1938 L.A. mayoral recall results

The city’s next may­or will be hard-pressed to ex­ceed the 233,427 votes that Fletch­er Bowron won in 1938 when he ous­ted in­cum­bent Frank Shaw in a re­call spawned by rampant cor­rup­tion, ac­cord­ing to a Times ana­lys­is of L.A. elec­tion re­cords.