July 24, 1932: Cartoonist Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale puts Miss Los Angeles in the midst of a dazzling array of national stereotypes for the 1932 Olympics (note that Mexico is in a sombrero … and is Japan wearing a uniform?) Miss Los Angeles is one of those cartoon characters that disappeared ages ago, but she was a frequent presence on the Los Angeles Times editorial pages.

Is Jack Gilbert generous? Wow! Virginia Bruce sports a new blue Packard roadster and one of the biggest diamond rings in Hollywood, The Times’ Tip Poff says.

And at the California Theatre, “Sex Mysteries Demonstrated With Living Artist Models.” Reminds me a little bit of “Mom and Dad.”