Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 4 Winnipeg free press wednesday june 27, 1956 Ere ther Llyko when Leon Claxton first brought new Orlean s Beale Street to the Western Canadian fair had to play his shows for free. And now Harlem in Havana which celebrates its 22nd anniversary in Brandon next week is just about the most popular show j with the Royal american fair crowds. At 54 years of age Leon Claxton is a plump beaming Chap with a deep Leeling for the underprivileged and a canny sense of giving the Public what it wants in the Way entertainment. Leon prefers soft Sweet music but because the rhythm numbers please the crowd the show is fast mov ing and Brassy. Nevertheless he makes sure that Harlem in Havana has its slow sentimental numbers. Fans of the Harlem to Havana show Hail it As one of the real survivors of pure negro 5azz, As played on Beale Street. And for a Good reason. Leon Claxton played the saxophone on Beale Street with w. C. St. Louis blues Handy and other greats of the Era. His father was a drummer and Leon grew up with the tradition n itch for show Shock for reds Reykjavik Iceland Nyht an analysis of the sunday elec Tion returns completed late monday night highlights the surprising strength of the pro american pro North at lactic treaty Independence Tive party which even the victorious leftists and communists commented upon editorially tuesday. As a roustabout at the age of 17, helping to put up seats. L was t Long before he was practising a contortion routine with an arabian tumbling act and after that he was bound for Small touring Tab shows eventually graduating to Vau Deville. Leon found he liked to manage better than to p e r form and he soon found him self engaged to put on a tent show for the Chicago world fair in 1933. In 1934 he was engaged to stage Harlem in Havana for the Royal Amer ican shows and he opened the act in Brandon. It was in this Era that he found he had to put on the shows free for the first couple of Days of an engagement and gradually the show caught on. Leon Claxton Leon s recipe for Success you n Winnipeg Al visitor fails to get Churchill to sign London Vic just can t describe. Her presence Toria Cross winners and their awed me i relatives went autograph Hunting she tried to get sir Winston tuesday at a Royal Garden party. Churchill s autograph taking off Between sipping Tea and eating her shoes to climb Over two rows strawberries and Cream in Theof chairs Only to have him de grounds of Marlborough House Cline. The canadians nabbed important celebrities for their signatures Man when big time personalities were not around they traded Auto graphs with other pcs. I be never asked anyone for his autograph said mrs. Esther Smith wife of sgt. Ernest Smokey Smith first Canadian non commissioned Soldier to win a pc in the second world War. I Felt terribly shy about doing she added but proudly scored top Marks with autographs from Earl Attlee and prime minister sir Anthony. Eden. She got them at a previous party and will present them to her two children Al. Home in new Westminster . While the pcs hunted names the Queen. Mother wandered through the gardens chatting with them mrs. Margaret Osborn and her daughter Patricia both of Winnipeg will carry Back mind Pic Tures of the when you see her said red haired Patricia who plans to get married in Canada july 7, Well i got a feeling i Smoky Smith his wife was shy have to make them feel the show. When you see the folks Start tap Ping their feet in rhythm or May be starting to Sway you know you be got pm and you re going to keep travelling with an outdoor show in t an easy task. You give Trade bars lowered on million in imports Ottawa tar Many As 11 shows a Day. When Jiff reductions on some Ever there s a big enough of goods will go into effect collected Harlem in Havana goes next saturday on imports from on. It carries something like 37 to 40 people. There Are six girls in the chorus line but 12 Are on the payroll because they can Only work so Many hours. With Harlem in Havana the name is the game. It s a Trade Mark says Leon just like the Palace theatre in new York. It Means travelling s i r months a year with the Royal american shows and then he arrives Al the Winter quarters in Tampa where he has a Home that is one of the show places. Immediately he is plunged into the United states and Cuba it was Learned tuesday. Concessions extended to other countries at the last round of world Tariff bargaining will go into effect As each of these coun tries reduce tariffs to Canada. Under the general agreement on tariffs and Trade bargaining Canada obtained Tariff reductions on More than Worth of goods. Officials said that about two thirds of the concessions will help expand Canadian exports to the . In return Canada agreed either organization preparations for a Christmas Char to hold the line or reduce rates Ltd Froin 3 500 to on some Worth of underprivileged coloured children items including elimination of the some White children turn up Long standing rate on but they Aren t turned away says newsprint and. The1 slashing of her Leon a needy child is a i tariffs on Beer. Needy child no matter the color the . Agreed to reduce rates of his skin.1 Leon has received an award for although losing Whin the most for the Chil ment seats the conservatives Ydren of his race and he s very polled votes or 42.4 per cent of the total vote compared with Only per cent in 1953. Most proud of that distinction. Along comes january and he s getting ready to travel with the significant is the 16.928 popular show for a month of fairs in the vote in the Reykjavik City then Back to Tampa to Trade deficit with Canada would on a wide array of goods. The reductions totalling 15 per cent will become operative in three with the first reduction of five per cent taking place next saturday. The next two stages of five per cent each Are to be come effective in 12-month inter Vals. All told Canada negotiated tar Iff concessions with the . And 12 other european and latin american countries. 2 -tj.s. Tourists Fly own plane into Moscow Moscow Reuters or. And mrs. Edward Lear first Ameri can tourists to Fly to Russia in their own plane touched Down Here tuesday. Or. Lear 54, and his 41-year-old wife Moya left East Berlin and flew to Moscow with the Aid of a soviet navigator making one Stop at Vilnius capital of soviet Lithuania. Buy u.k., canadians urged Edmonton up Britain s i Tion in Canada s purchases from compared to Only last election. Here in the Kcf Lavik air base area where icelanders rub elbows with . Troops the pro Ameri can conservative party made its greatest gains refuting leftist claims of icelandic support for an Arctic version of the Continental Yankee go Home motto. Final figures show the Corn in the audition new acts to put up sets and prepare for the summer Cir Cuit. Every year it s something new and this year the Fea Ture act is a Rock n Roll number. However it s just the name for Leon has been doing Rock n Roll for years. There s a big to do in the papers about it but it s the same a nudist popular strength to be stuff we be always he says. Or 19.2 per cent compared to 16.1 in the last election social i democrats 18.3 compared to 15.6 last time. The progressives the other party in the leftist coalition t polled Only 15.6 this year com pared to 21.9 last time. The National defence party had Only 4.5 per cent this year compared to c per cent in 1953. Conservative Premier Olafur Thors said the election returns show popular support for his party and that there will be no change in the party s principles which include moving very slowly on ousting the americans. The communist newspaper interpreted the elec lion returns As showing that the i. Nation demands the withdrawal he s seen some of his acts go into the big time. Frank James the one legged dancer who was a smash hit last year is going into the de Sullivan show. Patterson and Jackson the comedians Are wowing them on the champs Ely sees in Paris and in London s palladium. The biggest place for show business at present particularly for coloured people is says Leon. And As for Canada he loves it. The people Are Friendly and big hearted he finds they re not chained by racial prejudice and he s made innumerable friends. He s been married for 19 years the Fairway furniture warehouse 292 Princess St., 3rd floor North of Logan Friday june 29th at 10 . Instructed by the owners i will Tell As bedroom suites who danced in the with or. And mrs. Dressers Odd Chiffo Niers dressers vanities big Chicago night dressing Tillei bed lamps night tables baby cribs studio Davenport in Tho have three children i Chesterfield Beds studio lounges Odd Beds Complete with Springs and to of if g Olivia. 14, Gwenette 6, and Leon i mattresses. 35 Chesterfield sets some sectional pieces Odd easy chairs wdrmn0 10 me Lear Alliance jr., aged four. Mrs. Claxton joined1 floor and table lamps Coffee tables step tables Gate leg table radio , a t show As a dancer and they Odd Chrome chairs. 21 electric refrigerators Astral refrigerators by both the conservatives and the were married in Saska Toon. Malbouf 50 Metal ice boxes and a Large Quantity be wiped out if canadians would spend in Britain in that they now spend on imports from the United states says m. J. Marshall British Trade commissioner in Edmonton since 1953. Or. Marshall told the 21st an Nual meeting of the Canadian dietetic association tuesday Canadian purchases from the United states Are so huge that a Mere eight or 10 per cent reduce the u. A would t be noticed too much. If that Money were spent in the u. K., however it would be More than enough to offset the Trade Dis balance with he said Canada bought Worth of goods from Brit Ain in 1955 while Britain Pur chased twice that much from Canada. The United kingdom can t continue indefinitely to buy More from Canada than she Sells Here lie added. Dear but All the others will want it a Busy Day the Garden party was Climax of a Busy Day for the Canadian pcs who joined other common wealth winners this morning in a special Parade in Hyde Park where the Queen reviewed them. The pc created 100 years ago and first presented just 99 years ago today in Hyde Park by Queen Victoria is being commemorated with special events All this week. The Queen tuesday wore a summery dress of Pale and Grey Floral pattern. She spoke with each of the 23 pc holders who were in wheelchairs. To Tunas lunch with Queen London Reuters Harry Truman and his wife had lunch at Buckingham Palace tuesday As the guests of the Queen Anc j the Duke of Edinburgh. It was an informal family top hats or party dresses. The last time or. Truman saw the i been was during her visit to the United states in 1951 when she was still Princess Elizabeth. Fewer Job seekers than last year a total of Job male and female were listed during the week which ended june 21, according to the unemployment insurance commis Ion. This is a drop of 546 from the previous week and fewer than the comparable week last year. Job applicants by classifications with the previous week s figure s in brackets Are managerial and professional 190, sales and clerical 2.020, manufacturing 818, 414, transportation trades and services agricultural mining and lumbering 84, miscellaneous -351, unskilled other two there were unfilled male vacancies and a total of in a comparable week of 1955, there were applications for employment an unfilled positions. Top Mineral by far the most important of Britain s extractive industries is Coal mining. By Bailiff Sale of store fixtures groceries Etc. In premises 680 Sargent ave. Friday Junt 29th 10 it. Prmt display counter or real no. Berkel electric Slicer serial no. 1507807, Toledo Mincer serial no. T 484, Defiance new 083541, Piralk in Fri ii ale Kelal no National Cash Register 1c to serial o. 817233-1080. Toledo 30 dial Sinif serial no. H9742, Lobart Coffee grinder serial no. 351464, Mccask ayn accounting system credit Register meat Block. Knives. Fawn cleaners All the Croce rules. Provisions meats canned goods Etc. Terms Cash at Sale will be sold in bloc or otherwise Hirst co., w. H. Mcpherson bailiffs auctioneer Thone 9i1-71si William Whyte school awarded fire Drill trophy children from William Whyte school tuesday night were presented with the Beck shield for the Best fire Drill among three Storey schools in Winnipeg. Trustee Nan Murphy Winnipeg s school Board chairman made the presentation. Previously mrs. Murphy had accepted the shield from miss Tillie Beck daughter of former trustee Adam Beck in whose memory the shield was presented. Bailiffs auction Sale of Nice Walnut bedrooms in Walnut duplex table Fler tric Washer Walnut Cabinet Dave Funt and or mar 5 Niece Chrome Dan Pete suite fran stand Walnut Cedar modern Walnut vanity Dresser modern Walnut Chest of drawers very Nice Kitchen Cabinet mahogany whatnot hotpoint electric Washer occasional chairs Ransett Small Chest drawers Ward Robe end tables hous desk Chrome chairs Dinette chairs part set of Dan new arc ballroom Tell let Metal ice Box toilet howl and seat Complete pictures Walnut Secre Taire dressers Centre tables smokers stand Toffee table Kitchen Buffet Oak vanity Dresser Scalp Lawn de Tryr up holstered chairs step elec tric stove Kitchen tables and chairs Cal left crib floor lamps comforters cushions dishes and Many other articles Etc. At our auction room 296 main St. Thursday june 28th 1 . Sharp terms Cash at Sale Simpson i co., bailiffs 512 Avenue phone 82-4027 Victor be. Fennell auctioneer and Valuator phone 92-3770. 29 main fit by h. J. Gray closing out auction Sale of new and Trade in furniture at communists. Polio shots half done Ottawa up the pre hol iday polio inoculation program for Canadian children is Over and officials estimated tuesday that Only about half the inoculation target has been reached. But so far the number of polio cases reported is at a record Low. With production difficulties causing a slowdown in deliveries a total of doses have been shipped this year from can Ada s Only production source Toronto s Connaught laboratories. About double that amount was needed to provide the first two shots for the children the provinces planned to inoculate be fore the end of the school term and to provide third shots for the inoculated last year. In fact the provinces had or dered shots. The laboratories had estimated May 29 that Only 2.000.000 shots could be delivered by june 15 but actually delivered Connaught Hopes to deliver the remainder of the order in october and november. It does you Good to sit and Chat with Leon Claxton Over a cup of Coffee. He s real show business and a great Guy. Goods on View thursday. Terms of Sale Cash phone 92-2371 her used furniture. H. Cray auctioneer. To the first 5000 customers a Orange juice a pickles 24 Kopelow s York Irish or beef Stew. A Meil in Jiffy tin Donald at York. Open wed. To 6.30 wholesaler closes business last three Days thursday Friday and saturday buy direct from the wholesale for less than factory prices final reduced prices 584 Only men s All Wool 2-trouser suits retail Selling famous brands such Ai clo ver fashion Hall Peerless All Wool English worsted in neat checks solids stripes. Several shades to choose from. Sizes 35 to 46. Final clearance main Rivers the main Rivers of Nigeria Are the niger benue Cross Sokoto Kaduna and Gongola. Men s 2-Pant suits single and double breasted styles. Shorts regulars and tails solid and Stripe patterns every color imaginable. Sixes 35 to 46. Final clearance men s dress Flo Affif Cpd self Belt 1 it w u All hot retail value to 12.95 you la want More than one pair at this Price. Flannels cadets and other Fine sturdy materials. Sizes 23 to 44. Men s nylo gab. Dress a self Belt Zipper pleats. Shades of Blue Green Brown Grey. Sixes 28-44.-. Trousers feature value boys suits 2 or. Trousers Reg. Values As High m smart i Brenes flannels and other crease resistant materials. Sixes 8-18 yrs. Final clearance 10.88 Corner Mcdermot and Albert St. 248 Mcdermot Avenue right in the heart of the wholesale District 1 Block West of main House of 1001 specials style rite Ralph s disposal Sale House of 1001 specials have purchased the balance of a Stock from j. Gerber sask. And Are Selling out at greatly reduced prices. Everything at Low Low figures. We suggest you take advantage of these tremendous savings. Store hours 9 . To 6 . Open sat. Till 9 . Winnipeg also open Friday till 9 . 887 pair values to 69c each men s women s children s ankle sox m pair while they last men s faded Denim Slacks charcoal and Blue sizes men s sport shirts Short sleeves sl28 men s work shirts 15 to 17 s1.38 men s sport shirts Long sleeves s1.28 boys girls faded Denim jackets 6x out they go men women s children shoes All to Clear values to earrings 1 utensils i Cottons tapes perfumes t shirts Needles toys knives threads books powders panties socks figures locks 9 each fresh cigarettes All popular brands 1 Carton of 200 cigarettes and 1 Carton of 50 Book matches Reg. Value special both for s2.95 Winnipeg summer dresses ladies value to children s runners 69 House of 7007 style rite 583-7 main St. Winnipeg one Block South of Logan Ralph s 26-28 Saskatchewan Portage la Prairie across from pest ;