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A major drought lowered the Monongahela's water lever significantly

The New Dominion and Morgantown Post began sharing plant facilities

The name of Morgantown's New Dominion newspaper was changed to Dominion-News

Reported nearly 2,500 Mormons in West Virginia

Dwight Morrow resigned as ambassador to Mexico

The Bank of Commerce became a national bank

Delf Norona moved to West Virginia

Oak Park in Preston County closed

WVU Experiment Farm was established at Kearneysville

Pinecrest, a TB sanitarium, opened in Beckley

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

William A. MacCorkle left his Charleston mansion, Sunrise, to the Salvation Army

The Seneca Caverns were opened to the public

Shepherd College was designated as a four-year teachers college

The West Virginia Midland Railroad closed

The first improved road was built into the southern half of Smoke Hole

Warner Brothers took over the Smoot Theater in Parkersburg

The Sistersville and Middlebourne streetcar line ceased operation

Hinton's population was 6,654

Summers County population was 20,468

Sweet Springs went into receivership

Thurmond population peaked at 462

A severe drought on the Tygart Valley River nearly shut down navigation on Monongahela

Ward Engineering built the Scott

Walter Fredericks sold WCHS

Welch population was at 5,376

There were 22 basketball teams in the WVAU tournament

The Sutton suspension bridge closed for traffic

Population of Wheeling peaked at 61,659

Wyoming County population was 20,926

Commercial air service to Charleston started

Lenna Yost directed the Women's Division of the National Republican Party

The Tavern at Youghiogheny Forest Colony was built

Hack Wilson hit a National League record 56 home runs and knocked in 191 runs, a Major League Baseball record that still stands today

Catherine Marshall completed Keyser High School

Number of farms in West Virginia began dropping

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society formed

Tony Boyle became president of UMWA District 27

Extensive remodeling and expansion of the Cabell County courthouse was completed

Calhoun County population peaked at 12,455

First building was completed at Camp Washington-Carver

Flip left the country music trio group of "Cap, Andy, and Flip"

Clay County population peaked at 15,206

Rose Cousins learned how to fly

Easton Roller Mill, near Morgantown, was closed

W.E.R. Byrne's Tale of the Elk was published

Population of Gilmer County peaked

Construction began for Grandview Park

G. D. McNeill wrote The Last Forest, whose main character was inspired by Edden Hammons

Electric power production increased by 2,000 percent

Matthew M. Neely won the Democratic nomination for governor while still serving the U.S. Senate

Tom Kromer gave up writing

Logan's population peaked at 5,166

Reported 11,000 miners in Logan County

Martinsburg had four movie houses

Bumgardner Hall was built at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

DuPont put four million pairs of nylon stockings on sale nationally

Molly O'Day's brothers moved to Beckley

Population of Ohio County peaked at 73,115

It was decided to establish a state forest in the Panther Creek area.

Parsons population was 2,077.

Pendleton County population peaked at 10,884.

Ida Reed published her last book, Songs of the Hills

A demonstration site for farm electrification was built at the Jackson's Mill state 4-H camp

The Hardy County Light and Power Association served 142 members

Hubert Skidmore published Hill Doctor

Eleanor Steber won the Metropolitan Opera radio auditions

Taylor County population peaked at 19,919

The Tomlinson Run dam was built by the federal Works Progress Administration

Wm. Trevey left glass plate negatives in his Glen Jean studio

Vienna had five glass factories, a canning company and a silk mill

Webster County population peaked at 18,080

Weirton population was 18,000

The West Virginia Historical Society was formed

The State Fair ceased operation on Wheeling Island

Timber in the Williams River watershed stopped being taken out by log train

The West Virginia Conservation Bulletin began quarterly publication with a newspaper format

Coonskin Ridge was selected for location of the Charleston airport

The Gravens' cabin, located at the Youghiogheny Forest Colony, was designed by Thomas Hood

The speaker of the House of Delegates was Robert "Bob" Kiss

Weirton Steel ceased to be an employee-owned company

Literacy West Virginia was formed from the merger of the Literacy volunteers of America and Lauback Literacy Action

William Drennen and Kojo Jones wrote Red, White, Black & Blue: A Dual Memoir of Race and Class in Appalachia

Plans were made to consolidate Iaeger and Big Creek high schools in McDowell County

Chuck Kinder wrote The Last Mountain Dancer which includes the Mothman

The Mountain State University Cougars won the NAIA Division I national basketball championship

Mylan Laboratories announced plans to acquire non-generic drug maker King Pharmaceuticals

Huntington Banks became the third-largest bank holding company in West Virginia

The National Bank of Commerce became SunTrust

The New River Community and Technical College was made independent of Bluefield State College