Mayor La Guardia swore Jane in as a judge on July 22,
1939, at which time she became the first African-American female judge in the United States.
Upset by the lack of skill, prominent elements of chance, mafia ownership, and young customers,
New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia banned pinball in the early 1940s.
On 10 January 1943,
New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia read a eulogy written by Slovene-American author
Louis Adamic live over the WNYC radio while violin pieces"Ave Maria" and"Tamo daleko" were played in the background.
When I interviewed her she had just finished the U.S. Nationals Iron Man triathlon in New York and
the next day she was in La Guardia airport because her plane was delayed-
and she told me she doesn't feel calm unless she's moving- and so I was interviewing her as she was running laps around the parking garage.