817.48 Earthquake of 1931/95: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Hanna) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 7, 1931—11:20 p.m.]
Relief measures continue satisfactorily. Other Central American countries doing valuable work. Health conditions are good. Four [Page 797] thousand persons inoculated against typhoid today and a like number will be inoculated tomorrow.
Through rail communication to Corinto will probably be reestablished Thursday. Families are slowly returning to their homes and are repairing them. The efforts of the Central Relief Committee are being concentrated on the problems of shelter and of restoring normal living and commercial conditions in the community.