* A remarkable finish carried Byron Nelson, former national open champion, to victory over Sam Snead in the final of the Professional Golfers Association tournament in Hershey, Pa.
Those names may be familiar to you older duffers in the gallery.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/sep40/f03sep40.htm
Germans preparing to invade Britain
Tuesday, September 3, 1940 www.onwar.com
From Berlin... The operational orders for the invasion of Britain are issued. It is confirmed that the decision to go will be taken 10 days before the invasion is to take place. S-Day is now scheduled for September 21st. The Sea Lion plan now provides for elements of 11 divisions to make the assault. Two airborne divisions are to be sent in at once, but the other nine will start 6700 strong and will only reach full strength after several days. About 250 tanks are to accompany the assault. Four divisions of the 16th Army with airborne support are to land near Folkestone, two of the 9th Army near Eastbourne and three more of the 9th Army, also with airborne support, at Brighton. These beachheads will not be mutually supporting in the early stages. At this time the defending British forces have only made a partial recovery from the equipment losses at Dunkirk. There are perhaps four divisions fully equipped and about eight more in a reasonable state. In addition, there are various mobile brigade groups. There are about 350 cruiser and heavy tanks in the country and about 500 antitank guns.
Very nice of you to include the article on the TVA dam and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While as a conservative I have some trepidation about large-scale government civilian programs, overall I have to score the TVA a success. The lakes contributed to flood control in an area where economic development was impossible due to recurring floods. The electricity generated brought power to previously impoverished rural areas, and also provided electricity for the growth of the aluminum smelting industry, which was needed to make the thousands of American airplanes that won WW2. The surplus electricity was also quite helpful in establishing another industry needed in war; that of separating various isotopes of Uranium from each other.
The dams are still there, with the lakes supporting the recreational industry, they control flooding and are still generating electricity.
I know that 0bama is trying to some extent to emulate the TVA in his “stimulus bill” but his goals and accomplishments are way off what the TVA did. In fact, for 0bama’s “stimulus” we have very little to show for it, and really nothing that will provide the long-lasting benefits of the TVA. The other thing is that there is no way we would replicate the TVA today because of the environmental whackos. It was the little snail darter that more or less killed the TVA back in the 1970s and 1980s.
So today, we just waste money.