Documents Tagged ‘World War II’
Now They’re Proud of Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 8/55
Feminist pioneer Betty Friedan praised World War II veterans for turning around Peoria.
Gertrude Pryor v. LeRoy Pryor
Archive Entry Date: 1/1946
The divorce papers of Richard Pryor's parents
LeRoy Pryor Indicted by Grand Jury
Archive Entry Date: 3/1945
A Peoria grand jury indicted LeRoy Pryor for robbing a black soldier
Ellis Sergeant Slugged, Robbed
Archive Entry Date: 2/13/1945
A black sergeant, flush with cash, was robbed on N. Washington Street — and Richard's father seems to have been the culprit
Open House Held For Peoria’s USO Club
Archive Entry Date: 09/11/1944
Peoria's USO Club offered a respectable alternative to the red-light district
LeRoy Pryor Receives Section 8 Discharge
Archive Entry Date: 7/25/44
LeRoy Pryor was discharged without honor from the US Army at the height of mobilization for WWII
Married: LeRoy Pryor and Gertrude Thomas
Archive Entry Date: 12/28/1943
Three years after he was born, World War II spurred Richard's parents to marry
Two Women Held In Vice Check Up
Archive Entry Date: 11/21/1943
After the military threatened a further crackdown, Peoria police took action