Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1934 — Page 38

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DEADLY GAS TO PROTECT MINT'S 53.000.000.000 Precious Cache of Gold to Go Under Intricate Guard System. DENVER. Coin Nw. 21 -L*h*l C*- rlrrtr.c alarms ar.d intricate pho’ngraphic machinery soon wril safeguard th > largest ."store of gold in the world—the 3.000 tons of buliion valued at 13 000 000.000 housed in the United States mint here. Present plans wo'ild make the unImpoeing three-storv, trrav stone building impregnable against any conceivable attar*. Guards armed with rifles now s*and watch dav and night within the mint The gold is in tool-proof steel vaults, entrance to which may be gamed only through great doors weighing hundreds of tons. But the government is no sa’isfied. No official would discuss in exact terms the problem of safeguarding the mint, but it was known the following devices are receiving consideration: 1 A mechanism to release poison gas should any one attempt to drill info one of the treasure valuta. 2 An electrical device to flash an

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* alarm on a central board of ar.y ! one approaching within thirty feet of the building. 3. A mechanism to detect the presence of any steel object < ?ven a nail file) in the clothing of any visitor to the mint. 4 A photographic machine to film every person standing before the door in the mint at which old gold is purchased. Transferred here within the last <:x weeks was the bulk of the gold held at the San Francisco mint, and general belief here is that new transfers from the New York subtreasury and the Philadelphia mint are planned soon. The greatest secrecy surrounds the e plan l . Superintendent Skinner will not reveal how much gold he guards at present. It is known iha f about $2 300.000.000 worth was brought here from San Francisco, and that a year ago about $420,000.000 worth already was in, the mint. That make*, possible an estimate of about three billions.

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AUTO THIEVES SOUGHT Suspects Blamed for Robbing Home of Mitchell Mayor. Indianapolis police were asked today to watch for a sedan stolen yesterday from Charles Harrison of Mitchell, and believed to contain two men who last night robbed the home of Mayor Lyle Root there and stole a Colt automatic pistol.

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