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Chinese Beauty
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She was thrown out of a stunting plane high in the air, but settled down on her parachute straps
and landed in the bay.
Speaks At 8 p. m.
Here came another danger; she couldn't swim But she managed to
keep afloat for 20 minutes, by paddling, until a naval cutter rescued her.
Miss Lee will make her first public appearance at an open meeting
at 8 p. m. today at the Baptist Bible institute, 1220 Washington
avenue. The rest of her schedule includes luncheon at Newcomb tomorrow and a speech before the International Relations club on the 
campus later; a reception at the Orleans club from 3:30 to 5 p. m.,
as the guest of Gung-Hsing Wang, Chinese vice-consul; and a dinner
by the Chinese community at the new Chinese restaurant at 6 p. m.
Public Meeting
A Chinese public meeting will follow at 9:30 p. m. at the headquarters of the Chinese Merchants' association in the 400 block of Bourbon street. Wednesday will be devoted to sightseeing and Thursday Miss Lee will takeoff for Houston, San Antonio and San Diego, Calif.
Her landing this morning was perfect, and the steps that followed
were efficient.
"Give it a 20-hour check, and fill it with gasoline, 73 octane," she
said.
"You're sure you want 73?" asked an attendant dubiously.
"Absolutely," the pilot replied.
Many Hours
Miss Lee is the first Chinese woman flyer to receive the privilege of giving exhibition flights in China, an honor granted during the campaign observing Generalissimo Chiant Kai-Shek's 50th birthday to
raise funds for the purchase of 50 additional fighting planes for
Chinas national defense. She was the only one of her sex on the staff of the Shanghai Municipal Air school before the outbreak of war closed this institution.
Before she took up aviation she attended St. Stephen's school in
Hongkong and, from 1922 to 1927, McTyre, an American-Chinese missionary school in Shanghai. She continued her studies in England
from 1927 to 1930, then returned to China. Her next European trip was made via Siberia and, in October, she began her flying career, and received a private license, in Geneva.
During the siege of Shanghai, Miss Lee assisted in the nursing of
wounded soldiers and civilians. She is working now for a greater portion of suffering humanity, the 30,000,000 refugees of her homeland. Sponsors of her flight include Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. V. K. Wellington Koo, Miss Helen Keller, Miss Fannie Hurst, Douglas Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Farley and others.

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