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Show I 1 HIGHLIGHTS . in the week's news HOUSING: Two million new homes will be needed immediately after the war to take care of married mar-ried servicemen and families that have doubled up during the conflict. John Blandford, administrator of the National Housing agency, told the Associated General Contractors. Other new houses will be needed at the rate of 600.000 a year for re-ulacements, re-ulacements, he said. CANNED MILK: Civilians will get slightly less condensed and evaporated evap-orated milk this year than last, the War Food administration announced. an-nounced. An allotment.of 1,740,000,000 pounds of evaporated, and 190,700,-000 190,700,-000 pounds of condensed milk has been made from stock estimated at 3.562.200,000 pounds total. Military supplies were increased to 939.800,-000,000 939.800,-000,000 pounds. i |