EL PASO, Texas, March 8.--Thousands of EJ Pasoans clustered under a warm sun on the surrounding mountains of the Pass City today and viewed the battle between rebel and Federal Mexican troops in the city of Jaurez.

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1929Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (died 2002)^[†]

Hugh Desmond Hoyte was a Guyanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992.

1929Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (died 2013)^[†]

Mohammed Zillur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President from 2009 until his death in 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, to die in office, while being the first to die of natural causes.

Headlines from March 9, 1929

Lamont of Hoover's Cabinet Quits Anti-Dry Organization

LEAGUE ACTS TO PUT TEETH IN COVENANT; Council Studies Recommendation for $40,000,000 Loansto Victims of Aggression.URGES DECISION IN AUTUMNGeneva Circles Feel if NationsAdopt Plan Then It WillStrengthen Kellogg Pact.

300 Mexican Federals Interned in Fort Bliss, Tex., Under Terms of Truce Ending the Battle for Juarez

EL PASO SEES BATTLE FROM THE 'RINGSIDE'; Residents of Texas City Crowd Building Tops and Watch Through Field Glasses. CHILD KILLED, SECOND SHOT Clerks Continue Work as Bullets Crash Windows--Most of the City Takes Holiday.

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