Three Seconds Late

catboy637

I am finally making a TL. Yeah, over 3,000 posts and nothing. That is about to change! Feel free to help, I will update it tomorrow.
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Three Seconds Late
A TL ​
Prolouge-March 12th, 1858
Julius Ochs looked at his newborn son. He was being cradled by his mother, Bertha. The baby was quiet, resting in his new mothers arms.
"What do you want to name him?", Julius asked his wife.
"Adolph. Adolph Ochs.", was her reply. The baby started crying, and he was rocked back and forth.
POD:Adolph Ochs is born three seconds later than in OTL. This will have ramifications later on...

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vultan

I can't wait!:D
LET THE AMERIWANK BEGIN!!!
Seriously, though, I'm excited. Bring it on, catboy.;)
(BTW: If you need help with the Mexican annexation movement, just ask).
 

catboy637

Part 2-Adolph versus Adolph
January 13th, 1920
Adolph Ochs sat in his office, reading over yesterday's issue of the New York Times. He scowled over an article about that fool over in Germany. Bad enough he shared a name with him, did that madman have to be an anti-semite? He sighed, nothing could be done by him.
Soon after, an editor came into the office with tomorrow's copy of the paper. Ochs took it as usual, and started looking it over. The first thing on the paper was "Beleieves Rocket Can Reach the Moon".
Ochs began to read it over. The eidtor ranted on about how rockets were impossibilities, and that Goddard was a fool.
Ochs was not a pyschologist, but this seemed much to harsh. Saying he lacked a high scholl education was brash and unneeded. He had heard of Goddard's work, it seemed possible that these things could work.
He called in one of his editors to make a last minute change. He crossed out the article, and told the editor to write what he said. He began to tell his honest truth, as the editor scribbled it down.​
January 14th, 1920​
General Pershing sat in his office, drumming his fingers on his desk. He had seen the Great War, he was now General of the Armies, and he was being asked to run for President.
"What am I going to do?", he muttered under his breath.
An orderly ran into his office.
"Sir, I have the Times you saked for, sir!", the orderly gasped.
"Thank you.", said Pershing as he took the paper and excused the orderly.
The first thing he noticed was a front page headline saying
"A Correction of a Previous Editorial"
Yesterday, I was given an early copy of this issue of the Times. Where this article is, there was an uneeded and unreasonable editorial against Robert Goddard. The article falsely claimed that Goddard lacks a high-school education, and that his experiments are pipe dreams. I am no rocket scientest, but I beleive these rockets could be of service to the United States and the world while not out of the atmosphere. I even go so far to say that they could be used for mail, or even, God forbid, warfare.
That is why I removed the previous article and wrote you are now reading.
Sincerely, Editor in Chief,
Adolph Ochs
Pershing looked over the article. Something in his mind told him that these could be useful, these rockets.
Pershing called out to one of his messangers, "Get me Robbert Goddard!"​
 

catboy637

Part 3-America the Strong
The invatation of General Pershing to Robert Goddard proved essential to the modern world as we know it. The ramifications of this meeting led to the Second Manifest Destiny, the British imperialist movement, and much of the Second Great War.
-Excerpt from "The American Braun"
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Pershing sat at his desk, facing a nervous looking man with a mustache. That man had no military expeirence, he didn't know a thing about tactics, and was even physically fit. Yet this man could make the US Army more powerful than ever before.
That man was Robert Goddard.
"So, Mister Goddard,", said Pershing as he lit a cigar, "I know you're intersted in rockets. I'm interested in rockets. Do you think we can have a deal?"
Goddard coughed, an neverlously said "Sir, I would like to know what you want to do with me."
Pershing replied with, "I, Mister Goddard, want you to work on rockets. You will get plenty of funding and men for your work. Just work for the US military and make us some of those doohickies."
Pershing dragged his cigar and put it down. "So, what do you say?"
Goddard coughed, rubbed his chin, and replied, "Yes, that sounds good."
The two men shook hands over the table.
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Easrly American rocket testing in North Carolina. Note the armed guards near the reporters.​

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BlackWave

Looks nice. Although I can't tell what consequences a difference of three seconds had yet, unless I accidentally skipped over something.
 

catboy637

Part 4-The Years of Flames and Flight
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Robert Goddard began his work on rockets in 1920, under funding of the US military. He began by testing if rockets would even work under the conditions he was provided. After the area proved troublesome to rocket testing due to continuing civillian complaints and possible comprised security. He was then transfered to a remote facility in Arizona, where he tested over 200 rockets over the course of three months. He soon developed a prototype rocket, which he named P-0, after the man who started the program. This one prototype would alter lead to the world as we know it today.
-from "The American Braun"
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General John Pershing was a military man first, not an egineer or politican. Yet he proved himself an eginner when he saw and helped the scientist Robert Goddard. This move would prove pivotal to the US interbellum military, and may have determined the course of American history. He was not a politican at heart, yet after his run in with Goddard, he was inspiired with some form of confidence. He then began to seriously consider running. This may have led to his run later on in 1924, but that shall be discused later.
-From "Pershing, the Man who Changed America"​
 

catboy637

maverick said:
What the hell is he doing in any section of the New York times on January of 1920?is he retroactively famous now? :confused:


The rest seems interesting, even if based on a rather liberal use of butterflies....
Click to expand...
The reason is that I did not know that, and possibly butterflies. Large butterflies...
 

catboy637

Part 5-The Presidental Election of 1920
The United States Presidental Election of 1920 was a close call. Voting problems at the Republican convention caused a lock between General Wood and Frank Lowden. Party leaders considered comprimising with senator Warren G. Harding, but eventually Lowden won the nomination by a small margin. His running mate was Warren G. Harding.
The Democrats nominated Represenative James M. Cox, with his running mate as Franklin Delano Rossevelt.
The election wound up as a victory to Lowden, despite his loss of most of the South and New Mexico.
Map of the election
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