It's an old one. Probably made in 1929 or 1930. The 232 may be a wrong number? That tube was made for a battery radio.

Schematics can be found here:

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/265/T0000265.htm

See if you can find similar numbers on your radio?

Norm

:This is a floor model about 2-1/2 foot high Airline (no Model#on plate)chassis #31, 115V, 85W, 60cys, Screen Grid, Hazeltine and Latour patients, Montgomery Ward. 3 controls--on/off/volume, base/trebel, and tuning situated in triangle pattern. Drum dial(3/4 inch wide) with light inside. Tubes 2-45s, 3-24s, 2-227s and 1-232. Power supply has 3 copper canned eletrolitics bound together(with metal shield) and mounted in an upright position thru chassis. Another square metal shield covers this.