The following is a transcription of a newspaper article April 29, 1942.

Columbia Man Drowned While On Bridge Job

Julius Korves, 23, Columbia, was drowned in the Mississippi river near Jefferson Barracks at 2:30 yesterday 
afternoon when a pile of lumber shifted and tumbled him into the water.

His body had not been recovered today, though efforts along that line had not ceased since the accident.

Korves was employed as a laborer by the Massman Construction Company, engaged in building a bridge 
across the Mississippi river near the barracks which will eventually form a link in a connecting roadway 
between Scott Field and Jefferson Barracks.

Korves was loading lumber on a barge to be used in the construction job when it shifted in its position 
throwing him into the water, which was said not to have been "very deep" at the point where the accident 
occurred.  It was thought possible that he might have been injured by the falling lumber, the injury contributing 
to his drowning.

Korves was born in Monroe county, Oct. 12, 1918 a son of Julius and Katie Mosbacher Korves.  The father is 
dead.  his mother survives, as does his widow, who is the former Miss Marie Bettis, a small son Donald and 
a small daughter Marylene.

In addition to these he leaves four brothers, Alvin, Columbia; Oliver, St. Louis; Harry, Waterloo; and Clarence 
of Burkesville, and four sisters, Mrs. Arthur Riebling, Walsh; Mrs. William Moshbacher, Jamestown, North Dakota; 
Mrs. Ben Koseck, Bixby and Mrs. Russell Hasty, Dupo.