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Next morning 600 Wisconsin guardsmen marched in, bivouacked on the broad lawns of the model village. But martial law was not declared and peaceful picketing was permitted...
First business of the day was to get a court martial busy trying the Dollfuss assassins. One ex-Sergeant Otto Planetta confessed to shooting the Chancellor. Said he: "Someone jogged my arm and the gun discharged. I then noticed what seemed to be only a shadow fall to the floor...
...court martial proceeded Vienna was roused to fresh alarm as 40 Nazis suddenly appeared at the hospital in which lay "King Anton" Rintelen, burst in and tried to rescue him. Smart police work nabbed eleven, but Austria closed the week uneasily convinced that there was still plenty of fight left in her Nazis...
...Olson, who moved into the Governor's office, revoked martial law, cancelled the call for the special Legislative session. But a pack of Legislators went to Bismarck anyway. Because "Bill" Langer is a hugely popular politician, because he was renominated for the Governorship after his Federal conviction, because North Dakota farmers believe he is defending them against the ogre of Big Business, his partisans decided to hold the special session, regardless of Ole Olson. The House, topheavy with Langermen, quickly met and organized, but the Senate was stalled by the lack of quorum. William Langer appeared before the House...
...under no suspicion as possible naval spies. Bright and early next morning, Turkish officers courteously conducted Professor and Mrs. Borden to the scenes of their molestation. When they identified the sentry and the six other soldiers these were promptly clapped under military arrest with promise of a rigorous court martial. To Professor Borden was returned his money, and Mrs. Borden was indemnified for her torn clothes...