Judge, 1937-07 · page 9 of 37
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# "Milestones" Satire - Judge Magazine, July 1937 This page collects brief satirical observations on contemporary issues. The top cartoon shows a man pointing at an economic chart while a woman sits nearby, captioned "And this is where you called me your little Oogie-Woogie!" - likely satirizing how economic depression has affected romantic relationships or domestic situations. The bottom cartoon depicts what appears to be a Salvation Army scene with the caption about shooting a moose while waiting for a streetcar - absurdist humor mocking tall tales or exaggeration. The "Milestones" section itself critiques 1937 concerns: auto trailers evading taxes, government spending on battleships, European militarization versus American taxation, potential warfare, the failed Townsend Plan (elderly pension proposal), labor unrest, and the Spanish Civil War's chaotic reporting. The satire targets political hypocrisy and economic inequality of Depression-era America.
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MILESTONES Ree people can be divided in. to two classes—those who still pos- sess the fierce hunting instinct, and those who pay to park their cars. v The idea that people who live in auto trailers pay no taxes is a false one, says a pes: Well, if it isn't—it soon will v A newspaper is conducting a contest to discover the best thing to do with one’s last dollar. Well, the government is building battleships with ours. In Europe, the people are raising their children to be eiaers, while’ in this country, they are raising them to be tax- payers. v In the next war our enemies will ap- pear simultaneously on the sea and in the sky, says an editorial. To say noth. ing of in the rotogravures and in the newsreels. v It's been so long since we've heard anything of the Townsend Plan that we wonder if it didn’t die of old age. v Nowadays, instead of workers punch. ing the clock every morning, they're punching the boss. : - And if the CIO ever gets through with the auto factories we'd call it a nice thing if it would step in and organize those Brooklyn Dodgers. v Relief: Taking’ the strain off the peo- ple who weren't doing anything and putting it on the people who work hard. v The other evening we noticed a fel- low listening to the music of a corner Salvation Army band and weeping bit- terly. It turned out he wrote the song. v This most certainly is the machine age. Horse players even lose their shirts by machinery these days, what with the pari-mutuels. v And with both sides in the Spanish war constantly fleeing in disorder we cannot but admire the sterling manner in which a few calm heads remain to issue the daily victory reports. July 1937 "I kept telling him I shot the moose while waiting for a street car and he kept saying ‘so what?” comicbooks.com