Wertz Field

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

Fairmont newspaper's Sunday edition became the Times West Virginian

Susanne Fisher sang small parts at Berlin State Opera

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

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

Federal government purchased 1,200-acre farm from Richard Arthur

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

Construction on the Tygart Dam began

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

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

A brick school building began serving the children at Tygart Valley Homesteads

Oscar Nelson commissioned Walter F. Martens to design the United Carbon headquarters

Sculptures by Annie Latham Bartlett was exhibited at the New York World's Fair

Andre Van Damme was recalled to military service during mobilization

West Virginia's share of the antebellum Virginia state debt was retired

Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust acquired Citizen Mutual

Only 325 students enrolled at West Liberty State College

West Virginia Annual Conference of Methodists discontinued ties with Morris Harvey College

WHIS affiliated with NBC network

Patty Willis exhibited her work at the World's Fair

Aunt Jennie Wilson was widowed

WJLS went on the air in Beckley

Stanley Bender enlisted in the Army

Katherine Johnson married James Francis Goble

The President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices visited West Virginia to investigate the firing of seven Jehovah Witnesses from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant in Clarksburg

West Virginia State Board of Education adopted flag-salute regulations

Florence Blanchfield was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel

Construction on the Bluestone Dam began

Alonzo Brooks returned to French Creek

Log lodge, two framed dormitories, swimming pool and bathhouse constructed at Camp Washington-Carver

Brandon Hass sold the property now known as Cathedral State Park to the state

The Charleston Ordnance Center received the coveted Army-Navy "E" production award

Carl Rutherford learned to play in same tunings as others

Julia Davis wrote The Sun Climbs Slow

U.S. Farm Security Administration came to an end

Ken Hechler was drafted as an infantry private

Two separate groups of Italian POWs were imprisoned in West Virginia

The first and largest contingent of Italian POWs arrived to build Camp Ashford

Andrew Gardner Jackson died

Gordon L. Bennett was the first executive secretary of the Library Commission

The Linsly School became known as the Linsly Military Institute

The Lost World Caverns cave was discovered as the Grapevine Cave

Frank McEnteer arrived in the Middle East

Kermit McKeever became superintendent of Lost River State Park

J. Kemp McLaughlin was assigned to the 92nd heavy bombardment group of the Eighth Air Force

Mercer County's miners produced 3,500,000 tons of coal

Arnold Miller joined the army

Okey Mills enlisted in the army as paratrooper

The Civilian Conservation Corps was terminated

Calvin W. Price received an honorary law degree from West Virginia University.

Dyke Raese coached the West Virginia University men's basketball team to a major sports national championship.

The Schoolhouse Cave survey was completed

Hugh Shott served in U.S. Senate

Hubert Skidmore wrote Hill Lawyer

Sam Snead had won 29 tournaments

President of UMWA District 17 Van Bittner resigned

CCC Camp Watoga was closed

Only 212 students enrolled at West Liberty State College

Phil Conley re-acquired the West Virginia Review

Antonia Modarelli became director of the Charleston Civic Orchestra

The Works Progress Administration ceased operation