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Swiftly the new Premier decreed martial law, with a ban against all public gatherings and a dawn-to-dusk curfew, over restive, smoldering Italy. He formed a new cabinet sprinkled with military and professional names. In every action Pietro Badoglio and the aristocratic, clerical faction he represented showed the core of their ambition: They wanted a conservative, disciplined, monarchial Italy. They were not averse to keeping the gains of their league with fascismo. They still spoke of the "King Emperor," a title bestowed on the head of the House of Savoy after the conquest of Ethiopia...
...idea was put through by Ensign M. A. Gaertner, senior officer at Briggs Hall, and Lieutenant O'Neill, head of the NTS Welfare and Recreation office. "It as a delightful time" for the gang, but curfew, and at 1945 the Communications boys left the supply girls to their studies, wistfully singing "Good Night Ladies...
...called out 1,000 state troops, rushed in 500 state police, asked Fort Custer for 1,000 military police, and decreed a "state of emergency" for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which include and surround Detroit. Under the decree, all bars and restaurants were shut, a 10 p.m. curfew established. Still the rioting continued. Finally, after a proclamation by Franklin Roosevelt ordering the rioters to disperse, Federal troops marched in, cleared the streets...
Some reasons for this startling sobriety: hard training makes hangovers all but unendurable; strict penalties for drunkenness (30 days in the guardhouse at Randolph Field); liquor curfew hours in some towns adjacent to camps; sale of 3.2 beer in camp canteens (in World War I camps were bone dry and bootlegging was rife...
...over. At 10 o'clock a message arrived in Vichy informing Marshal Petain that the fleet no longer existed. Occupation of Toulon by the Germans was completed without further incident. Martial law was clamped on the town; the Mayor decreed an 8 o'clock curfew for all public places...