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Show Germany Will Make Bid for the 1936 Olympics Deprived by the war of a chance to stage the Olympic games, Germany Is going to make n strong bid for the 1 030 games. The German Olympic committee has voted to authorize President Pres-ident Dr. Otto Lewald to present the Invitation to the International Olympic Olym-pic committee with the assurance that the country's financial position ami the revival of enthusiasm for sports guarantee lirst-class competitions. Italy Is regarded as the most dangerous danger-ous rival for the honor. Berlin Is well equipped to stage the Olympics. It has a concrete stadium with BK meter swimming pool, sponsored spon-sored by Kmperor William II, but completed after Ills dethronement. The stadium seats .Ti.OUO but was built wltli a view toward enlargement to hold three times that number. A public appeal for funds to send athletes to the 102S games at Amsterdam Amster-dam will be started soon. The relcb-stag relcb-stag finance committee has promised to appropriate l.'o.OiKl marks this year and .".nn.iliKi marks next year to help defray expenses, but It Is estimated that twice that sum will be needed. |