Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-08-08 | Page 4 | Troops Arrive as Deaths Mount in India Riot |

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Date	1947-08-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Troops Arrive as Deaths Mount in India Riot
Type	article
Date	1947-08-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	4
OCR Text	Show Troops Arrive as Deaths aff s Mount ill in m India ladia R Riot ot LAHORE LAHORE India Au Aug 8 s WET UP- UP tir Military r i II I i it t a r y reinforcements tr were vue brought into the Punjab Friday as the death toll from rom Sikh Mos lern riots mounted and tension grew with the approach of ot the partition councils council's s decision on dividing dividing divid divid- ing this land r bel between n India and Pakistan Authoritative sources said nid that 70 persons were kill killed d Thursday in the district district district-a. a predominantly predominantly predominantly pre pre- dominantly Sikh area when area re when hen rovIng raT rov- raTing Ing bands raided villages stabbing and shooting shooting- villagers and firing thatched huts
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