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Bendeleidster Lot Salawati gearresteerd in grot (Gang leader Lot Salawati arrested in a cave; full front page)

Gang leader Lot Salawati arrested in a cave (full front page)

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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 protest.

Halaman depan lengkap Java-Bode, 8 Nov 1949. Artikel utama mengulang laporan bahwa Salawati Daud memimpin gerombolan Masamba, memakai mobil wali kota dan ditangkap di gua, dibingkai sebagai pembongkaran sebuah partai. Artikel lain: ratifikasi KMB di Belanda, UNCI, Nehru tentang Indonesia, bantuan ECA, berita Stalin dan komunis Tiongkok, protes ibu-ibu Yunani.

“'The matter of Lot Salawati is a serious blow in the face, not to speak of an unmasking, of one of the political parties here' (p.1)”

People

Salawati DaudTh. PluyterJawaharlal NehruJoseph StalinSoong Ching-ling

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)UN Commission for IndonesiaEconomic Cooperation AdministrationSupreme Soviet of the USSR

Places

MakassarMasambaJakartaThe HagueNew YorkAthens

Topics

Gerwisarrests and detentionpropaganda and mediabiography

Tags

regional rebellionsscapegoating

Details

Date
1949-11-08
Creator
Java-Bode
Publication
Java-Bode
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (image))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1945–1949
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)/Java-Bode (1949-11-08) - Bendeleidster Lot Salawati gearresteerd in grot Als gemeenteraadslid in s, page image [Delpher ddd-010864879-a0001].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.869) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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