Show I Deadly Scale Killing Guam Coconut Palms Agana United Guam Guam United States marines marines ma mn- rines under the tho command of ot Capt Copt William W. W Aiken Alken who Is chief of ot police of this Island are leading parties of ot natives In a concerted attack attack attack at at- tack on a most pernicious enemy I The enem enemy Is destructor a scale Insect pest recently discovered to be destroying coconut palms banana banana banana ba ba- nana trees alligator pear trees and taro More than trees were found Infected Infected infected In In- In widely separated localities fill all over the I Island land The insects are areso areso areso so small they barely are visible They attack trees by sucking BuckIng the sap sop causIng causing causing caus caus- ing the foliage to turn a mottled yellow yellow yellow yel yel- low at nt first and nud In hi the last lost stages to assume the appearance of having been scorched by fire The scale Is one of ot the most destructive destructive de de- known It recently wiped out the tho coconut Industry of ot the Island of ot miles from Guam |