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SATOH’S TRAGIC DEATH Fiancee Interviewed ASSOCIATION BLAMED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 9, 11.30 a.m.) TOKYO, April 8. Satoh’s fiancee, Sanae Okada, aged 21, who is a ranking woman tennis player, interviewed, said: “1 believe Jiro committed suicide solely from a sense of responsibility. After acceding to the Tennis Association’s urging that he should proceed to Europe when he wanted to return from Singapore, he was still haunted by the fear that his illness would endanger Japan’s chance of victory, and removed himself like Samurai of old. “1 blame them for obstinately forcing Jiro against his will and driving him to desperation and death. Satoh had stomach trouble. He often said he had already played for several years and did not want to play this year. He wanted to rest and have a quiet summer in Japan happily with me. We intended to marry next spring.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 98, 9 April 1934, Page 7
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