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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (August 1937) The page contains two cartoons satirizing social issues of the Depression era: **Top cartoon**: Shows a woman confronting a man about job loss, captioned "What's this your Ma tells me about you losing your job again today!" This satirizes widespread unemployment and men's difficulty maintaining steady work during the economic crisis. **Bottom cartoon**: Depicts a figure in a rowboat telling someone on a cliff to "Come down from here, you coward—and do something!" This appears to reference suicide, likely commenting on the desperation some faced during the Depression. The accompanying text discusses Cleveland businessman Pickus's peace advocacy efforts and includes an anecdote about a tavern keeper helping a drunk man. The cartoons illustrate the period's economic hardship and its psychological toll on American families.
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Cleveland's one man crusader against war. He wanted Thomas to broadcast a peace appeal to General Franco via his network program. This is not the first time that Mr. Pickus has spent his own money and resorted to trans-oceanic telephone call- ing in the interests of peace. It is a se- rious mission of his. He detests wars, having seen much of it by actual con. flict. Although busily engaged with his own oil company, he nevertheless thinks nothing of reaching for the phone and calling up the heads of governments in the interests of peace. In fact, in recent years he has made scores of telephone calls to rulers, dic- tators, and diplomats. During the acute Japanese situation, he called the heads of the Japanese gov- ernment direct; and when they called back to the State Department in Wash. ington, it was a bewildered department indeed that tried to find out who Pickus was. In fact, it took the Department of Justice to find out. His recent call to Lowell Thomas re- sulted because of his failure to reach General Franco on the phone duc to lack of telephonic communications to him. So, whenever you pick up a newspaper and get a war scare rest and recline. Re- member, that as long as there is a phone within reach, Mr. Pickus will be on the job. EVENTY per cent of the nation’s wealth, it is reported, is either owned or controlled by women. While we do not wish to be thought too skeptical, it does seem that the remaining thirty is a rather high estimate of the amount re- posing in safety deposit vaults under assumed names! ‘THs child marriage business is going . too far. While their parents were frantically searching for them, Joseph Stafford, aged eight, and his cousin, Marie Andrews, a mature young lady of seven, were found by San Diego, California, police trudg- ing toward the municipal airport. “I just eloped with my cousin,” Jo- seph announced proudly. Tr IS the advice of sage Mr. John J. Kelliher, state organizer of the New York State Restaurant Liquor Dealers’ Association, that tavern keepers take automobile keys from gentlemen, or la. dies, if you will, who linger too long at the flowing bowl. Although we hold no brief with the lan, we are reminded of one surprising instance when a barman pocketed the car keys of a gentleman on most familiar terms with Messrs. Ballantine, Walker, Haig, Henn , etal. “Now you show me where you live and I'll drive you home in your car,” of- fered the good souled barman, and, don- ning his coat, he helped the drunk out the door. Around the corner in an alley they stopped while the pie-eyed gentle. man pointed a wavering finger. ~ August 1937 “What's this your Ma tells me about you losing your job again today!” "Come down from there, you coward—and do something!” comicbooks.com