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Show NEW U. S. GOLD VAULT. Having become possessed of the' world's stock of gold, Uncle Sam is j now preparing to take extraordinary; measures to protect it from possible j seizure by an invading nation. The bulk of this vast treasure is to be placed in a new vault to be erected on I the military reservation of Fort! Knox, Ky. This location in the interior of the , country was selected as being more : difficult of access than one near the seacoast, while the vault itself is virtually vir-tually impregnable. The construction, for which a contract was recently let, will be of granite, concrete and steel, and capable of withstanding bombs or other explosive forces which might be directed against it. In addition to the protection afforded af-forded by the vault itself, there will be a force of guards, equipped with machine guns, electric, warning devices, de-vices, floodlights and ,'every modern means for insuring safety. The nation's hoard of gold and s:'l- ver is at present valued at more than nine billion dollars. The new vault will no doubt prevent i anyone from stealing it, but something stronger would be required : to keep the government gov-ernment from spending-it. , |