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The Salt Lake Tribune 'Soon There'll Be No Japanese Soldiers!' "The Spirit of New China" is typified by Miss Lee Ya Ching, famed Chinese aviatrix who appealed to Utahns to aid 30,000,000 war refugees. Aviatrix Appeals to Salt Lake To Aid Chinese War Refugees Attractive 'Ambassador of Good Will' Addresses Three Groups During Stop "Soon there'll be no more Japanese soldiers-and that's how we'll win." It was the 'New China" speaking in the person of Lee Ya Ching, charming, petite and slender daughter of the orient, who dropped out of the skies Tuesday morning to appeal to Salt Lake City to aid 30,000,000 women and children refugees in the Chinese war areas. The attractive China ambassador of good will flew her own red and gold Stimson monoplane, "The Spirit of New China," from Boise, Idaho, in a little more than two hours flying time. Miss Lee, who reflected the spirit of new China in her appearance," her speech and her mode of trans-portation, made three appearances Tuesday to ask Utahns to lend of a helping hand for the destitute across the Pacific. Three Addresses First she addressed the Rotary club weekly luncheon meeting, then she attended a silver tea at the Burton W. Musser residence, 1133 Harvard avenue, and in the evening she spoke at a mass meeting in the First Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Lee's cross country flight is sponsored by a committee for Chi-nese aid, among whose members are Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Postmaster General and Mrs. James A. Farley, Mrs. V.K. Wellington Koo, Miss Helen Kel-ler, Miss Fannie Hurst, Douglas Fairbanks and Miss Jacqueline Cochran. Persons who wish to aid the cause may send donations to Dr. George Barry O'Toole, 1514 Webster street, N. W., Washington, D. C., the sponsoring committee's treas-urer. "I oftentimes say the same words several times a day," Miss Lee declared. "But that is because there is just one big thought in my head. And that is 'China willi win.' Wearing Japanese Down "But while we are gradually wearing the Japanese down, our people are suffering, too. They are bearing up nobly, but they must have help. They must have food, clothing, medicine, and then they must have spiritual assistance. "America has been kind and sym-pathetic to our cause. The sentiment is overwhelmingly for a Chi-nese victory. But as we creep closer to a triumph, our people must not be abandoned. They must be encouraged and assisted." Holding a Chinese governmental flying license, Miss Lee has flown more than 30,000 miles in the inter-est of the Chiang Kai-shek admin-istration. When hostilities broke out in 1936 she saw the horrors of war in the Shanghai sector, being engaged in nursing service as well as flying a government ship. The aviatrix said that China was never more united and determined than it is today. Harassed the Enemy "The guerillas have harassed the enemy so much that today this type of fighting is really turning the tide in our favor," Miss Lee said. The mass meeting, which was arranged by the China Aid Council of Salt Lake City, was sponsored by the Salt Lake Ministerial association, civic and fraternal organiza-tions, state legislators, women's clubs and prominent citizens. As Miss Lee passed over Ogden Tuesday morning she was greeted by a Thompson Flying Service plane, piloted by Ray Peck, who escorted her to the local airport. Mrs. Will S. McQuilkin presented her with a huge bouquet on behalf of the Salt Lake Unit, Women's National Aero-nautics association, and Miss Bar-bara Chin another floral token from the Utah chapter, Chinese War Relief association. Miss Lee, who is a guest at the Hotel Utah, plans to leave Thursday morning for Denver, where she will speak before several organizations. May 24, 1939 25
