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Show LICENSE PLATE SALES EXCEED TOTAL AT DEADLINE IN 1939 It was the deadline for automobile license plates Wednesday, Wednes-day, and long lines of motorists patiently waited at the capitol, city and county building and other distributing points in the J. E. Schelb. chief traffic deputy dep-uty sheriff of Salt Lake county, said he did not expect that eheriff's officers would Issue arrest tickets before Friday. Mr. Robinson said that, up to midnight Tuesday, 70,601 sets of plates had been Issued In the state, 7940 more than up to the same time In 1939. Total registration for 1939 waa 135,385, but it was pointed out that thousands of car owners do not obtain plates until later In tha year. Many platea are sold after July 1, when a half rate applies. Slate. Plate aalea were running ahead of last year, but thousands of vehicles ve-hicles still were without new registration. reg-istration. B. H. Robinson, chairman of the state tax commission, said that under the law, 1939 platea are obsolete ob-solete and Illegal on and after Thursday, However, the day for beginning enforcement waa not definite. Chief of Police William C. Webb has announced that Salt Lake police po-lice will begin Issuing "warnings" on Friday and that, within a few days, arrests will begin for use of obsolete platea. Tha highway patrol reporttd It would begin Issuing arrest tickets Thursday. |