Raleigh County Memorial Airport built
Charleston baseball joined the American Association, class AAA
Henry Lake Dickason retired as president of Bluefield State Teachers College (now University)
The Lilly Brothers of Raleigh County relocated to Boston
Widen was scene of fatal labor confrontation
Virginia Ruth "Dagmar" Egnor began own variety show, Dagmar's Canteen
John W. Davis argued for the continuation of racial segregation in South Carolina before the U.S. Supreme Court Briggs v. Elliot, later Brown v. Board of Education
John Warren Davis accepted a U.S. government appointment in Liberia
A wing to the Denmar Hospital building was completed
Fairmont State College president George W. Hand lost his position by refusing to fire Luella Raab Mundell
Ann Kathryn Flagg resigned her teaching position at Dunbar High School in Fairmont and became director of Children's Theater in Cleveland
U.S. Forest Service published reports on West Virginia Forests
Report stated that 64% of the state was forested
Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football
The Health and Physical Education Building at Glenville State College was dedicated
Original Mound Museum opened at Grave Creek Mound
K. K. Hall became circuit judge of West Virginia's 25th Judicial Circuit
Joseph Hodges was made an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Richmond
Johnnie Johnson moved to St. Louis and hired Chuck Berry to be in the Johnnie Johnson Trio
The 167th Fighter Squadron returned to West Virginia
The current number of members was established for the House of Delegates
The Wheeling Downs racetrack and other assets of Big Bill Lias were seized by the federal government
Library service was improved with creation of regional library systems
Hobert Skidmore wrote The Years Are Even
Lock No. 1 on the Big Sandy was closed
Walter Martens became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a distinctive honor
The Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad was merged into the New York Central System
Walter Reuther was elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Jack Rollins wrote "Smokey the Bear"
WVU's Mark Workman became All-American in basketball
Jim Sprouse began serving with the Central Intelligence Agency
Spruce Knob Lake was constructed as a fishing lake
P. D. Strausbaugh published Part One of Flora of West Virginia
Planning for Sutton Dam was suspended because of Korean War
WSAZ-TV in Huntington became channel 3
S. A. Abram began redevelopment of the old seminary grounds at Hilltop, near Oak Hill in Fayette County
The Bluestone Dam and Lake was completed
A strike at Widen occurred
Virginia Mae Brown was named West Virginia’s first woman assistant attorney general
