Indonesia in the Netherlands
Column 'Indonesia in the Netherlands' by the paper's Dutch editor (1950-10-25, p. 3): the Aernout case of alleged KNIL corruption, a court martial, worries that Indonesian students in the Netherlands follow communists and Moscow-led groups, a Volksuniversiteit Indonesian culture evening, and troop transfers. Only a mat
Advertisement (Blue Band prize draw, results)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra page-4 advertisement (1 Apr 1952): a long Blue Band/Unilever prize-draw winners list (cars, scooters, radios, etc.) with hundreds of names and towns. 'M. Caropeboka - Bogor' appears as a ballpoint winner. Nothing indicates any link to Sumiyarsi Siwirini Caropeboka; the name match is coincide
Indonesia commemorates Kartini's birthday
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Apr 1952, p. 2: report on Kartini Day commemorations in Jakarta, Bandung, The Hague and the US. At a packed Garden Hall meeting in Jakarta organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI, the audience sang the Kartini song and observed a minute's silence.
Captain Cook with strangely quiet children: the Dutch house, a cold deserted harbour
Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 20 January 1958, p. 3: reporter's account of the arrival at IJmuiden of the Captain Cook with about a thousand Dutch and Indo-Dutch evacuees expelled from Indonesia after the December 1957 takeover of Dutch enterprises. It records broken families, fears and a claim that communist union cars