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Detroit (Mich.) Times
June 5, 1939

Chinese Woman Flier Here
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Miss Ya-Ching Lee
...asking aid for China...

     China's most noted woman flier, young and pretty Miss Ya-ching Lee, is in Detroit today with an appeal for her country's suffering women and children.
     Miss Lee, the only Chinese member of America's exclusive "Caterpillar Club," is flying her own plane, "The Spirit of New China," in a nation-wide tour seeking funds to aid the Chinese war refugees.
     The daughter of a leader in the Chinese rebellion of 1911, Miss Lee is considered a "Joan of Arc" in her country. Since she was a young girl she has been trained to aid her people.

Wide Education
     She has attended the best flying schools in America, Switzerland and China. She received her early education in Hongkong and Shanghai and then studied in England until 1930. 
     She has traveled in Siberia, Russia, Germany, France and Switzerland. In 1935 she became a member of the "Caterpillar Club," when her belt came loose in a barrel-roll and she fell into San Francisco Bay.
     Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Miss Lee has served as a war nurse and is the only woman member of the Chinese air force.

But No Stockings
     She speaks English perfectly, uses cosmetics, bright red lipstick, paints her finger and toe nails, wears high-heeled American shoes but no stockings. She laughingly refuses to reveal her age.
     Her favorite dress is of Chinese design. It is made of the finest Chinese silk, hand-embroidered in Peiping.
     On her arrival in Detroit, Miss Lee was greeted by a troop of Chinese Boy Scouts from Chicago. She was honored at a banquet last night in the Chinese Tea Garden.

Luce's Press Clipping Bureau
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Clipping from
Detroit (Mich.) News
June 5, 1939

Woman Flier Aids Chinese
Gets Colorful Welcome with Army Envoy

     Two distinguished soldiers in China's fight against Japanese aggression, one a young man, the other a young woman, were feted Sunday when they visited Detroit to plead for aid for 30,000,000 woman, children and old men made homeless in the Oriental war.
     The young woman was Miss Ya-ching Lee, China's leading woman pilot, who swooped down from the sky above the City Airport to the cheers of more than 1,000 Detroit Chinese--men, women and children.
     The man was Lieut-Col. Yuen Wong, representing his country's famed 8th Route Army, who came by train earlier in the day.
     The airport reception for Miss Lee was one of the most colorful demonstrations ever given at the airport for a flier. Flags of the United States and China were waved by every hand in the gathered multitude, while 50 drums and bugles of the Chinese Boy Scout troop blared forth a ringing salute.

Flag-Decked Procession
     A procession of more than 100 automobiles bearing leaders in Chinese business, religious and fraternal life, wound to the airport in a flag-decked procession, and escorted Miss Lee back to Chinatown's center at Third avenue and Porter street, where both the aviatrix and Col. Wong addressed the assemblage.
     Miss Lee was greeted formally by a delegation of the Chinese Merchants Association under Harry Chung, and was presented with two huge bouquets of flowers by 9-year-old Olive Chung and Lucille Lee, 13. The two proud little Chinese girls rode with their heroine back to the meeting, where the addresses, given in Chinese, were broadcast to an overflow crowd in the streets.
     A banquet in honor of the two visitors was given in the evening by the Chinese Club of Detroit in the Chinese Tea Garden, and was attended by more than 300 persons from all walks of life, Chinese and American alike.
     Speakers included Miss Lee, Col. Wong, Mrs. Thomas A. Durdan, secretary of the China Aid Council; Mrs. June Chin and Mrs. Oscar Starrett, of the Central Methodist Church, who was toastmaster.

Millions Homeless
     "More than 1,000 defenseless men, women and children, are bombed every day by the Japanese, and today there are 30,000,000 of them without food and shelter, driven into inner China," Col. Wong said.
     "A dollar saves one of these sufferers for a month, and that is why we appeal to all humanity who love freedom to help these innocents. My people will never forget was America is doing and has done for them.
     "The spirit of the people and the morale of the troops is very high. China intends to fight until she wins, and today politically, diplomatically and strategically Japan is a beaten aggressor."
     Miss Lee, who is touring American in her plane to aid her country's cause, said that 70 out of every hundred wounded Chinese soldiers died because of lack of medical supplies and proper hospitalization. 
     "Our wounded come back to the constantly-shifting medical bases only with wounds of the arms, chest or head--never the legs," she said. "Lack of ambulances forces the wounded to walk three or four miles at least to get aid, and those who cannot walk die."
     The aviatrix, as modern as the de luxe cabin plane in which she rides, said aid given to China would solve the problem of the refugees, who could be financed to aid themselves and to produce the supplies so badly needed in China's fight. She said a system of co-operative associations had been set up which would not only feed the refugees but rehabilitate them as well.

Noted China Woman Flier Arrives Here
Pretty Ya-Ching Lee to Make Appeal for War Sufferers

     China's most noted woman flier, young and pretty Miss Ya-ching Lee, is in Detroit today with an appeal for her country's suffering women and children. 
     Miss Lee, the only Chinese member of America's exclusive "Caterpillar Club," is flying her own plane, "The Spirit of New China," in a nation-wide tour seeking funds to aid the Chinese war refugees.
     The daughter of a leader in the Chinese rebellion of 1911, Miss Lee is considered a "Joan of Arc" in her country. Since she was a young girl she has been trained to aid her people.

Wide Education
     She has attended the best flying schools in America, Switzerland and China. She received her early education in Hongkong and Shanghai and then studied in England until 1930. 
     She has traveled in Siberia, Russia, Germany, France and Switzerland. In 1935 she became a member of the "Caterpillar Club," when her belt came loose in a barrel-roll and she fell into San Francisco Bay. 
     Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Miss Lee has served as a war nurse and is the only woman member of the Chinese air force.

BUT NO STOCKINGS
     She speaks English perfectly, uses cosmetics, bright red lipstick, paints her finger and toe nails, wears high-heeled American shoes but no stockings. She laughably refuses to reveal her age.
     Her favorite dress is of Chinese design. It is made of the finest Chinese silk, hand-embroidered in Peiping.
     On her arrival, in Detroit, Miss Lee was greeted by a troop of Chinese Boy Scouts from Chicago. She was honored at a banquet last night in the Chinese Tea Garden. 

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MISS YA-CHING LEE
...asking aid for China...

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The Detroit News Monday, June 5, 1939
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