The Short Ballot Amendment was rejected by voters
Jazz singer Jennie Smith was born
Report by Paul A. T. Noon and Mildred W. Sandoe showed 88% of West Virginia were without library services
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers began at WHIS radio in Bluefield
Pare Lorentz was appointed head of the U.S. Film Service by President Franklin Roosevelt
Upton Sears made a special crosscut saw to cut the famous Mingo Oak
Jack Maurice joined the staff of the Charleston Daily Mail as a reporter
Howard Gray became president of the Meadow River Lumber Company
The federal prison camp at Mill Point opened
Congress approved construction of flood-control reservoir on the Mud River
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was incorporated
The New York Central merged with the K&M, K&WV and other railroads
The Greenbrier County Museum Committee was created
The wooden deck of the Philippi Covered Bridge was removed and replaced with a concrete deck supported by steel girders and new intermediate concrete piers
Pinnacle Rock State Park opened
The first annual "Feast of the Ramson" was held in Richwood
Ruth Rohde served on the advisory board of Alderson's Federal Reformatory for Women
Hubert Skidmore published Heaven Came So Near
Ada "Bricktop" Smith made radio broadcast in France
The West Virginia Department of Mines first reported production figures for surface mining
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the Tygart Dam
Clint Thomas suffered an ankle injury
An area for an arboretum was set aside in Watoga State Park
The dental hygiene department opened at West Liberty State College
A West Liberty State College branch campus opened in Wheeling
The state was divided into four regions for the West Virginia Athletic Union basketball tournament
WVU had 3,500 students and 150 faculty
Patty Willis exhibited her work at the Society of International Artists in New York
Joe L. Smith Jr applied for a broadcast license
Grote Reber confirmed that radiation at radio wavelengths was reaching the earth from outer space
