Based on these inquiries, investigators had submitted a “loyalty and character report” on Dot Braden. The report noted that she had a good college record and was of “the Anglo-Saxon race and of normal appearance.” She was found to be “native born,” as were her parents. The investigators noted that her parents were separated—her father was living at the Lynchburg YMCA—but said that they were “loyal citizens of middle-class.” The report concluded that Dot was “dependable and honest and of sober habits,” that she was “single and boards with her mother in a desirable section” of Lynchburg, and
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