Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-03-18 | Page 8 | Chinese Student Pilots like Snacks between Meals, Stars

Chinese Student Pilots Like Snacks Between Meals Stars Learn Lear i M B By ERNEST EST FOSTER HOLLYWOOD UP Ice UP-Ice Ice cream and snacks between meals are arc the things Chinese aviators like about the United States More than Chinese are learning learnIng learning learn learn- ing how to fly Americas America's new war- war craft at Williams field Arizona only 40 miles from the movie set seton seton seton on the Arizona desert for Gregory La Cavas Cava's Universal comedy Lady in a Jam Fraternizing between the flying students and actors is frequent The Chinese in their off-duty off hours are interested onlookers while shooting is going on Irene Dunne star of the production invites in invites invites in- in vites them occasionally as guests at a buffet luncheon Next to ice cream and apples and oranges between meals she learns the Chinese like ping pong pinball mac machines ines billiards motion pictures and Americans them them- selves The youths are graduates of the military academy at It previously was located at The men told me that when they had to leave they traveled on foot and in pow man ered boats 1000 miles from Nan- Nan chang capital of province to the academy at Miss Dunne relates Upon graduation from the academy at the end of two years they joined the Chinese air force and have considerable flight instruction in instruction instruction in in- in China in many cases under American supervision before before before be be- fore coming to the United States Many of them already have been in combat with the Japanese and one of the fliers has been credited credited credited cred cred- officially with the downing of four Japanese pursuit ships Now hes he's here learning how to handle the new American planes and cant can't wait to get back at the Japs in his new plane Almost all the Chinese aviators speak English They are regard- regard m ed as the cream of Chinas China J manhood Chinese movi have given Miss Dunne th the theof theof of the golden lily lady the thi her 1