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The South Bend Tribune.
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1942.

Offensive Must Start in China, Says Aviatrix From Hong Kong

First Lady of Air Here to Start Relief Drive. 

By Eli D. Miller.
Tribune Staff Writer. 

The allied offensive which will spell victory in the Pacific must and will be launched from China, in the opinion of Miss Lee Ya-Ching, China's first lady of the air. 
Miss Lee visited South Bend today in the interest of the United China Relief, Inc. 
Wednesday morning the noted Chinese aviatrix, a native of Hong Kong, will speak at a breakfast of about 85 leading executives and professional men in the Oliver hotel who will convene to apply finishing touches to plans for St. Joseph county's China relief drive. The drive opens Saturday and will continue for one week. 
Asserting that the present Pacific outlook is grim, the attractive aviatrix could see nothing but a bright future for the nations fighting aggression. She explained that time is the most important ally of the democratic nations and that America's huge production arsenal will lay the foundation for allied thrusts that will "free the world from tyranny."

Tours in Own Plane. 
Miss Lee, who for three years has been touring the nation in her own plane in the interest of China relief and for the promotion of good will between China and the United States, declared that air power will win the war.
"China's role in the present conflict is more important to the allied cause than most people realize," she said. "China has the man power; she has the air fields and bases from which the allies can strike telling blows at the enemy. The much-heralded allied offensive will have to be launched against Japan from China," Miss Lee contended. dbheyo---gibeli Ueld ES TH AR
The noted flyer declared that Chinese morale is very high and that China never will fall to the enemy.
"We know the tricks of the Japanese because we have been fighting them for five years. There is no doubt as to the outcome of the Pacific war if China continues to receive supplies, fighting equipment and the encouragement of the countries that have linked themselves with her in this great struggle," she added.

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Miss Lee Ya-Ching, China's first lady of the air, chats with George D. Keller, a member of the St. Joseph county executive committee of United China Relief, Inc., and Mrs. C. S. Fletcher upon her arrival here today to aid in the county's China relief campaign which will be launched Saturday.
--Photo by Tribune Staff Photographer.
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$7,000,000 Sought in Campaign.
Miss Lee pointed out that the $7,000,000 quota of China relief set for the nation this year will mean much more than dollars and cents to the Chinese people. "It will be a means of furthering the bond of friendship between America and China that will remain forever," she said.
The quota set for St. Joseph county is $20,000.
Miss Lee spoke in a radio interview over WSBT, The South Bend Tribune station, this morning. She outlined the work being done by United China Relief, Inc., and how the money raised in this country is used in China.
The aviatrix noted that 20 per cent of the funds raised in this country goes to China's educational needs; 10 per cent to economic reconstruction; 10 per cent to social rehabilitation, 35 per cent to medical and health needs; 15 per cent to child welfare and 10 per cent to direct relief.

Educated in London.
Miss Lee was born in Hong Kong and was educated in London and other European cities. She has been flying since 1933 and holds the distinction of being the first woman flyer in China to receive her pilot's license from the Chinese government. Her first flying training was taken in Switzerland. She also took an advanced air training course at the Boeing air training school in Oakland, Calif.
Tonight Miss Lee will attend a China relief dinner in Fort Wayne, Ind., and will return to South Bend for the breakfast in the Oliver hotel at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday.
Paul G. Hoffman, president of the Studebaker corporation and national chairman of United China Relief, Inc., also will speak at the breakfast. J.S. Sayre, president of Bendix Home Appliance, Inc., and St. Joseph county chairman of the China relief drive, will be in charge of the meeting. The film, "Western Front," also will be shown.