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Walter Winchell reports on Joan Crawford spurning a 10 week tour, Louis Armstrong's 25th year as maestro, comic Mike Sachs nearly blind yet funny, Barbara Whitmore understudying in All My Sons, and Broadway chatter including Tallulah Bankhead and reviews of NBC CBS programs. The column blends theater gossip with political jibes and media ironies from New York.
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Rioting in Lahore Leaves 160 Dead Amid Partition Furore
Turmoil in Lahore as mobs kill at least 160 people and set fires while Punjab lawmakers gather to vote on partition. Delegates from Moslem League Sikh and Congress meet ahead of the assembly session to decide the province's division into Hindu and Muslim states within India.
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Partition plan advances amid Punjab unrest and rioting
The legislature backed a partition scheme under Mountbatten as Punjab’s Sikh minority presses for a homeland. Riots sparked a bomb attack in a crowded market killing five and injuring 40. Hospitals report 16 dead and 60 wounded as mobs clash and police shell the streets. Fire brigades battle at least 25 blazes. police and military patrols restore order.
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