Java-Bode, 7 Nov 1949, p. 2: reports the murder of Dutch inspector Th. Pluyter by a gang at Masamba, which Aneta says is led by Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud; six gang members arrested; East Indonesia government condemns the 'cowardly murderous lust'. Frames a woman politician as a terror-gang leader.
Java-Bode, 8 Nov 1949, p. 1: same Makassar correspondent report as the Indische Courant piece. Salawati Daud, municipal councillor and 'very well-known extreme-left lady', is said to have led the Masamba prison raid and the abduction of Th. Pluyter using the mayor's car; arrested in a cave; presented as exposing a poli
Whole front page, Java-Bode, 8 Nov 1949. Lead article repeats the report that Salawati Daud led the Masamba gang, took the mayor's car and was arrested in a cave, framed as exposing a party. Other articles: Dutch RTC ratification, UNCI, Nehru on Indonesia, ECA aid, Stalin and Chinese communist news, Greek women's prote
Short item, Java-Bode, 10 Mar 1950, p. 2: lists the newly elected Jakarta municipal council; Mrs Setiati Surasto sits for the women's association. Same text as the Indische Courant item of 29 Mar 1950, with variant spellings.
Java-Bode, 22 Apr 1950, p. 2: the NIT cabinet decides to release those arrested over the Masamba, Kakas, Remboken and Tondano affairs, including Salawati Daud, while armed gangs attack posts in South Sulawesi; Major Pieters says APRIS will suppress them. Same text as the Indische Courant item.
Short item, Java-Bode, 30 Jun 1950, p. 3: the South Sulawesi representative body, now the Komite Nasional Indonesia Sulawesi Selatan, elects Salawati Daud, a well-known Makassar political figure, as chair; notes her Masamba arrest and release with other political prisoners.
Short item, Java-Bode, 14 Aug 1950, p. 2: Sobsi, peasant and youth groups and the women's organisation Gerwis form a People's Committee for the Commemoration of the 1945 Proclamation, protest their exclusion from the official committee and call 17 Aug 1950 a day of mourning. Same text as the Indische Courant item.
Short item, Java-Bode, 24 Aug 1950, p. 1: Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into APRIS and to set up a commission to study their proposals.
Java-Bode, 1 Nov 1950, p. 2: sympathetic piece on the South Sulawesi guerrillas. Notes Lot Salawati Daud was freed on 30 Oct after ten days in detention, perhaps due to protests by 29 parties and organisations, and that a government commission under Makmun Sumadipradja seeks talks with the guerrilla leaders, who want r
English-language news-in-brief column, Java-Bode, 20 Jul 1951, p. 2. Only the final Dutch paragraph concerns Gerwani: Gerwis (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar) recently commemorated its first anniversary at Hotel Kali-Taman in Salatiga with local organisations attending. The rest of the column is not related.
Short item, Java-Bode, 22 Aug 1951, p. 2: a Defence Ministry spokesman comments on reports that Salawati Daud went into the South Sulawesi interior to contact Kahar Muzakkar, regrets leaders wanting to negotiate with him and insists on strict compliance with government instructions.
Java-Bode, 8 Sep 1951, p. 2: the Chinese government invites B.M. Diah, Tabrani, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Zachai and Mrs Trimurti of Gerwis to the PRC's second anniversary in Peking on 1 October; Diah, Tabrani and Trimurti accept. Same text as the Indische Courant item.
Whole page, Java-Bode, 8 Sep 1951 (columns interleaved, some English items). The only Gerwis-relevant article reports that the Chinese government invited B.M. Diah, Tabrani, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Zachai and Mrs Trimurti of Gerwis to the PRC's second anniversary celebrations in Peking; Trimurti accepted.
News-in-brief column, Java-Bode, 20 Oct 1951, p. 1. Relevant item: a new Gerwis branch was recently founded in Palembang with Mrs Rosmani Zaelani as chairwoman. Other items cover Darul Islam, army matters, drought and smallpox.
Java-Bode, 25 Mar 1952, p. 2: East Java conference of the Committee for Victims of the August Raid in Surabaya with PKI and Gerwis delegates; resolution demands release of Kediri detainees, support for families and visiting rights. Same text as the Indische Courant item of 29 Mar 1952.
Java-Bode, 16 Apr 1952, p. 1: Gerwis hands a letter to the Egyptian consulate protesting the Cairo governor's ban on women voting in Egyptian elections, communicated to Doria Shafik of the Daughters of the Nile, and urges its withdrawal.
Java-Bode, 23 Apr 1952, p. 2: Kartini Day commemoration at a packed Garden Hall in Jakarta, organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI; Miss Ainun speaks. Also notes Kartini events at the AURI wives' association and in Bandung.
Short item, Java-Bode, 19 May 1952, p. 1: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to Gerwis's letter delivered during her April Jakarta visit, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea while admitting a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shorter version of the Indische Courant item.
Short item, Java-Bode, 24 May 1952, p. 2: Salawati, ex-mayor of Manado, tells student ex-soldiers that Kahar Muzakkar ordered his followers to arrest and kill her.
Java-Bode, 26 May 1952, p. 2: Gerwis announces it will celebrate International Children's Day on 1 June with other organisations but form no central committee this year, leaving it to branches; the Jakarta children's week was an experiment approved at the Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference.
Java-Bode, 31 May 1952, p. 2: at Gerwis's initiative a 1 June Committee with Gerwis, Sobsi, Pemuda Rakjat and IPPI representatives organises Children's Day contests on Merdeka Square for about 4,000 registered children and will distribute over 6,000 old garments to poor children of Tanah Abang and Senen.
Java-Bode, 11 Aug 1952, p. 2. Mostly a Surabaya court verdict over the 1950 'Koalas' boat theft; the Gerwani-relevant item is an Aneta note that the East Java Gerwis conference decided to send Mrs Tam, Sulami and Warmi to the Asian peace conference in Peking.
Java-Bode, 19 Aug 1952, p. 2: Perwari, Wanita Rakjat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis and Pekerdja Wanita meet in Jakarta and agree to jointly urge the government to withdraw its new regulation on pensions for civil servants' widows; a delegation will see the prime minister.
Java-Bode, 27 Aug 1952, p. 2: Miss Sulami, secretary of the Surabaya committee for victims of the August raids, says something is wrong with the arrestees' release, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and says the raids were a general attack on the anti-imperialist people.
Java-Bode, 12 Sep 1952, p. 2: a Salatiga federation of local women's organisations including Perwari and Gerwis decides to found a foundation for widows of victims of the freedom struggle, to support those denied government aid; 50 such widows are recorded in Salatiga.
Java-Bode, 28 Oct 1952, p. 2 (begins mid-article): after a Borneo demonstration a delegation sees Governor Murdjani; in Yogyakarta parties and organisations including Gerwis, PKI, PNI and Partai Wanita Rakjat sign a statement urging early general elections and warning that dissolving parliament now would strengthen fas
Whole page, Java-Bode, 28 Oct 1952, on the dispute over dissolving parliament after the 17 October affair: demonstrations in Medan and Banjarmasin and statements by GPII and PIN. A Yogyakarta joint statement, signed by Gerwis, PKI, PNI and Partai Wanita Rakjat among others, urges early elections and warns that dissolvi
Short item, Java-Bode, 31 Jan 1953, p. 2: the Gerwis central board receives word from the WIDF about the world women's congress in Denmark in June 1953, which will stay aloof from politics, faith or skin colour and concern itself solely with women's and people's interests.
Short item, Java-Bode, 1 Apr 1953, p. 2: Gerwis takes the initiative to hold a conference of women's organisations in Jakarta on 2-3 April, ahead of the world women's congress in Denmark, to discuss sending a delegation; press conference on 4 April.
Java-Bode, 7 April 1953, p. 2: short news item listing the Indonesian delegation to the international women's congress in Denmark (Copenhagen), leaving end of May. Gerwis is represented by S.K. Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi; other members come from Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat, Sarbupri and as individuals