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    • Feb 17, 1942
    Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are branded among several other performers as Communists by the New York World-Telegram
    Apr 10, 1942
    Jim Reeves pitches his Carthage baseball team to a 3-1 exhibition victory over the University of Texas freshman team. The Panola Watchman says Reeves' curveball "cracked like a whip" as he racked up nine strikeouts
    Jul 12, 1943
    Roy Rogers appears on the cover of Life magazine
    Oct 4, 1943
    A story in Time magazine says "the dominant popular music of the U.S. today is hillbilly." The headline on the article: "Bull Market In Corn"
    Oct 15, 1943
    The Sumner Press, of Gallatin, Tennessee, reports a petition has been filed that makes Roy Acuff the first candidate to run for governor. The action was apparently taken without Acuff's knowledge
    Feb 12, 1944
    The Saturday Evening Post examines country music's popularity in an article titled "Hillbilly Boom." In the story, producer Art Satherley is credited with finding the music in "the bayous, canebrakes and hills" and presenting it "twangin' and sobbin' to 25 million addicts." The piece highlights Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Sep 6, 1945
    The Los Angeles Times reports Gene Autry has returned to California at the close of a USO tour that saw him perform for more than a million G.I.s in the Pacific theater
    Apr 14, 1947
    The Tennessean reports Roy Acuff is receiving medical treatment at room 327 in Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. No ailment is specified, though the paper indicates he "may undergo operation"
    Jul 15, 1947
    Radio station KWPM goes on the air in West Plains, Missouri, providing a training ground for local resident Porter Wagoner
    Feb 21, 1949
    Nineteen years after he played on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)," Louis Armstrong becomes the first jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time magazine



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