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
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra, reprint from Java-bode (11 Nov 1949, p.3) 'Dienstreis!': after the Palopo raid and kidnapping, police searched the home of Mrs Lot Salawati, a municipal councillor and 'very well-known extreme-left lady', who had borrowed the mayor's car claiming official business. Five students from a Maka
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Nov 1949, front page: correspondent's report from Makassar that Salawati Daud, municipal councillor and 'well-known extreme-leftist lady', led the armed gang that raided Masamba prison and abducted Th. Pluyter, using the mayor's car; arrested in a cave. Frames it as exposing a politi
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.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 29 Apr 1950, p. 1: the NIT cabinet decides to release all detainees from the Masamba, Kakas, Rembigen and Tondano affairs, including Salawati Daud, while armed gangs attack police posts and prisons in South Sulawesi; APRIS Major Pieters threatens military administration.
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.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Aug 1950, p. 3: South Sulawesi guerrilla question. MP Andi Lolo says no local solution remains; Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into the APRI as 'Brigade Hasanuddin'.
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
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 8 Nov 1950, p. 1: sympathetic piece on the South Sulawesi guerrillas ('Hasanuddin division'). Notes Lot Salawati Daud was released on 30 Oct after ten days' detention, perhaps after protests by 29 parties and organisations, and that a government commission seeks contact with the guerril
Merdeka, 18 Dec 1950, p. 2: report on the 15 Dec 1950 formation of the Komite Kesatuan Aksi Irian by the Badan Perjuangan Irian and 15 parties and workers', youth and women's organisations including Gerwis, alongside Bung Tomo's boycott of Dutch goods.
Merdeka, 8 Jan 1951, p. 1: mass rally at Lapangan Banteng demanding annulment of the KMB agreements, where the Gerwis speaker argued for annulment through its effects on women, citing mass dismissals.
Merdeka, 20 Feb 1951, p. 2: PKI protests France's 24 Jan 1951 expulsion of the WFTU, WFDY and WIDF from Paris; Gerwis and a printers' union send similar protests to the French minister.
Merdeka, 10 Apr 1951, p. 2: Antara from Semarang that the Gerwis central board (6 Apr 1951) endorses the 14-party joint programme (annul KMB, independent foreign policy, revoke SOB) and demands a broad national coalition cabinet.
Abadi, 11 April 1951, p. 4: Gerwis central board (Semarang, 6 April 1951) endorses the 14-party joint programme (cancel KMB, independent foreign policy, revoke SOB) and demands a broad coalition cabinet.
Abadi, 16 May 1951, p. 2: Antara report that International Children's Day (1 June), proposed by WIDF, would be celebrated in Indonesia for the first time by a Jakarta committee with Gerwis and SOBSI as secretariat.
Abadi, 9 June 1951, p. 2: Antara report of S.K. Trimurti, as Gerwis chair, at its first-anniversary event in Semarang: Gerwis is a mass organisation among women, not political; calls to end corruption and division.
Issue 14 of Wanita Sedar, fortnightly organ of Gerwis (25 July 1951). Covers preparation for the first Gerwis congress (57 branches, WIDF links), the Indonesian delegation to the Berlin youth festival including three Gerwis delegates, women in Czechoslovakia, and organisational news.
Abadi, 4 Aug 1951, p. 1: Gerwis central board statement (2 Aug) rejecting the visit of Hjalmar Schacht, invited by the Sukiman government, as a 'fascist champion' who would drag Indonesia toward a war economy.
Abadi, 9 Aug 1951, p. 2: a national 17 August committee separate from the government's, with Gerwis among attendees, adopts the Peace Defence Committee programme; plus a reader's letter on Schacht.
Abadi, 9 Aug 1951, p. 3: conclusion of a reader's letter by Harsja B. urging the Gerwis central board and other anti-Schacht groups to drop a stance based 'only on sentiments'.
Merdeka, 15 Agustus 1951 (hlm. 2): Antara report on Gerwis central board resolutions: gifts for victims of the revolution and colonial wars including those of the 'September 1948 affair', and an education programme of rebuilt schools and village people's schools.
Abadi, 15 Aug 1951, p. 3: Gerwis central board urges the government to give clothing or money to revolution victims and families on 17 August, including romusha, laskar, and victims of the 'September 1948 affair (from both sides)'.
Dutch newspaper report ('t Nieuws voor Kampen, 20 Aug 1951, p. 6) on the mass arrests of 26 people in East Java, including journalists, PKI and SOBSI officials in Surabaya, and the chairwoman of Gerwis, Mrs. Parjani Ilham. Officials said the arrests targeted no particular group.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1951-08-20, p. 2, beginning missing) lists those arrested in the Surabaya raids: Chinese-Indonesian editors, SOBSI and SBKA chairman Surono, PKI chairman Hutapa and board members, kampung officials, and Gerwis chairwoman Mrs. Parjani Ilham, plus a Chinese school pupil. Police seized portraits
De Nieuwsgier, 20 Aug 1951: report on the August 1951 Sukiman government sweep in East Java: 26 detained in Surabaya, including editors, SOBSI and PKI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chairwoman of Gerwis. Police seized Mao, Lenin and Stalin pictures. Officials say the arrests do not target a particular ideology. Early
De Tijd report (20 Aug 1951) on the mass arrests in East Java (August 1951 raids): 26 detained, including journalists, PKI Surabaya chairman Hutapea, SOBSI/SBKA officials and "the chairwoman of the women's organisation Gerwis, Mrs. Parjani Ilham". Authorities denied targeting any ideology.
Eindhovensch Dagblad front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the East Java arrests of 26 people, including journalists, the local PKI chair, SOBSI union leaders, and the chair of the women's organisation Gerwis, 'mevrouw Parjani Ilham' (as printed). Part of the August 1951 round-up; the paper links journalist Go Tjing Hok's
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (20 Aug 1951, p.1) on the Surabaya arrests of 26 people during the August 1951 round-up: journalists (Go Tjing Hok etc.), SOBSI chair Surono and Sutomo, PKI chair Hutapea, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation Gerwis. Police seized documents and portraits of Mao, Lenin and