Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
ILNDBERGH TO GET
! CH|NA'S AIR MEDAL
Nations First Presentation
Is. Voted-New Relief Hop
i to Flood Area Planned.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, September 25.-Chiang
Kai-Shek, President of China, received
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the
National government Offices here today.
As a token of admiration Of his dis
tinguished record and in appreciation
of his volunteer services in the cause
of flood relief in China, the National
Government Council voted to award
Lindbergh China's newly-established
aviation medal.
TIindbergh will be the first aviator.
foreign or Chinese, to receive the medal.
Chang Kai-Shek is expected to present
the decoration at ceremony IN the
government Offices tomorrow.
The flyer also visited Foreign Minister
Wang, Communications Minister Wang
Peh- Chun, Minister of Industry H. Fl.
King, the acting minister of the navy,
Admiral Chen Shao-Kwang, and the
Mayor of Marking, DR.. Wei Tao-Min.
American Consul Peck accompanied
him.
Have Tea With President.
After the round of calls on govern
Ynent leaders, Col Lindbergh and Amer
lean Consul Peck were luncheon guests
of T. " Soong, minister of finance.
In the afternoon Col. Lindbergh
visited the American destroyer Nc
Cormick, anchored off Hsia Kwan,
Markings port on the Yangtse River,
where he was the guest of Condr. e. W..
Mckee, commander of the 14th
Destroyer Division, and Lieut.. Comdr.
J. H. Lawson, captain Of the Mccormick.
During the afternoon the Lindberghs
were entertained at tea given by the
President and Nine. Chang at the
presidential villa.
Nine. Chang, who was educated In
the United States, eagerly questioned
the flyers In English concerning the
flying they had been doing In the food
survey work.
Although the President does not
speak English, he fired questions at
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, with Nine.
Chang and American Consul Peck
serving as interpreters.
The President expressed his appreci-
alton Of the help that the Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh had been able to extend
to the people of China in a time of
unparalleled trial and distress.
Despite a busy day, Col. Lindbergh
found time to complete plans for flight
tomorrow over the Grand Canal food
area in Northern Kiangsu Province. In
addition to Mrs. Lindbsrgh, DR.. j. Heng
IIiu, director of the National Flood
Relief Commissions Department of
Hygiene and Sanitation, and DR.. j. B.
Grant, American faculty member of the
Peiping Union Medical College, will be
passengers in the plane.
VIII Garry Health Officials.
Lindbergh intends to alight at such
food centers as Yangchow, Taichow,
Hinghwa, Fowning and Yencheng,
spending enough time in each place to
permit the health experts to investigate
hygienic conditions and decide where
health units may be most proftably
stationed. The plane will also carry
vaccineS and other medical supplies.
One of the earlier findings of the
Lindberghs in previous flights over the
flood areas was that refugees concen-
trated in cities rather than in the
higher regions of rural districts.
On the three survey flights COM
pleted, with that of Wednesday, Anne
Lindbergh plotted the plane and her
husband annotated maps of the food
area, giving the Flood Commission its
first accurate knowledge of conditions
in Isolated parts OF Kiangsu and Anhwei.
Today the Lindberghs and the COM
missions engineers made careful eXami-
nation of Col. Lindbergh's maps and
the many photographs he took on the
three flights The consulate said Lind
bergh also was working upon report of
his food findings for the commission.
The Lindberghs, who few to China
from the United States on an aerial
vacation, still say they have no plans
beyond their food relief work. No So
cial engagements are on their calendar.
An official luncheon is being planned,
however, possibly for tomorrow.