Betty Compton (May 13, 1904 – July 12, 1944) was a stage actress who married New York City mayor Jimmy Walker in 1933.
The next day, in front of a crowd of 3,500 people, mayor Jimmy Walker christened the HE 12 with the name of the city.
Later, when Mayor Jimmy Walker reneged on his agreement to pay the commissioner’s cost, a writ of mandamus was brought before the Appellate Division, which ordered the mayor to pay.
When Pyle's tour opened at Madison Square Gardens to an elite audience including mayor Jimmy Walker and other rich and famous, Féret was quickly defeated by Pyle's star player American No.1 Vincent Richards.
Silvan Zingg has played with such other Blues artists as Ray Charles, Memphis Slim, Sammy Price, Champion Jack Dupree, Katie Webster, Michel Petrucciani and Jimmy Walker.
Madigan traveled to New York for the Fordham game with 150 fans on a train that was labeled "the world's longest bar." To stir up publicity for the game, he threw a party the night before and invited not only sportswriters but such celebrities as Babe Ruth and New York mayor Jimmy Walker.
The City Club and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker objected to the highway on the grounds that it would block waterfront-bound freight traffic.
The honorary pallbearers as his funeral included his longtime friend Damon Runyon, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, boxing promoter Mike Jacobs, Pulitzer Prize winner Max Kase, boxing historian Nat Fleischer, and humorist Bugs Baer.
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Corson sailed to New York City aboard the RMS Aquitania, where she was reunited with her family and given an official welcome by the city's official greeter, who escorted her by car for a ticker-tape parade up Broadway to New York City Hall where she was welcomed by Mayor Jimmy Walker.
:For the actress who married NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker, see Betty Compton.