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Show Stickers To Save Metal In License Plates Friday J. Henry McGean, state purchasing agent, placed orders with the Meyercord company of Chicago for the windshield stickers which will take the place of license plates next year, banned because of the need for steel in war industries. indus-tries. This company offered the low bid of $32.40 per thousand, or $5990.60 for the . 181,900 which are being bought to take care of the 1943 car and truck registrations. The stickers are of the decal-comania decal-comania type and will merely validate vali-date the old license plates, which will be kept right on the vehicles through 1943. Passenger car stickers will have black lettering and figures on white background, and truck stickers will have black on orange. Mr. McGean said the saving to be realized through not having to issue new metal plates will be about $20,000. Having the stickers also will obviate the necessity of having to print an entirely new directory at a cost of $2600, because everyone driving a car this year will have the same number next year. |