GA-00646 1955-06-09 relevance C public
Wanita Demokrat (Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Semarang)
Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Semarang: new board and kindergarten
De Locomotief, 9 June 1955: the Semarang branch of Wanita Demokrat Indonesia forms a new board (names garbled; a Soetanti and Sri Soetanti appear) and will again open a Froebel kindergarten on Jalan Karangtempel. Gerwani is not mentioned; the Soetanti here is not identified as Soetanti Aidit.
De Locomotief, 9 Jun 1955: cabang Semarang Wanita Demokrat Indonesia membentuk pengurus baru (nama rusak; muncul Soetanti dan Sri Soetanti) dan akan kembali membuka sekolah Froebel (TK) di Jalan Karangtempel. Gerwani tidak disebut; Soetanti di sini tidak terbukti Soetanti Aidit.
“"...the Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Semarang branch, will again open a Froebel school [kindergarten], at Djalan Karangtempel no. 280."”
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- Date
- 1955-06-09
- Creator
- De Locomotief
- Publication
- De Locomotief
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1955–1959
- Source archive
- Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
- Access
- open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Locomotief (1955-06-09) - Wanita Demokrat [Delpher ddd-011178569-a0037].txt
- OCR / text
- Poor (0.645) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
- Summary basis
- full text read; OCR largely unreadable
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