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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."
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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.
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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.
Charlea Laugh ton. whose name Is
now synonymous with Henry VTII,
will play "Cyrano de Bergerao."
Laugh ton Is only one of a formid
able array of talent algned up for
1936 by London Films. Others in
clude Conrad Veldt, CUve Brook
Robert Donta. Roland Young. Paul
Robeson. Merle Oberon, Joan Gard
ner, Marlene Dietrich. Leslie Howard
(The Scarlet Pimpernel himself), and
George Rotoey.
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