Pare Lorentz was contracted by the U.S. Resettlement Administration to create a motion picture about the New Deal
James Allen took over as president of Marshall College (now University)
Walter Martens designed the Cavalier and Belvedere Apartments in Charleston
Walter L. "Bill" Hart became editor of the Dominion-News
The National Historic Landmarks program was authorized
The Social Security law was passed
Nylon was invented in DuPont laboratory in Delaware
The Wheeling Daily News merged with Wheeling Register to form the Wheeling News-Register
Potomac State College was placed under the management of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University
The law was amended to give the PSC more control over utility expansion, construction, and self-dealing
The Elkins-Randolph County Airport was completed
Nat Reese's family moved to Princeton
The showboat Omar was originally launched by the Ohio River Company of Cincinnati
Benjamin Rosenbloom began serving as Wheeling's vice mayor
The property of the Charleston Interurban Railroad was bought by Charleston Transit Company
The Buckhannon tannery burned down
The U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act was passed
The First National Bank of Parkersburg was one of the largest national bank in West Virginia
Arthur B. Waugh won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism
Vienna was incorporated as a city
Libbey-Owens-Ford bought the Vitrolite Company
Camp Will Rogers was opened by the Civilian Conservation Corps
Pennsylvania Central Airlines began service at Wertz Airport
Paul N. Elbin became president of West Liberty State College
Innis C. Davis became state historian and archivist
Supporters of industrial unionism organized the Committee for Industrial Organization
WHIS increased to 500 watts
WMMN increased to 1,000 watts and became an important outlet for country and western music performers
Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz pioneered the leucotomy, a radical form of brain surgery
