The back of Goudey's 1939 premiums shows an important detail, "Diamond Stars Gum." It appears that after National Chicle went backrupt in 1937 and sold their assets to Goudey later that year, Goudey repurposed these leftovers (?) by adding their name later on. Those original how-to images on the backs of these premiums all came from National Chicle's "Rabbit Maranville" Batter-Up inserts, so it's fair to guess Goudey tried to repurpose other things they bought from Chicle's bankruptcy sale in future work. I did a card-by-card examination of 1938 Goudey's cartoons to see whether that set originated inside National Chicle.
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