COFFEE FOR MacARTHUR
CANVAS CAFE IN NEW GUINEA.
P.A. Special
SYDNEY, Oct. 12.
"Gestapo Gus" has become famous in, Australia as the man who served coffee to General MacArthur at the head of a New Guinea jungle trail. Gus is mine host a,t the "C'afe de Kerbstone," where exhausted soldiers
refresh themselves after the stiff cllmb from Uberi (at the end of the road into the ranges from P'ort Moresby) . At this eanvas hostelry General MacArthur and several officers exammed "Gestapo Gus's" menu. which was headed: "Fine foods from every country." Details were: "Soup: Dish water. Joint: Bullybeef. Dessert: Pr unes and rice." The price list read: "Generals 9/11; c^lonels 7/6; majors 5/-; captains 3/6 ;v loots 2/-: sergeant-majors 1/6; n.c.o.s 1/-; white boongs (privates) buckshee." The distinguished visitors drank coffee from enarnel cups. Gus asked General MacArthur for his autoigraph in lieu of the normal charges. "Good luck, Gus! I enjoyed the coffee.— Douglas MacArthur," wrote the South -West Pacific^ Siipreme Commander,
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 241, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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163COFFEE FOR MacARTHUR Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 241, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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