Rules Governing Military
Personnel Dependent’s
Transportation
Headquarters, Alaskan Depart
ment—Although travel to Alaska,
with the exception of the Aleu •
tians and Kodiak, has been au
thorized for dependents of mili
tary personnel and civilian em
ployees whose status entitles them
to transportation of their depend
ents at government expense, there
are a number of conditions lim
iting such travel. These should be
given serious consideration by any
personnel who contemplates re
questing authority to bring their
dependents to this theater, Lt,
Gen. Delos C. Emmons, Com
manding General of the Alaskan
Department, said recently.
“One of the most important of
these considerations,” Gene r a 1
Emmons said, “is housing. It is
specifically provided that before
authority to bring dependents will
be granted, suitable housing and
adequate medical and other facili
ties must be available. At the
present time,” the general con
tinued, “suitable housing for any
appreciable number of families
does not exist. Nor is it likely to
exist in the near future.”
Regulations governing travel of
dependents to Alaska provide fur
ther that such travel is subject to
the following additional condi
tions:
No government transportation
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In instances where transporta
tion for dependents is provided at
government expense, the travel of
dependents must be for the pur
pose of establishing residence with
the military or civilian personnel
concerned. No transportation will
be provided or paid for in order
to enable dependents to visit in
Alaska.
»
No household goods or automo
biles will be transported via gov
ernment transportation or at gov
ernment expense.
“Military authorities,” the Gen
eral said, “fully appreciate the de
sire of persons permanently sta
tioned here to have their families
with them.
“From the viewpoint of both
morale and economy,” he con
tinued, “it is recognized that it
would be beneficial to both indi
viduals and the govenment if de
pendents could be brought in im
mediately. Members of the mili
tary service and civilian employ
ees stationed here will be given an
opportunity, therefore, to bring
their families to Alaska just as
soon as local facilities permit.
Both this Headquarters and the
War Department are sympathetic
to the idea, and every possible ef
fort is being made to remove any
and all obstacles now standing in
the way of the project.”
To date, four officers of the
Alaskan Department Headquar
ters have found suitable housing
accommodations in the city of An
chorage and have already brought
their wives in. They are Lt. Col.
Earl M. Corothers, commanding
H e a d q uarters Special Troops,
whose new residence is in the
Adford Apartments; Major Har
old Shevin, Assistant Adjutant
General, who has set up his Alas
kan home in the Pioneer Apart
ments; Lt. Samuel C. Rue, a mem
ber of the Alaskan Department
Ordnance staff, who is living at
the Deleventh Apartments, and
Lt. Gerritt J. Van Grondelle, of
the Alaskan Quartermaster’s Of
fice, whose Anchorage address is
804 “G” Street.
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Schedule Showing Retail Prices Under
Proposed Freight Rate Increases
Governor’s Office Gives Figures Of Retail Prices On
Commodities In Three Principal Coastal Towns
In connection with the hearing on rates and charges requested by
the Maritime Commission for the Alaska Steamship Lines for Novem
ber 27, housewives, wage earners and merchants need no reminder
that prices in Alaska are now much higher than in Seattle and that
any further increases would be detrimental to the welfare of families
and all kinds of businesses in the Territory. A comparison of present
retail prices in Seattle with retail prices in Juneau, Kodiak, and Nome
which would result if freight rates were increased one hundred per
cent is presented below. In calculating these prices present whole
sale wharfage handling and lighterage costs and prevailing retail
markups were used. Shown in the following order are the items priced,
the Seattle prices at present, and retail prices which would result
from the one hundred percent increase of freight rates, in Juneau,
Kodiak, and in Nome. These figures have been supplied to the Gov
ernor’s office by the Territorial office of the O. P. A.
Seattle Retail Prices, If Freight
Retail Increases In
ITEM Price Juneau Kodiak Nome
Seaport Tomatoes No. 2 tin. $0.14 $0.19 $0.21 $0.23
White Potatoes 10 lb. sack. 0.55 0.74 0.87 1.20
All purpose flour 50 lbs. 2.75 3.70 4.27 4.48
Pot Roast Beef . 0.34 0.43 0.48 0.49
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes 11 ozs. 0.08 0.26 0.33 0.43
Ivory Flakes 12VS> oz. pkg. 0.27 0.37 0.43 0.45
Tomato Soup 10V£ oz. tin. 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.12
Sugar 10 lbs. 0.68 0.91 '1.09 1.38
Beer 11 oz..'.. 0.13 0.21 0.24 0.25
Studio Couch . 67.50 110.50 137.85 189.00
Cement, 94 lb. sack . 0.95 2.03 2.77 4.05
Lumber, 1000 ft. Fir. 46.50 66.25 86.00 102.70
Black Steel Pipe, 100 ft. 44". 7.75 9.00 10.90 11.50
Ford Truck, \Vi ton, 1942. 915.00 1145.00 1275.00 1407.00
However even this is not by any means the whole story. The in
creased cost of living produced in Alaska would promptly cause a de
mand for increased wages among the workers engaged in wharfage,
handling and lighterage, as well as those engaged in transportation to
retail establishments, and those working in said retail stores. Thus
these increased costs would be further increased.
A postponement of this hearing sufficient to allow Alaska to hire
the necessary economic and legal counsel and to prepare its case is
absolutely essential and has been requested.
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