Broadcast Panic Over War of the Worlds Hit Nation
Thousands panicked as CBS and NBC aired Orson Welles War of the Worlds drama causing mass hysteria from New Jersey to Washington. Citizens fled, lights failed in Concrete Washington, and police and newspapers flooded with calls seeking gas masks and safety. Officials urged calm and FCC investigations to prevent recurrence.
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Pittshburgh
Concrete
Wash
West Coast
New York
Jersey
Mars
G. Wells
Osborn Welles
Welles
C.B.S
United States
Charlie McCarthy
N.B.C
Fayetteville
N. C
New Jersey
Providence TR
Providence Journal
Electric Company
Radio Mars Hoax: Martian Invasion Broadcast Frightens Cities
The Mercury Theatre drama about Martian invasion triggers widespread panic in the Southeast. Reports say Birmingham, Memphis, and Harlem residents react as bulletins describe explosions in New Jersey and alien forces. Authorities move to reassure public after a national radio broadcast simulating a science fiction attack.
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Intercontinental Radio News Bureau
New Jersey
Pierson
Wells
Mars
Columbia System
Columbia
Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre of the Air
H. G. Wells
Tampo
Intercontinental Radio News
Farrell
Mt. Jennings Observatory
Chicago
Illinois
Earth
New York
Princeton
N. J
Gray
Natural History Museum
Lloyd Gray
Grovers Mills
Splendid Health Record Revealed in Maryland Report
Washington county stood among six in Maryland with an entirely clean slate for diphtheria and no typhoid deaths in the first nine months of 1938, per the State Department of Health. The department reported 236 diphtheria cases and 3 deaths statewide in that period, compared with 62 cases and 17 deaths in the prior year’s same span. Baltimore City accounted for 163 cases and 2 deaths, while four counties contributed to the six total deaths.
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Washington County
Maryland
State Department of Health
Health Department
Baltimore City
Four Hurt In Pike Mishap East Of Hancock
Four persons, all occupants of an Ohio car, were injured in a two car collision on the National highway east of Hancock. Raymond Mort of Big Spring and Cecil Beal of Dresden Ohio drove the involved vehicles. Dixon Beal Elizabeth and Ethel Beal were treated by a Hancock physician. State Officer R F Lewis investigated. Three victims, Donald Stoner Edward Mowen and Mrs Anna May Myers, were later admitted to hospital with minor injuries. Several minor accidents occurred in Hagerstown with no injuries.
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Hancock
Raymond Mort
Big Spring
Cecil Beal
Dresden
Ohio
Mert
Galen M. Dixon
Elizabeth
Ethel Beal
R. F. Lewis
Donald Stoner
Locust Street
Edward Mowen
Franklin Street
Anna May Myers
Berger Avenue
Hagerstown
Photographer Robbed Yet Keeps Canton Images
Associated Press photographer Karl J. Eskelund arrived in Canton with his film after bandits stripped him of his clothes and camera while he traced the Canton Kowloon railroad toward Hong Kong. He said Chinese robbers held him six times and Japanese officials detained him briefly before Danish consulate help secured his release.
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Canton
Associated Press
Karl J. Eskelund
Eskelund
Canton-Kowloon
Hongkong
1939 predicted as better year for business by bureau
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast a 1939 to be stronger than 1938 but not as high as 1937, noting general US recovery yet modest price gains for farmers. Industries expected to lift production include autos, construction, steel, textiles, and consumer goods. consumer income rise may expand farm markets. In Berlin, Ribbentrop reportedly carried Italian plans for resolving the Czechoslovak Hungarian border dispute after talks with Mussolini.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bureau
United States
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Italy
Ribbentrop
Galeazzo
Liang
Mussolini
Taxi Driver Fined For Impromptu Wedding Run
Justice John D. Dunn fined a local taxi driver $1 under a state law banning jumping on running boards of cars. He warned future offenders face maximum penalties. A young couple, married last Saturday, reported being escorted by the driver from Middlebury Pike to a courthouse then to a minister, and finally back to the car. The mother of the bride, present, questioned the ceremony as the driver urged a minister of his choice. Police Capt. Peters and Patrolman Knode made the arrest. A courthouse check shows one city minister married 73 couples this month so far.
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John D. Dunn
Dunn
Middlebury
Lcense
Justice Dunn
Capt. Peters
Knode
Death of John T. Barton ruled unavoidable
Coroner's jury in Waynesboro finds the death of 82 year old John T. Barton of Blue Ridge Summit unavoidable after he was struck by an automobile driven by Dr. William A. Guenon on Sunday evening. Also reports Ten Storm Troopers killed in Germany when a bus crashed into a train on October 31.
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John T. Barton
Blue Ridge Summit
Waynesboro
William A. Guenon
Gethin
Germany
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Jewelry Store
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Xtra
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Ivory
East Washington ST
Department of Agriculture
Clovis
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Herald-Mail
Splendid Health Record
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Economic Bureau
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