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1929Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (died 2013)[†]
Nada Inada was the pen-name of a Japanese psychiatrist, writer and literary critic active in late Shōwa period and early Heisei period Japan. His pen name is from the Spanish language phrase "nada y nada".
1929Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.[†]
Margaret Grace Bondfield was a British Labour Party politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
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MacDonald appts Sir Jno Sankey as the Lord Chancellor, Lord Parmoor as Lord Pres of Council, J H Thomas as Lord Privy Seal, P Snowden as Chancellor of Exchequer, A Henderson as Sec of State for Foreign Affairs, J R Clynes as Sec of State for Home Affairs, S Webb as Sec of State for Colonies, &c; T Shaw as Sec of State for War, W W Benn as Sec of State for India, Lord Thomson as Sec of State for Air, A V Alexander as First Lord of the Admiralty, W Graham as Pres of Bd of Trade, Sir C P Trevelyan as Pres of Bd of Education, A Greenwood as Min of Health, N Buxton as Min of Agriculture, &c; G Lansbury as First Comr of Works, M G Bondfield as Min of Labor, W Adamson as Sec for Scotland, Sir O Mosley Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster; appts without Cabinet rank include H B Lees-Smith Postmaster Gen, H Morrison Min of Transport, F O Roberts Min of Pensions, W A Jowitt Atty Gen, J B Melville Solicitor Gen; pors of new Cabinet members; careers of members and other appointees; lrs sent between MacDonald and Jowitt
Goes to hosp for treatment
Chief of Police O F Aderholt and 4 others wounded by shots fired near Natl Textile Workers' Union Hdqrs, Gastonia
To resign as chmn of Repub State Com
treaties ratified
Reparations negotiations
Receives sailboat given by friends on birthday
Miss liner, their two children aboard; Olympic held at Quarantine till they come aboard from tug
A Di Paola faces possible contempt proceedings for his failure to answer questions in Moreland investigation; other witnesses testify to Ferrari connection with Prudential Bank; J K Guerin threatens suit against Warder, State banking officials and former City Trust officers
Wash glad of settlement