AHC/Idea: Alois Hiedler goes to Texas.

Only if Chaplin becomes dictator of Britain... ;)

Hail Chaplin! Hail Our Lord Protector! :eek:

Meanwhile in America, Adolf Hitler made a film titled The Great Dictator! :p

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Hitler the sculptor showing his ultimate classical work to the visiting Italian PM, Benito Mussolini. His "Marble Woman" attracted Il' Duce's attention
 
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Adolphus "JR" Gruber was born in 1889 near Waco, Texas following his father's departure from Germany earlier the prior year. The family became one of the many German families to go into the cattle business or be attached to it, the German communities of central Texas banding together to make life easier and retain some of their home culture. Young Adolphus is rebellious and prone to getting into fist-fights with other children, becoming unruly at an early age but showing a prowess for physical work. Working on some of the first oil wells in his early teens he becomes friends with several early oil barons including Joseph Cullinan, Walter Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet. He picked up the "JR" nickname after his resemblance to a younger Cullinan in the eyes of some visitors started a rumor that Adolphus was the man's illegitimate child. He endured the mockery of Germans in Texas during the First World War, despite the fact that Hitler enlisted in the US Navy in late 1916 and served as a petroleum expert following his early experiences with the derricks and roustabouts for much of the prior 15 years. With the fall of the Kaiser he returned to Texas and began his own career. After investing much of his early savings into the fledgling Texas Oil Company later known as Texaco, Hitler had acquired a 5% share by 1919 which he sold to start Pan American Petroleum Incorporated. This tanker fleet used Galveston as a home base, Hitler having acquired some background in seafaring during his two years as a Navy man. With gradual expansion thanks to persuasive sales skills along with an inherent understanding of Spanish and the Latin culture, Hitler made a fortune delivering raw and refined petroleum products to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. His involvement in using commercial ties to offset a potential conflict between Argentina and Chile made him known in international circles though his temper occasionally did so for the wrong reasons.

By 1928 the company was worth over $30 million with Hitler as sole owner, he bought a small shipyard and began designing what eventually would be remembered as the T2 and T3, a series of tankers that would serve PAPI as well as much of the world with the outbreak of war following the radical expansionism of (German) Communism/Spartacism during 1938-1946. Hitler's ability to profit off the shipyards during the war almost exceeded that of his transport services, permitting him to buy back 25% of Texaco during the war and making him one of the largest oil barons in Texas. By now he had three children (William, Mary, and Denise; a fourth child Richard died in infancy) by his half-Brazilian half-German wife Maria whom he met on a business trip in 1924. Their marriage was a happy one though Hitler proved difficult to deal with at home as memoirs later reflected. Hitler's 10% ownership of Hughes Tools also proved profitable in later years as prodigal son Howard was building that company up during the war as well.

By the time of Hitler's murder at the hands of a sniper at the University in 1962 he had amassed a personal fortune of over $150 million running the largest oil tanker fleet in the world. The running question of "Who shot JR?!" ran for days in the Texas newspapers, at the time it was not known that he was dying from a neurosyphillis acquired decades earlier. His son William revealed that he was an ardent conservative who had a hatred for many different types of people he himself did not affiliate with directly despite the public willingness to deal with anyone. Apparently he also liked to paint though the works are not viewable by the public. His palacial estate in Texas City is now a museum while the family still holds onto a massive investment portfolio following the acquisition of PAPI by Shell Oil for over $2.5 billion in 1981. The family now manages the stock portfolio and is the owner of the Texas Rangers, the Texas Oilers, and Houston Rockets.
 
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