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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
6
Strong opposition from physicians nurses and friends of private hospitals across the state was voiced before the public health committee as it considered a bill to place private hospitals under complete local authority control.
The bill's drawing would allow a single adjacent-property objection to halt a hospital project. Dr. Henry C. Marcy of Cambridge led the critique, warning that a private hospital is as much a public concern as a public one.
Dr. Marey defends private hospitals and urges refer to next General Court due to broad public welfare impact. Dr. Alfred Worcester and others oppose restrictive provisions, while Attorney John A. Sullivan advocates licensing to protect homeowners from hospitals in residential districts. One speaker notes the conflict between business and public service.
Miss Rose Bragga, 17, daughter of Antonio Bragga of Fairhaven, was attacked by three masked men who broke into the Milton Street home, tied her to a chair, and cut her with a knife in an attempted extortion for hidden money. She lay in a chair for almost an hour before being found by her sister, bleeding from a left arm wound. The assailants fled after the assault as Bragga reported seeing three men walking down the street.
A family home on a suburban street was entered by three masked men who subdued Miss Bragga, dragged her to the front room, and tied her to a chair as they demanded information on hidden money. Her sister later found her after returning from school.
Today features a full lineup from 10 a.m. breakfast with Mayor Peters and Congressman O Connor at Copley Plaza to an 8 p.m. Library lecture by Michael Jordan on Civiliz ation of Ancient Ireland. Highlights include meetings at Youngs Hotel Eastman Court and Hotel Vendome, a South Boston Evacuation Day parade, and dinners at City Club Warren Street Roxbury and Hotel Somerset.
The White Star steamship Cretic will dock at Commonwealth Pier South Boston at 8 o'clock to embark 2 saloon 30 second class and 200 steerage passengers. The liner will depart at noon for the Azores.
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