Evening star. [volume], September 13, 1946, Image 36

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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versity students will make an In
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of Baltimore. The trip was ar
ranged before the maritime strike.
Before the war. similar trips to
the ports of New York, Philadel
phia, Norfolk, Va.. and Baltimore
were made by shipping students of
Georgetown as a practical phase of]
their studies to see how a port ticks. |
A trip to New York, it was said,;
probably will be taken later this
fall.
The Baltimore Chamber of Com
merce has arranged a harbor in
spection trip for one group of the
students. Another group will visit
the United States Customs House to
see how goods are handled in bonded
warehouses and how the tariffs are
exacted.
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