Palma, today asked the Senate for authority to impose a nationwide "state of siege" following the abortive Nazi putsch here in which 58 persons were killed and twenty seriously wounded.
Shots rang out over the city last night as sympathizers demonstrated in favour of the Nazi workers and students who yesterday afternoon seized vital governmental agencies and buildings in an unsuccessful attempt to seize the reins of government.
Federal soldiers occupied Government House and strategic points in the capital to prevent a second attempt against the Government.
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