Sir Louis Bernhard Baron, chairman of Carreras, Ltd., a tobacco concern, died suddenly yesterday from a heart attack at his country home, Holmbury House, St. Mary, Surrey. He collapsed while dressing for dinner.
The press here paid tribute to Sir Louis for continuing the beneficence started by his father. The Carreras factory flew its flag at half mast. Workers mourned. Some of them wept for their “model employer.”
Sir Louis was in virtually daily contact with the workers, associating with them in sport competition and social functions. The cafeteria for the firm’s staff serves 3,500 luncheons per hour.
Sir Louis was fifty-seven years old. He was created a baronet in 1930 in recognition of his public philanthropies.
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