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From: American Bureau for Medical Aid to China
57 William Street
New York, N. Y.

For Immediate Release

One of the celebrities on hand for the Chinese New Year's Ball at the Waldorf Astoria on February 23rd will be China's "First Lady of the Air" Miss Lee Ya-Ching who is making preparations for a flight to Central and South American countries in order to obtain funds for medical relief in her country.

Both the New Year's Ball and Miss Lee's flight are being sponsored by the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, which raises money for medical supplies to China's war sufferers. Miss Lee is expected to take off from La Guardia Field within a month.

Present plans call for stops at Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. The flight is expected to take four months and will include the perilous crossing over the Andes Mountains.

Miss Lee is 24 years old, and began flying in 1933. She learned to fly in Switzerland and then came to the United States to complete her training and obtain a pilot's license. While in the United States she became a member of the famous Caterpillar Club -- the organization composed of fliers who have made emergency parachute jumps. Miss Lee returned to China and played a prominent part in developing Chinese aviation until the Japanese invasion two and a half years ago. She was the first woman to get a pilot's license in China.

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