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PAGE FIVE 11 on. oiu. bottom motor Lett re veal tropical lubmartnt Ufa, tumbl ing turtles and polychromo ttshat. Drinking watr Is plpid don from mounuin springs. "Sometimes Acapulco's normal pop ulatlon of about 6.000 leaps tempor arily to ten. twenty, even thtitty thousand for a holiday, such as tna first week of May. Then people flock to the fiesta to see special ancient Aztec dances, cock-fight, regattas, and always fireworks." BUSY YEAR FACES ID BY T E I NOW AT TARIFF-REDUCED PRICES MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUyE. MEDFORD. PRECOX. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2fi. 1336. Acapulco, Historical Port and Colorful Center, Is Groomed As Gateway for Mexico City Travelers WASHINGTON, D. 0. (Spl.) Gateway for countless galleons from the Orient 300 years ago, but almost Ignored In modern times, Mexico's Rip van Winkle port, Acapulco, now Is waking to renewed activity. rtie largest liners plying between New York and California plan to call there this year to drop tourists for Mexico City. "Conveniently located below the el bow bend of Mexico's Pacific coast in the state of Guerrero, sleepy Acapul co has one of the finest natural har bors In the world," says a bulletin from headquarters of the National Geographic society. "Yet It has drown ed away a couple of centuries as quiet little tropical town simmering In the sun. In the bowl of great mountains that drop almost sheer in to Acapulco bay. Colorful Town "The town is a crescent of pastel colored, adobe cubicles, topped by tiny patches of red tile roofs, and oc casional green cocoanut palms. A few buildings, taller or broader, stand out from the mass of one-storied dwell ings church, town hall and Jail, cov ered market building, and a sprink ling of consulates and hotels. Little cotton mills, and soap and oil fac troles. operated intermittently, show that Acapulco once had Industrial ambitions. The narrow winding streets are rarely crowded. Heat makes the air sticky, 'like hot fly paper.' but vis itors endure the cllmat to enjoy toa town's tropical beauty. "Behlnw It rise the steep, cactus covered Sierra Mad res, which have throttled Acapulco's progress like choking fingers. There Is no railroad to the Interior, and less perfect har bors, such as Mara tl an and Manun- Illo, have boomed because each hat, this advantage. So Acapulco has dreamed, 'When the railroad reacnes hers , . . and meanwhile lapsed tn-o a long siesta. "Cortes used its magnificent har bor In 1531, sending two brlgantlnes on a voyage of exploration Into tue Gulf of California. But they reported no harbor equal to Acapulco's ova: bay, nearly two miles wide. A hlllj ! half-mlle-wide peninsula between bay i and ocean forma a natural break- j water, offering about four square miles of placid, almost land-locked ' shelter within earshot of Pacific; breakers pounding against the rocky i headlands outside. "By 1580, trade at the port sup.-.,, ported a llttl village, which the' Spanish fortified with the grim gray I fort of San Diego, still glowering above one tip of the town. Was World Center Tht Aztec name for the settle ment Acapulco, 'place where the reeds abound' was borne on trade 1 winds around the world. Galleons : from Far East brought fragrant car- 1 goes of gums and spice, of dark cotton prints and rice from India, rich bro caded silks from Japan, exquisite por celains from China. Occasional slaver, discharged cargoes or negroes to work ( nearby sugar plantations, and legend claims that one brought a kidnaped ! princess, whose popularity la com memorated In the national Mexican girls' fleeta dress, the China Poblana ; costume of green -bordered red skirt, i loose whtt embroidered blouse, and : gay shawl. "Export of silver bullion and spe cie from Acapulco originated the strange custom, still existing, of can ing pesos, often made In China and stamped 'Republlca da Mexico,' 'Mex ican dollars. "From Acapulco, goods from the Orient Journeyed Inland over the tor tuous, rocky 'Camlno Real.' a brigand Infested mountain trail to Mexico. D F., and thence to Veracruz for re shipment to Spain. Transport was oy i strings of burros, or by slow ox carts ; with thick solid wooden discs for ; wheels. Buccaneers heard of Acapul co's wealth, and Inevitably the tovn was sacked by pirates and Its ships captured when leaving the harbor. "There are only two seasons in Acapulco. both hot steaming rainy summer end long parched winter, rc i 'air condition the town, an artificial ( cut was made through hills of tin I peninsula shielding It from the sea : and t'.ils 'Abra d San Nicolas' ad- i mita cooling westerly sea breezes. : Many homes are built facing west. "A tew years ago a modern highway va completed from Acapulco to M'Xlco, D. F-. nearly aOo miles away and a mile and a half above sea level. 'Vacationists can sail to Acapulco, mo tor via picturesque Tasco and Cuern avaca to Mexico, D. F., and return to the United States by rail. Automo bile and buses now spin along the new route, which crow and re crosses the old 'Camlno Real,' form erly so difficult as to be a 'good road for birds.' "Acapulco has recently become a faablonsble rrsort for Mexicans, who motor down for a trool? holiday. Sportsmen fish for the fierce giant ray. or hunt In ncarjr !frnu and marsbea for wild duck. M-Knllglit bathlnt is berorr.lne ft Willi atlrar. I BILL AT ARMORY Two newcomers to Med ford wres tling, both bristling with Impres sive records hung up in coast and eastern rings, will grace next Mon day's three-star card at the Armory, It was announced today. Promoter Mack Lillard said today: "While I think that X have the best group of wrestlers on the coast here right now. I'm not taking any chance of letting them get stale with Medford audience, and these two new men are real finds. They are both fast, scientific workers, and have been sensational wherever they have appeared." The two newcomers axe Stanley Rogers of Austin. Texas, a rangy, sinewy grappler Just returning from the eastern seaboard who comes here by way of Los Angeles, and Mike Paddock or Honolulu, a rough but clean man who wrestled for several years with the U. 8. navy tesm aboard the U. S. S. Tennessee. In regard to the real of the card Monday, Ullard has announced that Ted Christy, the outlaw from Cali fornia who Has bullied his way to two straight wins here, will prob ably appear on the main event, either against Dude Chick, the pow erful ex-cowpoke, or George 'Wild cat" Wilson, ex-footballer. Ft ankle Peck, who drew with Chick here last week, will also probably be on the card, Ullard said. A German firm claims to have de veloped a special gas, easily handled, which will exterminate rodents. In sects and weevils. Brazilian government experts are reported to have found oil In un known quantities In the subsoil of the east central state of Bahla and In the far western territory of Acre. LONDON (VT) Th BritUh movie Industry, originally a romance, will emerge into reality In 1939. according to plana. Judging from the ambitious pro gram of productions scheduled to be realized In 1036, this year ought to rank as the Tear I of British Moris Seldom was the aaylng "truth Is stranger than fiction" better applied than In describing the romantic and mushroom development of the mov ing picture Industry In this country, according to those who have followed it closely. Little by little, scorning attempts at ridicule, organisations like Gau- mont British and Korda'a London Film Productions, have b e o m e household words wherever movies are shown. Perhaps more than any other British organisation, Alexander Kor da'a may be given the title of "leader." Korda la considered by many to have "put England on the movie map" by his now famous production of Henry VIII. He followed up his feat with a number of other produc tlons like Scarlet Pimpernel. Continuing his pioneering, Korda will lead the way to color produc tions. His organization Is to produce at least one great all-color picture during the 1936 season. The process used will be technicolor. Other Important London film pro- ductlons are to be "Elizabeth of Eng land." "Revolt In the Desert" (The story of Lawrence of Arabia), H. 0 Wells' "Thlnga to Come" (written especially for the movies!, sod "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" by the same author. 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