Chungking, Apr. 5.
Mr. Harry G. Smith, an: American from Wisconsin and one of the best-known air pilots in China, died in the Syracusan Hospital here this afternoon of typhus fever, M Smith, at one time personal pilot for Ceneral Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. T. V. Soong and General Chang Hsueh-ling, has, for the past six months. been ying Douglas air liners on the Chungking-Hankow route for the China National Aviation Corporation, A fine navigator and a skilled pilot, Mr. Smith held the confidence of his employers as well as the many passengers whom he carried over this route. The pilot is survived by his widow, two s daughter, who are at present ing near Los Angeles.—Reuter,
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