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    • Jan 1, 1948
    The American Federation of Musicians initiates a strike against the nation's record companies. It lasts until December
    Jan 27, 1948
    A robber breaks a window on Roy Acuff's car in St. Augustine, Florida, and steals a banjo and two guitars valued at $340
    Feb 21, 1948
    Lefty Frizzell ends a six-month jail sentence for statutory rape in Roswell, New Mexico. During his stay behind bars, Frizzell wrote "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
    Aug 9, 1949
    The divorce of Hank and Audrey Williams, finalized in May 1948, is reversed, 11 weeks after the birth of Hank Williams Jr.
    Oct 11, 1949
    On her 17th birthday, Dottie West--then known as Dorothy Marsh--breaks down in the principal's office and admits her father has been raping her for years. Her father is sentenced to 40 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary
    Apr 15, 1950
    Hank Williams is arrested for violating a Nashville ordinance that prohibits smoking in bed, when a cigarette starts a fire in his room at the Tulane Hotel after he falls asleep
    Apr 17, 1950
    Priscilla Ann Wagner is formally adopted by Paul Beaulieu. The four-year-old is the future wife of Elvis Presley
    Apr 14, 1951
    Bill Monroe is served a court summons in a lawsuit brought by songwriter Tomie Thompson, who claims Monroe has not properly credited him for the lyrics to "Kentucky Waltz." Monroe admits Thompson wrote them, but insists he bought them
    Jul 27, 1951
    George Jones is slapped with a court order to stay away from his wife, Dorothy, who has filed for divorce
    Aug 11, 1951
    Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory delinquency, stemming from a dalliance with an under-age girl in Little Rock on April 1



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