or international tensions of the period.
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MAR 36 1933 ©cis 184883 Groner JEAN JUDGING has the wages \ iLEY raised his employees. There be ichness in other lines, there'll plenty of working. may but always be jaws HE banks and stock exchange are again open for business. But no more monkey business. ND if had the kind of col- PMiateral that the banks want now- adays you wouldn't need a loan. you Natnax — Rienarp J. Warsi Pare Le THE FTER all, jig-saw puzzles g ing new. Most of us have been trying to get the pie gether since 1929, © noth- back to- NOTHER way that the repeal of prohibition will help the people is that they won't have to read any more jokes about it. V E know a prohibition agent who now spends his time shaking down the furnace. ENTZ — Newnorw Eny, Contributing Editors NEWS ND another welcome thing the new administration seems to be giv- ing us is a Bunk Holiday. IMES are so tough in our nei borhood that the people are pour- ing out their home brew and redeem- ing the ginger ale bottles. ND as we understand it, a holding company is an organization formed for the purpose of leaving the public holding the sack. comicbooks.com