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March 23, 1939

Miss Hilda Yen

Miss Hilda Yen, one of the two Chinese woman aviators who will go on flying tours of the United States in behalf of Chinese war refugees, has had an active and distinguished background which includes a year as official hostess at the Chinese Embassy in Moscow. Miss Yen is the young daughter of Dr. F.C. Yen, Director of the National Health Administration in China, and the niece of Dr. W. W. Yen, China's ranking diplomat, who has been Ambassador to the United States and Russia and Minister of Foreign Affairs in China.

Miss Yen is in the United States for the third time. Earlier, she had been a student at Smith College and at Walnut Hill School, near Boston. In her career as humanitarian and social worker, Miss Yen has had much experience both in her own country and abroad. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Chinese National Child Welfare Association, end in 1935 and 1937 she represented China on the Social Welfare Committee of the League of Nations, at Geneva. 

It was while engaged in a first-hand study of the Youth Movement in Italy that Miss Yen learned to fly, with the permission of the Italian Ministry of Aeronautics. After the outbreak of war, following Japan's invasion of China, she came to the United States and earned her pilot's license from the Department of Commerce. 

Miss Yen takes off at Floyd Bennet Field, New York, at 3:00 p.m., March 23, on an airplane visit of many cities where she will address large gatherings to raise funds for the succor of her suffering countrymen. She will represent that Nationalist Government Relief Commission. Miss Yen's itinerary follows:

March 23   New York, N.Y. at 3:00 p.m.
March 23   Philadelphia, Pa.
March 24   Washington, D.C.
March 30   Miami, Fla. 
April 8    Baltimore, Md.
April 16   Providence, R.I
May 14     Buffalo, N.Y.
May 18     Cleveland, Ohio
May 21     Cincinnati, Ohio
May 28     St. Louis, Mo.
June 4     Kansas City, Mo.