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Show Hoy Severely Injured In Gun Accident Donald Carpenter, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carpenter, was severely Injured Saturday evening when a .30- 49 gun was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking htm In the right arm. Donald, with two young companions, had gone into the foothills East of town to hunt, and the accident occured as he sat down to rest. He put the butt of his gun on a rock, from which It slipped slip-ped and was accidentally discharged The bullet passed In front of his body, so close that the front of his sweater was powder turned and entered his arm Just above the elbow. ' For a few days its was feared that it would be necessary to amputate am-putate the arm, but doctors now report re-port that he has Improved suffl tiently to make this appear unnecessary unnec-essary unless new complications arise. |