Show THE OGDEN (UTAH) 1955 MAY 22 SUNDAY MORNING 3A STANDARD-EXAMINE- R Greatest Industrial Opportunity Lies Ahead Says Automobile Genius Soan 80 - DETROIT (AP) — A electrical engineer and op-vari- g Vnaniifarturot came one of the greatest organizational geniuses in American industrial history will be 80 years old tomorrow He is Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr board chairman of General Motors which he helped build into the world’s biggest industrial Fire l& Too Close for Comfort Clouds of smoke hover over forest fire that rageed for hours behind Lakehurst N J Naval Station threatening blimps andliangars before being brought under control Twelve buildings and thousands of acres of woodland were destroyed I 4 and lower income travelers trying to get by on $100 a month or less It was easy in the old days But the boom they touched off about seven years ago has caused prices to rise and they are being forced to seek other retreats while the more take over Acapulco The early American visitors found the place by driving 280 winding twisting mjles from Mexico City over a road that at well-to-d- o 1 I organization Last year the corporation did a gross business of approximately $9825000030 A native of New Haven Conn Sloan was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an electrical engineering degree In his nearly 60 years in the automobile industry he saw the automobile change from an iron jack rabbit to an engineering marvel of precision A generation ago he remarked: “Progress is measured by the soadvancement and cially and economically of those who work for wage or salary — Those who are dependent upon their own individual effort” A few months ago expounding much the same thought he urged business to be bold in expansion and development A little foresight and courage he said “will lead to higher standards of liv ng great productivity and a bet ter America for all” well-bein- g New Highways Plus Ancient Charm Boom Acapulco Garden Spot on the Pacific (Editor’s note: Acapulco Mexico has been a legendary vacation spot since the time of the Aztecs but its remoteness kept it comparatively isolated for centuries Now new highways have been opened and thousands of tourists pour into the city The following story tells what they can expay pect to find-an- d By JXCK RUTLEDGE ACAPULCO Mexico (AP) — Completion of a long publicized all weather highway has cut driving time from Mexico City from 11 hours to 6 and helped give this tropical seaside resort the best winter season in history T'he boom has been helped along by virtual completion of another highway up the West Coast bringing thousands of visitors from California and adjoining i Charles' F Kettering General t Research 100 years have done Is a i of General Motors he has not told j past I J disclosed hasn’t of his Sloan friends what in his Of consultant mere future research Motors opany beginning The greatest n roller the establishment of the Sloan- - plans are for the future If he portunities he says: v- i portunity for enterprise still lies I to' down as of chairman “What industrialists Institute for the Cancer the step plans beyond the horizon” Kettering one-tim- e controls hotel and food rates Everything is higher than in Mexico City — taxis twice as clothing tips high souvenirs However by watching yourself you can get by on $25 a day a Even less in cheaper couple hotels and going light on extra expenses A first class hotel begins at about $10 a day per person All rates include food as all Acapulco hotels are on the American plan But there are few $10 rooms in the top hotels — most are more In some hotels you can get by for $4 There are scores of boarding houses where you can stay for as little as $350 a day with food Several luxury hotels are under construction One being built by a New York hotel owner will have a minimum charge of $20 per person per day Would Change Prices Some hotel owners like Bo Roose of the Los Flamingos favor making the city an out-an- No The Rags-to-Riche- s career wasn’t a story like that of many other automotive industry Besides greats putting him through college his father was able to help finance the revival of a fading Hyatt Roller Bearing Co in Newark N J in the late rags-to-rich- Sloan es times was impassable always difficult It crossed mountains and 1890’s tropical forests was beset by a The younger Sloan became continual threat of landslides and washouts and even bandits president of Hyatt in 1897 when he was 22 Under his direction Elaborate Highway Hyatt developed from a business This year the government comgrossing only a few thousand dolpleted an elaborate highway from lars annually to one above the the capital to Acapulco covering 10 million a year mark much the same route but elimIn 1916 with the late William several hundred curves inating C Durante Sloan brought about states it suitable for use in - Once the summer meant a sharp and making the consolidation of Hyatt and any weather several other accessory comnow local visitors but drop in Tourists also flock here by under the name of United the panies merchants expect period other means of transportation Motors He was made its Corp ahead to be busier than ever be Normal airline schedules call 1018 In United Motors president fore a day and five for four became of Motors General What is Acapulco — a resort or six on flights part weekends from Mexico S’oan a became vice tour drawn has which for years president T!ity But the line runs as many and a member of GM’s executive ists over poor and at times dan flights as the traffic calls for gerous roads and by plane bus Soon to open up is a boat serv- out luxury resort boosting winter committee Oif May 10 1923 he was elect- and boat? ice from Los Angeles — twice a prices but cutting as much as 50 It is an ancient city with eurv month tours bringing about 250 per cent in the summer months ed president of General Motors ‘That’s the way Florida and He served until 1937 — a period ing sandy beaches against a back- visitors per trip as one of cliffs of Today ground jagged Summer is popular for pack- other top resorts do” he said that has been described r the of Honolulu is called development-fogreatest the General it offer and it would work here The Motors In age tours Travel one of It’s more expensive allxpense bus agencies the Americas every years to Aca- summer cut would make the hot which he served as presi'than other Mexicon resorts but pulco for as little trips as $30 a per- months almost as popular as the during dent the corporation made a reasonable by American stand son winter months” ards profit and paid dividends to its But not the has All of this is causing Acapulco government stockholders this nor to bulge at its seams seem does Found Centuries Ago it approved Elected chairman in 1937 to Summer reductions likely The Aztecs discovered this lush Hotels Are Packed Sloan continued as chief execunow are only 10 per cent from garden on the Pacific centuries The seaside resort of 35000 totive officer of General Motors to December and the winter ago climbing its surrounding day has an estimated 200 hotels May until 3 June 1946 rates are controlled mountains and pushing through and houses with about Late boarding in 1937 Sloan donated 10 of of time the year marshlands bending reeds to 5000 rooms are packed theRegardless They million to the Alfred P dollars should visitor reservaget mark their path Acapulco paeans" from November March tions in advance The Sloan through Foundation which he had ashotel “the place of the broken reeds There are scores of attractions sociation is strict on this -- ho- established some time earlier to who came the Then n Spaniards besides the area’s scenery and tels are fined 10000 pesos for promote education a better unfounded the city proper shortly climate The blue Pacific derstanding of economic probafter their conquest of Mexico in all the pleasures of surf offers ignoring a confirmed reservation lems bathing and general research exSummer visitors should not 1521 Later the Mexicans them- and salt water Ducks sports In 1945 Sloan joined with the of coolness Mexico pect selves responded to the charm deer and City be found in may quail which is a a mile and — of the place its wide clean abundance on perched nearby fields and half above sea level Acapulco beaches its warm climate the fresh water lakes American tropical luxuriousness' of its sports such as golf vie for the is warm and bathers in particsjfring and summer the restful-nw- s vacationer’s attention with bull ular should not underestimate the power of the sun even in the of its isolatiohv And they shade Still it’s cooler than most still are Acapulco’s best vacation fights and jai alai the Virtually everyone year American cities in summer' customers although Americans around wears bathing suits 25 cent of its dollar shorts and halters or the provide per very revenue French Imported Indies minimum of clothing But Acapulco’s very isloation What does a visit to Acapulco for years protected it from large cost? scale tourism Even now there ards Byis American resort standpart Natit cheap By Mexican ural $7200 Grays $8200 is no railroad standards it is expensive — and Satisfaction os' money re$100 Per Month Easy if some resort owners had their funded Free catalog Among the first American va- -' way it would be even more ex AMERICAN HUMAN MAIN 600DS CO cationers were school teachers pensive But the government 1 U3 W Reeaeve It ltd Chicago 9 IU 7 d i i i r IV9G5 Natural-lookin- g Wonderful Plastic Paint i Jos&ilwn' Colors range through an infinity of shades to match or com- ement any color scheme Hall-Ton- e ' ‘ " m And Because It's Plastic t O It's dirt resistant — c dirt cannot penetrate O Resists burns and grease non-stati- P refinishes old furniture like new — inexpenisvely! 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