Complex sentence: The divorce settlement, favoring his wife, was announced to the media on April 2,1938, and the same day he left the USA by ship, turning up in southern Europe, then returning to his native Sweden where he stayed with an architect friend.
Split into simpler sentences: The divorce settlement (favoring his wife) was announced to the media on April 2,1938, and the same day he embarked on a ship out of the country. He turned up in southern Europe, before returning to his native Sweden where he stayed with an architect friend.