German Assaults Repelled Across Front in Verdun Sector
A French communiqué outlines renewed fighting between Meuse and Moselle with heavy bombardment and counterattacks. German efforts in Apremont and Pretre forests were checked, with gains noted near Fay-En-Haye. A German attack on a Fecht bridgehead at Sondheim was repulsed. aerial operations by 35 planes are mentioned amid winds.
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Haute Challanchee
Sixtenth Corps
Meuse
Moselle
Apremont
Pretre Forest
Regnisville
le Pretre
Vosges
Fecht
Sondernach
Stra‘tes
Vignoulles-Les-Hattenchatel
Calonne
Forest of Apremont
Vienna
London
Yenterdey
Redinuglia
Carinthian
Ayrolean
Berlin
Souches
Caberet Rouge
Arras
Verdun
Germans Bombard Arras and Verdun Front Update
London and Paris dispatches report German actions across multiple fronts. Bombardments target Arras and surrounding areas with heavy artillery and incendiaries. French and German communiqués claim unchanged strategic situations, with gains near the Souches refinery and cemetery, and renewed efforts to seize key positions near Verdun.
Fire destroys cathedral of Saint Vaast in bombardment
Incendiary shells set the cathedral ablaze and fuse shells hindered fire response. By July 6 at about 7 am the roof burned and the building was consumed except for some organs. The departmental archives saved from the palace cellar, while sacred ornaments and furnishings were removed.
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Saint Vaast
Bain¢ Vaast
Love Balm Case Seeks $12,000 Check Possession
George B Rauch, linked to the Credit Men's association, faces a sensational suit over a $12,000 check described as a love balm. His accuser Misa Stella Griffin, once of Villa Rica Georgia, could not be located. her attorney refused to reveal her whereabouts. Bail was set at $25,000 for travel proceedings. Rauch denies the charge and claims he never saw the check or employed the accuser. He may remain in jail for five days awaiting a judge to dissolve the case.
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George B. Rauch
Credit Men's Association
Misa Stella B. Griffin
Villa Rica
Juaga Ro R. Jackson
Rauch
State Road Bill Advances Amid Railroad Property Debate
The joint W and A committee plans hearings with ex Governor Brown and Judge Hart to hear public comment. A Friday trip to Chattanooga will examine state property before any further legislative action on the Western and Atlantic railroad is expected.
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Atlantic Railway
Geners
Sald Tute
Ann
Eatern and
Atlantic Railway Ag
General Assembly
Afcremald
Brown and Hart
Western and Atlantic Railroad
House
Senate
Joseph M. Brown
Dudge John C. Hart
Wand A
Chattanooga
Woodward Claims to Have Evidence
The city board discusses discipline and assignments at the police department. Officer Long is to receive full day for suspension, Chief Beavers to be reproved, and Greer may be removed from the Peachtree-Linden beat amid allegations by George Bell Jr. Chief Henvers seeks authority to destroy contraband liquor, with hospitals declining quantities. Commissioner Johnson to investigate funds for streetcar fare for plainclothes vice officers.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Beavers
Long
Oficer Long
S. A. Greer
George L Bell, Jr
Bell
Greer
Peachtree
Linden Street
Henvers
James W English
Sixth Ward
PB. Pain
Andy FR King
Robert Holland
YC “Vaughan
Robark Clarke
Edwin Johnson
Woodward
J D Simaon
W. A. Verney
Robert Pace
Heavers
Faln
Counch
Funds Squandered At School For Deaf Funds Squandered At School For Deaf
A House committee discussed legislation creating a state auditor and revealed alleged misused funds at the state institute for the deaf and dumb at Cave Springs. It is claimed $5,000 to $7,000 of a $45,000 annual appropriation is not used for the institution’s benefit, prompting calls to halt or adjust the allocation. Ayer urged investigation and possible move to a more central Georgia location. A commission to study relocation was proposed but not yet formed.
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House
Ledbetter
Polk
Bullard
Campbell
Office of State Auditor
Ught
State Institute For the Heat and Dumb
Cave Springs
Biila
Messrs. Ledbetter
Iam
Ayer
Institute For the Deer and Dumb
Chatham
South Georgia
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Georgia
Senate
School For the Deaf
Macon
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Griffins
Many Bills Favored by Senate Committees In Georgia
A Georgia senate committee session favored multiple bills. A proposal requiring gasoline retailers to post a large sign with specific gravity was tabled for further study. Dobbs sought a misdemeanor for desertion of wife and child. Other measures passed favorably or advanced, including court term adjustments for several counties and a state purchase of Georgia Form Book and Procedure. A separate report covered form book provision and a house senate committee joint move to investigate. A drowning accident in Lynchburg, Virginia claimed three lives as a rowboat capsized on the James River.
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Boykin
Senate Committee On Special Juridiciary
General Judiciary Committee
Dobbs
Hilla
Turner
Arnold
Clay
Fort Gaines
Tattnail Superior Court
Smith
Toombs
Toombs County
Lansford
Lee
Leesburg
Bedi
Murray
Murray County
Cooper
Ware
House
Senate
Wilson Devoting Time to German Note
President Wilson is shown working on the German note amid questions over whether Americans aboard the Lea were aboard when struck and whether evacuees were first carried to the Normandy before the belligerent ship’s destruction. Officials debate if Germany’s policy may hint at a temporary truce during negotiations.
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Wilson
Imeagre
Normandy
Juny
United States
Germany
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