Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1939 to 1942
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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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| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVIII, No. L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1039 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, January 3. 1939 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 FIVE CENTS | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | Read Tin SUNDAY Dominant j n Malay* Refused all but from healthy roys of the rich past'i c^''^^^^|^^ MAKES THAT CLEAN DUSTLESS HOME I FRIENDS ADMIRE. j I CLEANS AS IT POLISHES BEAUTIFUL FLOORS are easy with O-CEDAR POLISH. It quickly "cleans and polishes" all kinds of surfaces removes spots | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Kill Xyfy moscuiitoes jd^ with i FLIT I A.Witt TILA"! I A perl- 'ly r entire .olntmert tfA ensure l;fe!n<iir blessings of youtn h i md virility. On! it.? vet ipplica »nn you wii- be istonlshed at its exceedingly I I gratifying r<«ults. j!' iLJTEHATURE FREE. Prepared by AMICO WORKS, | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | j MADAliffi 92, Piccadilly, London. 1 EXPERT DRESSMAKER f AND DESIGNER. Gowns Designed j Created in i.er work rooms $5 $30 I 13, BATTERY ROAD, SING APOR E. (J DELICIOUS fffl PREPARED TO THE JgL FROM LAST (fFfefl ORANGE DROP JUICE | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.3 | Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All | Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All SWINDLING DOESN'T PAY London, T >ec. 15. JOHN Marsden Firth, last of the big share-pushers, and the "brains" behind a financial swindle that robbed the public of thousands, has been sentenced it the Old Bailey to four years' imprtfwnnu i Here he tells his own story | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.4 | MEMEL CITIZENSHIP | MEMEL CITIZENSHIP Kaunas, Lithuania.—The Mcmel d lory has announced that Mcmel cit has been withdrawn from 352 Lithuanians and Jews. A month ago Mcmel citizenship teen withdrawn from B(i3 Lithua: i.nd Jews,-so that the total numb ihose now denied citizenship is I,'- | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.5 | Home Office Liberates Convict | Home Office Liberates Convict I DV order of the Horn- Secretary an ex-convict "'ho wa; educated D at a public school, and was a former officer in both the British and Indian armies, is not to complete the unexpired portion of a sentence of three years' penal servitude because, th | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.6 | 20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound | 20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound rVERV day seven-year-old John England who is sitting for the portrait of Kirn Kipbnjr's half Irish half English beggar boy in India travels 20 miles to have his turban wound. •John sits for three-quarters of an houi daily in Mr. Stanley Grimm's | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.7 | ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES | ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES MR. PETEI; RIDGE WAY, the actor, producer, and organiser of the Players' Theatre, Convent Garden, has died in London, aged 44. Mr. Ridgeway originated the Victorian cabaret "Ridgeway's Late Joys." After being a newsboy at Manchester, he joined a fifth-rate touring company Entered Monastery He | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.8.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). 1\ S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. me. Tonnage Spore 1G39 I SOUDAN C.sf>o Jan. 13 RANCH! 17.0C0 Jan. li RANPURA 17.000 Jan. 27 RAWALPINDI 7.000 Feb. 1J t BURDW.-.N 0 071' it b 11 CANTON 158 C« Feb. 24 1 SOMALI tt.MO Mar. | 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_e4809434f8db0007bbf4490e139d6685" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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