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GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-00622 1953-02-05 De Locomotief rel A

Gerwis-fröbelschool (Gerwis Froebel school)

Gerwis opens third Froebel school (kindergarten) in Semarang

De Locomotief, 5 Feb 1953: short note that the Semarang women's association Gerwis has opened its third Froebel school (kindergarten) on Jalan Dargo, already attended by 53 pupils. Evidence of Gerwis's early childcare and kindergarten work. The second item (archaeological dating) is unrelated.

GA-01033 1953-08-26 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Demonstratie tegen berechting van aanval op 'Vrije Pers' (Soerabaja, 1953)

Demonstration against prosecution over attack on 'Vrije Pers' (Surabaya, 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (26 Aug 1953, p.2): in Surabaya the trial began of 42 students accused of wrecking the Vrije Pers offices on 16 April; a demonstration by thousands of students and pupils against prosecution, reportedly also joined by Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI, demanded a press law and curbs on Dutch-l

GA-01034 1953-10-28 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Tegen het gedwongen huwelijk (Gerwis-conferentie, oktober 1953)

Against forced marriage (Gerwis conference, October 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Oct 1953, p.2): at its 25 October conference the Jakarta women's organisation Gerwis resolved on 'Menteng 31' (supporting its return to youth but asking the government to rehouse the girls living there) and on a forced marriage of a 60-year-old man to a 14-year-old schoolgirl, expressing