Newspapers-Indian Daily Mail-1949 to 1953
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Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
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| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.1 | Masthead | Indian Daily Mail VOL. IV. NO. .-519. SINGAPORE, S 1, 19-19. SIX PAGES 10 CENTS | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.2 | Chiang Kai-shek Offers To Resign | Chiang Kai-shek Offers To Resign If Communists Are 'Sincere* For Peaceful Settlement A.l\a/A(i, Dec. 31. Generalissimo Chiang KaiSew Year message today expressed readiresign if the Communists were "sincere" for a (tul settlement of China's civil war. hum a Generalissimo declared if only the Com\howed their sincerity for cessation of the | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.3 | BURMESE TROOPS CAPTURE 107 ELEPHANTS | BURMESE TROOPS CAPTURE 107 ELEPHANTS RANGOON. D»c 31.— Burmese Government troops have captured 107 elephants used by insurgents for transport m thf Toungoo district of Central Burma, according to newspaper report* heie. The reports said 3,000 Communists had surrendered m the area, which is one of the main Communist strongholds. | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.4 | Dutch End Hostilities? | Dutch End Hostilities? BATAVIA Doc. SI, Dutch troops are clue to cease firing m Java at midnight tonight (1630 GMT, Singapore Time midnight), ending one section of th«> campaign against the Indonesian Republic. The Sumatra operation is c ipected to continue two or three days more, (Governor general Lottie J, | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.5 | "NO COMPROMISE WITH THE DUTCH" | NO COMPROMISE WITH THE DUTCH" WASHINGTON, Dec Si.— D. Socmitro, representative of the Indonesian Republic here, predicted Thursday night that Indonesian leaden now held by tht- Dutch "will never come to a compromise with the Dutch." "At best." Soemitro's statement said, "the Dutch might succeed m lining up a handfui | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.6 | MIC President On Present Unrest In Malaya | MIC President On Present Unrest In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) NEW DELHI, Dec. 31. "The present unrest in Malaya is not entirely a Communist movement but a manifestation of the general political awakening which followed the end of the war' 9 observed Sardar Budh Singh, President of the Malayan | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.7 | NO NEGOTIATION TALKS WITH SOEKORNO? | NO NEGOTIATION TALKS WITH SOEKORNO? TPIE HAGUE, Dec. 31. -Dr. J Jl Van Royen. Dutch representative at the United Nations Security Council, arriving frcm Pario here today said it was not yet certain whether the Dutch Government would negotiate 1 on the composition of the interim government for Indonesia with | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.8 | No Negotiation With Dutch Until..... | No Negotiation With Dutch Until..... REPUBLICAN ENVOY'S ASSERTION PARIS. Dor. SI The Indonesian Republic will not deal with the Dutch while its leaders are imprisoned, Indonesian delegate L. M. Palar said on Tuesday. Palar. who represented the Republic at the United Nations meetingH which ended on Wednesday, told a news | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.9 | Conservative Paper Wants MacDonald To Mediate Dutch-Indonesian Dispute | Conservative Paper Wants MacDonald To Mediate DutchIndonesian Dispute London. Dec. 31. The conservative weekly "The Sepectator" Last night suggested that Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. British Commis-sioner-General m Southeast Asia, should preside over new talks between the Dutch and the Indonesian Republicans. "The Dutch have achieved a fait accompli, as the | NA |
| Indian Daily Mail | indiandailymail19490101-1 | 1-Jan-49 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.1.1 | 1 | indiandailymail19490101-1.2.10 | PROVINCE-WIDE ANTI-HINDI AGITATION TO START TODAY | PROVINCE-WIDE ANTI-HINDI AGITATION TO START TODAY (From Our Own Correspondent) MADRAS. Dec. 31.— The Central Committee of the Dravidan Federation at a meeting m Tanjore on Tuesday decided to start provincewide agitation for removal of the ban m the Federation against Hindi activities m Kumbakonam and m order to protest | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper title | newspaper_title | Text | - | Title of newspaper |
| Issue id | issue_id | Text | - | Issue ID |
| Issue date | issue_date | Text | - | Issue date |
| Edition | edition | Text | - | Edition |
| Page id | page_id | Text | - | Page ID |
| Page number | page_number | Text | - | Page number |
| Article id | article_id | Text | - | Article ID |
| Article title | article_title | Text | - | Title of article |
| Article text 1st50words | article_text_1st50words | Text | - | First 50 words of the article text |
| Contributor | contributor | Text | - | Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article |
Sample OpenAPI query
This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the first 100 rows from this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the
.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_8da33537d8112093ea230332db01896b" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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