European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Spectators take cover As German snipers open fire during festivities at the place de la concorde in just liberated  Strasbourg continued from Page 23 Herald Tribune and announced that the stars and stripes was on the Way. A they posted a sign a reserved for the stars and stripes a . Army a a Winget said. A i was told the germans looked real  once the City was secure Llewellyn and the rest of the staff moved up from Rennes and the colonel immediately ordered that the new Paris edition be on the streets within two weeks. Impossible he was told. The Herald Tribune Plant was in Good shape there were even ample supplies of newsprint but the operation lacked communications. There was no Way to get the news. A the impossible we do at once a Llewellyn said repeating his favorite injunction. A remember someone will get the legion of Merit for  a French civilian saved the Day. Only a few Days were left on Llewellyn a two weeks when the Man wandered in asking if anyone would like some teletype machines and radios head liberated from a German radio station in the Hills of St. Cloud. Winget borrowed a six by six from the circulation department hired a few French workers and together they lugged in several truckloads of the priceless signal equipment. Before Long the Reuters associated press and United press reports were rolling in and the staff had done the impossible. And Llewellyn was right. Somebody did get the legion of Merit. He did. By late 1944, circulation was approaching 1 million making the Paris operation one of the worlds largest papers. Rooney Jones Hodenfield and other correspondents continued to cover the front line outfits while a collection of top flight editors and copy readers were assembled to staff the burgeoning news desk. Moora was still managing editor but Llewellyn had moved up into the information and education division Hierarchy. Head been replaced by maj. Authur Goodfriend another former advertising executive who a also worked As a fashion writer. In the first Days in Paris the staff lived in the Plush hotel California just across the Street from the Tribune building on the Rue de Berri. Stripes was eventually ordered out however and the hotel was turned into a billets for the women a army corps. The staff Wasny to too pleased with the order until someone happened to notice the Fil parisian jeer a captured German Soldier. View at be Check time and the complaining promptly stopped. The staffs next digs the Saint Honor hotel were also deemed too Good for enlisted men and the stars and stripes was Given a collection of draft billets on the Etoille end of the champs Elysses. The staff promptly dubbed the place pneumonia Manor and just As promptly began looking for private accommodations. Continued on Page 26 saturday april 18, 1992 50th anniversary special edition a Page 25