UMWA eliminated the traditional wage differences between northern and southern coalfields
Cleve Bailey appointed director of the state budget
Main structure of the Buckhannon Highways Garage was built by prison labor
The administration building was built at Buckhannon Highways Garage
Rose Cousins went to Tuskegee Institute to try out for the Air Force training program for black combat pilots
West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State was published
An extension was added to the original 1927 Diamond Department Store building
Joanne Dru married Dick Haymes
West Virginia Farm Bureau Service Company was sold to Southern States Cooperative
Ruel Foster joined the faculty of WVU
Earle T. Andrews became general manager of operations of the Berkeley Glass Sand Mining Plant in Morgan County
Governor Neely appointed Howard Gore to the state's three-man Public Service Commission
Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote The Gods and One
Roy Lee Harmon wrote Around the Mountains
Homer Holt began practicing law in Charleston
Another Textile Workers of America strike occurred at Interwoven Mills
It's Wheeling Steel radio program moved to the NBC Blue Network
Johnnie Johnson left West Virginia
The first funds were allocated by legislature for libraries
Hubert Skidmore wrote Hawks Nest
Hubert Skidmore wrote Hawks Nest
The Little Beaver Lake was created with the damming of Little Beaver Creek
Joseph Long left office as president of Huntington Chamber of Commerce
The electric railway from McMechen and Moundsville were replaced by buses
Walter Martens began a partnership with his son Robert Martens
Sandy Mason died
Matilda Mason became the president of Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
Labor leader Joe Powell began work as a glass cutter for Roland Glass Company in Clarksburg.
Attorney General Abraham A. "Cousin Abe" Lilly resided in the penthouse at the Ruffner Hotel
An article by Clay Perry in the Saturday Evening Post describes four cavers trapped in the Sinks of Gandy for five hours
Col. H. Clare Hess was appointed superintendent at the State Police Academy
The National Labor Relations Board found Weirton Steel guilty of unfairly promoting its company union
The Stone & Thomas department store chain came to Charleston
The butadiene plant at Institute had capacity of 80,000 tons/year
Morris Harvey College became a self-governing independent college
The Navy named a light cruiser the U.S.S. Huntington
Volkmar Wentzel enlisted in the Air Force
A mine strike at Widen occurred
WSAZ radio began fulltime operation and assumed frequency of 930 kHz
New River State College was renamed the West Virginia Institute of Technology (now WVU Institute of Technology)
Chuck Yeager enlisted in the Army Air Corps
Hurry-up Yost retired as Michigan's athletic director
Helen Froelich married Rush Holt
