South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-13
MAIDEN OF CHINA
IS ADEPT STUDENT
IN AYIATION GLASS
Girl Has Narrow Escape From
Enemy Soldiers Who Loot
Home of Her Father.
by EDNA LEE BOOKER.
a. y. :. stan Correspondent

BN EDNA LEE BOOkER.
a. y. =. stan Correspondent
CANTON. Aug. 12-Miss Muphia
Juc daughter Of Jue kyih-man. d.
rector OF aviation FOR the southern
government and OF the Canton ar
senaI. who is a daring aviatrix. had
/ a remarkable escape from Canton a.
the time Of the capture of the city by
cen chen Chung innings forces.
Jue, who has been loyal sun
Yet Sen man for many years hav-
ing been abroad with Or. sun. put
Up a stiff fight against the soldiers
when they attacked the arsenal. His
gGard was outnumbered. however,
ami he was finally forced to fee.
Declaring vengeance upon Jue. the
soldiers are reported TO have looted
the Jue home and grave fears were
entertained by the foreign commun-
| ty and many OF the Chinese as to
the safety OF Miss Jue.
A rescue party. headed by Alfred
j. Croft. instructor OF aviation in
Canton and former instructor at san
Antonio Texas. during the war with
Germany. waited until night when
there was a lull in the firing then
entered the inner city.
Soldiers Enter Home.
Hurrying through the narrow
streets. deserted except FOR the sol
diers on guard. they finally reached
| the Jue home.
The soldiers had been there. but
no member OF the family could be
found. From neiehbOrS and servants
however. Croft learned that while
the soldiers battered down the front
door and looted the first floor of the
home Miss Jue-who is afraid of
nothing from looping the loop 10 do
ing tail spins-escaped from an up
per story OF the house 10y climbing
down rope.
She landed in a court yard in the
rear OF the house and managed TO
escape to the home OF friends. She
took the first boat for HongkouI
and is now in that city
Miss Jue is very remarlIa BILE
young woman, according to Croft.
She took to flying the way a duck
takes to water and learned to ny
i'm less than a month. She had only
ten hours iustruction-last Novem-
ber-but mastered many spectacular
stunts
Docs Difficult Stunts.
She loops the loop. does the diff
hcult Immelman turns. the falling
leaf and tail spins with the same
ease and pleasure as a New York
girl foxtrots.
Every day for several months Miss
Jue has been out to the Canton
aviation grounds She takes "A keen
delight in flying and is more steady
and reliable than many OF the young
officers.
While Miss Jue has never been TO
America, having been educated at
girls school i'm Shanghai her father
is a United States citizen.
She is % years OF age and a be-
lever i'm the advancement OF the
Chinese woman.
Croft. her instructor, began nyiHg
in 1914 in san Diego. Later he flew
in many Of the Atlantic coast fields
and during the war was instructor
at Brooksfield. san Antonio. Texas.
Following the war he came out 70
tho philippines with the Curtis Avia-
tiCn Co. later becoming instructor
for the Philippine government.
Southern Government Instructor.
Last year he came to Canton as
instructor for the southern govern
mcnt and has been training a large
number Of officers. According 10
Croft these boys can fly andre
Cardless OF the side on which they
are fghting-can do effective work.
Croft had a narrow escape on the
day the Chen Chiuns-ming forces
cartured Canton The military coup
d'etat was accomplished so quickly
and was such a surprise that he
didn't know anything about il. He
had an early breakfast and left
SEameen Island where the foreign
community live and which was un-
disturbed during the night. and ar
rived at the aviation plant as usual
He noticed an unusual number of
soldiers i'm the streets but didn't
worry. as soldiers i'm China are as
plentiful as real estate offices i'm
Southern California.
Finds Things i'm Tumult.
Arriving at his office he found ev-
erything in disorder Further in
vesugation showed that the planes
were damaged, the gasoline gone. all
equipment vanished Seeing three
mer who looked like coslies prawl-
ing around he put them out forcibly
Then he was amazed 10 discover
that they woreguns i'm their belts.
NIcre and more soldiers arrived
some I'm uniform. threatening and
menacing. Without stopping 10 in
ycstigate the unusual circumstances
or discussing matters Croft depart
81 j nhaste Upon reaching his
home he learned OF the capture of
Canton and the flight OF Prest Sun
Vat Sen. and then he began to worry !
about what might have happened.
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