High Commissioner Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, it was learned today, has permitted use of the new tel Aviv airdrome — the first Jewish airdrome in history — for two Jewish-owned airlines, which will begin service to Jerusalem and to Beirut, Syria, next Thursday.
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