Complex sentence: On May 26,1928, H. Gordon Moore, a local Scoutmaster, reported that they ran away to Imperial, California, to pick cantaloupes, and helped with the search for the two boys.
Split into simpler sentences: On May 26,1928, H. Gordon Moore, a local Scoutmaster, reported that they ran away to Imperial, California, to pick cantaloupes. He helped with the search for the two boys.