Judge, 1935-08 · page 5 of 36
Judge — August 1935 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (July 31, 1935) The main cartoon depicts a police officer in a tiny car being struck by an enormous hay wagon. The caption reads: "Take it easy—You ain't goin' t' get speeders to bite on a forty-mile-an-hour hay wagon." This is rural satire: a small-town policeman attempts to enforce speed limits using a comically oversized farm implement as bait, assuming speeding drivers will be attracted to (and chase) it. The joke mocks ineffective small-town policing tactics and rural law enforcement's limitations. The editorial text above discusses the 1936 Presidential race, the Chaco War's conclusion, the "Blue Eagle" (NRA symbol), and economic complaints about millionaires and relief workers—typical Depression-era political commentary. The overall page reflects 1930s American concerns about politics, economics, and rural life.
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( ©cis 269682 31 1935 Jack Siuttuewortn, Editor Pare Lorentz Teo Suane, Associate Editors HE Presidential race of 1936 will be a close one, what with the Dem- ocratic Party's ability for making ene- mies, and the Republican Party’s in- ability to make any friends. ND perhaps the coolest moment of all at these summer resorts comes when you get a glimpse of the bill, N Connecticut the people don't lock the barn after the horse is stolen, They open a summer theatre. door “Take it easy—You ain’t goin’ t get speeders HE Chaco war ended just in time. Another month of it, and there would have been a general uprising among the newsreel audiences HE only thing we never liked about the Blue Eagle was the big ND _ it's thor som me funny no kidnaper ht of getting rid of the ey completely by sinking it in a friend’s business proposition. 3 HE trouble with some of the peo- ple on relief work is that they're ing to look upon their jobs as a career. ND right now there are a lot of millionaires who'd like someone to start a spare-the-wealth program. HE only people who fall for the old shell game these days are the ones who order those two-dollar shore dinners. to bite on a forty-mile-an-hour hay wagon.” comicbooks.com