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April 20, 1918

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The draft will take another 42 men from Hopkinsville, KY. Meanwhile the an extension of the age of the draft to men of 40 is proposed after the Military Affairs Committee meet with the army command. No "disturbances of consequence" have occurred in the troubles in Ireland.

Source: "More Soldiers Summoned," Daily Kentuckian, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, April 201, 1918. Page 1, Column 7.

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