The Kessinger Brothers started performing on radio station WOBU (WCHS)
A new city council was seated in Hinton
Guyan Valley High School was built in Pleasant View
Kyle McCormick became publisher of the Princeton Observer
A granite monument marking Zackquill Morgan's grave was erected
Lawrence Nuttall donated his plant collection to the WVU Herbarium
The American Viscose Corporation started rayon production in South Parkersburg
Giuseppe Argiro of Fairmont was credited with creating the pepperoni roll
1,099 cases of smallpox were reported in West Virginia
The state's milk control program began
The federal court case United Mine Workers of America v. Red Jacket Consolidation Coal and Coke Company affirmed the use of injunctions against union organizing efforts
Walter Reuther moved to Detroit
Frederick H. Rhead joined the Laughlin Company
The boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest were extended to include the Smoke Hole
Legislature acted to acquire additional areas for state parks
Festus Summers studied at Columbia University
The William Byrne Elk River tales began a regular feature in the West Virginia Wild Life Magazine, and were later published as Tale of the Elk
Sam Taylor ended his state police career after losing a leg in an on-duty motorcycle accident
W.W. Trent became president of Alderson-Broaddus College
A planing mill in Parson became a woolen mill
Consolidation Coal Company became the largest independent bituminous mining company in the nation
Ernest T. Weir took over as chief executive officer of National Steel
I. C. White stopped serving as first director of the West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey
Lenna Lowe Yost became the first woman to serve on the West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees
Gas leak and fire destroyed much of the glass factory, but the company resumed a year later
Vernon Johnson was reelected as Speaker of the House of Delegates
