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Word: irma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...IRMA L. RAY Anaheim, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 8, 1954 | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

Married. William Christopher Handy, 80, Negro trumpeter, composer (St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues, Memphis Blues) turned Manhattan music publisher; and Irma Louise Logan, 51, his longtime secretary; both for the second time (his first wife died in 1937); in Yonkers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 11, 1954 | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

Mary Goodneighbor, for instance, suffered the indignity of a police pinch in Boston after a triumphant tour of Baltimore. Shielded from publicity by the nom de plume of Irma The Body and an ostrich plume cunningly wrapped about her as a gown, Miss Goodneighbor plys her trade with many giggles and transports of joy. These the censor would call obscene. Little wonder the textile industry is moving southward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goodneighbor Policy | 11/3/1953 | See Source »

Nevertheless, by shooting through a key hole in the dressing room of Mary Goodneighbor, professionally known as Irma the Body, a CRIMSON photographic candidate last night got the picture reproduced on the right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vice Squad Takes Nudes from Local Stages | 10/31/1953 | See Source »

Byrne revealed his threat after three women performers has been charged with "open and gross lewdness" and taking part in an immoral show. The trio--Rosa La Rose, Irma the Body, and Marino Russell--pleaded innocent yesterday and were released on $500 bail each. The police said that films, taken at the performances, would prove the validity of their judgment on the morality of the shows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police May Close Old Howard After Pinch of 3 Girls | 10/30/1953 | See Source »

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