[Homer_J_Simpson]

Clash on Draft – 2-3
23 League Officials Injured in Bus Crash – 3
The International Situation – 4
Libyan Drive Opens – 6-7
5,000,000 Ship Tons Sunk, Nazis Claim – 7-8
British Claim Hits on Big Nazi Baes – 8
Prisoners of War May Get Packages – 8
Nazi Press Silent on Invasion Plan – 9
Units in ‘War’ Led by Green Officers – 10-11
South Is Far in Lead in Army Recruiting Over the Industrial East and New England – 12
Texts of Day’s War Communiques - 13

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/aug40/f07aug40.htm

Channel shipping under attack

Wednesday, August 7, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the English Channel... There are German attacks on shipping.

In East Africa... The last reinforcements (the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch) reach British Somaliland

[BroJoeK]

"South Is Far in Lead in Army Recruiting Over the Industrial East and New England – 12"

Worth noting again that in those days the "Solid South" was solidly Democrat.
The South's influence helped keep the Democrats focused on national security and even recognize some constitutional limitations on Federal powers.

After the 1960s, the Dems lost the "Solid South," and almost immediately floated off into the la-la land of anti-American, anti-Constitution, pro-redistribution and unlimited Federal power to impose whatever it wishes on the country.

Of course, the Dems loss was our gain, and if we can help the South control its urge to seceed, and stay loyal to the Union despite our flaws... well, I think we have a winning combination -- if not in 1940 or even fully in 2010, then 2012 is looking goooood. ;-)

Southerners were FDR's strongest foreign policy supporters.