Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 7, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1941 — HIGHLIGHTS... in the week’s news [ARTICLE]

HIGHLIGHTS ... in the week’ s news

A few years ago America was overbuilt and real estate was going begging. Today a housing shortage is one of the bottlenecks of defense , industry. Here are a few reports: Seattle (plane center) reports “this time next year they’ll be sleeping in tents.” Rock Island, 111., (arsenal) has an acute shortage of housing.

BERMUDA —The British have taken from the SS Excambion Oscar R. Stabler, 35, the ship’s barber, a German-born naturalized American citizen. MALTA—Prince Philip of Greece is first member of the royal family to join the British armed forces. He’s 19 and has been assigned to active duty on a battleship.