Werner, Pete and Helen

Approx. 20 items: LAT news stories and editorial copies from the 1930s and 1940s on the activities of one-time City Atty. Pete Werner and wife Helen (described as a "political queen of the 1920s" in L.A.), transcripts of hearings, other information. Notable items: LAT obit copy, 5/11/1947, "Helen Werner, political 'queen' of 20s, dies" ; 25-pp. transcript (on onionskin paper), from Dist. Court of Appeal of State of California, 2nd Appellate Dist., Div. Two, "Edwin P. Werner, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. Southern California Associated Newspapers...Defendant and Respondent," filed 6/2/1949.