Susanne Fisher

Patrick Ward Gainer was born in Parkersburg

The school changed its name to Fairmont State Teachers College, now Fairmont State University

Fairmont newspaper's Sunday edition became the Times West Virginian

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote her first novel, Thursday April

Hazel Atlas corporate headquarters located in Wheeling

The Department of Public Assistance replaced the Board of Children's Guardians

Harold Houston aided C. Frank Keeny with the organization of the West Virginia Mine Workers Union and the West Virginia Labor Party

The West Virginia immigration commissioner's position was discontinued

Charlie Cline was born

M. Marsh and Son rented more than 40 cigar-making machines

The Concrete Steel Bridge Company was forced into bankruptcy and liquidated

West Virginia apple production peaked at 12 million bushels

County banks failed

WHIS Bluefield broadcast the murder trial of Minnie Stull.

Leonard Riggleman was elected president of Morris Harvey College, now University of Charleston

The Valley River Railroad closed

Ada "Bricktop" Smith opened a larger Bricktop's club

Boyd Stutler co-wrote a textbook on West Virginia History

Festus Summers left Morris Harvey College, now University of Charleston

Welch Hospital No. One became Welch Emergency Hospital

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty stopped at Wertz Field

West Virginia Yesterday and Today was copyrighted by Phil Conley

Roy McCuskey became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

George Smith began serving as WWVA program director

A new bank in Winfield failed

New River State School became New River State College, now WVU Institute of Technology

WWVA received network affiliation

John Zontini rushed for 865 yards as a freshman at Marshall College

Vernon Johnson became Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia

Toni Stone's family moved to Minnesota

Ogden Newspapers of Wheeling purchased the morning Times, evening West Virginian, and Sunday Times West Virginia, all of Fairmont

Fernow Experimental Forest was recognized as a typical example of West Virginia timberlands, based on plant and animal diversity, topography, timbering history, and climate

Repeal of prohibition allows reopening of brewery by Fesenmeier Company

Fokker Aircraft Plant building was sold to Louis Marx Toy Company

Donald Gaudineer became ranger of the Cheat Ranger District at Parsons

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote The Hills Step Lightly

The New River was dammed at Hawks Nest

Another great trial was held against the contractor of the Hawks Nest Tunnel by those who contracted silicosis

Roy Bird Cook became president of Cook Drug Company

Civilian Conservation Corps established Camp Price

Families began moving into their new homes in Eleanor

The Myers brothers filmed One Room Schoolhouses

School of Forestry was established at WVU

Cheat Mountain salamander was discovered on White Top Mountain

Howard Mason Gore served as director of the federal rural rehabilitation program for Harrison County

West Virginia bought the park lands of Hawks Nest State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made improvements

The National Industrial Recovery Act was declared unconstitutional

The Wagner Act revived many parts of the NIRA relating to labor after the Supreme Court ruled the NIRA unconstitutional

Joseph Hodges was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Richmond

Fanny Johnson's story "The Dinner Set" was published in Weird Tales

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) moved to Charleston from Barboursville

UMWA President John L. Lewis challenged the American Federation of Labor by initiating campaign to organize workers by industry rather than craft

Governor Kump declared he wanted to see a library within reach of every citizen

89 percent of all families in Lincoln County regularly accepted government relief

Tom Kromer wrote Waiting For Nothing

Tom Kromer wrote Waiting For Nothing

Logan Banner became an afternoon daily

The two-year "standard normal" diploma program was abolished at Concord State Normal School

Coopers Rock State Forest was established

Earl Core received his PhD at Columbia University

Earl Core organized the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club

Cliff Hobbs of Cedar Grove began singing harmony for Billy Cox

Muriel Miller married Lester Dressler

Edgewood Country Club builds present clubhouse

Cass Gilbert built the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Major flood from the South Branch River brought devastation to Grant County

County poor farms were closed after establishment of Social Security

Record floods hit Hardy County

Efforts to establish the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park began

Hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives attributed 476 deaths to work on the Hawks Nest Tunnel