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Herbert Hoover: “The flash has just come in that Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, has been destroyed by an earthquake and is now…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1931
The flash has just come in that Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, has been destroyed by an earthquake and is now burning up.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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