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Smith ripped the note handed it to the desk and watched As the machine continued to Hammer away the negotiations that preceded the signing had. And then the machine went dead. Smith grabbed a Telephone and hurriedly told the London staff gets a first look at the be Day edition May 8,1945. The Nice operator to get him Paris. A sorry a came the reply a but All the lines to Paris Are out. Some Farmers plough must have torn up the  a listen a Smith countered a this is the stars and stripes. The War is Over. We be got the Story but we done to know whether we can print it. You be got to get us through to Paris even if you have to route us through Rome or  a few minutes later Smith was talking to Paris demanding to know whether the Story could go. 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A veto War ends Quot the Altdorf edition reported in Type that Stair stepped across half of the front Page. Quot Victory a the Paris paper said. Finally from desk drawers and other hiding spots came the carefully hoarded bottles of Champagne and whiskey and other spirits. And like millions of others in Europe the stripes staffs toasted that much awaited thing called peace. Artist Gil Fox paints Plung Stadt s headline. Be Day. A the hell with it. I Ain t stand Lnu up till he does la Page 40 a 50th anniversary special edition saturday april 18, 1992 <3 Bill Mauldin 1945