Fantastic info Mark--thank you muchas!!!!! R310 Curtiss Co. seems right.
The General Gum Inc. connection to Curtiss was pretty much laid out in the old threads from a couple of years ago, and the R310 mystery was cemented for me when REA auctioned a display box and 90+ of the premiums around that time, describing the sale of gum "With Large Pictures of Baseball Stars":
"Substantial collection of ninety-three R310 Butterfinger Premiums (35 different), including an impressive thirty-seven Hall of Famers, highlighted by multiple examples of New York Yankees superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. This group is accompanied by pieces of the original display box. These items were just recently discovered in a Midwest warehouse. Incredibly, our consignor, who was involved in the purchase of the building, rescued all of the material from a large trash bin. Issued with Butterfinger products and other candies, the R310 series is one of great premium sets produced during the 1930s"
Here is the display box advertising the pics, or remnants of it anyway:
EDITED TO ADD: I find it amusing that Buck didn't care for gum. Do you suppose he bought all those Goudeys, Diamond Stars, Tattoo Orbits, Uncle Jacks etc and just tossed the gum?
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