On October 30, 1938, CBS broadcast a dramatization of  H. G. Wells' novel about an invasion of Earth by Martians; War of the Worlds.  The broadcast caused widespread panic, even though listeners  were advised four times that  it was a work of fiction.

Below are images of stories about the broadcast that appeared in the Joliet Herald-News the next day.

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Joliet Remembers the 1930s was written and produced by Jack Tegel and Roger Gambrel

Portraits of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt adapted from images available on the Library of Congress Website,
By Popular Demand; Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies