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    • Jul 23, 1938
    "Pappy" O'Daniel, who came to fame as the founder of The Light Crust Doughboys, wins Texas' Democratic primary for governor
    Nov 8, 1938
    W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel is elected governor of Texas. O'Daniel founded The Light Crust Doughboys, a western swing band that represented a Fort Worth flour mill. The band helped establish Milton Brown and Bob Wills
    Jun 8, 1939
    The Coon Creek Girls become the first country act to perform at the White House, when Franklin D. Roosevelt hosts England's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
    Jan 30, 1940
    First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears on Gene Autry's CBS Radio show "Melody Ranch" as Autry broadcasts live from Washington, D.C., at president Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifth Birthday Ball. Autry gifts the president a Stetson hat
    Mar 3, 1940
    Woody Guthrie joins Lead Belly, Will Geer and Alan Lomax, among others, to perform at a labor union fundraiser at New York's Forrest Theater attended by Pete Seeger. The show helps launch Guthrie to prominence as a singer/songwriter
    Jun 28, 1941
    Texas governor Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel defeats Lyndon Baines Johnson in a special election for the U.S. Senate, winning by a narrow 1,311 votes. O'Daniel founded the pioneering western swing band The Light Crust Doughboys
    Sep 1, 1941
    Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger march in the Labor Day Parade in Los Angeles
    Sep 11, 1941
    A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. It will be recognized in Darryl Worley's post-9/11 country hit "Have You Forgotten?"
    Feb 17, 1942
    Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are branded among several other performers as Communists by the New York World-Telegram
    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



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