Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-04) lists new Indonesian Republic ministers of state. Mrs. K. Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti) of the Partai Buruh Indonesia is Minister of Labour with Wilopo (PNI) as deputy; others include Wikana, Hamengkubuwono IX and Maruto Darusman (PKI).
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-05, Antara, Yogyakarta, 4 July): interviews with new ministers. Labour Minister Mrs. S.K. Trimurti says the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national battle front, notes production shortfalls from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and wages depend on consumption; E
Nieuwe Courant, 7 July 1947, p. 2: S.K. Trimurti, Minister of Labour in the Republican government, tells Antara the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national fighting front, notes production shortages from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and says wages must consider total consumption and availabl
De Heerenveensche Koerier, 8 July 1947, summarising a Vrij Nederland exposé on the Dutch 'purge' in South Sulawesi (Dec 1946-Mar 1947), with sworn statements and over 20,000 reported dead. It quotes a letter from the women of Makassar protesting the soldiers' methods, signed on behalf of a women's social association by
Sunday Worker, 10 Aug 1947, p. 8: the OCR contains only a crossword puzzle (clues and grid), so the catalogued article on S. K. Trimurti as Indonesia's woman Minister of Labor cannot be read or checked. No Gerwani/Gerwis content is verifiable.
De Locomotief, 13 May 1948: satirical column by an 'Indonesian collaborator' on life in the Republic. It says former Minister of Labour S.K. Trimurti, after the fall of the Amir cabinet, is 'a wiser but sadder woman' who no longer speaks publicly, and that Republican women were reluctant to speak at meetings. Hostile,
De Locomotief, 7 Dec 1948: Army Contact Service report after the Madiun affair. It says Francisca Fanggidaej, earlier delegated to Prague by the BKPRI, was captured with Col. Djokosujono and PKI's Sardjono. According to her, 23 women were among Amir Sjarifuddin's troops; 14 surrendered with 800 men and 7 more on 29 Nov
Western Mail (Perth), 18 Aug 1949, reprint of Denis Warner's article presenting the Feb 1948 Calcutta youth conference as a Moscow-directed 'blueprint' for Asian revolution. Indonesian delegate Francisca Fanggidaej is listed among the 'guests'; Warner says there is little to show 'his' politics and doubts Indonesian in
Arnhemsche Courant, 7 Nov 1949: report that a gang terrorising the Masamba area of South Sulawesi killed factory inspector Th. Pluyter on 2 Nov; the gang is said to have been led by Makassar council member Salawati Daud, who drove there in a municipal car. A colonial-era press allegation against a future Gerwis/Gerwani
Bredasche Courant, 7 Nov 1949, article on a gang terrorising Masamba (South Sulawesi) that killed factory inspector Th. Pluyter; it names Makassar council member Salawati Daud as leader and adds that she has since been arrested and the gang broken. Colonial-press allegation against a future Gerwis/Gerwani figure. Other
Full front page (OCR) of the Bredasche Courant, 7 Nov 1949. Indonesia items cover Roem on RTC sovereignty transfer, Hatta on finances and left-wing opposition, and the arrest of 'gang leader' Salawati Daud, a Makassar council member accused of leading the Masamba gang that killed inspector Pluyter. Other articles (Male
De Locomotief, 8 Nov 1949 (Aneta): reports that Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud, said to have played a leading role in the Masamba gang that killed Pluyter, was arrested by troops in a cave about 8 km from Masamba. Authorities claim order was restored within a week. Other items (ILO meeting, cinema fire) un
Full front page (OCR, garbled) of De Locomotief, 8 Nov 1949, with the Aneta report that Makassar councillor Salawati Daud, said to have had a leading role in the Masamba gang that killed Pluyter, was arrested in a cave near Masamba. The page otherwise covers RTC follow-up, High Commissioner candidates, PSII demands and