The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-21

Washington. Mrs. Engstrom taught school in both Wrangeu and Doug ! las. She has been clerk of the Doug las school board for mtre than five years.
 Mrs. .ngstrom is prominent in club and fraternal organizations. being a past Worthy Matron of Nugget Chapter No. 2. o. E. s. in 1884 and also 1943. She was secre- tary of the Women's club for many years and is a member of the Sons f Norway. She was chairman for the third and fourth war loan drives, and of the 1944 Red Cross drive and has always takeo an ac- tive role in civic and public activ- ities. Although a university gradu- ate. Mrs. Engstrom has been at var ious times employe ads cook, wait ress, theater usher, department store clerk. telephone operator. newspaper reporter and teacher.
 Speaking recently before the Ju- neau Labor Council Mrs. Engstrom urged the wtrking man to back the candidates who are sympathetic to his cause in order 10 pass legisla- tion which will benefit him.
 Mrs. Engstrom also spoke before a mass meeting of the Juneau Mine and Mill Workers. criticizing the faulty labor laws passed by the leg is latures of the past few year. The Workmen's Compensation Act is one of the poorest in the country, she says. The minimum wage law for women is entirely inadequate as il does not proyOde for sanitary con ditions or prescribe maximum hours of work, she contends.
 With Winston Churchill, Mrs. Engstrom believes that there should be a place in public life for someone besides politicians and officials There should also be a place in government for women, as they have already been welcomed with open arms in industry and business.
 A. B. ain, candidate for the House of Representatives on the Democra- tic ticket, was born in Ellsworth County, Kansas, named for his father, R. II. Cain, who located there in the Eighties" as the head of a group of settlers from Bruce Countey, Ontario, Canada.
 Cain was left an orphan at eight. and was reared on a form near Bushton, Kansas. He worked on farm durong summer to enable him to further his educaeion in college. and while attending college worked evenings and Saturdays in restau- sants. He has long been engaged in newspaper work, as a reporter and also as a solicitor of supscrip- tions and advertisements. For five years compiled and published neigh borhood classified business and pro fessional directories in Portland, Oregon.
 The past nine years he has been Editor of the Alaska Catholic pub lished fortnightly in Junea,l and has also been publicizing the Shrine of Saint Terese by mailing ? % or more circulars each month to resi- dents in the States.
 Cain is an enthusiastic photo grapher. taking colored motion pie lures on his travels over Alaska, aod has taken numerous pictures in Ketchikan, WrangelI and Peters burg, and also to the Westward and Interior. The pictures have been ex- hibited in many places Outside, to Alaskan audiences and to passengers on steamer on which he travels. A
 stady of the history and resources of Alaska has been a hobby with him. and is used in newspaper arti- cles in the States and for lectures durieg his vacations Outside.
 Cain is a strong advocate of lib- leralization of the Unemployment
 Compensation Ant to make it ap- plicable to all employees with the exception of casual workers and l occasionally employed domestic help. l A bill to broaden the scope of the ] Unemployment Compensation Act was
 introduced at the last Territorial Legislature but was defeated in the l House in a tie vote. Being a pub
 licity man, Cain recognizes the
 merit of the recently launched or ganization to publicize and promote l Southeastern Alaska by uniting all l twons in advertising their scenic
 attractions tnd re ources, and en- couraging tousists to visit Alaska when the war ends.