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Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
Gen. Ben Lear Gets
Europe Command Posi-

SUPREME HQ., AEF, PARIS.
Jan. "a tINSl-It. Gen. Ben Lear
today was appointed deputy COM
mandGT Of american forces IN
Europe
Gen. lear VIII handle admin
istratire problems such as CO.
ordination. control and direction
of use and conservation Of Amer
-iean- -H4aHF.a-EsI- -la-the= European
theater of operations. Lear at
tracted attention during early
American mobilization for punish
ment Of soldiers who yoo-hooed
al girls on A golf course where
he was playing
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
Avengers Find
Graves of YaIlkS
IIontnUed O"'I
crosses and thrown areess into mps of grass by japanese
Names of Yanks Who Died There
Continued from Page onel

You read American and Filipino names-names that sun
can't be because Of the possibility their families nave
not notified.
There is the Of private Of the 18th Philippines In
fantry regiment, who died Feb 10, 1914.
There Is the of Kenosha Wis tankman who died in
the summer of 1912
There the of boys from Hartford Conn., from
New York City and from Pennsylvania towns
Camp ODonnell formerly an American army installation
and afterward for Philippines division stands
gasscovered uncuvated western Tarlac plains lew
miles from the purple Zambales mountain range.
that part Of the Death March from Bataan
of 1912 Prisoners marched from Baaan to
Manila with only scraps food and those who fell by the
side bayoneted or shot.
Then sick starved thirsty wounded were forced
norhwad camps In ODonnei, the real
torment began for some of them.
Today the only buildings standing those formerly
occupied by Japanese commandan and prison guards until
camp closed months ago and the surviving Americans
removed Most of the Fpinos released gesture
friendship when the Japanese puppe republic of the Philip
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
Nazi Prisoner Killed

CAMP CAMPBELL. Ky Jan.
% CUP) A German prisoner Of
war was shot 10 death Monday at
ClarkSyjllo, Tetn as he R>-aA a
dash for freedom. the Camp Camp
bell public relations office said'
today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
Talk Syrian Freedom

LONDON. Jan. "a CUP)-For-
eign Secretary Eden told the
House of Commons today that ne
gotiations are under way between
the French and Syrian govern
mentS on the question Of Syrian
indeDendenCe
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The other buildings on-the tree
less slopes were burned down
most of them apparently some
time ago, but one stlll was
smouldering when We arrived
All that remains are ashes and
triple strands OF barbed wire that
surrounded each small weather
beaten gray-blsek-Shaek where
the prisoners were crowded to-
gether and slept on-the floor.
The camp area was surrounded
by double fences Of barbed wire,
while around the japanese quar-
ters were circular dugouts with
fire. ports pointing in all direc-
tions and barbcd wire with tincans
tied 10 the strands to give warn
ing If the prisoners attempted to
attack.
From the Filipinos who were
released we already have the
star4Lat deliberate program of
starving prisoners 10 death
Crosses marking the graves
show that some. already terribly
weakened in the battle of Bataan,
gave up the fight early while
others. already human skeletons
with each-bone showing through
nearly transparent skin, cluns
grimly TO life for more than two
years.
The prisoners had no medicine.
Emaciated and suffering from
malnutrition, they fell easy vic
tins to disease.
FIVE BODIES To A GRAVE
Much of their working time
must have been taken up with
digging graves. Is feet long, 16
feet wide and only Is inches deep
in which five bodies were laid
crosswise.
Too weakened to do any un-
necessary digging - or perhaps
feeling that even in death each
mans body should not touch his
neighbor-the prisoners left foot
long piles of earth projecting to-
ward the center of the grave
from the head and from the foot
of each scooped-out hole that now
shelters an American or Filipino
The Japanese obviously at
tempted 10 conceal evidence ol
their crimes. In addition 10 burn
ing buildings which had housed
the prisoners. and thus destroy
ing any torture instruments that
may have existed, they set fire &c
grass in the Filipino graveyard
and most of the crosses were
burned. destroying records.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
GRAVEYARD HIDDEN

They apparently h op ed the
American graveyard. which is
across a dirt road from the main
camp, would 60 unnoticed and ac-
cordingly allowed grass, weeds
and tall reeds 10 grow 10 heights
tup 10 10 feet
We sighted the American burial
ground only when the wind blew
back the reeds. giving us a
glimpse of a white monument A
path leads there from the ashes
, OF the hutS
The site is so ovcrgrown that it
/ is impossible even 10 tell the size
of the cemetery, but il appears TO
be about 100 by 80 yards with
the now grass covered grave
mounds separated from each other
by about a foot. II is a mass Of
tangled graves completely un-
tended and some graves still un-
filled.
The monument is slX-foot
cross made Of white cement and
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
Chiefs Appeal
ToCongress
Secret Session Gets
'Work-Fieht' Facts
VWr DETROIT TIMES
Jsn. i945

WASHINGTON. Jar - .INS'
The military and naNal high
command appeared before Con
greSs in a secret session today and
made = spirited request for an ALL
out effort 10 win tho war and 10
hasten the adoption Of "work-or-
hght legislation.
The unprecedented meeting IN
the auditorium Of the Congrcs-
tional Library was addressed by
Secretary Of War Sumson, Secre-
tary Of the Navy Forrestal, Gen.
Marshall. army chief Of STAFF, and
Adm. King. commander IN chief Of
the navy II was the first time
that The biz four had appeared be-
fore combined asSemblage OF
senators and congressman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
BATAAN HELMETS FOUND

In the ashes of burned build
ing we found three old-style fire
rusted helmets of the type Ameri-
cans wore on Bataan We found
one battered American canteen
cup and one piece of leather from
a shoe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
CROSSES AWAIT VICTIMS

There were other crosses. too
50 newer ones awaiting victims
near the monument which the
Japanese built in memory of the
helpless men they delibcratly
killed.
A large, white monument aTls-
ing from a 20-foot base with a tow
stone wall around il, attracted as
to the Filipino burial ground a
quarter of a mile across the fields
from the main camp.
Here some effort has heen- made
to=isccp= track OF the total Victims
of Japan'S greater East Asia y
program. The graves were in sec
tions numbered in Roman charaC-
ters. There were 30 sections, each
four rows deep and up TO Is plots
wide, the whole covering more
than a quarter Of mile in depth.
The officers section with in
dividual graves, is in front of the
monument on which is written in
Filipino:
'In deep remembrance of the
FilipinOs who died in this place.
The wholehearted thoughts, Of
their friends and comrades are
with them"
Beyond the monument are row
after row Of common. unmarked
graves covered with burnt grass
and each holding bodies of five
FilipinoS
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on the base Of il in barely read
able letters ls Inscribed
"In memory Of the American
dead. ODOnnell War Personnel
Enclosure, f9t2, Erected by the
Imperial Japanese Army"
The wooden crosses are made
of laths. 2 feet long by l foot
wide, and fastened together with
two rusted nails. The crosses had
apparently been ripped from the
graves which they marked and
thrown deliberately into the un-
derbrush. A few of them had
Identification tags attached TO the
nails and were lying nearby.
These crosses appeared 10 have
been broken off as if torn from
the earth.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
TRY FOR SHORT ROUTE

As the Soviets struck for a
break-through on the short road
to Berlin. another invasion army
TO the south outflanked Breslau,
capital of German Silesia, and
the rich mines and factories Of
the province.
Armored divisions OF Marshal
Konev's First Ukrainian Army
broke through 10 the Oder on a
37-mile front extending 10 with
in 10 miles southeast of BreSlau
and there were unconfrmed re-
ports that they had crossed that
river which forms Germanys main
eastern rampant.
The German DNB news agency
said Soviet units had broken into
the streets of industrial Gleiwith,
S6 miles southeast of Breslau and
reached Oppeln on the Oder, al
most midway between the two
cities and 35 miles inside Silesia
simultaneously, two other RED
armies swept across East PruS-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25

evacuation of Slesla, Pomerania
and Warthegan provincesD
Soviet front dispatches, lifting
a iS-hour official -hlacknut- the
drive across western Poland, re-
ycalcd that Russian tanks and in
fantry men had launched frontal
assault on Poznan, last enemy
stronghold before the German
border, 40-odd miles 10 the west.
Russian thanking columns were
reported looping around the city
from the north and south in an
enveloping sweep that presumably
carried the Red army banner
many miles closer 10 the Nazi
frontier and Berlin.
The fall of PoZpan and its
valuable road and railway COM
municationsrwould strip the Ger
mans of their best defense line
short of the Oder River, which
on that front curves back 10
within 35 miles Of the Nazi cap
ital
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
WOULD FORGET BILL

Rep. Delacy tD) Of Washington
called upon the House military
committee 10 pigeonhole its work
or fight" bill and eliminate the
underlying causes OF manPower
shortages.
Delacy, a new House member.
declared that because OF its anti
closed shop protecting men as
signed to war jobs against COM
pulsory union membership, the
pending bill VIII multiply our
manpower problems
Meanwhile Rep. VoorhiS CD) Of
California announced TO the House
That he would move for amend
ment Of the May bill 10 provide
for government operation of all
war plants employing drafted
workers.
Voorhis' amendment would pro-
vide that whenever a drafted
worker is sent TO a plant under
provisions of the May bill that
plant shall be taken over by the
government, but operated under
the same provision and personnel.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-25
BILLS CHANCES IMPROVE

Senators and congressman said
after the meeting that the chances
Of the passage Of 'work-or-ilght-
legislation introduced by Senator
May-tDl Of Kentucky were con
Siderably improved by The appear
Ance Of the military and naval
leaders.
Senate and House members left
the two and-three quarter-houf
meeting declining TO reveal de-
tails Of the confidential war re-
view.
They indicated. however that
Marshall and King stressed that
there is tough fighting ahead
and that support is essential from
the home front. One of the needs
pointed out, members said, was
that Of sustaining battlefront
morale by writing letters from
home 70 the boys overseas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
GORTNER

Born to Pvt. ana Mrs. Virgil Hell
mick, on Wednesday, a son in Me
mortal hospital, Cumberland.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Swartzentruber
are in Hartville, Q. Their brother-in
law, John StutZman, passed away on
Monday after lingering illness Of q
heart condition. He is survived by his
widow, the former Fannie Lichty, Of
Gortner, and three adopted children.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Welch and son
and Mr.. and Mrs, Ernest Gortncr at
tended the Bus Drivers banquet at
Stone Tavern last Friday evening.
Nh Noah Slab&ch and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. EIwood Beckman We're
guests Of Mrs. Elizabeth Hetrick. in
Bittinger, On Sunday
Mrs. Willard SWartzcntruber &C
companicd Mr. and Mrs James Jack
son, Loch Lynn, TO Morgantown ON
Wednesday.
Pastor Spaid, Of Eslon. preached on
the theme "Rcjoice with Them That
Do Rejoice Pastor Dunson, of Terra
Alta. who returned TO this charge for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
Reconversion Steps

A Senate committee approved
probe of the Pearl Harbor disaster.
President Truman offered a 21-point
program for prosperity which in
Guided continued wartime controls I'M
til all fear of initiation is dispelled;
limited tax relief; an increase in 49,
cent minimum wage; higher social
security benefits; vast power, high
way, flood control and reclamation
projects; 5000 new airports, a boom
in housing. doubled salaries for SEN
ators and representatives; stockpiling
Ct strategic war materials and orderly
disposal OF surplus war materials.
More chewing gum, cigarettes, corn
starch, cereals and chile con carne are
in prospect.
Rationing of new commercial mo-
tor vehicles will end December / ac-
cording to ODT
All limits on slaughter of livestock
ended with a sharp upturn in animals
going to the market.
Senator Byrd declared that the plan
to reduce working hours of 3 million
government employees to 30 hours a
week would be disastrous, would force
industry to do likewise and would
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13

another year, used for his text, "Hear
Him."
The Union Sunday school had a pic
ME dinner at Table Rock on Sunday.
Henry Petersheim was in Union
town one day last week.
Allen Petersheim and Richard
Hesse We're ra2ing q silo at Flat
woods and trucked il home to be
erected on the Peteraheim farm.
Mr.. Walter Schlossnagle, accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Taylor and
Mrs Owen Martin to East Liverpool,
O., to visit their sister, Mrs. Harley
Wotring. who is in a critical condi-
ton in hospital there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentru-
Der and children visited his parents
in Cumberland on Sunday. Mrs.
Swartzentluber may be able to leave
the hospital in a weeks time.
Charles and William Slabach and
Mrs. Blaine Newton. of Akron, Ohio,
and Mrs. Fred Rexroad, of Cleveland,
were weekend visitors at S. W. Sla-
bach's.
Mrs. Mary Right spent Sunday at
Silver Lake with her son.
Miss Inez Sell, of Keyser, was the
guest of Miss Betty Lee.
Misses Lena Swa4tzentruber and
Rachel Bylel- visited Mr.. and Mrs. AL
len Petersheim on Thursday On Fri
day Miss Byler returned to her home
at New Wilmington, Pa.
Mrs. Jennie Sanders, Cumberland,
and Mrs. Ed. IIesse were visiting Mrs
Daisy Lohr near Oakland one day
last week
Gertrude, Cecil and Kenneth Sla-
bach, Mr., and Mrs. Albert Sisk and
Mr.. and Mrs Elwood Beckman attend
ed a corn roast at Edgar Uphole's on
Friday evening, honoring their daugh-
ter, Ruth Ellen, on her birthday ami
versary.
Miss Gertrude SIabach spent Satur-
day with Mrs. Earl Wonderly.
Miss Janet Schlossnagle attended
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
MARRIED

H0ving-G0nder- Lieutenant Julia
NJ. Gender, army nurse corps, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph NJ. Gender,
Alder street, Oakland, became the
bride Of Sgt John Hoving OF New
York. at a quiet ceremony performed
on Saturday, September 8, at St
Paul's Methodist parsonage. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev, Minor
Sprague.
The brides sister, Lieut.. Jane Con
der, army nurse corps, was her only
attendant.
The bride was graduated from Oak
,and High school in 1889. and follow
ing her completion of training as a
nurse entered the armed forces in
January, 1914 She was in England
for sixteen months and is now sta
toned at Camp Polk, La. She met
her husband in England where he was
a patient in hospital there recuper-
ating from wounds received in COM
bat.
Following the ceremony the couple
left for a honeymoon trip to New
York
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
Miscellaneous Shower

A miscellaneous choWer was given
for Mr.. and Mrs. James Junkins, il,
on Monday evening at the home Of
Mrs. James Junkins, ST., Games were
played around bonfire on the lawn,
and refreshments were served.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Schmidt, Mr.. and Mrs. Mel. Wright
and children, Lorene, Agnes and
Ralph, Mrs. Edith Bernard and
daughter, Flora, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Sanders and children, Russell Dale,
Roy, Gerald, and Jimmie, Jean, Eola
and Patience Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Patience Wilson, Mi. and Mrs. Harri-
son Thrasher and children, Jackie and
Bobbie, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Woods,
Helen and Neil Woods, Virginia, Ell
wood William, Robert and Walter
Lee, Tom Beckman, Ellis Rounds, Guy
Beckman, Sherman Friend, Russell
Kimmell, Mr.. and Mrs. George Comp,
Jr., James Junkins, ST.. and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Junkins, Jr.
James Junkins, Jr., was recently
discharged from the army after serv-
ing five years. He served fifteen
months in Hawaii and fifteen months
in the China-Burma theatre, as a
member of the famous Merrill's Ma
RAIDERS and Mars Task Force, that
opened up the way for the Ledo Road.
Junkins lacked two days of spending
the same amount of time in China as
he did in Hawaii.
Preceding the shower Mr.. and Mrs.
James Junkins, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Comp, Jr., We're supper guests
Of James Junlins, ST., at his home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13

a birthday party last Tuesday night
in honor of Carole Jean Campbell, at
Mt Lake Park.
Mrs. Artie Dodge and Miss Mary
Lichty were in Westernport on Mon
daN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13

Single copies of The Repuhk.
can may be obtained at the Hamiil
Book and Stationery Store, corner
Third and Alder streets, where the
current issue of the paper is
placed on sale every Thursday af-
ternOon. Price, cents per copy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
LOCAL NEWS

f. Il. Jones is spending today in
Baltimore on business.
Mrs. Ross Speicher and daughter, Of
Accident, were visitors in Oakland on
Tuesday afternoon.
Peter Opel, of the Accident Com
munity, was a business visitor in Oak
land on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Donald Naffett, Cum
bqrland. visited the latter's sister,
Miss Floss Shaffer. on Sunday.
Eugene T. Cunning, city editor of
the Cumberland Evening Times, was
business visitor in Oakland last Fri
day.
Mrs. John A. Delawder, Washing
tom. u. C.. is here as d guest Of Mrs.
Emma Specht at her home on Second
street.
County Treasurer J, Edward Helbig
has been quite i'll in recent days and
confined to his home as q result Of
throat condition.
DR.. and Mrs. f. I. Baumgartner re
turned to Oakland last Thursday from
vacation Of two OF three weeks spent
at Cape Cod.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13

Mrs. George North, of Crisfeld.
visited her father, NJ. r. Maroney.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Loraditch Wis
tied relatives in Clarksburg, W. Va,
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week.
Mrs. Betty Adams Cupit, of Balti-
more, was a guest of her cousin, Mrs.
Joseph Hoopengardner at Crellin, on
Monday.
Richard L. Maroney spent several
days here recently with relatives. He
will teach in the high school at Glen
bulnie this year.
MI and Mrs. Sam Shemer and
daughter LeVerne, of Baltimore, were
weekend guests OF Mrs Shemer's sis
ter, Mrs. f. H. Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mogul have
returned to Baltimore after being the
guests Of Mrs. F. H. Field, at her
home on Second street.
MY. and Mrs. Robert l.. Hanst, of
Ne" ork City, left Wednesday morn
ing for Pittsburgh, Pa, after visiting
relatives here for two DAYS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas U. Nichols, Of
Washington, D. c., are guests Of Mr.,
and Mrs. 4. ". Helbig and family at
Nh and Mrs Lee Morgan and Miss
Virginia Lawton, Hagerstown, were
Weekend visitors al the home of Nh.
and Mrs. Arthur Lawton, Penning-
ton street.
Miss Ruth Friend has returned to
Baltimore after spending a week with
her mother. Mrs. Grace VanSickle
Miss Friend is now employed by the
Standard Oil Company.
o,..
honolably discharged from the army,
and his wife, Of Kempton, were re-
cent guests Of his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Wclch. Crellin.
W anu -'ii . ''''''''1N y, "'''''i IH'
W. Friend. Of near Oakland. over the
weekend. returning to their home in
Chambcrsburg. Pa, Sunday afternoon.
MIS- blaine " HleVtS ana o"us"Ver'
o"lIoIa' ana 'ol'n I leIee' Vi he"l
the latter's son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Thayer. Oak
street.
-HISSe' lI'Ie'oe'il anu '''loes iio"
ara Mary hl"yu ana Ileiei' oeilooIeH'
WHO spent SeNei"I "eeNS az ''le sum
meF nome ol Iiie MISSES howard Oh
-Al"eI street, returned " D"l'i'i'oi t
I'SV l'''l S00S
MIS- Leroy Ffleho' MRS + req RODE
he"Ver an" o"uS'''el Leo'% spent 'o''i'-
cay III Cumberland Win tne'r so" ana
oioli'tI' 4'' LES 'ei L. / ielLu' O'1 VI I
Il" leII lof camp 'o"lIV' leA"S' o"
SUNDAY ii9l'''
Nh, and Mrs Cnv NavIo announced
+bo hi,+b If dangb+ar Anons+ 81
in baltimore The father is in the T.
Merchant Marine and is a son of
MI ana Mrs. Clarence Mayle' OF the
S"aiIo" rams comi'u'lly'
Nh. and Mrs John Michael and son
Iobn Michael IT, and Miss Marjorie
F,.iood ra+,,,.ned 70 their homes in
Oakland Nondav evnnino after snand-
inc, q waaI, at Deem Creek Lake The
former has RESIGNED his nosition as
n,.nagar Of tbe Piedmont Grocery
con,nanv born. and has been succeeded
hv Goeanb Harmon. Of petersburg w.
Va
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-20

In augurating their annual sum-
mer- proc fling campaign, Mobilgas
parts shortage will be acute this
and Mobiloil Gea.ers of FL Centre
Friday joined industry in urging
local motorists to avoid having their
cars laid up temporarily or perma-
nently because CT fcme mechanical
defect or breakdown.
This is TIE fourth war summer
stated M M. Eizney, distributor
Few of the new cars have como
into the market in that time, an6
the majority of our cars today are
nearly 10 years old. Many have left
the highways already, and it is more
important than ever to keep those
that are left en- the Job so that
workers may use them to keep or
the job. Transportation is vital tc
our war effort.
Several factors indicate the wis
dom of greater care to prevent at
least a temporarily laid up automc-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-20
Make Car Summer-Safe
Man Shortage
Hits Repairs

bile. Automotive dealers are unani-
nous in their statements that the
parts shortage will he acute this
summer. Evcl now it is impossible
to get many parts, and W.lore they
can be gotten there ic often a delay
# weeks or months. Coupled with
his is the fact that there are fewer
merchants to service care, and with
il cas- olde-, mechanical service
has been increased many times
That is why it sometimes takes a
week TO a month to get a car re-
paired, even where no new parts are
involved.
"Ycu may feel there is little dan
ger of your car going off the road
before the wars end. But there is
great danger tEat you may have a
mechanical breakdown, and your
ear may be laid up anywhere from
week to several months bgfore it
can be put back on the road again
"In many cases this can be avoid
ed by proper care of your automo-
bile; and -proofing is de-
signed to dc just this. Realizing
that it will be difficult or in some
cases impos sible for workers to keep
on the job unless they keep their
cars on the job, too, Mobilgas deal
ers have organized tc give prompt
and effective service to prevent
breakdowns and delays which may
follow if automobiles are not given
proper periodic care"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-20
Imperial Valley
Gets Cork
Trees Allotment

Ninety cork oak trees will be
planted in Imperial Valley in the
next few days as a part of the ma
tional program to supply the United
States cork requirements, it was an
nounccd in Ell Centro.
Professor Woodbridge Metcalf, ex-
tension specialist in forestry for
the University of California agri-
cultural department brought the
trees to the valley and placed them
in charge Of Farm Advisor George
Winright and County Agricultural
Commissioner B. A. Harrigan.
Farmers inte. ss;ed in growing
these cork trees on their places may
get them by calling at one of the two
Offices
There is no charge for the trees
as they are being planted as a part
of a plan to make up for the cork
shortage. The United States used
more than half of the cork produc-
eel in the world
Two trees were planted in the
park at Holtville three years ago
and are said to be flouriShing.
These long-lived trees begin to make
cork in five years, the cork. form
ing as crust on the live bark of
the trees. The crust may be remov-
ed without damaging the trees. The
cork oak improves up to so years,
remains in the high producing stage
for several years, and then grad
ually declines. The biggest cork
oak tree in the world is said to be
in Napa county California.