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300 Turn Out for "Bowl of Rice Dinner" Here

50,000,000 Made Homeless in China, Miss Lee Reports

   Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese girl aviatrix who is on tour to raise funds for her battle-weary countrymen, prepared to leave Burlington this afternoon for Vergennes after speaking at the annual "Bowl of Rice Dinner" here, attended by 300 persons.
   Miss Lee, a charming little Oriental who speaks English almost as fluently as her native tongue, struck a sober not as she told how China was unprepared for total warfare five years ago and stressed that as a result 50,000,000 Chinese, or almost half the population of the United States, have been made homeless.
   It is to help ease the suffering of these people that brought her to Burlington.  Money from the dinner and from pledges will go into an emergency fund, the local goal of which is $3,000.  Dr. Oliver H. Sisson, chairman of the local unit of the United China Relief Society, disclosed that incoming funds are rapidly swelling to that total.
   Miss Lee said that her countrymen are proud to be fighting side by side with Americans and she added:
   "We will build a new China out of the ashes of the old."
   Supplementing Miss Lee's talk, Cornelius Baker, of New York, field representative for the United China Relief Society, outlined briefly the national campaign.  He said hundreds of cities are conducting drives similar to that in Burlington.
   The dinner consisted of Chinese foods, prepared by the staff of the Star Restaurant, thus giving Burlingtonians a sample of an Oriental bill of fare.
   Yesterday, Miss Lee sampled Vermont's famous product, maple syrup, on waffles, and called it "wonderful."
   From Vergennes, she will go to New York.

[[picture captioned]] Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese aviatrix who holds five pilot licenses, receives greetings from Dr. Oliver H. Sisson, head of the local unit of the United China Relief Society.  (Photo by Daily News staff photographer.)[[/picture]]