Illinois’s State Attorney Lester Carson joined the reform coalition cracking down on vice during WWII and tried to force the closure of 48 Peoria brothels.<\/p>\n
Carson\u00a0was coordinating with government agencies, who threatened to place Peoria “out of bounds” to all men in the military service unless prostitution was brought under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Illinois’s State Attorney Lester Carson joined the reform coalition cracking down on vice during WWII and tried to force the closure of 48 Peoria brothels. Carson\u00a0was coordinating with government agencies, who threatened to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,199,341,258,348,6,9,22,18],"tags":[34,91,90],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1941-45","category-2-a-city-at-war-with-itself","category-red-light-district-in-the-spotlight","category-reform_2","category-3-wwii-jolts-the-red-light-district","category-north-washington-street","category-peoria-an-introduction","category-reform-this-town","category-sin-city","tag-prostitution","tag-u-s-military","tag-urban-reform"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n