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Mcallen Daily Monitor
Mcallen, Brownsville, Harlingen, Hidalgo County, Cameron County, Texas
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Report from Berlin on March 14 details the construction of the new Olympic stadium for the 1936 games, built on the site of the destroyed 1916 venue, under Hitler's orders abolishing the race course. Stadium nearly complete, with 3,200 workers since 1933. Title mentions Swedish sportsman declaring no war for 50 years.
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Swedish Sportsman Declares Germany Peaceful: No War for 50 Years.
By GAYLE TALBOT
Associated Press Sports Writer
BERLIN, Mar. 14—(AP) The magnificent Olympic stadium in which the world's athletes will match speed and brawn in August has risen, literally, from the foundations of another Olympic arena, crumbled in the debris of the great war.
In 1914, when Germany's howitzers trained their muzzles on the forts at Liege, a "luxurious" stadium seating 50,000 practically had been completed in preparation for the ill-fated 1916 games. It was the form of a sunken bowl, in the infield of Berlin's fashionable horse-racing track.
Olympic planners had to see to it that the stadium and all other games structures did not protrude above the ground level and thus hamper the vision of the swells as they trained their binoculars on the bangtails. They could hold their silly athletic contests, in other words, so long as they were discreet about it.
Twenty years passed before Germany, under Hitler, started building itself another Olympic plant.
This time Hitler said: "Abolish the race course!" and it was abolished. Workmen soon will have completed destruction of the rambling clubhouse, whose jagged walls alone remain to recall the time when horse racing was greater than olympics.
Since the first spade of earth was turned in the summer of 1933, an average of 3,200 men have worked constantly day and night, in three shifts, on the new stadium and its allied structures. There has been no halt for the coldest weather. By June 1 they expect to have slapped the last dab of silver paint on the last flagstaff.
The stadium is ready now except for the finishing touches; likewise the swimming pool.
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Berlin
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Mar. 14
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stadium nearly complete as of mar. 14, expected finish by june 1 for august games; race course abolished.
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The new Olympic stadium is being built on the site of the 1916 stadium destroyed in the great war. In 1914, a 50,000-seat stadium was nearly completed within Berlin's horse-racing track but had to remain below ground level. Under Hitler, the race course was abolished, and construction began in summer 1933 with 3,200 workers in three shifts. The stadium and swimming pool are ready except for finishing touches. Title indicates a Swedish sportsman declares Germany peaceful with no war for 50 years.