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rainstorm brings drop in temperature from 87 to 75; N Y Central RR Pk Av tunnel flooded; 6 deaths, 5 prostrations; illus
Service to St George Ferry, S I, stopped by seizure of Tompkins Bus Corp's equipment for debt
Sec Hull expresses hope to Chinese and Japanese diplomatic reprs that no war will break out; Foreign Sec Eden may consult U S on situation
reptd over Pole; attempting new world's distance record; to fly over Rockies; pors
Fed Trade Comm
1937Ghillean Prance, English botanist and ecologist[†]
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica. Prance is a former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.