Show WILL EXPLORE JUNGLE AREAS U S Scientists Leave For Wilderness of Colombia Oct 0 By 20 20 By ByThe The Associated Pre The Press 0 sy tc effort of ot American science i to explore South America took I an-I an- an another an another other step today In the departure from Crom the th Smithsonian Institution efa ofa ot of a i botanical expedition to Colombia The Tho party varty is headed beaded by Ellsworth efI I p lp botanist of ot the National with Albert Smith as collaborator Colombia Is the only South Amer Amer- AmerIcan Amerlean American ican lean country with a 0 shore line lin ore 0 both the th Atlantic and Pacific oceans institution officials said tn I explaining the purposes of ot the trip It occupies a strategic position at both ends of or the th Panama canal covers an area two-thirds two again acain as largo all as a Texas ranks next to Rus- Rus sla Ilus-sla eta sla as the source of oC the worlds world's supply of ot platinum Is rich In oil and minerals exports much coffee and yet y ot t less 13 is known of or It than than any equal area of Africa the th tradition tradition- traditional al dark continent The Tho vast ast hinterland where the head ead waters of ot the Orinoco and the Amazon find their sources Is an unknown jungle junel and three ranges ranes of the Andes which creep across the western quarter of ot the country and Include areas arcas never visited by a white man are ar the particular objectives ob- ob ob objectives of the tho Smithsonian party |