News: CBS: Relative Quiet In Air War (excerpt highlighted in gray)
September 7, 1940
3:24
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From London:
1). After midnight last night, there was relative quiet in London. Complaints that German bombs are still beating the air raid sirens by ten minutes.
2). Germans are dropping many fire bombs. Firefighters are able to handle these fires. Parachute flares are also being dropped but seldom followed by bombs. They be being dropped just to cause alarm.

Unable to contact Berlin
From Washington:
1). The conscription bill may come to a vote before midnight tonight. There are still House amendments to be considered.
2). Senate completed action on five billion dollar defense appropriations bill. American, and the world, are deficit spending. US fiscal deficit for this year will be five billion dollars.

3). Congress will adjourn or recess after these bills are dealt with.
4). Will Republicans gain seats in the House?

Still unable to contact Berlin

Dispatches from Berlin:
1). British raids over Berlin.

Timeline:
Just a few hours after this broadcast, 625 German bombers and 648 fighters flew up the Thames River, bombing docks, central London, and the East End. Civilian casualties were 300 dead, 1300 wounded. Repeated waves of attacks continued until 0500 the next day. The codeword "Cromwell" was passed nation-wide, and church bells rung out in warning that a German invasion might be underway.