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Word: rosalia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Died. Rosalia Hoerl, 86, sturdy Austrian midwife who delivered 3,336 babies in 49 years and never put on airs about one of them having been Adolf Hitler; of arteriosclerosis; in Braunau, Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Rosalia Mercurio Di Maqgio, 66, plump, Italian-born mother of Baseballers Joe, Vince and Dominic Di Maggio, two other sons, four daughters, passed her naturalization test in San Francisco's Superior Court with flying colors, became a U.S. citizen. Papa Joseph Di Maggio Sr., 72, flunked his, was told he could try again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 25, 1944 | 12/25/1944 | See Source »

Jack Benny has never forgotten his attempt to be funny on the night, 15 years ago, when George Burns married his partner, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalia Allen, in Cleveland. Benny's idea of humor was to call up the newlyweds from San Francisco at 3 a.m. He did so and, getting a male voice, inquired, "Hello, George?" The male voice at once barked, "Send up two orders of ham and eggs" and hung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Straight Man | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

Removals. In Rosalia, Wash., H. C. Roberts, who had already got rid of a corn by cutting off his little toe, got rid of another by cutting off his other little toe. In St. Augustine, Fla., somebody finally got the nickels from a Florida East Coast Railway pay toilet by making off with the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 27, 1943 | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

Giuseppe Di Maggio and wife Rosalia, parents of Ballplayers Joe, Dominic, Vince, took out their first citizenship papers after 39 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Bejeweled Hyena | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

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