As the United States marks the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, one mystery about that day remains unsolved- who placed these bizarre ads in the New Yorker days before the bombing occurred?
The first ad depicts people sitting in a bomb shelter and suggests that people put away supplies in preparation for an air raid.
Other ads scattered throughout the magazine showed dice with a 12 and 7 on them (numbers that do not appear on dice) that appear to be about a game called The Daily Double from Monarch Publishing. After the bombing, someone noticed the coincidence and the U.S. Army investigated. No such company or game existed and the ads were hand delivered to the magazine and paid for with cash. The investigation ended without resolving anything and the mystery lives on.
