Last Medal Awarded by Humbert II Reaches Cedar Rapids Hero
Gus Pusateri returns from 33 months in the European theater to Cedar Rapids with his wife and a rare Italian medal titled la Croce al Merito di Guerra. He believes the award mirrors the Bronze Star for his AMG service in Naples and Pisa in 1944. His boss Col. John K. Weber notes a similar honor may come to him.
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Gus Pusateri
Avenue SE
Pusateri
AMG
Pisa
Humbert I
Cedar Rapids
Non-Com
Humbert II
Italy
Humbert
Sergente Maggiore Augustus
U. S. Army
Naples
Col
John K. Weber
Texas
Cedar Rapi
Saviozzi
War Bride Adapts to America Says Husband
A wartime bride story notes her struggle adjusting to life in the U.S. and mocks the idea that foreign wives need years to learn basic things like using telephones, arguing she is now perfectly at home. Her husband asserts she is thriving in her new country.
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Italy
America
Government Slogan Questioned On Sugar and Tea Use
In a letter to The Gazette readers question is raised about how much sugar can be stored with a monthly five pound allotment and what is used in tea. The piece notes scarce corn syrup supplies during strawberry season and their quick consumption.
Court filing fragment from Kins County Iowa records
A garbled sentence references the office of the Clerk of Kins County Iowa and District Court Administratrix Simmons, Perrine, and Albright. The legible portion indicates an internal filing or clerical matter within the county court system.
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Kins County
Iowa
District Court
Simmons
Perrine and Albright
Probate notice for Hettie Elma Paxton estate
An Iowa Linn County probate notice announces the estate of Hettie Elma Paxton, deceased. The Clerk of Linn County District Court requests all interested persons to appear as required. Crissman and Bleakley are named in the filing.
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Iowa
Hettie Elma Paxton
Linn County
Linn Coun Dows
Crissman and Bleakley
Apes Aceeae Event At EGR Seeees
Event details unclear due to damaged text. Readable bits indicate an activity involving apes at a venue abbreviated EGR. Specific date, participants, and outcomes unavailable in the fragments.
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Bayne Freeland
Leghorn
Tony Pusateri
The
Tribune Publishing Company
Fifth Avenue SE
People’s Forum
Publica
Eainer
the Gazette
J. F. Manes
Third Street
Electric Motors CO
Second Avenue
Firestone
SOARS
Weeee
Brown
Oxfords
Anar
den Oak
Tony Sarge
Army
Chenille
Imperial Gross
Coats
Shoe Department
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