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Then came a series of bulletin* and first hand rrpor tisiis from the scene Ore at the fic^t bulletin* Raid a meteor h«d hjncUd nearPnnccton, fcllUr;: 1,500 personaSoon, another bulletin announced that It hadn't been a meteor at all, but a metftl cylinder containing k**t range creatures armed with death rays who were warring on earth’* inhiblUnts Then on ictor, representing the Secretary of the Interior, c,im* on spoke of theterrible disaster Then other officials urged resident* to dec thecitiesNew York police leported that they handled thousands of call* e\ cn while the program wo* on ike air. Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, Philadelphia, and other cities within close ringc o£ the focal point of the “invasion” were equally swampedMany of the caller wanted to know whether it u. as 5 for to be n the cellar or on the mof during thetfu.attack. Other wanted to know the best way to flee Others wanted merely to be rdvised that It was not ro«iLThese were the persons least alarmed. The ethers jumped up and rnn out of their houses in wild panic In New York City, approximately 200 persons fkd their apartments in one block of Riverside Drive and ran us last ns they could toward Broadway, where police overlook them, soothed them, and sent them home.At Princeton, an unidentified man ran into the Prmecton Umveisity press club and informed the members thut he had seen the rocket and had seen the invaders piling out of It, each armed with a death ray There were other ‘’eyewitnesses’* who disappeared when it became generally known that there had been no invasion at allIn Newark, police were called to the Clinton Hills section by a report of a “ternWe gas accident. They found hundreds in the street, fleeing because they understood thatfjom the bombs drifting lowurd Nev. Yor*. What shalll I lt;U% ’At Orange, N J , a m-n riuM into a theatre to w.im liw audience, but the rnir.jgcr. who I'wdn t heard the program, wouldn't Ju him No ore wfci* more wcpr»*ed than officials a I the Columbia Broadcasting and Wtllci Kaily today, the **letn, U behalf ot VTcJes, Usucd Ibis statement“Orson Wcfli*. u behalf of the Mircury TbraUc of the Air, \t deeply regretful to kani that the H G Well* Iijiinj, *War ol the World*,* which wu« dciigncd a* entertainment, baj. uuaul so ne apprehension amorg Columbia nrtwork M*tner« far frem 1x pec ting Lhn rad 0 iudMft« to t.ike typ progrim a* fait rasher thin 1 fictional prt*A4r.t»tion, wi learnt d that I he cJri*-su H, G, Wells -lory, which has served «lt; m-ipiraUon for so many moving picture*. radio serials, and even comic strips might appear too old-fashioned foe modern consumption We can only suppose that ihc fpctial nature of radio which is ofU n heard in fragments. or in purU dttcorimucd from the whole, ho* led to Ihix m^under-s landing ”ir.b.Kt[Olilv»ei.*VHhi*1*2uuoIt•tl♦JERUSALEM,Rrillfth Troops in Gaza.Oct ' 31 —~Bnii thtroops^ occupied the coasts 1 city of Gn/a Saturday and made an wUmwvc search for arms and suspected rebel*. The inhabitants did not resist except for the throwing of four bombs, which exploded harmlessly.Uniontown Hallowe’en Tonight.UNIONTOWN, Oct. 31—Union -town Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are sponsors of the Mummers’ parade to be held here tongiht.Paramounl2 Grout FcnfitrOHl Today-'
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Connellsville Daily Courier
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 31, 1938
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