Show deadly scale killing guam coconut palms agana guam united states marines under the command ot of capt william W aiken abo Is chief of police of this island are le leading aling parties of natives in a concerted attack on a most pernicious enemy the enemy Is destructor a scale insect pest recently discovered to be destroying coconut palms banana trees alligator pear trees and taro more than trees were found infected in widely separated localities i nil 11 over the island the insects are so small they barely tire are visible they attack trees by sucking the sap causing the foliage to turn a mottled yellow at first and in tile the last stages to assume the appearance of having been scorched by fire the scale Is one of tile the most destructive t ru ne tv tive e known it recently wiped out the coconut industry of the island of alapan miles from guara guam |