Word: bordeaux
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Route.-Taking the direct route from Friedrichchafen, the big ship passed over the French Midi, over Bordeaux, along the Spanish coast of the Bay of Biscay, and out to the Azores Islands. Thence she was to have flown to Bermuda and thence west-by-south to Lakehurst. A "local tornado" encountered an hour west of the Azores forced her to slow down to 25 m. p. h., however, and when the storm had passed, she veered northwest direct for Manhattan, a missing engine tuned in again to help hit up her pace...
...appears that there has been a surprising increase in the number of twins occurring in Naples, Italy, during and since the War. In Bordeaux, France, there have been six twin births in each 1,000 for every year since 1913. But in Naples, the proportion, which was about three before the War, has risen steadily to 8, 9, 12, 17, 26 and 29 per 1,000 births. Scientists have endeavored to find some explanation for this unusual occurrence, but none of the explanations thus far offered seems adequate...
...France, a new type of safety device has been developed for automobile traffic. It was tried out at two dangerous crossings on the outskirts of Bordeaux, and in several weeks there was not a single accident at these places where accidents had previously been frequent...
...Bordeaux, it was announced that the late Joseph Leon Vasquez, a citizen of that city, had inserted the following clause in his will: "Make sure that I am really dead by having my head cut off in the presence of all my heirs." M. Vasquez's request was carried out faithfully. After the decapitation the head was again sewn to the body and placed in the coffin...
United States Secret Service agents tracked the shipment from the Far East, through Asia Minor and France. At Bordeaux they unofficially superintended its shipment to Cuba. Then they cabled the Cuban authorities...