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Page SixArizona Republic, Phoeni,, Saturday Morning, October 11, 1941SPREAD OF NAZI ‘MERCY KILLINGSBRINGSDeath Train Carries Away800 In Day(Special Republic Dispatch)BERLIN, Oct. 10—The spreading practice of “mercy killings,” quietly advocated by certain Nazi quarters, has come into the spotlight in Germany..An officially approved film, Ich Klage An.” tI Accuse) has made the question of killing mental defectives, Invalids and the incurably sick, because they are “unproductive under the Nazi concept, one of public debate.Practice DenouncedAt the same time the outspoken bishop of Muenster, Count Clemens August von Galen, has made an expose of Na2i “mercy deaths and denounced the practice. Some months ago the Lutheran bishop, Theophil Wurm of Wuerttemberg, also attacked “mercy death” teach-, ing in a letter addressed to Adolfj Hitler.Bishop Von Galen, who unhesitatingly speaks his mind and of late has even defied the Gestapo isreret police), warned that if the principle of “killing unproductive fell on’ creatures” is recognized, then even the lives of crippled war veterans and the aged aren't safe.“I have been assured that in the ministry of the interior and in the office of the reich’s leader of physicians lt;health director). Dr. Leonardo Conti, no secret is made of the fact that a great number of insane in Germany already have been deliberately killed and in the future are to be killed,* he declared as recently as August 3 in a sermon at St. Lamberti's Church, Muenster,Interpreting The War NewsNews Of Nazi Break Is Ominous For RedsBy KIRKE L. SIMPSON The Nazis' announcement that they have broken through the Moscow- defense lines on a front 300 miles wide sounds ominous.A gap that wide in Russian defenses would be almost double the distance from Vyazma to Orel, which has been considered the extremities of the central battle front. Measured on an air line, itwould expand the German drivei--------- ... ...... .—from Riev on the Volga, 80 miles- , , . , .north of Vyazma, to the viclnitv 0fJ1hrca^»ln? 10 surge eastward be-than lOOiUveen tWQ ITiain Russian armiesIT 7 Anfwti nlihKursk, something less miles south of Orel.If the 300-mil ft figure is baxrd on a curved front, bulging northeastward between Vyaxma and Orel, It would indicate that Tula, ISO mile* almost due south of Moscow. has been captured by the Nails. That wa» rumored but unconfirmed in Berlin.It would be against normal military practice to estimate the width of an attack in any but air-line measurement terms. Stated in mileage which followed the contours of an Irregular front, the figures would be meaningless. Width at the base of a salient and depth of penetration are the prime geometrical factors in military mathematics.Attack Widens There is a hint from Moscow, reported by London, that the German attack has widened northward to Rjev. If so, Moscow is definitely) menaced from the northwest as well as the west and southwest Rjev is an important river town on the Upper Volga and a rail junction from which the Vyazma “pocket, where several Russian armies are said to be trapped,______ho liHrtennrt »nrt rfpATW»n0ff. f ennllion the Moscow and Kharkov fronts.Provided there is no general Russian collapse in the center, Moscow still promises to be a tough nut to crack by siege, tougher even than Leningrad and Odessa. If Hitler can gain his own stated main objective in Russia, destruction of Red armies in the field, without attacking Moscow, he would be likely to do IL His generals certainly would urge it,He has formally proclaimed achievement of that purpose against Russian armies in the center. According to official German reports they are still caught, and sure to be annihilated, in the Vyazma and Bryansk pockets.New* b Meager There has been no mention yet in, German war bulletins of the situa-l lion on the Kharkov front east of: Kiev, but news from Moscow Indicates the Russians are planning to retire to a new line of defenses! there. Aside from that there is‘ little to show what is actualiv happening from the Upper besna, southwest of Bryansk and far west of Orel, to the Russian Vorskla rlv-] er line in the Poltava-Kremenchug sector, more than 200 miles to theiBarnett Rites Slated TodayFuneral services lor Mrs. Lucy J. (Mother) Barnett, who cooked the meals for more than l-.OOO boys attending Young Men's Christian Association summer camps between 1925 and 1939, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Grimshaw Mortuary.Services will he conducted by the Rev. C. Vaughan Rock, pastor ot the First Southern Baptist Church. Burial will be in Greenwood'Memorial Park.A native of Kentucky. Mother Barnett came to Phoenix in 1920 and a few years later began cooking for the YMCA cafeteria. When the cafeteria closed in the summer, she went in the same capacity to the boys camp each year.Tough Camping at StartInstead of the 540,000 permanent plant, which the association now owns in the Bradshaw mountains. Mrs. Barnett started out in the days when the camping was tough. Campsites were used near Prescott, on the Verde river near Fort McDowell, on the Salt river near Granite Reef Dam, and on Sycamore creek, near the Mazatzal mountains.Sometimes the tents stood against a storm. Sometimes they went over. Mother Barnett was there. every day of camp, cooking Inside! or outside as weather dictated.( There always was an extra snack for the lad that came in from a long hike and simply could not wait until supper time.In the earlier days, the YMCA summer camps did not have a registered nurse and doctor on the staff. More than once it was Mother Barnett who looked after the first aid because all of the camp leaders were away when some bovLERICALHarriman Says Reds TUflt; Will Win Over NazisLONDON, Oct. 10— (INS)—Russia remains confident of ultimate victory- and the end of hostilities will find that nation “one with which the United States can deal,\Y. Averell Harriman told the press today.In his first extended interview since his return from Moscow, where he headed the American delegation to the three-power conference, Harriman stressed the aid already being given to Russia.We are not giving Up service to an Ideal,” ho said.“American aid I* being given and is strengthening the railroad from the Persian gulf to carry Anglo-American aid toRussia.“Tlicre is no doubt as to the resoluteness of the Soviet government, Us intention to fight to the last and the faith of the people in ultimate victory.Spirit Consolidate*“The German invasion has resulted In a tremendous consolidation of the spirit of nationalism In Russia, which is finding expression in the gallant resistance of her troops. “Everything tends toward nation-km rntt' 1“ * ‘we can come to deal with after thewar.”Lord Beaverbrook, chief British delegate to the conference, said that Britain was supplying Russia with munitions on lend-lease terms without any money or limit to the amount of munitions supplied.“We wish to treat the Russians the same way we are being treated.“That is our general principle as laid down to Russia by Prime Minister Churchill x x xMorale Called High“The morale of the Russians is very high, but Britain must strain every possible nerve in order to Implement our aid.Speaking of the “amazing changes In Russia since his last visit there 15 years ago, Harriman said:“The Russian today is becoming an expert mechanic“American officers In Russia In connection with the training of Russian aviators and mechanics report that no group of Americana or British learned to fly new aircraft aa quickly and competently as the Russian* x x x“My judgment is that Soviet...in i -j ■ *............. WL.US iuwmu nanon-i My judgment is that Sovietallsm rather than Internationalism, I leaders will lead their people to and a nationalistic Russia Is onefight this thing through.”Escapee Flees To Law’s ArmsSANTA ROSA, CalifOct. 10 ■—{INSi)—Today4* most sheepish prisoner of the law i*Charles Hicktn, 38 yearn old, forger and *x-comict.Hickin net a record for Had timing when he made an attempt to eacape. A few min-Hitler KnellIs Promised■LONDON, Oct. 10—(lNS~Hit-j| lerism’s death bell is tolling/ Pieter S. Gerbrandy, premier of the! Netherlands in exile, said in : broadcast today.ANTS MILK THEIRown*js£7MANY ANTS PROTECT AND CARE FOR PIANT APHIDS WHICH COLLECT HONEYDEW FOR THEM. AH ANT WAY *Mi LK* 300*4O DROPS FROM A SINGLE APNfD ORCOV\f IN AN HOUR.ANTSBUILD PAPERY 'HOUSES’ FOR THEIR COWSATelephone^]•rrtJmANT5,FUE$tM0m!S MQSQUIT0^aUT3l9ISTANDARDSTANDARD oil COMPANY OP CALIFORNIA‘ •; lt;-/i:i|
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