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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1530 (NAID 515196).
Text on the object
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
