Word: martially
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Without declaring martial law (he did not have to because Washington is Federal territory). President Hoover ordered Secretary of War Hurley to call out the Army from Fort Myer in nearby Virginia. Secretary Hurley passed the command along to handsome, well-tailored General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff, in the following crisp dispatch...
...only two were of any importance; a southern, Catholic, reactionary state, still talking Secession, representing Bavaria, and a central, industrial state representing Saxony. Then picture President Hoover, one week before a national election, suddenly throwing the entire New York State Government out of office, assuming the Governorship himself, declaring martial law and doubling the size of the U. S. Army by attaching to it the New York State Police. Precisely parallel was what happened in Germany last week...
...Cabinet. Even so, Chancellor von Papen was not quite sure enough of himself to offend the southern provinces unnecessarily. With Minister of the Interior von Gayl he hurried to Stuttgart, assured the Premiers of Bavaria and Baden that he had no intention of abolishing their states' rights, that martial law in Prussia was an emergency measure entirely and would probably be lifted "in a few days." Fervently he promised to abide by the results of the July 31 elections...
...Passionate President Daniel Salamanca of Bolivia whooped for war with Paraguay, declared martial law, aroused Bolivian patriots to pledge more than $200,000 for the conduct of the war, said in one of his milder moments, "It seems to me that the moment is not yet opportune for bringing the Bolivian people to serene and favorable reflection looking towards a pacific understanding with Paraguay...
...barricaded themselves in an inn after waylaying a truckload of Nazis. There were brawls in Berlin, Cologne, Munich. The situation was serious enough for both Chancellor von Papen and Adolf Hitler to go out to East Neudeck and confer earnestly with President Paul von Hindenburg. First reports were that martial law was about to be declared throughout Germany. Correspondents waited but no announcement appeared. Another story was generally accepted: the 90,000 blue-coated Schupos (Prussian state police) were about to be mustered under the control of the central Government along with other state police -which would mean the practical...