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Show Mine Detector Combats Crime i t if is .v - If. Military police are shown using an army mine detector, whose duties are usually confined to the battlefield, in the search for a gun believed to have been used in a murder. A gun was found but it was not the one sought. This Is believed to be the first time the military mine detector has been used in crime detection. The mine detector indicates the presence pres-ence of metal. This improved mine detector, developed during the present war, offers many postwar possibilities in addition to that of crime detector. Already plans are being formulated to utilize a modiGed form in a group to be organized for treasure hunting. |