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GIRL FLYERS TO AID CHINA RELIEF FUND Both Are Pioneer Women Aviators Of Their Nation. Will Arrive Sunday Party And Revue Slated For Monday To Raise Money For Refugees Two Chinese women flyers will land at the Municipal Airport Sunday to take part in the Rice-for-China party Monday night at the Alcazar. They are the Misses Ya Ching Lee and Hilda Yen. They are completing an aerial tour of the United States to help raise funds for their war-torn country. They will be guests at a party, sponsored by the Baltimore Committee for Chinese Civilian Relief. Chines Songs Slated In a revue at the party there will be Chinese songs and dances, a Chinese orchestra and a play called "Feeding the Sheep." The play is based on ancient Chinese history. Some of the songs to be sung are more than 2,000 years old. Miss Lee, the first woman flyer to receive the privilege of giving public demonstrations in China, is also the only native of that nation to become a member of America's Caterpillar Club, made up of flyers who have had to "bail out" of planes. Forced to jump from a stunting plane into the San Francisco bay with a parachute four years ago, she was able to remain afloat for twenty minutes before she was picked up by a cutter. She was the first woman student to receive a license from the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, Cal. Before the Sino-Japanese war began, she was on the staff of the Shanghai Municipal Air School. Has Flown In Europe She had flown thousands of miles over Europe, Asia and North America, and returned to this country for the third time last October on the China Clipper to start out on her tour of the United States. Miss Yen, a member of one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in China, is the daughter of Dr. F. C. Yen, a graduate of Yale University and now an official of the Chinese Government She has attended the Walnut Hill School and Smith College, both in Massachusetts. As a member of the board of directors of the Chinese National Child Welfare Association, she made a worldwide study of child welfare work. While in Italy, she was permitted to learn flying by the Italian Ministry of Aeronautics. In the United States she received a pilot's license from the Department of Commerce. Miss Chen To Dance Miss Hok Hui Chen, daughter of Dr. C. M. Chen, former instructor of Chinese literature and language at the Johns Hopkins University, will sing Chinese classical songs and perform ancient Oriental dances in Monday's revue and also will appear in two scenes of the play. Others in the cast of the play, which commemorates a great national Chinese hero, will be Herbert Lew and the Misses Jennie Goon, Chung Ling Koo, Anna Lew and Ruth Homlet. A special feature of the revenue will be a sword dance by T. C. Liu, who is a student at Cornell University. He | formerly was prominent in Chinese theatricals at Peiping. The guest of honor at the revue will be the Most Reverend Paul Yu-Pin, personal representative of Pope Pius XII in China and special envoy of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to the United States. But for the occasion he represents only civilian relief for his people. Relief Fund Is Object The local committee, under the general chairmanship of Jack A. Clarke, is planning many events on the program in an effort to raise funds to aid some of the millions of Chinese driven into the interior of China from their seaboard homes. A committee will meet the two girl aviators at the Municipal Airport at 3.30 P. M. Sunday. They will be taken to the Southern Hotel for a reception. A banquet for the guests will be given by the Chinese inhabitants of Baltimore at a local restaurant that evening. Baltimore Sun June 15, 1939 Other local committee members include Mayor Jackson, honorary chairclude Mayor Jackson, honorary chairman; Chao Ming Chen and Richard C. O'Connell, President of the City Council, vice-chairman, and Elmer F. Bernhardt, treasurer. CONSOLIDATED PRESS CLIPPING BUREAUS CHICAGO, U.S.A. EASTERN DIVISION 170 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK, NY PITTSBURGH PA PRESS JUN 15 1939 PLANES WELCOME CHINA'S 'EARHART' Miss Ya-Ching Lee, "China's Amelia Earhart." flew down out of the sky today onto County Airport and was greeted by Chinese children, a formal committee of welcome and enthusiastic Pittsburghers. Miss Lee was met by three planes, flown by Pittsburgh fliers. Her black and red cabin plane, "The Spirit of China," joined the three in formation and together they flew to the airport. She had flown from Cincinnati, O. Here for three days to appeal to Pittsburghers on behalf of Chinese civilian relief, Miss Lee was greeted by Chancellor John G. Bowman, honorary chairman. Louise Thaden, Helen Richey, Mrs. Clifford Ball and other prominent fliers also welcomed her. A cavalcade of autos formed a long parade and escorted the flier into the city. Today she will be entertained by the Aero Club, and tonight there will be a special Chinese dinner in her honor at the On Leong Temple.
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