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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1946
Page
9
Blomquist defends wage changes at city water works amid AFL charges. He explains shifts, a 42 hour week trial, and a $15 pay adjustment raising hourly rates about seven cents while reducing monthly earnings about seven percent. He cites probation and experience as factors in pay disparities.
The article describes Tito's consolidation of power in Yugoslavia after 1945 and his 1946 investiture as premier with vast authority. It contrasts him with Enver Hoxha of Albania, detailing Hoxha's youth, physique, education, and role as leader of the Albanian resistance, noting his rise from a French teacher to a guerrilla commander after Mussolini's 1939 invasion.
The city water works faces scrutiny over salary gaps with the business office chief earning $35 less monthly than peers in other groups. Additional inequalities in the pay schedule are noted, along with Saturday time and a half concerns and potential service impacts if the shop and service close Saturdays. The committee addresses a misimpression of employment policy.
The article chronicles Enver Hoxha's rise in Albania as 1944 46 see him consolidate power with Communist allies, lead a decisive anti axis victory, and establish a People’s Republic after a one party election. Western powers demanded free elections but accepted the regime as Albania realigned with Yugoslavia and Moscow.
Carl B. Lavell of Franklin high school Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa State Federation of Teachers at the meeting in Des Moines. Officers named include Nellie Small Council Bluffs first vice president James J. Nora Dubuque second vice president Caroline Kriege Sioux City recording secretary and William H. Hartley Boone treasurer.
Barbara Jurgenson, 13, an eighth grade student from Tama public schools, won the Tama county spelling contest held Saturday. Her classmate Marilyn Bent finished as runner up. Hazel Thompson teaches the two winners.
Actress Peggy Cummins who stars in Forever Amber collapsed on a film set Friday and was taken home due to influenza illness.
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