Myrsine punctata (H.Lév.) Wilbur

L Bombs Force Dr. Rock
[ To Flee Cold Yuimari j A
[ Homesick, for ; cold .Yunnan aiidj
restive under the enforced susrj
pension of bis! botanical \ and an-.]
thropological researches m Asia,]
Dr. Joseph' F. Rock, U.„ S-. De-
[partirient .o^.Agriciilinre repre-
sentative 'who ' recently:, arrived
on the Honolulu Clipper* is not. ex-
actly the world’s most contferfH
ed scientist these ^days.« „ bffl
Fled Air Raids	I
Dr. Rock left his home in Kun-
ming, ; the 6,000-foot-hikh capital'
of Yunnan province, a year arid,
a half ago. After two air '.raids?
he . decided - he could no longer
I risk exposure, of the lives of him-
self and his, loyal staff, non ’ his
I valuable scientific library, to Ja-
panese bbrifbs.	,	'f	<•
. He thereupon settled in Data$
I ip French7 Indo-China, but; the*
French u%ericy fbrithe ©vacua*
tion of white foreigners.; during,
recent weeks,: coupled, with the
increasingly restrictive pressure
of “war conditions” in this area,
again drovb hiim' forth ip seek
elsewhere 'the. peace anal' soli-
tude he, required , to consolidate I
and prepare for pubjbeatitm his
masses bf notes. Honolulu will
serv© that purpose nicfely, he
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