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Newspapers-Sunday Standard-1950 to 1953

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 6 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.

These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.

For enquiries, please email ref@nlb.gov.sg

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NewspapersSundayStandard1950to1953.csv (24.3K rows, 9.6 MB)

Newspaper title
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Issue id
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Issue date
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Edition
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Page id
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Page number
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Article id
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Article title
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Article text 1st50words
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Contributor
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Sunday Standard100.0%
(Null)0.0%
sundaystandard19501217-10.9%
sundaystandard19530810-10.9%
sundaystandard19530721-10.9%
sundaystandard19510107-10.8%
(Null)0.0%
17-Dec-500.9%
1953-08-100.9%
1953-07-210.9%
7-Jan-510.8%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
sundaystandard19501224-1.1.70.1%
sundaystandard19530721-1.1.10.1%
sundaystandard19520525-1.1.10.1%
sundaystandard19510204-1.1.70.1%
(Null)0.0%
114.3%
28.7%
38.5%
58.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.1%
(Null)93.1%
Standard0.9%
Reuter0.2%
AP0.2%
UP0.2%
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.1MastheadSunday Standard VOL. 1 NO. 1 54 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1950. 16 PAGES, TEN CENTSNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.2Progressives Win 3 Seats In ElectionsProgressives Win 3 Seats In Elections Mamlanl Staff Reporter I PHtwHl Pwtj gained three of the four whidh tin > put up candidates at yeslerday*^ Nlunuip;;! rICCtUIMfIL ;!'<â–  if Billing three seats, Independent won lv*o and Labour took one. One Independent candidate from Rochore Ward, Mr. M.A. A. Rahim Khan,NA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.3Polling ResultsPolling Results I»ii foOowteg are the re..Nttid.is's Muniri,n- -A.ird b> \sard, the pi iff «>f votes Um total electorate s H WARD f l) Nail i.iII Kuni GheC iProi i stage ot' votes foiled t,O) II WARD > S M.inyam (ProMr I! i i.nrtnam l.a■it i;p of votes lei 4."))NA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.4ARMED HOLD-UPARMED HOLD-UP 5f tfl Report r I up Majid. at i and ind robbed gNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.5Maria Hertogh Case ConcludedMaria Hertogh Case Concluded photo. rnoio. Thr famous case of the 13--year old Hertogb girl came to a close yesterday when the Singapore Supreme" Court save custody of Maria to Mrs. Hertogh, her mother, and declared that her marriage to Inche Mansoor Adabi is void. ABOVE: Maria pictured as sheNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.6Supreme Court Gives Maria To Custody Of Mother, Declares Marriage Is VoidSupreme Court Gives Maria To Custody Of Mother, Declares Marriage Is Void Standard Woman Correspondent CRIES of "Nadra," and "Aminah, mother," resounded throughout a room off the Judges' Chambers in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, long after midday. lor long seconds, Bertha and Aminah gazed at each other despairingly thenNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.7Sympathies, Anxiety In Adabi HomeSympathies, Anxiety In Adabi Home Standard Staff Reporter ANXIOUS moments for Che \minah; sympathies for Inche Mansoor Adabi and much speculations and commentary on the Court judgment, reignea in house No. 21 Rowell Road yesterday afternoon. [1 was the residence of Inche Adabi. Che Aminah. who collapsed in the Judges'NA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.8Mother Stays With Maria In ConventMother Stays With Maria In Convent Standard Woman Correspondent MRS. Adelaine Hertogh at 8 o'clock yesterday evening moved into the Good Shepherd Convent to stay with her daughter, Maria Bertha. Earlier yesterday evening. Mrs. Hertogh visited the Convent. For the first time, she said. Maria showed signs of affection. "DoesNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.9China Reds Push Within 25 Miles Of wonsan BaseChina Reds Push Within 25 Miles Of wonsan Base photo TOKYO, Dec. 2. (UP) Strong Chinese Cm— mm hi force* thrust down the centre of the Korean peninsular today, to a point within 25 miles of the big east coast base of Wonsan. They threaten to cut off 50,000 orNA
Sunday Standardsundaystandard19501203-13-Dec-501sundaystandard19501203-1.1.11sundaystandard19501203-1.2.10Truman, Attlee To Confer TuesdayTruman, Attlee To Confer Tuesday WASHINGTON, Dtc 2 (VP)— The Whit<* Horn* announced that President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee will eonfer on Tuesday. Presidential Seeretarv Charles Rons said he wan informed I>> the British Emha»-\ that the Prime Mini* ster i* arriving in V> ashin^ton on Monda\. Ifr. AttleeNA

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Newspaper titlenewspaper_titleText-Title of newspaper
Issue idissue_idText-Issue ID
Issue dateissue_dateText-Issue date
EditioneditionText-Edition
Page idpage_idText-Page ID
Page numberpage_numberText-Page number
Article idarticle_idText-Article ID
Article titlearticle_titleText-Title of article
Article text 1st50wordsarticle_text_1st50wordsText-First 50 words of the article text
ContributorcontributorText-Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b1cf00e204e35e07d4ec45abb91b8077"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-Sunday Standard-1950 to 1953 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b1cf00e204e35e07d4ec45abb91b8077/view

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Created on

27 Sep 2022

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