STORY WAS WRITTEN IN MNEW YORK—lt;r.P-H G. W'ells' “The War of the Worlds ’ was published in 1898.It depicted an invasion of Mar-j tians who ianded In Wales in “space capsules and immediately proceeded with superior weapons, including a death ray, to devastate the earth.Unfortunately, they came from a planet where germs were unknown, and their invasion ended when they ail were laid low- by the earths mibrobes.Playwright Orson Welles said he had given his radio adaptation an American locale to “make it mote interesting' to American listeners.