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Chile sends their formal congratulations and a vicuna-wool blanket to Mr. Willkie. Chile also sends prison dungarees to former President Long. (They didn't get along well... ever...)

Ireland sends their formal congratulations and three bottles of whiskey to Mr. Willkie.

France sends their formal congratulations and a presentation saber, the blade inscribed with the phrase "Lux et Veritas", to Mr. Willkie.

Uhm... is 'village idiot' a proper noun or is it not proper?


Japan sends its congratulations to Mr. Wilkie, soon to be President of the United States.

Japan sends a "Too bad, old chum. Better luck next time." to President Long, soon to be Mr. Long.

An unknown group from Japan, believed to have links with the Yakuza, sends a "Move Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass 'Go'. Do Not Collect $200" card to President Long, soon to be Prisoner Long.

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Originally posted by Rooijen10
Uhm... is 'village idiot' a proper noun or is it not proper?

Depends. It's one of those things that can shift back and forth depending on how it's used, much like "father" or "sister." You can use it in a generic sense ("I went to talk to my father") or you can use it as a form of address ("Father, can I have the keys to your Porsche?"). In the later case, it would serve as a proper noun.

...now that I wrote all that out, methinks the gist of your question was whether or not "village idiot" is a noun to use in "proper company"? Trust a technical writer to go meandering off on a grammar discussion rather than getting the joke...

The governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Kongo, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg offer their respective congratulations.

Mexico celebrates Gardner not winning by giving a free tequila to every voting age male in Mexico and a whole case to the new president Elect. I see Arizona was still being stupid 70 years ago...

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Originally posted by Desertfox
Mexico celebrates Gardner not winning by giving a free tequila to every voting age male in Mexico and a whole case to the new president Elect. I see Arizona was still being stupid 70 years ago...

*Is confused at why Mexico is so happy*

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Mr. Garner takes an even harder line against President Long, his home state of Texas has been hit rather hard by the Mexican Nationalization, and the big Texas oilmen there are quite upset. Mr Garner declares if he had been in office, "whe whoulda gone down dere and whupped the lettle Mexican liiike whe did ah mullion time before. Guvernmants an buziness don't mix and shouldn't be mixin. And eef thee leettle Mexican don't liike that too bad. Whe'll show him a thang or two." Although Mr. Garner is rather interventionist on that issue, on the other foreign policy issues in the campaign he is more of an isolationst, declaring "whut theee Purzians an Chiiiinese an other folks do is none of our buziness. Amereecans should focus on Amereeca."

Ah. I'd somehow thought/remembered that was Willkie.

Well, Wilkie isn't exactly looking to be buddy-buddy with Mexico either, he alluded as much in his campaign. The difference perhaps between Garner and Wilkie, is if the Mexicans did something silly Garner would have sent troops in while Wilkie will merely shut the Mexican economy down.

The leaders of Colombia and Atlantis send their congratulations to president elect Willkie. Half way around the world, Turkey is quietly pleased that Persia will no longer be aquiring American arms.

Greece sends it's congratulations to President-Elect Willkie and shares Turkey's sentiments in regards to America selling weapons to Persia.

Great Britain is most relieved at the new administration in Washington and hopes that efforts can be made to repair the rifts caused by the previous President's crass mishandling and corruption.

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It's one of those things that can shift back and forth depending on how it's used, much like "father" or "sister."

Somehow, I read that and interpreted that completely different. [SIZE=1](father = sister, sister = father)[/SIZE]

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methinks the gist of your question was whether or not "village idiot" is a noun to use in "proper company"?

That it was. That was the first thing that popped up in my mind, and I could not think of anything else along that line.

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Turkey is quietly pleased that Persia will no longer be aquiring American arms.

Yes, they will now get the arms from someone else...

expresses hopes for Russian-American cooperation on major world issues, confident that differences in social systems will not impede cordial relations.

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Originally posted by Rooijen10

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Turkey is quietly pleased that Persia will no longer be aquiring American arms.

Yes, they will now get the arms from someone else...

...you mean from the usual suspects.

November 5th 1940

Along with the victory in the Presidental race during the 1940 election, the Republicans also made significant gains in Congress. In the House of Representatives, the Republicans had 250 seats, the Democrats 179, the Progressives 3, with one seat being held by Independents, Farmer-Labor, and American Labor. In the Senate, the Democrats held 52 seats, the Republicans 42, and one seat going to an Independent and a Progressive.

November 15th, 1940

Allegations of corruption in the 1940 Presidental election, along with a very close race in the three states President Long won mean that an judicial recount has been ordered in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

November 18th, 1940

Debate has begun on the Naval Budget for FY1941 (1) in Congress today. The 1941 Programme is one of the largest since the 1937 Programme, and includes the construction of 3 new aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 fleet oiler, 2 destroyers, and 5 submarines. However, despite the cost it is expected to pass Congress.

November 21st, 1940

Thanksgiving Day, Americans celebrate with turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.

November 22nd, 1940

Ford and Willys-Overland present their prototypes for the Army's 4x4 reconnaisance vehicle, along with Bantam's Mark II Buggy now called the BRC 60. All three vehicles are deemed as being acceptable, and with the US Armed Forces needing motorized transport for its proposed expansion all three companies are given production orders for 1,500 vehicles each for field testing.

December 18th, 1940

In the territory of Hawaii the statehood plebiscite passed by a vote of 2 to 1. Hawaii's application for statehood will be voted on in Congress when it resumes in the New Year.

December 1940

In aviation news this month, Bell's improved P-39 Pursuit Fighter, the XP-63 takes to the air for its first flight while the first Curtiss SB2C Helldiver's are delivered to the USN.

(1) US fiscal years go from July 1st to June 30th.

4,500 vehicles for field testing????????

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Originally posted by Commodore Green
4,500 vehicles for field testing????????

Think of it as political largesse, American style.

Compared to the actual order likely to follow, I'd imagine it's just a few drips in the bucket.

It does seem like a lot, doesn't it until one realizes America produced 643,000 between 1941 and 1945, along with 8,690 other types of which this inital order falls in the latter part. And that the US Army has a standing force of 900,000 compared to the 300,000 it had IOTL (thats before my time by the way).

No, America won't be producing over 650,000 Jeeps here in Wesworld, unless of course someone wants to start a shooting war. The US Army will be a bit smaller in the war years than it was IOTL. 4500 Jeeps spread around 900,000 men equals only 1 jeep per 200 men, and the US Army would like that number down around 1 jeep per 10 men. Even with that, the US Army is going to be less mobile than it was during the war years. Although the US won't be losing jeeps to combat, mechanical breakdowns were a huge part of looses for all vehicles and aircraft for that matter during WW2. The story of a GI taking a Jeep into town unauthorized, meeting some ladies, getting smashed and totaling the Jeep on the way home is hardly original, and vehicles then weren't the pardigons of reliability we have today, so a combination of human error, and mechanical breakdown will mean that of those 1,500 in the inital orders estimate 500 will never see more service than one month.

Jeeps, and trucks are far more important to an army than say tanks, planes and guns. Its kind of difficult to fight effectively without food, water, ammo, medical supplies, etc. Even in peacetime Jeeps and trucks are essential for moving supplies, and men around the different army bases, so simple wear and tear will mean that even with the 100,000 or so Jeeps the US Army plans on ordering between 41 and 45 will mean that the US Army will never have enough Jeeps, and no more than 10 to 15 % of those will be available at any one time.