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title: 'Postal Telegraph: Thanks to U.S. production soldiers'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/postal-telegraph-thanks-to-us-production-soldiers-1942/
description: 'Poster printed as a Postal Telegraph form carrying a London message to United Press: British sources report Hitler purging German armament industry leaders'
section: Collection
---

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# Postal Telegraph: Thanks to U.S. production soldiers

Poster printed as a Postal Telegraph form carrying a London message to United Press: British sources report Hitler purging German armament industry leaders for failing to raise output against rising American production. A red handwritten line thanks 'U.S. Production Soldiers'. The technique is transfer: telegram format and British sources lend authority to a morale message.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
STANDARD TIME INDICATED
RECEIVED AT
67 BROAD ST.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
TELEPHONE YOUR TELEGRAMS
TO POSTAL TELEGRAPH
Postal Telegraph
Mackay Radio
All America Cables
Commercial Cables
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
TELEGRAMS CABLEGRAMS RADIOGRAMS
THIS IS A FULL RATE TELEGRAM, CABLEGRAM OR RADIOGRAM UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED BY SYMBOL IN THE PREAMBLE OR IN THE ADDRESS OF THE MESSAGE. SYMBOLS DESIGNATING SERVICE SELECTED ARE OUTLINED IN THE COMPANY'S TARIFFS ON HAND AT EACH OFFICE AND ON FILE WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.
Form 16-J
THE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM WAS RECEIVED "VIA COMMERCIAL"
UP 30 LONDON 356PM MAP 24 1942
UNITED PRESS NY
BRITISH SOURCES REPORT THAT HITLER IS PURGING LEADERS
OF THE GERMAN ARMAMENT INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THEIR
FAILURE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION SUFFICIENTLY TO OFFSET
RISING AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION.
-Thanks to
U.S. Production Soldiers
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
WASHINGTON, D. C.   A-12
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—464376
Telephone your Telegrams to Postal Telegraph
```

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