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June 15, 1930

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CITY SALUTES COLORS TO MARK FLAG DAY; Staten Island Parade, Elks' Patriotic Program Are Among Chief Events. FLAG PRESENTED TO CITY Churches, Synagogues, Veterans Join In Observance of Standard's Anniversary.

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The national colors floated from thousands of flagstaffs throughout the city yesterday in recognition of Flag Day, this year the 153d anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes.

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Stock Prices Sag on Passage of Tariff; Viewed as Wall Street's Disapproval of Bill

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Although the stock market gave no emphatic response to the passage of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill by the Senate, the moderate decline yesterday in the price of leading stocks was generally regarded as a sign of Wall Street's dissatisfaction.

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SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS NAVAL PACT BY 16 VOTES TO 4; Majority Report, Going to the Senate Next Week, Will Probably Be Very Brief. BORAH STATES POSITION Challenges Hoover's Refusal to Reveal Data--Johnson Leads Group in Minority Report. FRANCE AND ITALY BALK Tension Over Preliminaries to Five Power Pact Is Believed to Be Still Unabated. Doubtful Senators for Pact. COMMITTEE 16 TO 4 FOR NAVAL TREATY PARIS AND ROME STILL BALK. Tension Over Naval Limitation Is Believed Unabated. Mussolini Irritated by Failure. Germany's Position Important.

By Special to The New York Times

Sen Foreign Relations Com majority rept expected to favor treaty ratification; Johnson leads group to file minority rept

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Postpone Retail Zone Project.

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The below twenty-third Street committee of the Fifth Avenue Association has voted, "in view of the general business conditions at this time," to lay aside for the time being the proposal for rezoning lower Fifth ...

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FOR THE RECORDS

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Notable Births

1930Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (died 2013)^[†]

Miguel Méndez was the pen name for Miguel Méndez Morales, a Mexican American author best known for his novel Peregrinos de Aztlán. He was a leading figure in the field of Chicano literature.

1930Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)^[†]

Joseph René Marcel Pronovost was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in 1,206 games over 20 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1950 and 1970. A top defenceman, Pronovost was named to four post-season NHL All-Star teams and played in 11 All-Star Games. He was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams with the Red Wings, the first in 1950, and won a fifth title with the Maple Leafs in 1967. Pronovost was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1978.