Los Angeles gets a new mayor, September 18, 1938

Bowron: Liberal, moderate and conservative The Times' Timothy G. Turner writes: 'Fletcher Bowron is no longhair nor will he turn the town over to Psalm singers. He is little concerned with gambling and prostitution as such, only in their effect on political corruption.'

Above, a breath of fresh air at City Hall.

Battleship Arizona visits L.A. Times' veteran columnist Timothy Turner describes Bowron as a middle-of-the-road politician and a former newsman with far more experience than portrayed in our editorials. "He will not ... do anything radical in cleaning up the city. He knows the city can never really be cleaned up, that no city can. He will do the best he can," Turner says. In sports, the Cubs move within 2 1/2 games of the Pirates in the National League pennant race. Hank Greenberg hits his 52nd and 53rd home runs, leading Babe Ruth's 1927 record.  Crash injures actor Cubs beat Giants