'That's it!': How a world war ends
The Number 1 Associated Press Teletype machine at the Chicago Daily News was more audio than video -- the mechanical clicking as the ribbon bar moved up and down, up and down, behind the plastic face on the black, oversized, first cousin to a typewriter.
Up and down. Up and down. No letters. No words.
Then --
WASHNGTON -- (AP) -- President Truman --
"That's it!" cried Telegraph Editor George Dodge.
-- announced at 6:00 p.m. (Chicago Time) tonight --
"That's it!" He fairly whooped.
--Japanese acceptance of surrender terms.
The roller ratcheted up, so he could tear off the bulletin.… Seguir leyendo »