Dredges (Ste. Genevieve) and (William Black)) on opposite sides of the remaining 100 feet that separates them and the competion of Pilot Canal. Dredging operations will be completed tonight. An earth plug 50 feet wide will be left to be blasted out October 4, 1952. Dredges now at stations 6+00' and 7+00'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Levee Break Fill at (Kansas Bend) (Mile 562.5)-(Omaha District) wheel has just been painted: shaft, flanges, and arms painted ivory; buckets and circles painted red lead.
Start of dredging for second cut at upper end of Pilot Canal. New cut started at 0945 hours and will be 250 feet wide for a length of 1500-2000 feet. Kansas City District, channel diversion.