London—(UP)—
Hostilities between Russia and
Finland may end in an armistice in 10 days to three weeks, neutral diplomatic sources
said Wednesday following- Russia's confirmation that preparations for peace
negotiations were underway.
Allied Headquarters, Naples— (UP)
—
German armored forces, equipped
with radio directed robot tanks loaded to the turrets with high explosives,
struck with gathering force at the Anzio beachhead Wednesday in what appeared to
be their third major attempt to hurl the Fifth army invaders back into the sea.
Eniwetok Island, Feb. 29—
(UP)—
Staff Sgt. John'A. Bushemi of
Gary, Ind., Yank Magazine photographer, was killed in action today at the
height of the battle for this island. He was felled by a mortar blast which
painfully wounded Capt. Waldo Drake of Los Angeles, Pacific fleet relations chief,
and scratched Harold Smith, Chicago Tribune correspondent.
This was published in 1918; E. T. thought that it might be of
interest)
JUNE 26,1918 THE WATERLOO TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE NINE
Germany is again advancing against the Russians,
and the poor, helpless Bolsheviki are fighting them with wordy
protests. HUN armies are not only marching against Petrograd, in the Pskov district,
but' they are driving ahead in The province of Roslav toward the city of
Voronezh.
Finns May Accept Red
Terms
and Declare Armistice
Soon
London—(UP)—
Hostilities between Russia and
Finland may end in an armistice in 10 days to three weeks, neutral diplomatic sources
said Wednesday following- Russia's confirmation that preparations for peace
negotiations were underway.
London newspapers were even more
optimistic. The London Daily Mail said it would be surprising if Finland were
not out of the war "within a few days." The Finnish parliament in
secret session Tuesday night tacitly voted full confidence in the government,
perhaps even authorized it to accept Moscow's invitation to send a mission to
Moscow to negotiate a separate peace.
The German radio made no immediate
comment on radio Moscow's disclosure that Juho K. Paasikivi, former premier of
Finland, had discussed the possibilities of a separate peace with Mme.
Alexandra Kollontay. Soviet envoy to Sweden, at Stockholm. Radio Moscow, in
confirming that preliminary peace talks had begun, said Paasikivi first met
Mme. Kollontay Feb. I6 after a well
Known Swedish industrialist requested
the Soviet envoy to consent to a meeting.
Paasikivi said he was authorized
to "elucidate the conditions of the Soviet government in regard to
cessation of military operations on the part of Finland and in regard to
Finland's withdrawal from the war," radio Moscow said.
Nazis Using Robots
PRESS ATTACK
AT ANZIO WITH
ARMORED UNIT
Allies Holding Third Major
Enemy Attempt to Cut
Defense Lines.
Allied Headquarters, Naples— (UP)
—
German armored forces, equipped
with radiodirected robot tanks loaded to the turrets with high explosives,
struck with gathering force at the Anzio beachhead Wednesday in what appeared to
be their third major attempt to hurl the Fifth army invaders back into the sea.
Grimly-fighting Allied forces were
reported holding firm under every onslaught, but headquarters spokesmen
indicated the full weight of the Nazi offensive was just beginning to enter the
battle and that the decisive test lay ahead.
(A German high command communique
said a "fairly large" Allied battle unit had been encircled southwest
of Cisterna during the
initial Nazi attack.
(Front reports received at Allied
headquarters, possibly referring to the' same; incident, said .a British patrol
-'of company strength had effected a;';deep penetration .of the enemy lines
'and remained there for so: long that it was feared: lost.
(The patrol, later fought its way
back to the Allied lines with a number of prisoners.)
Mortar Blast Kills
'Yank
Photographer on
Eniwetok
Eniwetok Island, Feb. 29—
(UP)—
Staff Sgt. John'A. Bushemi of
Gary, Ind., Yank Magazine photographer, was killed in action today at the
height of the battle for this island. He was felled by a mortar blast which
painfully wounded Capt. Waldo Drake of Los Angeles, Pacific fleet relations chief,
and scratched Harold Smith, Chicago Tribune correspondent.
The slight, dark hiaired Bushemi,
a Veteran of five Pacific campaigns, was the eighth correspondent to die in
this theater and the second on Eniwetok atoll. Columnist Raymond Clapper was killed
in an airplane collision over the atoll a fortnight ago.
The Yank photographer was with a
group of correspondents approaching the front lines who suddenly became a
target for Japanese knee mortars fired from trenches less than 100 yards away.
Shrapnel cut an artery in Bushemi's
head and mangled his right leg. He lived less than three hours.
Drake's life probably was saved
when the shrapnel was deflected by his helmet.
(This was published in 1918; E. T. thought that it might be of
interest)
JUNE 26,1918 THE WATERLOO TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE NINE
Germany is again advancing against the Russians,
and the poor, helpless Bolsheviki are fighting them with wordy
protests. HUN armies are not only marching against Petrograd, in the Pskov district,
but' they are driving ahead in The province of Roslav toward the city of
Voronezh. The towns, Roventki and Vauliki, were seized by German troops,
ostensibly on behalf of the Ukrainians.At the same time the Cossacks, with
German officers, are advancing on Tsaritzln and Saratov, and the Bolsheviki arc
helpless to defend themselves because they have no troops in this region. Meanwhile
'peace negotiations" are on between the Ukraine republic and the
Bolsheviki
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