Oscar Emil Wade Werner

Background

Werner, Oscar Emil Wade was born on January 31, 1893 in Harvey, Illinois, United States. Son of Dietrich and Agnes (Zernecke) Werner.

Education

Graduate Los Angeles High School, 1910. Student Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1916.

Career

Began as reporter Los Angeles Evening Herald, 1911. Reporter Prescott (Arizona) Evening Courier, 1920-1922. Connected with Associated Press, since 1922, successively editor on Los Angeles staff, state capitol correspondent at Sacramento, Hollywood film feature editor, feature editor in London, England., staff writer at Berlin, chief of bureau, Vienna (covering February and July revolts, 1934).

Staff writer Berlin bureau, 1935-1937.

Chief of Moscow bureau, 1938-1939. Baltic bureau, Copenhagen, 1939.

Correspondent at front Russian-Finnish War, January-March 1940. Ottawa, 1940-1941; Washington, 1941-1943.

East.T.O., 1943-1945; signed dispatches “Wade Werner.”.

Achievements

• Oscar Emil Wade Werner has been listed as a noteworthy reporter by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary Eckles, June 15, 1916. Children: Miles Allen, George Carleton.