Word: okitsu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, after a stomach operation, in Skagen Jutland; Prince Kimmochi Saionji, 87, Japan's last surviving elder statesman, as a result of "a train ride too soon after luncheon." in Okitsu, Japan; Deaf-mute Teacher Helen Keller, after an abdominal operation, in Rochester, Minn.; Maryland's one-eyed Governor Harry Nice, after an emergency operation for removal of an abscess, in Baltimore...
...Empire, can look into the hearts of wicked Japanese and warn good Japanese of their foul intentions, Prince Saionji inevitably would be one of the first to be warned. Some secret source, human or divine, tipped off Japan's Exalted Octogenarian. From his rustic villa at Okitsu in a speeding motor car Prince Saionji raced through night and snow to nearby Shizuoka where he was guarded by 100 police who kept the secret from murderous mustards...
...year-old Prince Kimmochi Saionji, Last of the Genro. It is this Elder Statesman who most often makes up the imperial mind of the Son of Heaven. Yet this potent old Japanese has been completely missed by U. S. newsreels. Therefore to the tiny fishing village of Okitsu went the newscameras of The March of Time, with the result that shots of Prince Saionji, guarded night & day by 40 soldiers, sitting on his flower-bordered porch reading the newspapers, are the first to appear on any U. S. screen. Also new to most U. S. eyes are old shots...
From Tokyo Count Nobuaki Makino, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, went to Okitsu to visit Prince Kimmochi Saionji, 92, last of the Genro (elder statesmen). It was the second time the wise old oracle had been consulted this month. Because Count Makino is prudent, peaceable, potent, observers deduced that something good, important would come from the visit. But Count Makino said nothing, reminded newshawks that he never gives interviews on trains...