Thomas Eardley Bromley its secession from the United Arab Republic, then ambassador to Algeria from 1964 until Algeria, along with other members of the OAU, broke off diplomatic relations in December 1965 over Rhodesia. Bromley's last ambassadorship was to Ethiopia 1966–69. In 1968, while addressing a gathering of 2,000 university students in Addis Ababa, he was stoned by demonstrators against the Smith regime in Rhodesia. In 1944 Bromley married Diana Pratt, daughter of Sir John Pratt, also a diplomat, and niece of the actor Boris Karloff whose real name was William Henry Pratt. In 1958 she killed their two sons and attempted suicide;
Henry Pratt Co car tunnel in 1900, a wider and deeper replacement tunnel was proposed and designed. The Henry Pratt Company fabricated and installed the steel plate tunnel that ran under the Chicago River and opened to streetcar service in 1912. In 1909, the company moved to 2222 S. Halsted Street and its name changed to the Henry Pratt Company. Henry Pratt, the engineer for whom the company was named, died in December 1914, but because of his excellent reputation, the company retained his name. During World War I, the Henry Pratt Company manufactured propellers for Liberty Ships (the Hog Islander ships) and