All that can presently (December 2015) be gleaned about by internet searching is that Newell Chase is the one-off composer of Idawanna (1929) published by Sherman & Clay Co., San Francisco, California, USA.
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 5 works by Newell Chase.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.