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    Letter re: prisoners of war

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    Letter from Mrs. A. L. Vetrano, Jr. to Amon Carter regarding her husband as a prisoner of war.January 24, 1945 Houston, Texas Dear Mr. Carter, I want to sincerely express my thanks to you and your son for your thoughtfulness in sneding me news of my husband, Lt. Anthony L. Vetrano, Jr., who is interned at the same prisoner of war camp as your son. I had already received direct news from my husband, but I always appreciate any further confirmation of his whereabouts and well being. Our last letter from him was received on Juanuary 17th and it was a very recently written one, dated December 12th. He said that everyone there wasn't looking forward to Christmas, but that the morale of all was very high regardless. Since the Russian drive into Poland I have heard two unconfirmed reports concerning Oflag 64. One, that it had been captured by the Russians and liberated and the other that it is taken for granted that the prisoners at this camp had been moved farther into the interior of Germany. Being you are in the newspaper business I was wondering if you know of any definite news concerning the situation. I want to thank you again for your kind letter and whenever I have any further word from my husband of interest I will surely let you know. Sincerely, Mrs. A. L. Vetrano, Jr

    Effects of Increasing Doses of Nitrogen Fertilization on Winter Melon Production in the Western Coast of Sicily

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    The winter melon is largely grown in the open field in the Mediterranean island of Sicily on about 6000 hectares. Nitrogen fertilization is a key aspect of a winter melon cultural system as it can dramatically improve fruit production and play a crucial role on fruit quality attributes such as fruit size, colour and uniformity. An experiment was performed to determine the influence of increasing doses of nitrogen fertilization on fruit yield and quality of winter melon. The trial was conducted in the north-western coast of Sicily near Buseto Palizzolo in the province of Trapani, 250-m elevation. Plug type transplants cv. Helios were planted in the first week of May. A transparent polyethylene film was applied for mulching. The crop received by preplant broadcasting 150 kg ha-1 P. Nitrogen (0, 50, 100, 200 or 300 kg ha-1) and K (250 kg ha-1) were applied by fertigation throughout the season. The lowest yield (17.6 t ha-1) was recorded in absence of nitrogen fertilization. Applying 50, 100 and 200 kg ha-1 N resulted in 26.0, 27.6 and 27.7 t ha-1 fruit production, respectively. Yield was highest (31.8 t ha-1) at 300 kg ha-1 N. Individual fruit weight increased as the dose of nitrogen fertilization increased reaching 2500 g at the highest doses. Total soluble solids (TSS) decreased as nitrogen fertilization increased
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