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Show LICENSE TAGS GO ON SALE IRE FRIDAY Motorists Asked to Turn in old Plates Tax Clearance Clear-ance Necessary. Motorists in Cache county may obtain their new 1942 license I plates any time after Friday, December De-cember 19, at the local office of the commission it was announced Monday by Silas Rowley, manager of the local ofice. The plates are white with black numerals and carry the slogan "Center of Scenic Scen-ic America." Applicants for 1942 plates, I must as sual, obtain the necessary neces-sary tax clearance from the county coun-ty assessor before the plates can be obtained. "The commission," Mr. Row-' Row-' ley stated, "is . particularly stres-Ising stres-Ising the request this year that, as a patriotic contribution to the ' cause of national defense, motor-, motor-, lists turn their 1941 plates in at the time their 1942 plates are issued is-sued to them. The 1942 plates will be honored any time after December 12. the 1941 plates are good until Feb-;ruary Feb-;ruary 28 but must have been re- placed on or before that date, according ac-cording to the law. Dealer's license ' plates are good only during the i calendar year. I The 1942 plates Issued from the tLogan office will carry the prefix letter "R". About 7,000 it is esti-1 esti-1 mated, will be required; and Mr. I Rowley believes it is not too ear-i ear-i ly to point out that the person who waits until the last few days I to file his application Is liable j to suffer some tedious and even vexation delay as a result. In all probability, the 1942 plates will be made to serve during 1943 also on account of the need for steel for the nation's defense ef-jfort. ef-jfort. This can be accomplished by the issuance of 1943 tabs to be attached to the 1942 plates, signifying signi-fying that at the time he owner own-er has paid his 1943 license fee. The state tax comimssion ar-guess ar-guess tha, if a penny saved is a penny earned, then a ton of steel saved will be that much more steel 1 available for he needs of the j armed forces of the nation and their maintenance and training This state's annual supply 0f cense plates requires about ion tons of steel. The steel for 19., is here or on its Wav w the cooperation of motorists , will supply all needs, for two L The tax commission, as the n,' tor vehicle department of Z state is acting under instruction! from Governor Herbert B n;, to effect that everything to assist the government in con serving iron and steel so nec" essary to meet the demands of the present emergency. The federal supplies, priorities and allocations board SIHB' f shorts-has already announced that no steel will be allocated t Utah for the 1943 plates. It afc further that the 1941 piiUes V turned in when the 1942 piat,s are delivered to the motorist nM sold as scrap to the steel mills "This can be accomplished wit!), out cost and with no great incoii" venience to anyone," said J. Lam! bert Gibson, chairman of the tax commissions, in announcing the commission's arrangements.." "aj ready the commission Is reNiin". ing old plates instead of destroying destroy-ing them in cases of transfer. This means that officers of the law will have to depend more on the certificate of registration Instead of the automobile directory in determining de-termining the driver's right to operate a car. After all, the real evidence has always been the certificate cer-tificate and not the metal piatej, "Of course the number of cars registered and owned in the state is steadily increasing year after year. And there is always some loss or destruction of ' the plates It may easily be. that In 1943 we shall need more pairs of plates and therefor more steel than In 1942. Utah, by reason of the fact that it makes its own license plates, utilizing prison labor, Is in a good position to meet such an increased need. Expired license plates can readily be reprocessed and made to serve as effectively as plates made from virgin steel "However, through the 'use of the tabs in 1943, the restamping of expired plates may not be necessary. nec-essary. The thing for the motorist motor-ist to remember now, is that he will be rendering a patriotic service ser-vice if he will turn in any old plates he has when he registers his automobile on or after December De-cember 15.' EAT AT THE MAIN CAFE. SMITHFIELD, UTAH |