Evening star., 1940-09-01

in training at the F. B. 7. Academy
at Quantico, Va. He was on his way
to his first regular assignment, in
the Chicago office of the F. B.
On the way he was TO meet his
flancee at Pittsburgh. She is Miss
Sylvia Pecori of McKees Rocks, Pa.
and was waiting for Mr.. Pesci al
the Pittsburgh airport. He was a
graduate of Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, where he was on the
football team. His father, Carlo
Pesci, lives in Blairsville.
Margaret l.. Turner, a stenog-
rapher in the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation. Miss Turner, who
was 26 and was a native Of Hud-
dleston, Va, was leaving on her va
cation.
Miss Evelyn W. Goldsmith. an
employe in the cooperative rela-
tions division of the Rural Electri-
fication Administration. Miss Gold
smith, who was about % and an
only child, had come to Washington
to work only a month ago. She was
on her way to visit her mother
Mrs. Ethel Goldsmith, in Pittsburgh
over the week end, returning her
motherSs visit of a week ago. She
had told friends she wanted to fly
so she could have IL hours more al
home. Miss Goldsmith graduated
recently from the University OF
Pennsylvania. She lived at 1900
Euclid street NV.
Lowell Scroggins, pilot of the
plane. Capt. Scroggins had 20 years
flying experience, including u years
with Pennsylvania Central Airlines
primarily on the Washington-Pitts-
burgh run. He belonged to a group
called the Million Milers," a ma
tional organization of pilots who
have flown more than a million
miles.
j. P. Moore, co-pilot of the plane
Mr.. Moore, who was 90, lived at 1910
North Danville street, Arlington, Va
He had just come to P. c. A. from
South America, where he piloted
planes for T. A. C. A. A friend OF
the co-pilot said Mr.. Moore's wife
was in Beaver, Pa, his home town,
where she is about to become a
mother.
Miss Margaret Carson, stewardess
on the plane. Miss Carson, whose
home was in Pittsburgh. shared an
apartment in Colonial Village, Va,
with three other airline stewardeSseS.
Before becoming a stewardess, Miss
Carson was a student at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, where, over
riding her mothers objections
friends said, she took an aviation
course. She had been living at 1901
Key boulevard, Colonial Village
since June.
John r. Staire, jr.. P. C. A. traffic
representative. Mr.. Staire, who was
"a, had been with P. c. A. only
since Monday. Before that, he was
employed as a dance instructor ir
the Arthur Murray Dance Schoo
here. A graduate of the University
of Maryland, he had been attending
Georgetown University Foreign
Service School at night. Friends
said he was going to his home in
Morgantown, w. Va. to visit his
father. a mining engineer. 1t was
said that he planned to meet his
fiancee, who was coming from Gin
cinnati to join him. He had beer
living at 1925 Eighteenth street NV
for more than a year. This was his
first airplane trip.
Mrs. X. M. Hale, Pittsburgh. Mrs.
Hale, who had been visiting friends
in Charlottesville, Va, where she
at one time resided, was the sister
of Harry w. Zinsmaster, director
of the Northern Pacific Railway.
Another brother. the late Marcellus
ZinsmaSter, a DeS Moines bakery
owner, was killed in an airplane
crash in Utah in 1888. Mrs. Hale
had left Charlottesville yesterday
morning and was returning to her
home in Pittsburgh.
II. ]. Hofferth, Chicago, safety
engineer for an insurance broker
Mr.. Hofferth made his first plane
trip to Washington Friday and was
returning home last night. He haG
wife and a seven-weeks-old
daughter.