FAME TO POVERTY
ATHLETES IN POLAND / LONDON, Nor. 15 Some of Poland's once-famous sportsmen and sportswomen are earning a livelihood as waiters in Warsaw cafes. Letters from Poland report that the Olympic tennis star, Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, is selling chocolates and cigarettes to German officers in a TParsaw cafe. Last year she refused a ll invitation to become tennis instructor to the Hitler Youth, and was obliged to seek work in Warsaw. \ The Olympic marathon runner, Kusocinski, is employed' as a coffee waiter in the same cafe. In 1936 lie was one of the stars of the Berlin Games and was honoured by the German athletes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23818, 20 November 1940, Page 10
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