Newspapers-Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)-1942 to 1945
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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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| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE SHONAN TIMES Ho. 1. FEBRUARY 20, SHOW A 17. 5 cents. | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.2 | JAPAN'S POSITION IMPREGNABLE Effect Of Fall Of Singapore | JAPAN'S POSITION IMPREGNABLE Effect Of Fall Of Singapore Gen. Shunroku Hata Issues Verbal Statement GEN. Shunroku Hata, CoMminder-in-Chief, Japanese Forces in China, in a verbal state ment at 3.30 pjn. Wednesday, said that with the fall of Sin? apore, Japan is now strongly established in an impregnable position to conduct | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.3 | "British Reverses In Malaya | "British Reverses In Malaya Political Blunder In Colonies Stockholm. THE series of British reverses in I Malaya is due to a Britisii political blunder in her coloni*J, comments the London Times Wednesday The Times declares that th* British Government listened only to the opinions oi Britishers in Malaya, and the | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.4 | British Aircraft Carrier Damaged | British Aircraft Carrier Damaged Lisbon. A BRITISH aircraft carrier limped into the Gulf 0 o«*aWg for repairs yesterday, according to information received here. Five ships have been torpefloea by Axis submarines in the Dutch West Indies, says a report from London on Wednesday. | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.5 | AMERICANS' DARK DAYS | AMERICANS' DARK DAYS Buenos Aires. Senator Tom Connolly, chairman of the Senate Foreign me aiatio°ns Committee .told the Uoner House that the Americans were having dark days in East Asia, and warned that there were still darker days ahead. He asked the nations to be prepared to meet hardships, adding | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.6 | BATAVIA APPEALS TO AUSTRALIA | BATAVIA APPEALS TO AUSTRALIA Berne, Switzerland. iiTITH the Japanese attack on Tv the Dutch East Indies increasing from the land, sea and air, Batavia has appealed to Australia for immediate aid, a United Press dlspatcn from Sydney reveals. The Australian Parliament was to-day summoned to discuss ways and means to | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.7 | REDS SMASHED BY GERMANS | REDS SMASHED BY GERMANS Berlin. AS_a result of the thrust by German forces ,n the central sector of the Eastern Front, another powerful corps oi the Red forces has been smashed wltn heavy losses. The Germans captured many prisoners and mucn war materials. | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.8 | Australia Further Isolated | Australia Further Isolated Saigon. AUSTRALIA will be further isolated from the United States. Canberra announced to-day the suspension of radio telephone service with these countries with effect from Feb. 2L The Department of the Post Master-General says that the step has been decided upon by the War Cabinet for reasons | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.9 | Enemy Destroyer Sunk Yesterday | Enemy Destroyer Sunk Yesterday A FEW enemy destroyers were sighted to the south of Shonan Island. One was sunk while a second received several hits. Two enemy transports were also sighted, of which one was sunk. Meanwhile, it is reported that Japanese airmen accounted for 32 enemy planes over Java | NA |
| Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun) | syonantimes19420220-1 | 20 February 1942 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.1.1 | 1 | syonantimes19420220-1.2.10 | ENEMY HANGARS DESTROYED | ENEMY HANGARS DESTROYED Vichy. THE United States War Department disclosed that the air attack on American positions in the Bataan Peninsula was gaining in ferocity. From the Bataan front, it is reported that despite a furious barrage of the enemy's anti-air-craft guns, Japanese dive bombers swooped down and seriously damaged | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
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| 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 |
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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_bc1c53268697009babf3918cd37771b7" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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