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    • Jun 1, 1938
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, begins serving a three-year sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
    Feb 6, 1939
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is released from jail after serving eight months of a three-year sentence for forging a $4 check
    Apr 2, 1940
    After a noisy courtroom drama that included Bob Wills shouting at his own attorney, the annulment of his marriage to Mary Lou Wills is set aside. She is less than four months from bearing him a daughter
    Jun 27, 1944
    Gene Autry files a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Republic Pictures in an attempt to have his movie contract voided
    Dec 1, 1944
    Gene Autry appears in a Los Angeles court room in an attempt to terminate his contract with Republic Pictures, which he says is promoting Roy Rogers in his stead while Autry is in the Army. The court sides with Republic
    Nov 7, 1945
    Gene Autry returns to a Los Angeles courtroom, contending his Republic movie contract should be voided. The studio maintains he owes three more years to make up for the period in which he was enlisted with the Army
    Jan 23, 1946
    A Los Angeles judge dismisses charges filed by Ruthie Reece, a singer in Spade Cooley's band who accused Cooley of attacking her in Glendale in November. The judge calls the 18-year-old's story "improbable"
    Jan 30, 1946
    A Los Angeles judge rules that Gene Autry's military service does not negate his contract with Republic Pictures, concluding that he owes the studio 21 more films
    May 23, 1947
    A San Francisco court overturns a lower court ruling, releasing Gene Autry from an obligation to do 21 more movies for Republic Pictures. Autry and the studio had feuded for three years over the impact of his World War II service on his contract
    Aug 21, 1947
    Lefty Frizzell is sentenced to jail in New Mexico for two to three years for statutory rape. Frizzell ultimately spends six months behind bars, where he writes a country hit, "I Love You A Thousand Ways"



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